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as a new problem for speaker mccarthy has emerged, the rebellious conservative freedom caucus, including some members threatening to oust mccarthy over the deal. russias capital city attacked. putin blames ukraine. the trial begins for the gunman behind the deadliest attack on jews in american history at pittsburghs tree of life synagogue in 2018. the shooter hasnt disputed hes the one pulling the trigger. why did his lawyer enter a plea of not guilty? welcome to "the lead." im jak...

a winter storm back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. im paula newton. ahead on "cnn newsroom" -- >> we heard a bunch of shots, but we thought it was firecrackers at first. and then a lot of people just started running, like straight to our door, trying to come in and everything. >> eight people are dead after a gunman opens fire at a texas outlet mall. what were learning about the shooter and the weapon. the uk just crowned a new king and queen. what...

The United States and Around The World. Im kasie hunt. It is tuesday, october 17, 5 00 a. M. Here in washington and noon in israel where President Biden will be tomorrow on a high stakes trip to a warzone with several competing objectives. First the president will reaffirm the United States solidarity with israel. And our ironclad commitment to its security. The president Will Depart Washington today as he tries to prevent the crisis in israel from spreading into a wider conflict at the same tim...

The u.s. does not wreck that. ap another element adding tension to the relationship between beijing and washington. were seeing that play out in a different environment. fed secretary lloyd austin in the indo-pacific for the shangri-la dialogue. china rejecting the dialogue. you see that tension playing out across different aspects of the relationship. also in our world lead, plumes of spoke seen rising above moscow after eight drones hit the russian capital. russian authorities are blaming uk...

Ukraine says its patriot air defense system has gone head to head with a russian high-tech missile. ukraine obtained the u.s.-made weapon to protect its dies, and as sam kiley reports, the patriots have reportedly delivered what kyiv calls a slap in the face for russia. sgrr the ukrainians are claiming to have made a very significant breakthrough in the realm of aerial defenses with what they say is the downing of a hypersonic missile fired from inside russian territory against the capital here ...

Even so, theres been extensive shelling of railway and supply-line infrastructure. and as sam kiley reports, it may only be a test of what is yet to come. >> reporter: >> russia continues to put pressure on the eastern front as part of what the russians are calling their second phase, having rehe do fwiened their effort here in ukraine, from trying to essentially topple the government, they are now suggesting their theiror effort is to seize the donbas, east of the country, and potentially a lar...