it remains free. it remains independent. putin s first objective was to erase ukraine from the map, erase its identity. that has failed and will never succeed. secretary of state antony blinken weighing in one year since russia invaded ukraine. remarkable to see what they were doing a year ago, where they are now, what their assessment is and what s next. good morning. undaunted and undefeated ukraine still standing a year after russia invaded. ukrainian president zelenskyy is making a bold vow this morning telling his forces that 2023 will be, quote, the year of victory. the big boost, ukrainian troops are getting on the battlefield. also this hour kaitlin s sitdown with defense secretary lloyd austin. will china supply russia with weapons? how worried is the u.s.? here is a question for you. how did you sleep last night and the night before? the answer to those questions could provide a clue to your heart health. it s serious questions there. sanjay gupta will explain
the capture of bakhmut would be the first russian victory of note in more than six months of fighting. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is bakhmut, or at least what is left of it, after some of the fiercest fighting since russia invaded ukraine. for more than six months, russian shells and missiles have rained down on the city. thousands of russian soldiers have died trying to seize it and now their commanders are growing increasingly confident. translation: we have - almost surrounded bakhmut. there is only one road that remains in and out of the city. the pincers are closing. before we were fighting a professional ukrainian army but now we fight against old men and boys. ukrainian forces are still defending the city street by street and reports suggest reinforcements are being sent in. but these russian troops say the ukrainian army is destroying bridges like these, potentially to prepare for what western analysts ca
peacefully. justice for tyree. justice for tyree. todd: brooke singman live with the latest. brooke. brooke: good morning, guys. just hours from now memphis police are expected to release body cam footage from the night of tyre nichols s death. this started january 27 when the 29 year old was pulled over on suspicion of wreckless driving. what we re about to play is reporting of the police scanner. we got one male black running. eyes on the subject? set up perimeter. running on foot. see what the address. he is fighting at this time. brooke: the nichols family has seen the footage and they say it shows the officers beating tyre nichols for three minutes. he died in the hospital three days evera the incident. the tape could trigger civil unrest with the police chief giving this warning. this is not just a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this individual was heinous, wreckless and inhumane and in the vei
trillion could soon approach the size of the defense budget. let that sink in, neil. president biden is calling for more taxes on the rich. he speak recently in virginia beach. i want to make it clear, i m going to raise some taxes. any of you who are billionaires out there, you re going to stop paying 3%. not a joke. biden met with kevin mccarthy just once since he became speaker and with a debt of over $31 trillion, many republicans are concerned about potential cuts in national against, a time when the biden administration is arming ukrainian forces with billions in american weapons and with the threat from china increasing. the 2022 and 2023 defense budgets are 3% when the kennedy administration was spending 9% of u.s. gdp on defense, building up the arsenal which the pentagon says is aging and is needed upgrades to the tunes of billions ever dollars. and jfk cut taxes and shortly after his death. that was then. lucas thank you very much. i raised this issue with jo