tales of traumatic atrocity. and the most difficult years of his career. the billionaire businessman sir richard branson tells the bbc he thought he was going to lose his entire empire in the pandemic. hello, i m sally bundock. a new wave of russian airstrikes is under way in ukraine, with reports of explosions in kyiv and the southern cities of zaporizhzhia and odesa. the raids come a day after russia accused ukraine of carrying out a drone attack on the kremlin it what it claimed was an attempt to assassinate president putin. ukraine has rejected accusations that it was responsible. vincent mcaviney reports. flying in from the left, what appears to be a drone, then an explosion over the kremlin. this footage is explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified explosion over the kremlin. this footage is unverified but the kremlin says early on wednesday morning, two drones targeted the residents of the president. moscow quick to blame ukraine saying that no one was inj
i m okay with it. sorry see you in a week. good morning. you re going caitlin s gone back monday . welcome to cnn this morning. we re glad you re with us on this friday. caitlin is off. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, march 24th overnight, significant breaking news the us launching strikes in syria. after an american contractor was killed in a drone attack. there are five other u. s. service members wounded. the pentagon suspects it wasn t iranian affiliated drone. developing news soon a top attorney, though for donald trump said testified today before the grand jury in the classified documents investigation. the new york times reports that evan corcoran is not intending to plead the fifth utah banning kids under 18 from using social media unless they get their parents permission. it is the first state to enact this type of law today, the united states and canada announcing a deal to turn away asylum seekers at their border, president biden set to
thailand s prime minister attends the funerals of the children killed at a daycare centre last week. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. warnings of further attacks continue across ukraine this morning, a day after a wave of strikes by russia. yesterday, missiles hit cities across the country killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100 more. air raid sirens have sounded across kyiv and other cities into this morning. the southern city of zaporizhzhia was shelled again overnight, with authorities saying one person was killed and public buildings including a school were damaged. work is under way across ukraine to restore electricity supplies damaged during monday s attacks. in his nightly address, volodymyr zelensky warned people to follow safety rules , saying the danger is still here, but we are fighting. later today the leaders of the g7 nations will meet virtually, and are expected to hear from the ukrainian president. mea
one! well, those aussies, they know how to do their fireworks. they do. too right, as they say. beautiful. yeah, sydney harbour there with the glow. kind of looks like my neighbor s house. i m sure. here s another plus, down there in australia, they are just kicking off summer, so ga-day. welcome to 2023. do you have any big plans tonight? no. it s 12:01, quick cheers and good night, everybody. us, too. cnn this morning continues now. and good morning. it is saturday, december 31st, here in the u.s. we ve still got a bit of time left in this year, happy new year s eve. thanks for waking up with us. i m martin savidge in for boris sanchez. glad to be with you, martin. i m amara walker. thank you so much for joining us. we began this morning with breaking news and sad news to end the year. pope emeritus benedict has died. his health had deteriorated over the last several days prompting pope francis to ask for prayers. for the
house minority leader hakeem jefferys. happy new year to you. happy new year to you, my friend. absolutely. i want to welcome everybody to the beat, and i wish you a happy new year as well on our first show of 2023. so, thank you for starting the new year with us. now, we are already tracking new developments tonight. i have a special report coming up about the pressure on d.o.j. to act on the evidence that is in that lengthy january 6th report which dropped heading into the holiday period. while our stop story is the election eve, of sorts, in washington. democrats expanding their power in the senate and republicans taking over the house where the faces of each caucus leader here actually reveal a lot about the state of these parties. hakeem jeffries replacing nancy pelosi with a show of democratic unity, while republican kevin mccarthy is in the fight of his career as his own close allies now find it hard to see a path for him to win tomorrow. mccarthy facing down r