announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. the fulton county district attorney is georgia, fani willis who is investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in georgia is planning to announce her decision on whether to bring criminal charges against the former president this summer. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez is following this for us. tell us more, evan? what are you learning? reporter: for months we ve heard fani willis say that sher decision on whether to bring charges in this important case was imminent. now we know what she means. in this letter that she wrote to the fulton county sheriff, and to local law enforcement there in atlanta, she s warning essentially that her timeline is looking somewhere between july 11th and september 1st. that is when this grand jury will be seated and will be hearing perhaps evidence to again, with a decision on whether to bring charges against the f
hour on cnn newsroom. i m bianna golodryga. i m victor blackwell. in just a few hours, we ll see president biden in primetime. this will be his first state of the union address before a divided congress. the speech will offer the president his largest television audience of the year, and unlike last year when nancy pelosi sat behind the president, the house speaker seat will be occupied by republican kevin mccarthy. his party holds a slim majority in the house, and the president said he will extend his hand. he ll go across the aisle for veterans and the opioid epidemic. he expects to lay out his successes setting up what insiders say is a test run for his re-election bid. manu raju and phil mattingly are at the white house. give us a preview of what we can expect tonight. i think the president will try to connect. when you talk to his advisers, connect what they view of critical accomplishments to what they know they still need to accomplish the year or two ahead. it
tonight. ac 360 starts now. not since the cold war has the conflict since the russia and west has been to sharply drawn in dueling speeches three days before the anniversary of russian s invasion of ukraine, and a day after the president of surprise visit to kyiv. kiev one year ago the war was bracing for the fall of kiev, i just come from a visit to kiev and i can report kiev stands strong. kiev stands proud. it stands tall. and most importantly it stands free. speaking today in warsaw, the capitol, the president pledged unflagging support from nato which joined in 199 and commitment to ukraine one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts nato can remain unified, our support for ukraine will not waiver, nato will not be divided and we will not to tire. the president accused russia of creating crimes against human
visit to kyiv, and i can report that kyiv stands strong! kyiv stands proud! it stands tall, and most important, it sends free. speaking today in warsaw, the capital of a former soviet bloc countries, the president pledged unflagging merrick in support for nato, which poland joint in 1999 and it was firm commitment to ukraine. one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts whether nato can remain unified. but there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. the president also accused russia of committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vladimir putin, for his part, gave this as his rationale for the war. turning during his annual address to the russian people. [interpreter] the elite of the west do not conceal their ambitions. which is to strategically
from california through the middle of the country, all the way to the northeast. heavy snow and ice, dangerous travel, high winds. and in the northeast, the rare tornado warning, ginger zee takes through it all. the team on the ground in east palestine, ohio, the epa ordering the company norfolk southern to cover the cost of the cleanup or face heavy fines. and to reassure the public, the popular republican head of ohio and head of the epa going from home to home, drinking from the tap. dramatic day in court in the alex murdaugh trial, the surviving son on the stand, his father charged with murdering his mother and brother, now watching his son testify. news coming in of a deadly avalanche in the u.s. several hikers killed. new images of the deadly plant explosion outside cleveland, the blast seen from miles away. also a baby formula recall, 145,000 cans recalled over a possible bacterial risk. and news tonight on our robin roberts, her triumph ten years ago today,