president biden. plus kim jung-un s north korea launching what is thought to be another intercontinental ballistic missile. and homes become islands as devastating floods put some neighborhoods in the northeast under water. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m rahel solomon. up first this morning, president biden and ukrainian president zelenskyy preparing to have a face-to-face on the sidelines of the nato summit in lithuania, this is in the wake of russian airstrikes on kyiv for a second consecutive night. and zelenskyy s frustration over nato s decision to provide guidance but not provide a specific time line on when the alliance will be ready to grant ukraine membership. melissa bell with the latest. what are some ofof the expectations heading into this meeting? reporter: if yesterday was about the frustrations of president zelenskyy on one side and limits of what nato allies can do on the other, today is more about the deliverables, what t
always great to be with you, my friend. lying is so hard and hardly makes people blush. let s go back a little bit of the hunter s laptop and the new jim crow lie or so on and so forth. the lie that the coronavirus could not possibly come from a lab leak in wuhan, china, that was said by many in the media or some in the government. that lie may top of it all. the energy department joined the fbi in saying, yep, the virus spread via mishap at a chinese lab. the white house is hopeful that the obvious made out the truth. there is still no consensus within the administration. the president believes it is important that we continue that work and that we find out as best we can how it started so we can better prevent futures pandemic. the community and the rest of the government is still looking at this. there is not a definitive conclusion. meanwhile, the chinese are pushing back that won t surprise you. if you follow the story at all, here is what they are saying tonight
deadly accidents, scrubbed flights and an ice storm creating chaos. and a woman in oregon kidnapped and tortured and the suspect found dead. and first republican ready to officially take on donald trump and it is not ron desantis. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. an ice storm is wreaking havoc on the roads in at least eight states from texas to west virginia. that crash was in memphis. the national weather service urging everyone to avoid driving if possible. two people have died in texas accidents as sleet piled on top of ice makes roads very slick. vehicles backed up at at least ten miles down in texas highway on monday, flight aware says more than 1300 flights are already canceled today. the freezing rain still threatening parts of the south and central u.s. for at least another day. cnn s chad myers is here with the forecast. the video just tells the story. the roads are icy. where are we seeing the hardest hit