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Have the crowd? >> reporter: you know, it was a massive event and the russians were saying they believe up to 200,000 people might show up there. i'm not sure it was quite that many. he was talking about russian unity and persevering in the current conflict there in ukraine, talking about how russians can be a part of that. there was another video message he sent out tonight where there was a lot more substance than that he talked about new weapons for the russian troops in ukraine, how they were fighting against neo-nazism in ukraine but also talked about strengthening russia's nuclear weapon...

Tomorrow. the incident is also becoming increasingly political. in just minutes cnn is going to host a town hall with residents of east palestine and their governor mike dewine. first cnn's miguel marquez has the latest on the ground. >> reporter: a massive effort under way to cleanup creeks and water flowing in and around east palestine, ohio. >> it is decimating our businesses. >> reporter: it's dirty, difficult, and slow going work. for those living here building trust that the water and air is safe is slow going as the cleanup itself. >> it took i think norfolk southern three days, four da...

You see a little scuffle on the house floor where you have mike rodgers and matt gates etz gett into it. rodgers lunged at matt gaetz and he had to be restrained by another freshman congressman. congressman hudson had to hold him back. he admitted it was a tense moment. he did what he could to break it apart. that was the moment that gaetz had not voted present and gave his support to mccarthy for the speakership. this is something we rarely see on the house floor just underscoring the emotion and the tense moments every hour of this morning. >> yeah, sunlen serfaty, thank you for joining us t...

Being hit intensely. do we think we'll see this again in the weeks ahead? it's possible. i think, though, russia's struggling with all of its inventories here, shells, cruise missile, basic diesel fuel for tanks, soldiers, they're all a struggle right now. this i think has been a show of brutal force but i'm not sure it's something they're able to pull off on a nightly basis, anderson. >> nick, thank you. be careful. with russia now reduced to targeting cities and people in them, what does that say about the state of the war for what nick called a weakened goliath? joining us cnn military an...

Putin is threatening more strikes after targeting cities in civilian infrastructure across ukraine with some of the more's missile strikes since the beginning of the war. president biden today condemned the attack including his words advanced air defense systems. at home, to retire generals about the significance of today. first cnn's nick paton walsh. >> this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months edging towards normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim. utter horror. ...