president was in helsinki standing side by side with vladimir putin defending the russian leader. we ll take you there live. also, right now, wild weather coast to coast from tornados in chicago to flooding in the northeast, and more than 100 million americans under the thumb of a historic heat wave. we have your forecast. plus, setting the stage for another hollywood strike, first writers, now actors, what it could mean for all your entertainment. good morning, it s 10:00 eastern. thanks for being here. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin in helsinki where we are just minutes away from a joint press conference with president biden and the president of finland, nato s newest member. let s go there now with nbc news white house correspondent, monica alba. walk us through the presidents day there in finland so far. reporter: well, ana, this is really a historic cap to a week of critical meetings for president biden overseas, and he s here in finland m
to mandatory evacuations. the president was paralyzed for an entire week by a balloon. the president made a very clear and decisive decision. domestic, political, and international blowback as china s spy balloon has upended president biden s state of the union address this week. and the u.s. is on alert for possible retaliation from beijing. another close call on the runway as a fedex cargo plane nearly collides with a southwest flight in texas. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time! queen bey is now queen of the grammys. beyonce making history, taking home more grammys than any other artist ever. cnn this morning starts right now. and you can see, there s a lot going on this morning. and we have to begin with a dramatic new video of a reporter running for his life on live tv, while he was reporting on the devastating earthquake in turkey. take a look. [ speaking non-english ] [ screaming ] the catastrophic quake has now killed more than
the race for a gop presidential nominee. for the first time since the invasion of ukraine began, russian officials could be facing war crimes charges. reuters and new york times reporting the international criminal court is planning to open two cases and issue arrest warrants for a number of people. something that ukraine has been asking for for some time. in just moments labor department will release a key inflation report revealing just how much consumer prices rose last month. biggest thing to watch for is what the federal reserve is going to do. are they worried about the fragility of the banking system and being able to handle more rate hikes. good morning, everyone. welcome in to cnn this morning. banks across america struggling with the fallout from the largest bank failure since the 2008 financial crisis. stocks of more than two dozen regional banks plummeted yesterday, even after president biden took emergency action to ease panic. we re keeping a
Commitment to upholding International Rules of the road, including freedom of navigation. Just this past week, the prc vessels acted as dangerously and unlawfully as our philippine friends conduct a routine mission in their own exclusive Economic Zone in the South China Sea. I want to be clear, i want to be very clear. The United States defense commitment to the philippines is ironclad. The United States Defense Agreement with the philippines is ironclad. Any attack on the filipino aircraft vessels, our mutual Defense Treaty with the philippines. And, mr. Prime minister, today we renewed our commitment to defend the values at the heart of this alliance, and we continue to stand as one to forge a Better Future for both of us and all the region. So i want to thank you again for being here. Thank you for your partnership, and your leadership in this critical moment. And id like to now turn it over to you. Well, thank you very much, mr. President. Australia and the United States have stood
we lost about 90% of all of our things, and then followed by ab absolute awe and wonder. we have an amazing community, and people have shown up for us. i want to have the camera pan around here to show the community here. they are working hard to get the mud and the dirt out of this playground. this was filled with playground equipment 72 hours ago. now it s filled with folks with wheel bar rows and shovels. kids enjoying their summer with a shovel in hand as the community bands together to help out. you showed us where the river was. did the river level rise that high? it looked like it was several feet above where the water is? it was several feet above where it was in this building, which is several feet above the river, it got to three feet of water inside the building, and by the way, that s not the highest they ve even ever seen