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russia. "the lead" starts right now. cnn on the front lines where ukraines fight for freedom is in the trenches. the u.s. cia director was there before a critical meeting of nato allies. why he thinks instability in moscow is creating a unique moment. then, a holiday block party in bullet turns tragic. now the hunt for shooters who opened fire killing two injuring nearly 30 others including teens. the mayors urgent plea for lawmakers nationwide to do more. plus, can cows help curb ...

back at home, new developments into the investigation of former president donald trumps handling of classified documents. another grand jury is expected to convene in the case where they are asking what could this mean? and then chris christie expected to throw his hat into the ring tonight. meanwhile, authorities in california are investigating two private planes carrying migrants from the border and dropping them off without warning in california. we will talk to the states attorney ...

reports, president trump lashing out at jack smith today trying to portray the investigation as an attempt to rig the 2024 election calling on his supporters to fight against the justice department and fbi in a series of fiery social media posts. as the potential for indictments grows by the day. despite a direct appeal this week from trumps legal team. the special counsel in new video obtained exclusively by nbc news is not ready to show his cards. >> is an indictment coming soon, sir...

>> we are. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage now. on this wednesday, thank you so much for joining us. its 10:00 eastern. im ana cabrera. we have breaking news. in the special counsels investigation into donald trump, just moments ago, nbc news cameras caught a top aid to trump awe arriving at the federal courthouse in miami. the same courthouse where we learned a grand jury will had hear testimony this week. the guy in the tie has been the right-han...

Now there is enough water in the cooling pools, but russian occupation of the plant means nothing is safe. >> there is no immediate threat really in that. and the level is normal. this is my biggest concern. >> reporter: kyiv is pointing the finger directly at moscow. >> russias deliberate and long planned terrorist act turned the man made flood into a weapon. >> reporter: and denying responsibility, then accusing ukraine. the catastrophic situation unfolding as ukraine preps its long awaited co...

Key of cooling water. molly hunter joins us. what is the latest today? >> reporter: nice to be with you. i actually just got off the phone and we were doing an interview with the head of the state nuclear department here, and we were asking about the biggest power plant, and its under russian control and its up the river from where that dam is. that nuclear power plant relied on the reservoir for power and also for water for the cooling pools. the question was, are the cooling pools level going ...

Fire from the russian troops proved too much. there were fears that one reactor had been hit. there were fears that shells hit in the opening cooling pools with the facility, but again, this did not happen and again, the nightmare of chernobyl on top of everything else that is happening in this war did not go down to. it shows you, trace, the many dangers out there in all sorts of forms to human life to civilization. back to you. >> trace: greg palkot live in london thank you. it is not just the...

The latest headlines: ukraine accuses russia of bombing a childrens hospital in the city of mariupol. officials say there are many dead and injured, with children buried under the rubble. meanwhile, in neighbouring irpin, uprooted civilians have managed to leave the town. ukraine says the former nuclear plant at chernobyl has lost its power supply, following the sites seizure by russian troops nearly two weeks ago. ukraines foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, said there must be a ceasefire by russi...

Destabilizing american allies in both bahrain and yemen. irans president is blaming the unrest on a plan to divide the region. new concerns in japan today. as reports say that the water holding spent the fuel rods of the damaged fukushima nuclear plant, spiked 90 degrees. another sign that the fuel rods have been damaged. theyre trying to figure out to remove them from the cooling pools without risking a surge in radiation. still ahead -- jurors reached a verdict in the barry bonds trial. on...

U.n. weapons inspector. tim, good to see you. i want to focus on the evacuation radius. but the news about the line almost being completed. how potentially effective could that be in terms of averting a full-on disaster. >> this is the last lifeline. the ad hoc measures trying to cool count reactors in the cooling pools have not worked. if they can get the original cooling system back functioning and get the pumps working with reliable power, it could be they could get this situation under contr...