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Taken action to protect u. S. Personal abroad. Pi killing the head of the Islamic Revolutionary guard force. U. S. Designated foreign terrorist organization. Covering this story. In baghdad. In washington and sanchez with the president in florida. Lets start with you. What is the pentagon saying tonight. Its really interesting that the confirmation of this strike is not coming from the white house. The only thing we have heard from President Trump is a tweet that was just an American Flag. Its t...

Indeed, michael. >> some neighboring countries as well. thank you for that and that interview, isa soares, fascinating stuff. moldova has summoned russias ambassador to the country following russias announcement its military is aiming to control southern ukraine all the way across to moldova. the countrys ministry of foreign affairs says it, quote, expressed deep concerns over the statements made by a russian general and broadcast on russian state media. the russian military says controlling u...

So yeah, i think it means for millions of people in russian federation that there is going to be a moment of understanding, of acknowledging the whole catastrophe. >> ekaterina, thats what makes your work and so many other independent journalists so important. thank you for your work, ekaterina, appreciate it. michael, whats staggering, hearing from ekaterina, i dont know if you remember earlier this week, clarissa ward in the field went to one town in ukraine, and she spoke to one couple. the l...

Im rich barnes. its hard for people to know how much their accident case is let our injury attorneys know he how much their accident cget the best result possible. this is cnn breaking news. >> hello and a very warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and right around the world. im isa soares live in lviv, ukraine. russian forces continue their brutal strikes in the southern and eastern regions of ukraine. >> im michael holms live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. we a...

Polls close at 7:00 p.m. paris time. it is expected that the, quote, official results will be released around that 8:00 p.m. hour. about 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon eastern time in atlanta, new york. >> all right, dominic thomas, good to have you there on the spot. as i said, the start of a long day for you. appreciate it, thanks, dominic. >> thank you, michael. and be sure to tune in for our special live election day coverage that starts sunday at 8:00 p.m. paris time, 2:00 p.m. in north ameri...

>> thank you. >> thank you so much. >> thank you, michael. we come back, violence in ukraine pushing thousands of innocent people out of their homeland and forcing them away from their loved ones. well be right back. >> my husband is still there. well fight. even if europe doesnt help us. >> hear from some of these new refugees in their own words when we come back.

Perhaps grim chapter could be coming in the next couple of days. the way the ukrainians held back the russians, pushed them back in some cases has been widely praised rightly admired and almost certainly vladimir putin has been seeing that. hes been caught off guard by how much more difficult this has been for his forces but the russians of course still have that overwhelming superiority in numbers and material. the fear i think don is the russians are going to ratchet things up and bring in hea...

Collapse of the afghan government and they would have a vac suuum and be able to rise. it wasnt absence of taliban would over take the afghan government but the speed. thats one key element of this that seems to have been missing. the intelligence reports they were receiving were saying look, this could happen within 30 to 90 days. were not quite sure. we saw it happen from friday to monday essentially the taliban over took kabul and in control of the virtuely the entire country. >> we heard on ...

Vanished. i remember reporting on soldiers in 2010 and hearing these stories about ghost soldiers, commanders would pad out unit numbers and get the salaries and pocket it. there was a lack of motivation and moral and air support went away, drone support, ground sup support. there is one other factor that needs mentioning, though. the taliban is ideologically driven. tha they desire, their wish is to die in battle in gjihad. thats not the case with most of the afghan army. they want to go home t...

I mean, this is a tough situation. >> let me ask this miscalculations. how did that happen, though, is my question. you heard from michael holms. ive been speaking all night to veterans who are on the ground saying of course this would be the case. this is inevitable. of course they wont put up a fight against the taliban. we seen this play out a couple years ago. the same movie in iraq with the forces there that the u.s. trained and equipped. dropped their weapons and run in the face of isis. h...