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morning." president biden is headed back to washington after wrapping up a consequential g7 summit. >> the president says he has a call scheduled with house speaker kevin mccarthy once his meetings conclude in japan. debt ceiling talks appear to stall with negotiators on both sides saying they were unsure when they would meet again. republicans have called for a deep spending cuts in exchange for support to raise the nation bore heing limit. the president said that many of republicans ...

And president zelensky giving these important statements of course after quite a full day for both leaders. a couple of things struck me, one is president zelensky obviously talking about the practicalities of the military support that is happening from the united states, whether it is the f—i6s, whether it is the heavy machinery that the us has announced today, updating everyone as much as he could on bakhmut, not giving much details but saying that russia does not really have full control of...

Suffering, from which the russians are suffering. it is the total incoherence in their command structure. the result of that is an incoherent approach to this war. we all watched the ranting the other day and resources is being blamed. you have all the different factions on the russian side not working together, they are not adhering to one operational approach. and so then you have got the commander, who has locked in on bakhmut because he thought this was a place he could get a victory. and no...

Theyre jumping into russian trenches to regain ground. it is truly hand to hand combat. and while russian forces are closing in on bakhmuts center -- keep in mind this is a battle thats been going on for seven months, wagner led units are sustaining heavy losses. they are recording more than 200 russian soldiers dead in 24 hours. hundreds more wounded. western officials say the wagner units are running out of man power and likely have lost access to prison recruits due to an ongoing conflict wit...

Make major territorial gains in ukraine this year, thats despite headlines of putins army closing in on bakhmut. today ukraine said theyre holding off the russians. but the russian mercenaries from the wagner group said parts of bakhmut are under their brutal control. we have a look at what this city under siege was like before the troops moved in. >> reporter: bakhmut, now a word for horror. and death. before the war, bakhmut was about life. its sculpted roses and hedges regularly instagram, a ...

The russian forces continue to surround the eastern ukrainian city, and what it does and does not mean for bigger battle ahead. another frightening scare in the air. frightening moments as smoke fills the air of a southwestern united airlines. and what chris rock has to say about the infamous slap heard around the world. that is what we are watching "at this hour." >> im kate bolduan, and russian forces are closing in on bakhmut as the ukrainians may have to retreat to prevent being surround...

Come any day now. congresswoman pramila jayapal, always a pleasure. thank you for your insight, as always. next up, house republicans might try to block efforts to make frayed rail safer after that ohio train derailment, but first my friend richard louis is here with the headlines. hey, richard. >> hey amen. good meaning to you. made aware appearance and we can ukraine. he was inspecting troops at a command post in eastern donetsk as russian forces closing in on bakhmut. residents there have fle...

Overturn the fda on a medication in this way. >> and of course that could come any day now. congresswoman pramila jayapal, always a pleasure. thank you for your insight, as always. next up, house republicans might try to block efforts to make frayed rail safer after that ohio train derailment, but first my friend richard louis is here with the headlines. hey, richard. >> hayman, good evening to. the russian defense minister made aware appearance and we can ukraine. he was inspecting troops at a ...

Better than ice. >> when youre born on ice and learn to ski in the east coast you can ski anywhere. a new englander. >> shes tougher than both of us, chad. thanks so much. we appreciate it. continue to watch overseas now. right now russian forces are advancing, trying to on bakhmut after they blew up a key bridge for ukrainian forces overnight. its the last main supply route from bakhmut to a nearby village which means the ukrainian military and civilians are now forced to use dirt roads for e...

Minister who described the situation is difficult, that is, because he said the conditions on the ground and also the conditions there in that part of the country. the main target here is the city of kherson, which is one of the largest ukrainian cities under russian occupation, it is the capital of one of the four regions that president putin claims to have a next so it is very important, very significant for both russia and ukraine. in the last few days, ukrainian officials, have been saying t...