As we come on the air, were live in brussels. But the focus is on his next stop with 48 hours to go before the president sits down face to face with Vladimir Putin. Before he does we did. Keir simmons with a brand new peace. You will only see it on this show. President putin getting testy when being pressed. Will you commit to sending no more troops into ukraiian soviet territory . Wait until you hear what he had to say about that. We have Keir Simmons Live In Moscow with more of his exchew sieve interview. We also have make memoli. Keir, good morning to you and boy this was a ride ranging interview, significant on a number of fronts including this issue that you ask id him about ukraine. Yes, we were trying to understand what his strategy is. His strategy is to attack, negotiate, attack, negotiate. Arrest americans and then try to negotiate a trade. What it appears to be is talking about troops and then i want to talk about nato. He also talks about history and resentment. Bush promis
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you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in ukraine. new worries, one year into the war that russia could soon receive support that could be a game changer. the source of the concern is china and the possibility of beijing providing lethal aid to russia. now, the white house has called this a red line and the cia doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, but it s worrisome, nonetheless. and, you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance, but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china and i think china s leaders are weighing that, as they make their decisions. but first, let s go to cnn s alex marquardt, who is in ukraine with the latest on the fighting there. jim, some of the heaviest fighting, some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces from the gro
and in that mass shooting at a dance studio, we re learning what investigators found inside the gunman s home as the death toll rises this morning. the war in ukraine, russia reinforcing its front lines by adding tens of thousands of troops to the battlefield. but they re arriving unprepared as moscow builds up for a spring offensive. from new mexico to maine, the nation braces for a multi-based storm threat of snow and tornados that covers 2,000 miles. and a key hearing today in georgia over whether donald trump broke the law when he tried to overturn the election. the findings are in, but will the public see them? cnn this morning starts right now. we re going to begin with yet another grim reminder that our nation is suffering from what seems to be a never-ending crisis, a problem that is unique to america. california s reeling from three back-to-back mass shootings, investigators say a gunman killed seven people at a mushroom farm and trucking facility in a smal