Putin calls Crimea bridge strike a “terrorist attack”

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking Crimea to Russia, a vital supply line for Vladimir Putin’s war. Key White House official John Kirby joins to discuss the strike and Putin’s vow to retaliate for what he’s calling a terrorist attack. Plus, the federal judge in the Trump classified documents case is now looking to push the ball forward on setting a trial date. Also, Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) is attempting to walk back her remark that Israel is a racist state. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now.
0:03.7	Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking
0:07.7	Crimea to Russia, a vital supply line for Vladimir Putin's war.
0:12.1	I'll ask key White House official John Kirby
0:14.4	about the strike and Putin's vowed to retaliate for what he's calling a
0:18.8	terrorist attack. Also tonight the federal judge in the Trump classified documents case is now
0:25.2	looking to push the ball forward on actually setting a trial date. We're getting
0:29.8	new information about tomorrow's lead-off hearing in the criminal prosecution of the
0:34.4	former president. And under fire from fellow Democrats, Representative
0:39.2	Pramilajayepal is attempting to walk back her remark that Israel is a quote racist state.
0:46.0	But Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants more,
0:49.0	demanding the Jaiapal's party take action against her.
0:53.8	Welcome to our viewers here in the United States
0:56.3	and around the world.
0:57.8	I'm Wolf Plitzer, you're in the situation room. We begin this hour with the war in Ukraine and the impact of that bridge attack by Ukrainian forces.
1:14.0	CNN senior national security correspondent Alex Barcourt is joining us live from Odessa right now.
1:19.0	Alex, a Ukrainian official now says the bridge was blown up by naval drones.
1:25.3	You're getting more information.
1:26.4	Tell us more.
1:27.4	That's right, Wolf.
1:30.4	Tonight both Russia and Ukraine are saying that it was Ukrainian sea or
1:34.2	naval drones that carried out this extraordinary attack on this highly
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