so she appears to be pushing back on what president zelenskyy is asking for here. and yes, his security chief, a political ally, a childhood friend, no real security experience, everyone expected that this was coming because he had such a poor performance so far indeed in the south. he's getting blamed. and some of his operatives are getting blame for russia's early quick gains in the south of the country. and that's where these 60 people are that zelenskyy says in both departments are collaborating or have treasonous activity with the russians down there. >> nick, house speaker nancy pelosi announced zelenskyy's wife will be addressing congress this week. what is the first lady of ukraine hoping to accomplish with this speech? >> look, she's certainly there to press and emphasize what her husband, the president, has been saying. i think we got a good read on that from zelenskyy's speech to the nation tonight where he was thanking the united states for the himars missile systems. plenty of ukrainian officials are now saying these longer range, more targeted weapons

and aided by some new high-powered american weaponry, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is promising a counter-offensive to re-take kherson to kick russian trips out of that whole region and ukrainian steps are advancing step by step and liberated 44 towns in the kherson region so far, do doing so in part thanks to a new weapon they just start using, a weapon called himars, high mobility artillery rocket systems. himars are long range precision guarded artillery launchers made in the united states, they have been provided to the ukrainian military by the united states government, and basically the way they work is, it's pretty understandable even for those of us in a civilian context, this is a launcher that is mounted on a standard u.s. military truck, it takes just a four-man crew to operate, but this thing can fire new nicians with a range of about 50 -- munitions with a range of 50 miles, the way they are equipped, and importantly, as soon as it has fired its shot, the truck can take off. so the launcher won't be vulnerable to the return fire. within two minutes of a himars firin

joining us now, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy. mr. president, thank you so much for joining us. i want to start by asking you about the news today that the british prime minister, boris johnson, has resigned. he's been one of your biggest advocates in europe. he's visited you twice during the course of this brutal war. do you believe it's the correct move for him to step down at this point? >> translator: he resigned not because he was in ukraine. i think on the contrary, what johnson has been doing for ukraine was helping us a great deal. i consider him a friend of ukraine. but i think the society also supported ukraine in europe. that's why i think the u.k., it's on the side of good, on the side of ukraine. and i'm sure the u.k. policy towards ukraine is not going to be changing because of boris johnson's resignation. relations obviously gained a lot of johnson's understanding. we went through a lot of dramatic moments quite quickly. the help he needed was delivered rather quickly. yes, it will affect the speed of help, i don't know

also the program, ukrainian present blood rails lenski suspends the countries -- photo mears zelenskyy suspends the countries chief prosecutor for helping russia. a report shows that -- at stopping one of the worst school shootings in u.s. history. ♪ >> i am phil, welcome to the program. rocket breaking -- record-breaking temperatures across europe are few world -- are fueling wildfires. many of these areas are suffering severe droughts, extreme conditions stretch as far north as united kingdom, the continent faces another summer of next dream -- extreme heat. scientists say climate change is largely to blame. >> is burning in france, spain, portugal, italy. and, in greece. for a week wildfires have raised across southern europe, several firefighters have died in the line of duty and thousands of residents have had to flee their homes. >> it is an especially difficult summer, we are dealing with very considerable drought due to insufficient rainfall over the winter and spring. the especially dry month of may, and now -- month of may and now particular high temperatures. >> there is a

of course, said zelenskyy. inflation, who is thinking about inflation. we are fighting for absolute communal values. what? whose values? we are not doing anything communal with you. you run up corrupt eastern european country. we have a right to worry about

friend of zelenskyy's and woman in charge of prosecuting war crimes out. urging a step-up in military operations. first time vladimir putin admitting that sanctions are impacting russia, saying they pose a major challenge denying access to foreign technology, but adding we're not going to give up. >> ian pannell, thank you. >>> jury selection under way in trial of former trump chief strategist steve bannon, criminal contempt of congress charges for refusing to cooperate with the january 6th committee. spoke with the president twice on january 5th and on the 6th urged his podcast listeners to be in washington and strap in. >>> january 6th committee with primetime hearing, eighth hearing to detail what the president did and did not do as this was unfolding in the capitol. abc news coverage, 8:00 p.m. eastern thursday on abc. >>> when we come back, dramatic moments, suv flipping and trapping new york city firefighter, people in the street rushing to help. ndation. wealth is shutting down the office for mike's retirement party. worth is giving the employee who

president zelenskyy stood by a ship being loaded. it is this board where there is been shipping activity for the first time in months where we have seen movement of tugboats, one vessel in particular moving across. there is a big question, when and how many ships will be leaving. russian media has been quoted as saying three ships will leave. president zelenskyy says the vessel should leave either today or tomorrow. it could be closer to sunday because there are practical realities here. according to the united nations as well as global shipping insurers there are crucial details to iron out. how do you ensure a convoy of vessels making their way through these mine infested waters through the black sea, down a set travel corridor toward an approaching russian naval blockade? the risks are real and impossible to predict. after this landmark deal was signed last friday the russians launched missile attacks on the port of odessa. trust is more than ever rock-bottom but it is necessary on the ukrainian side to boost the economy but also

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it was one of the criticisms they had of zelenskyy before the war started. ukraine was on a -- i don't want to say it's not in crisis mode still. but it was in a almost panic level crisis mode from the beginning. so i think now that we're entering into a war that is going to be protracted, going to be long-term, they're addressing some of these issues that had been outstanding. i think he's trying to consolidate his government, get rid of the people who he doesn't trust, and try and put together -- put a more loyal but a more trustworthy government around him. >> part of the problem is that the country is so close to russia, and there are regions of the country that speak russian, that identify with russia, and there are people there that felt a loyalty to that country. am i wrong to say that? >> no, no, no, you're not wrong at all. ukraine, before the war began, there was a low level conflict, but it still had relations with russia and gone bag decades. russia and ukraine had a hand in glove relationship. it was often tense and often -- it was almost always

. >>> war in ukraine, major shake up, president zelenskyy suspending two top leaders in his inner circle, saying they didn't do enough, concern of russian infiltration, among those suspended, lifelong friend of zelenskyy's. ian pannell reporting from ukraine. >>> terrifying scene in new york, firefighter trapped under an suv, civilians rushing to help. >>> monster wave slamming into a wedding in hawaii. >>> "made in america" is back, straight from the farm, the key to a good night's sleep. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >>> good evening, great to start another week with you. we begin with the severe thunderstorm watch across the northeast, flash flood emergencies, stops at major airports. and record-breaking heat across this country and deadly heat across europe tonight. first this time lapse showing storm, heat wave on the way for northeast, joining much of the country shattering records south to texas. in europe, growing weather emergency there, one of the worst heat waves on record. london and paris expected to

ivan bakanov, he was pictured on president zelenskyy's facebook page in 2019 as part of what zelenskyy called the dream team, a key part of his election campaign that brought him into office in 2019. you can see him there on the far right. so these are serious figures to be dismissed. as i said, they're not directly accused themself. and there was another case. the former head of the security service, the main director of the security service in crimea who was dismissed in the early days of the war by president zelenskyy now detained, himself accused of collaboration with the russians. president zelenskyy said this concerns the transfer of secret information to the enemy. he is himself accused of treason. so this is a very serious situation, something the president is clearly trying to crack down on as they try to retake territory occupied by the russians. >> clare sebastian, thank you for all that detail. >>> dangerous temperatures are striking parts of europe and north africa. we're going to go live to rome after the break for the latest. >>> and another omicron variant dominates cov

how much is zelenskyy's thinking driven by the situation on the ground? how much is it 14 years ago vladimir putin took that. the west objected. the best said stop. then winter came. seasons passed. 14 years later, he still has it. how much is zelenskyy thinking, if russia takes this and i don't push him out quickly, russia will keep that? >> the longer the russians stay in places like this, the longer they will keep them. your example of crimea is right on target. what the russians are going to do. their goal is they're going to try to keep all of this area right here and, if possible, tack even more into this area so that they control as much of the east as possible and, frankly, for the most part, russia industrial area, natural resources, it's primary for the russians to take. they also want to have as much of this as possible before any negotiations get started. because their end goal has remained the same. no matter what's going on here or in the south, they still want to take this area. they want to take kiev. i they want to destroy the ukrainian s

stand by for the exclusive interview with zelenskyy in kyiv. the father of the highland park gunman said he doesn't bear responsibility for the attack. the family's past interactions with police. we want to willing our viewers in the united states and the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." we begin with the political upheaval in britain. prime minister johnson resigning after a truly historic revolt in the conservative party over a series of ethics scandals. max foster is outside parliament for us. a seismic shakeup for the uk. walk us through the dramatic developments. >> reporter: wolf, you can say that johnson can claim notable wins. he was the man most responsible, the person most responsible for bringing the uk out of the european union. he was responsible for that. there was the vaccine rollout, him supporting ukraine and there were scandals and every time he managed to mishandle them. he said there with respect parties in downing street in lockdown and had to apologize and say there were. latest a member of the gov

and this shows that ukraine president zelenskyy is taking it seriously. this is a reception center for displaced ukrainian. hundreds of them are coming every day to the city and they're welcomed by this charity organization that works with the local government as well. they say that people are coming, sometimes on food from the combat zones and russian- occupied materiality with illnesses and terrible trauma that have been through the russian camps and interrogated. they had to leave behind their homes and belongs and come to another city and rely on other citizens. the city. sometimes they often come with the clothes on their back. i've been to other parts of ukraine that have also welcomed the displaced people. this is it an organized system to try to help fellow citizens. this city alone, since the start of the war have accepted 62,000 displaced people and more arriving every day fleeing this conflict. >> wow! let's go to kimberly dozer. good morning. >> good morning. >> how significant is this development, ukraine president zelenskyy accusing now form

president zelenskyy asked us for. it's something that i know the administration is having conversation about. i'm certainly in support of that, but, you know, it's not any one system that's going to make a counteroffensive work particularly in a place like, you know, southern ukraine. it's got to be a whole lot of things that come together, and it's a complicated thing to go and take back territory when the russians have, you know, really tried to dig themselves in down south. >> congresswoman alissa slotkin who just returned from ukraine, including meeting with president zelenskyy. thanks for helping us understand us. i feel like americans do understand the war, being able to understand the decisions that the american government can make about what we can do and what we can't is a really important part of staying engaged with reality here. thanks for helping us understand. >> thanks. >> all right. we'll be right back. stay with us. understand. >> thanks. >> all right we'll be right back. stay with us - [female narrat

after meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv. senator graham and richard blumenthal. >> state sponsor of terrorism just like iran, north korea, the other pariahs of the world. >> the two now call on their colleagues in congress and the biden administration to make that designation. >> we see ukraine is the hone of democracy and putin is the terrorist. >> president zelenskyy is singling out the united states help. >> today we really feel the most powerful support from the united states of america. >> in ukraine's east, two attacks, 10 miles apart, in the donetsk province of donbas. ukrainian officials say a russian missile strike killed one civilian and injured six. as residents are told to evacuate or stay inside their homes amid more shelling. russia claims another missile strike killed ukrainian soldiers on snake island. ukrainian troops raised the national flag there after russian forces pulled out last week. >> bret, according to the u.n. refugee agency, more than 8.79 million people have crossed ukraine's borders since russi

biggest point is zelenskyy feels like he is losing slowly. that the biden administration is basically helping him play for a tie. and if these lines settle as they are this winter, then essentially he is cut off from the ocean minus one port. putin will hit a pause button. it won't be the end of hostilities. he will lick hits wounds and come at it again. what does it matter to the american people? putin continues to chew up ukraine. he will not stop. he goal in eastern europe and by letting ukraine basically neuter the russian army and giving them what they need and what they have been begging for we can then truly focus on china which is where we need to be focused. >> bret: congressman, there is a lot of pushback in the u.s. about us getting more involved. about us having u.s. troops on the ground in whatever capacity. >> yeah. >> now there is even talk of, you know, u.s. planes. you heard kirby saying it's long-term. they are not going to do it right await a minute it does seem a little bit like mission creep here from where we were at the

as a country injures the fifth month of a brutal russian siege zelenskyy about the pain and suffering the unprovoked war of aggression is causing her homeland. she said russia is destroying our people, the first lady conveyed the incredible determination of the ukrainian people and echo their support request for the tools to fight their own fight. weapons she said to protect one's home and the right to wake up alive in the home. i hope the first lady's visit helps steal our colleagues resolve as friends of ukraine. russia's invasion has already reminded the west that revisionist aggressors cannot be appeased in ukraine's brave resistance equipped with arsenal of the free world is a further reminder that this is a fight they intend to win. the senate should be proud of our work over the past several months to get more lethal capabilities and into ukrainian hands but at every step of the way the biden administration has been this low to greenlight thef game changing weapons ukraine's frontline defenders actually need. i urge the president for more than a year to takeus specific action t

thank you so much for being on world news america you had conversations there wh president zelenskyy and other members of the business community. what did they say to you, what kind of help did they say they needed? i think you may be on m we may move on. ok, i think we may have fixed it. go ahead if you can hear me. >> i can hear you. the help they need is winning the war. and nato and the allied forces have said they would supply arms, but at the moment the russians are taking territory, and instead of getting the weapons over the next few years, they urgently need the weapons over the next few months. that is the only way they will be able to draw a line in the sand and stop the relentless disappearance of ukraine and the flattening of cities. anchor: from the business perspective, because you have called for the public and private sectors to work together to reduce reliance on russian oil. has enough progress been made >> i think there is a good discussion going on at the european union about helping the price that anybody is allowed to pay on any oil that comes out of russia. th

and this is somewhat president zelenskyy is saying is at the root of this and that these people should be held accountable. >> translator: everyone who together with them was part of a criminal group that worked in the interest of the russian federation will also be held accountable. it is about the transfer of secret information to the enemy and other facts of cooperation with the russian special services. >> reporter: i think you get a bit of insight when you understand that by the constitution, the president should have gone to the parliament, who probably would have agreed with him any way on the suspensions, because he has the support in the parliament. i think the read here is, the people who were stepping up to those jobs now perhaps will have less -- perhaps less sway than their predecessors. >> nic, thank you very much for that update. >>> so the family of a 4-year-old girl killed in a russian missile attack is now vowing to not let evil win. liza was buried on sunday. the young girl with down syndrome was one of at least three children killed when russian missiles struck the

you mentioned the visit by zelenskyy. he was in the southern part of ukraine, visiting the troops, visiting the front lines and visiting a hospital. perhaps he is trying to sort of rally the troops ahead of a ukrainian push to take back parts of occupied territory in the southern part of the country. the deputy prime minister of ukraine was warning people who live in the kherson and zap riva regions to evacuate, even if it means getting sent toward russia or going toward crimea, saying, look, the ukrainians are going to be mounting this battle to d de-occupy this part of the country. it will mean serious battles, and they are worried that the russians will use the people as human shields. earlier this morning, mykolaiv, there were strikes there. possible success itful strikes coming in the opposite direction as well. there have been evacuees coming in the last few weeks as well. for the month of june, the governor of sap rhesa says people have come from occupied parts of the country. >> as i mentioned earlier, the latest

reporter: president zelenskyy sent the ukrainian prime minister. he told lders of the coerence that ukraine's recovery will happen in three phases, beginning first with rebuilding basic infrastructure and then focusing on reconstructing schools and temporary housing. the last stage will target the long-term transformation of ukraine and its economy. the bill for all of this at $750 billion. anchor: french president emmanuel macron has rolled the dice politically speaking. his reshuffle has left observers feeling somewhat indifferent. he has called and politicians from across the spectrum with a 50-50 male female split. financeinisters and others remain in place. reporter: this new government is expected to spring right into action at a time when there is strong inflation in france and the president has promised a package to help the french through this difficult economic patch. there's also the crisis in hospitals at a time when covid is making a comeback. the next step will be the prime minister in front of parliament to deliver a general policy s

and zelenskyy went to that. many thought he shouldn't go. and many thought russia would cut him off. it was a risky move. since the war has begun, he hasn't left. and part of his strength has been being in kyiv. he's come out daily. he gives messages to the ukrainian people by social media, every, single day. shows the location to say, i'm here. i'm in my office. i'm on the street. i'm with you. your government is here. he's at home, rallying the people. and she is able to go into this role where she can go to my world capital and represent the country and get this kind of attention. other government ministers weren't able to get a standing applause. a defense minister wouldn't be able to get that reception and get them on their feet. >> we heard the first lady ask for air defense systems. you heard her say, americans are with us. she received applause to that. is there more of an appetite than just applause. >> the lawmakers inside this auditorium, the hundreds of lawmakers are leaving this speech by the ukrainian lady is the way they left

. >>> president zelenskyy cleaning house. what the ukraine leader calls acts of treason that led to the firing of high ranking members of his own government. >> and tomorrow is deadline day for the secret service the january 6th committee wants to see certain text messages, but do they even still exist >>> a massive heat wave set to start moving across the united states right now, another heat dome settling over the southwest. meteorologists predict it will continue east and bring sweltering temperatures with it. in some parts of the country, it's already excruciating. several major cities in the plains and southwest topped 100 today, and those temperatures are going to stick around. by wednesday, dangerous heat expected to impact at least 36 million of us across more than a dozen states adam del rosso now, senior meteorologist at accuweather. what can we expect, adam >> well, we can expect to sweat and continue to feel uncomfortable. as you mentioned already, highs in the 100s all across the plains, into the desert southwest

president zelenskyy said they are fighting to live a peaceful life and avoid morning's like today in odessa. russian missiles strikes have more than doubled in the last two weeks. once again, it is ukrainian civilians paying the price. anchor: in the last few days, the british businessman so richard brann has just returned from ukraine where he met with president zelenskyy and he joins me now. thank you so much for being on world news america you had conversations there wh president zelenskyy and other members of the business community. what did they say to you, what kind of help did they say they needed? i think you may be on mut we may move on. ok, i think we may have fixed it. go ahead if you can hear me. >> i can hear you. the help they need is winning the war. and nato and the allied forces have said they would supply arms, but at the moment the russians are taking territory, and instead of getting the weapons over the next few years, they urgently need the weapons over the next few months. that is the only way they will be able to draw a line in the sand and stop the relentless

that's what's at the root of president zelenskyy's concerns here. interestingly, he was working outside of the constitution. he cannot directly call for these suspensions. it's only parliament that can remove or appoint people to the prosecutor general and the chief of the security services. so what president zelenskyy did today was call on parliament to suspend the head of the security services. this is sort of no surprise that he is being moved out. he's a long-time political ally of the president, a childhood friend, didn't have a security background. the security services did a bad job in the south of the country, letting the russians get an early foothold there. so it's no surprising that he's gone. the prosecutor general appears to be pushing back. interestingly as well, zelenskyy didn't ask parliament to suspend her. it may be that this is a power play in transition. it potentially indicates unease with some of his own appeointee and pushback from people around him. >> president zelenskyy says the influx of new western weapons systems are shi

so zelenskyy pushing those u.s. officials for more help and more arms now, and in fact, adam smith, the house armed services chairman, said after that meeting, that he expects that the u.s. will provide somewhere in the neighborhood of 25 to 30 of those multiple launch rocket system, include can those himar systems that the u.s. has been giving, 16 of them so far that the ukrainians have said are so critical to their ability to really fend off the russians and to start to reclaim. so territory that russia has taken control of here in ukraine, so those comments from smith, the latest indication that this support from the u.s. is not the en, that it will only be increasing, and that more shipments of these multiple rocket launch systems will be on the way. >> thank you, from kyiv. we want to let you know we saw congresswoman mikey sherill from new jersey in those videos and a firsthand debrief coming up from her on "morning joe." >>> in florida, where former president trump and governor ron desantis both headlined con

now volodymyr zelenskyy will be sad to see boris johnson go and i think conversely volodymyr zelenskyy has been pretty helpful to boris johnson over some of these issues. people have been able to say boris johnson may not be getting things right and there are all these scandals but look at how much they're working to the over ukraine. i think on ukraine there will be continuity, whoever takes over, whenever they take over. but i think you can't exaggerate the instability that there is going to be over the coming months because a sizable chunk of the ruling conservative party, boris johnson's party, want him gone and want him gone right now. and boris johnson is clinging on by his finger nails and desperate in the hope, i think, that something might come along that will actually save him from having to leave office. and so i think that there is a battle going on and there will be instability in britain during this period. >> you know, it seems like he took kind of a donald trump tact in some ways, not all. just the denial of scandal, pushing right through, don't apologize, don't acquies

i think what zelenskyy was trying to do is say, no, we're not an integral part of russia. we are an independent state. we're an independent culture. and this war has really intensified ukrainian efforts and the efforts of the. the to establish that in the minds and hearts of the ukrainian people and international community. >> president volodymyr zelenskyy and his wife are facing some online backlash right now from some -- for posing for a "vogue" magazine cover shoot amid a war. the last time you and i talked, it was when the first lady was addressing congress and we talked about the need to keep things front and center. so, what are your thoughts on this criticism? >> i've seen a mixed reaction in ukraine. a lot of people really were quite proud to see that and happy to see it. people that i talked to, people that i read online, but there's a lot of criticism, i think, you know, specifically with president zelenskyy. he has to be very careful in what time he takes away from fighting this war. how he manages his schedule in ways that is not directly related to keeping the

president zelenskyy saying the government will help people leave. peter? >> josh letterman in kyiv tonight josh, thank you. >>> tonight, new body camera footage is raising new questions about a georgia woman who died after being taken into police custody. the newly released video shows the moments just before and after the woman fell out of a moving police car but first, a warning some of the footage may be difficult to watch. here's erin mclaughlin >> reporter: tonight, the family of brianna grier reacting to this newly released police body camera footage, showing the events leading up to her death. >> my heart was broken, and see the picture i'm holding now? we don't have it no more. >> reporter: as her mother, what was going through her mind >> you don't want to know. >> reporter: the 28-year-old georgia resident died july 21st just days after falling out of a moving police car. the mother a twins, a diagnosed schizophrenic, had been arrested during what her family says was a mental health emergency. >> get off me. >> reporter: in the video, you see the

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zelenskyy saying he believes it's good and he made the right decision. this is something they're not only cracking down on, but trying to send a warning shot as a try to retake those areas. >> important these figures were reached. thank you for the latest. >>> still ahead, a preview of what could be the final public hearing by the general sixth committee investigating the u.s. capital riot sweep millions in the u.s. are under heat alerts. we will go to the cnn weather center with details on what to expect in the coming week. >>> welcome back. it's going to be another busy week for the january 6th committee. their eighth, and potentially final, public hearing is scheduled for thursday. they are expected to give a minute by minute account of what then-president donald trump did and did not do for 3 hours wife the capitol right took place. katelyn has the preview. >> reporter: 187 minutes but that is the story the house select committee plans until in their prime-time hearing on thursday 187 minutes where they say donald trump did not -- on january 6. one o

another is president zelenskyy's childhood friend. reporter: these two, certainly ivan who is head of the sbu, is a childhood friend of zelenskyy. that is tough to remove somebody who has been a close ally. up until 2019, he was playing this comic actor pretending to be president and then got elected in a landslide. this guy managed his campaign for them. ros: our correspondent has more details on what is happening. >> they were the heads of two of the big organizations here, especially the man in charge of the secret services. both have been suspended from their jobs not because they themselves are accused of corruption in some way or taking part of any treason but because they oversaw organizations where it appears, according to the figures given last night, it was widespread. 650 people being investigated for collaboration are high treason at a time when the stakes could not have been higher. just at the start of russia's invasion. it is thought that would have had real implications for the ability of this country to defend itself

we presented the resolution to president zelenskyy. his reaction was so emotional, heartwarming to know that this next step that would designate russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and impose stronger economic sanctions stopped the doctrine of sovereignty if russia is sued in this country, we need stronger action against the russian oligarchs, also a matter before the united states senate, which i'm supporting. there is more that we can do on economic sanctions against russia that will further cripple its ability to wage this war. i commend and thank the biden administration for supporting these efforts. it has been increasingly aggressive in its support for ukraine and deserves the thanks that the first lady offered today. >> senator blumenthal, thank you for being on the program. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> fake electors, real subpoenas. is the georgia d.a. preparing subpoenas? rudy giuliani ordered to appear. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. r. this is "andrea mitchell this is "andrea mitchell reports" onl

>> well, zelenskyy -- president zelenskyy was very, very firm in saying what a great friend of ukraine boris johnson has been. and he's very confident that the uk will continue to support ukraine right now, even after the resignation of prime minister boris johnson. he was very, very pleased by almost everything that boris johnson did. and he spoke very, very movingly about the soon to be exprime minister of the -- ex prime minister of the uk. it was an important note the gatefulness that he showed for the uk and for boris johnson. let me play a clip, an excerpt from the interview. watch this. >> translator: he resigned not because he was in ukraine. what johnson was doing for ukraine, he was a true friend of ukraine. he totaled supported ukraine. and the uk, it's on the right side of history. i'm sure the policy toward ukraine of the uk will not be changing and we gained a lot from boris johnson's activities. yes, we don't know if something will affect our unit, but first of all we have got military support from the uk and that's been scored. at the same time, he will still be working

but we heard from president zelenskyy speaking last night, saying that, you know, trust really is not high with russia that they will hold to the deal. these were his words. >> translator: it is clear to everyone that there may be some provocations on the part of russia, discredit ukrainian and international efforts, but we trust the u.n. now. it's their responsibility and responsibility of international partners to ensure compliance with the agreements. >> reporter: so really in the last few minutes, president zelenskyy's words have really sort of taken perhaps a new weight and a new meaning because we're just getting in reports from an adviser to the minister of interior here, a ukrainian mp as well, and as well as local reports on the ground that there has been anti-aircraft fire and strikes, explosions, load explosions around the port of odesa, which is one of the three ports that is to operate getting the grain out under this new agreement. so when president zelenskyy last night spoke about the possibility of provocations, it's not clear precisely what has happened today. but fro

damon, what is your reaction to president zelenskyy calling yesterday's attack, a, quote, open act of terrorism? >> jonathan, it's a pleasure to be with you and my reaction to president zelenskyy is that he is speaking, plain language, the plain truth. and i think that there is something powerful in recognizing that russian attacks on shopping malls, on hospitals, and killing innocent civilians, that this constitutes war crimes, it constitutes terrorism. and -- in ukraine, we have had trouble just saying the truth, that russia was invading ukraine. for a long time we couldn't say that [inaudible] and i think what you are hearing from president zelenskyy is calling out when we see, russian use of military means to conduct terror against the ukrainian population. >> and so president zelenskyy has accused russia of primarily targeting civilians. what are you hearing from your national endowment for democracy partners in ukraine? >> i think this is very much the case. you can see in the donbas in the east that there is more traditional military confrontation taking place, the front lines,

every other week, zelenskyy has appeared in public. you maypubl have noticed this with u.s. politicians on hands snuggling with lindsey graham once again. o it's kind of weird that hed never seems worried about his own safety since this is a war zone. he's met with a ton of hollywood celebrities here. he's with benho stiller. hello. nice to hello on . greatt. we had we know who the you know ,it's a great honor for me and thanks to it's really wonderful. you're my hero. i know a lot as you quit a great acting career for this . not s so great. you know, pretty great. but what you've done in the way that you've aroundve the countrd for the world, it's really inspiring. yeah. really, you're a hero this week. herzelenskyy got the annie leibovitz treatment at vogue magazine. is the better work of ukraine. this is real video g uploaded by vogue on instagram. watch . oh, pretty insulting to the thousands of ukrainians who have died and to the u.s.nd taxpayer who's funding all of this. but ukraine has gotten away with it because with theed complicity of the american media, they have

book now at bestwestern.com. >>> new this morning, president zelenskyy says he is, quote, removed two of his top officials, the prosecutor general and the head of the powerful state security service amid an investigation that some within their department have committed treason. zelenskyy says some of their subordinates were accused of working against ukraine and collaborating with russia. let's bring in cnn's senior international correspondent ivan watson who is live in ukraine. what is going on with these two top officials of zelenskyy's. >> reporter: this is a major shakeup, kaitlan. zelenskyy basically argued that there are some 651 cases of treason being investigated in different parts of law enforcement and the security forces here. that more than 60 employees of the general prosecutors office and the state security service actually turned sides after the russian invasion on february 24th. they've stayed in russian occupied territory and access them of actively working against the ukrainian government. that's part of why he's suspending the head of the state security office and t

looking forward to peaceful times, president zelenskyy is talking about the nato alliance today. listen to this. >> translator: we need security and safe space even conditions when we're not in the alliance. the main goal to have no gray safety zone. we're on this path, and they're must be certainty and certainty now. reporter: neil, president zelenskyy tweeted this today after meeting with british prime minister boris johnson. he said the two talked about not only security guarranties but food security for the world. president zelenskyy says russia is blocking the export of over 20 million tons of ukrainian grain, something russia denies after pulling out of snake island in the black sea. look at this video, neil. in the east a russian offensive was held back by ukraine forces. this is the donetsk province of donbas. this is expected to be the russia focus after taking the luhantsk province last couple days. back out here in lviv. we heard air raid sirens ten minutes ago. the much bigger concern is the possibility of a bela russian invasion. we met with the mayor's military lead

it's going to take a determination by zelenskyy that he's prepared to deal. gillian: there's also finances. war is expensive not only in blood and treasure but actual dollars. u.s. and nato are financing a lot of what is happening in europe right now. samantha power interestingly said earlier this week that ukraine's government is spending 5 to $6 billion on this war a month and that all global aid combined is not enough to keep pace with this. i think it's a fair question to ask, how long the u.s. bankrolling of this is going to be able to continue? >> i think that's a gad question. i don't think it will last forever but the problem is with the peace settlement -- >> gillian: president biden said this week, quote, as long as it takes, is that true? >> well, i -- biden says a lot of things that i -- that i have problems with. recently in yemen the houthi rebels agreed to a 3-month ceasefire, it was just renewed july 1st for 3 months. that may be the key of bringing some time of solution. anybody gives up anything and after 3 months they agree to stop fighting

is russia signaling overthrowing president zelenskyy? you will hear what the russian foreign minister is now saying, as ukraine tonight signals a major new offensive could be coming. ian pannell inside ukraine. >>> north of the border tonight, pope francis delivering an historic apology in canada. >>> in new york city, a bishop and his wife robbed in the middle of a church service. hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry. all of this being livestreamed. police studying the images tonight. >>> the humpback whale and the boat right off massachusetts. >>> and tonight here, we pay tribute to a beloved actor. from "goodfellas." known for roles on both sides of the law. how his daughter, also an actor, is remembering him. >>> good evening and it's great to start another week with all of you at home. and we have several developing stories as we come on tonight. in the northeast at this hour, 50 million americans on alert for severe storms. thunderstorms, damaging winds, ad possible tornadoes. rob is standing by to time this out. >>> but we

have a good day. ♪ ■é■í ♪ anchor: volodymyr zelenskyy visit odessa. ukraine says it's ready to start shipping grain and is waiting for the go-ahead, but continued attacks from russia could complicate that. after xi jinping and joe biden phone call on thursday, the standoff on a possible visit to taiwan by nancy pelosi continues , and beijing can count on the support. cynical gears -- senegal gears up for parliamentary election. some candidates hope to -- those of the headlines this hour. you are watching "france 24." a week after a united nations brokered deal that would allow for block ukrainian grain exports to leave the black seaports, president volodymyr zelenskyy is visiting odessa. kyiv it says it is ready to restart grain shipments, but no dates have been set. the fierce fighting with russia still makes the situation risk you. allowing for ukrainian grain shipments would curb the rising global food prices and could impact prices in developing countries. we have this update from odessa. >> one ship that has moved from one dock in this port in th

president zelenskyy called russia a terror state in response to this. the foreign minister said that russia was waging a war against the civilian population. we have seen this over and over again. so the ukrainians have long been calling for help with their air defense system and appears tonight that they're getting some help from the united states to be able to beef up their defenses against missiles and the united states sending two surface to air missile systems to ukraine. to help with that system that right because right now the ukrainians are vulnerable to missile strikes anywhere in the country. they are hoping they are in control of in the black sea. they are hoping that at least the volume of shelling will decrease because the russians no longer have this launch pad to access an area of odesa that frankly they have been unable to reach by land so far. >> we're starting to get an idea of what life is like in severodonetsk. now that it's under russian control. new video shows the city looking pretty much like a ghost town with bombed out building

. >> host: on the heels of that, ukraine's president zelenskyy has been in the news a lot but he was in the center of a storm that would ultimately be a trigger point for impeachment proceedings. how did you try to steer doj from the time you learned about the call between president zelenskyy and donald trump at release of the transcript delayed though it may have been, how did you try to navigate that? >> the day muller testified in june of 2019 i realized his testimony was not going to be what the president's opponents wanted so when he testified for all intents and purposes the whole russiagate scam was over and the very next day the president had his call with zelenskyy so that is one damn thing after another. we felt the night after muller testify we were happy in my office, pouring scotch is at the end of the day clinking our glasses, and we thought we had gotten past russiagate and now we could focus on the successful program of the administration and then the zelenskyy thing happened. i didn't find out about it immediately because i normally wouldn't find out about a call wit