tonight, we begin with breaking news out of russia. a major twist in that country s war against ukraine. vladimir putin forced to confront a rebellion within his own borders. just hours ago, we learned that if guinea prigozhin, the owner and the head of the wagner group and mercenary force that has been fighting alongside the russian military and ukraine, halted his advance on to the country s capital. that announcement came shortly after prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had captured the city of rostov-on-don home to the russian military headquarters for its war in ukraine. since their invasion last year, moscow has become dependent on the back in a group to support the war efforts as they re dwindling russian forces struggle to make significant gains inside ukrainian territory. in december, the u.s. said it believed the group had an estimated 50,000 personnel inside ukraine alone. it made up of about 10,000 contractors and 40,000 convicts that were recruited from inside
and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors, who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. now, all of this ahead of president biden s trip to poland on monday to mark one year since president putin began his assault on ukraine. which has become the biggest conflict in europe since world war ii. there is no end in sight. it was nearly one year ago that russia used belarus territory to send troops into ukraine. remember those images, right? just yesterday, putin hosted the president of belarus for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation between the two nations. meanwhile, back in munich, ukrainian president zelenskyy thanked western allies for their support in a virtual address, stressing that more military aid is needed, and fast. i wanted to hear from the world, ukraine, we will be with you. unfortunately, i heard that only after russia struck our land. that is why we need to hurry up. we need the speed
homage to her as her leisure man. and others will do that. william will do that interesting and yes, we do know that harry will be there very will be there , but not not with megan. and i mean, it sounds like what you re describing is it will be, um, unique to because there is a nod to modernity. but then it also sounds like kind of maybe, you know, in royal space is kind of a humble, you know, also offering to with that type of medieval crown that you were talking about it right there for now, and we ll have you back because we ve got weeks ago. you know a whole lot. rehearsing of , of all these musicians, choirs have got to get used to this 12 musical selections. and, of course, there s going to be so much pomp in circumstance. so we ll have you back for that. sally bedell smith. good to see you. thanks so much. you deceived frederick, you re welcome. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield, and we re learning new details now about a
world headquarters in new york. a busy hour ahead. right now, president biden is on his way to wisconsin on an unofficial post state of the union tour after his rousing address before the joint session of congress last night. imploring lawmakers to finish the job, the president defended his record and called for more bipartisanship. but did manage to tangle with republicans at times. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. anybody who doubts it, contact my office, i ll give you a copy. i ve give you a copy of the proposal. coming up, we ll talk about how president biden may use those gop outbursts to his advantage. plus, the drama on the floor before the president even walked out. what senator mitt romney is saying about this moment, the moment when he called out george santos to his face on the house floor, with cameras rolling. he shouldn t have been there. he shouldn t be in the look, he s a sick puppy. also t
todd: that video is remarkable. the officers are being honored and details about the families. brooke singman. brooke: honoring them at a vigil tonight. police have identified all six victims, three faculty members and three studenting. the family of evelyn dieckhaus who tried to pull the fire alarm to save her classmates are speaking out on the loss. her sister said she doesn t want to be an only child. the family can t believe this happened. head of the call katherine koonce was on a zoom call, she hung up and went for the shooter after hearing the gun shots, something her friends say is something she would have done for her students. she was an absolute champion for her students, her students knew she was in their corner. she was an educator and the smartest person in the room. ashley: the daughter of mike hill speaking out saying ittel foos like a bad dream. i have watched school shootings happen over the year and never thought i would lose a loved one. we are g