viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca a oig. . i m max foster. just ahead russian forces trying and so far failing to make real head way in the opening stages of a new offensive. we re not only up against ukraine, but also against nato and especially the united states. to control the narrative early on. what folks are really concerned about is what happens later, what happens down the road, what happens three years from now. several buildings have collapsed. several people have been confirmed killed. hundreds injured. some of them in critical condition. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, february 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 12 noon in moscow where vladimir putin is set to deliver a speech to the nation s top political and military leaders on the state of what he calls russia s special military operation in ukraine. mr. putin is expected to lay out his vision for wha
we begin with vladimir putin delivering a major speech doubling down on the goals of russia s so-called special military operation in ukraine that began a year ago. it is a day after president biden s surprise visit to the ukrainian capital. this teach along with biden s planned address in warsaw setting up an extraordinary split screen moment hours apart, the two leaders laying out their vastly different visions of the conflict. we have coverage from every angle. clare sebastian, let s start with you. on the heels of biden s unexpected historic trip to kyiv, what is vladimir putin saying this morning? well, this was unmistakably a tirade against the west. this was president putin blaming the west for starting the war in ukraine and escalating it, blaming the west for the casualties. he said west started it and russia is using force to try to stop it. and he says russia has been trying to work through this through peaceful means. take a listen. translator: i ve done absol
everything possible to resolve this problem peacefully. new scenario has been unleashed and peace initiatives have been completely subverted by lies and hypocrisy. good morning, i m poppy ha harlow. sarah sniden n n ner is here wi. don will be back with us tomorrow. and here we re watching a speech that president putin just finished, a fiery response after president biden s surprise trip to kyiv. putin s warning to america and the west overall is russia s invasion of ukraine is nearing that one year grim milestone. president biden is preparing to deliver his own dueling speech here in poland in a matter of hours from now. plus families complaining of rashes, headaches and nausea, but are the symptoms actually linked to that toxic train wreck? east palestine, ohio? the head of the epa is returning to east palestine as the feds try to figure all this out. and an arrest in the death of a los angeles catholic bishop, who is the man in custody and what is his connection to
aid. so far, the united states has appropriated $113 billion of your dollars for the ukrainian war effort with no end in sight. that s all joe biden will say. this will never end. florida congressman matt gaetz told foxnews.com, on president s day, i m not surprised that joe biden is ditching america for ukraine. they can keep him. sure can. gaetz was referencing the disaster in east palestine, ohio which had been ignored from this administration. no visits from biden or pothole pete or anybody else. until recently, fema, the federal emergency managing agency has been mia until they were shamed to deploying a team two weeks later and moments after donald trump said he would be visiting. under biden, serious problems have atten tendency to fester. at home and abroad. communist china continues to descyber rattle all over the wo and refuses to apologize for flying a balloon across on country. you just got out of a meeting with wong li of china. we have read the read-out. what
the 6.3-magnitude quake hitting the same region. the devastating images already coming in tonight. here in the u.s., we are tracking a major new storm moving across the country tonight. don t be fooled by these warm temperatures. 20 states from california to all the way to michigan already on alert tonight as this then moves right into the east. snow, rain, ice, and ginger zee timing it out. the beloved catholic bishop murdered. tonight a suspect under arrest in los angeles. the bishop s body found inside his home. we have new reporting here about the suspect. and the question how did he know the bishop? tonight, the major plant explosion outside cleveland. the images coming in. there are multiple injuries to report. also, the growing concern about toxic chemicals in east palestine, ohio. many in that community do not believe the water and air are safe. so, what happened today? we re on the scene tonight. former president jimmy carter receiving hospice care at his