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peril. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine which has just cleared the first hurdle on the path to join the european union. eu and ukrainian flags flew side by side in kyiv on friday after the european commission recommended that ukraine should be given candidate status. the move doesn't guarantee membership, which could be years away, but president zelenskyy says it still brings ukraine a step closer to winning the war. the commission's leader says ukraine deserves to be in. >> we all know that ukrainians are ready...

the war. we're live in kyiv. plus, dangerous heat waves across the u.s. and western europe. we'll go to the cnn weather center on when people can see relief. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. "the new york times" is reporting that the u.s. justice department could begin receiving interview transcripts from the january 6th committee as early as next month. earlier, federal prosecutors believed they would not get them until september and delay some trials of capitol rioters. former u.s. president donald trump remains defiant despite ...

recommend the pfizer or moderna covid-19 vaccines for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. a decision expected in just about an hour. if approved, the white house says vaccinations could begin for young children as early as next week. and many states are already preordering doses. cnn miguel marquez is following the developments so miguel, what is happening right now? >> well, they are meeting. they're about half way through today's presentation. they've been going through trying to figure out and discussing how this would actually happen, what providers would be putting these shot...

portion of an hour and a half speech today, making it clear he is spending a lot of time watching everything the committee says and does. >> there's no clearer example of the menacing spirit that has devoured the american left and disgraceful performance being staged by the unselect committee. the unselect's entire sham presentation is based on video that has been deceptively edited. they're taking six, eight, and nine-hour depositions and putting up five-second clips. that guy letig, whoever the hell letig is, a former judge, he was saying pence had no choice. >> not actually what h...

last heard from in ukraine around april 23rd, according to a family friend. alexander and andy went missing last week. videoed surfaced today on pro-russian social media appearing to show those two men in an unknown location. we're not showing the video because it appears to show the men under duress. sam kiley is in kharkiv just miles from where those two veterans were last seen. he spoke with an american who was fighting with andy and alex just before they went missing. >> these two americans fighters have their hands bound behind them. they're dressed in uniforms not their own, an...