good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 25th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara, i m boris sanchez. we re grateful you are starting your weekend with us. you are live in the cnn newsroom and despite the vicious lies you may be reading on social media, amara and i didn t plan to coordinate our outfits, it happened naturally because great minds think alike. i think we re ready to welcome spring when it has ppen ukraine enters the second year of war with russia with a message to the world. [ speaking non-english ] [ cheers ] ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy acknowledging the grim milestones speaking before troops in kyiv. he declared 2023 as a year of ukraine s victory over russia and expressed confidence in his country s ability to fend off attacks. in the meantime, ukraine s international allies showed their solidarity with tributes and announcements of new weapons and funding heading to the region. the first shipment of heavy battle tanks arriv
today ukraine battles its way into a second year of war defying russian expectations and denying moscow the swift victory it expected. this was the view one year ago yesterday as russian tanks rolled into ukraine launching its unprovoked war. to mark the anniversary, western allies bathed their landmarks in the colors of ukraine s flag and more importantly pledging more financial support. the u.s. has announced a $2 billion package. 8 million ukrainians have fled their country. of those who remain, 18 million are in dire need of assistance. that s nearly 40% of the population. let s begin this hour in ukraine s capitol. melissa bell is in kyiv. reporter: jim, a day after those ceremonies held here in the center of kyiv to mark the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion and to celebrate the fact that kyiv had been able toll stand no sign of the nationwide strikes that so many ukrainian officials had been warning about and ukrainian civilians had been preparing for. for
mason temple in memphis was hacked. memphis was a city in mourning, grappling with unrest over the deaths of two black employees of a memphis department of public work. employees that were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths. today, under the slogan i am a man, more than 1000 black appointees were on strike, and tensions were rising. despite a bad thunderstorm that april 9th, the room was filled. there was one man that the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king junior, who visited memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage, and decent working conditions. that night, he was back. he was delivering what would be his final speech, the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying that something is happening in memphis, something is happening in our world. we have been forced to a point where we are going to have to struggl
for staying up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow on april 3rd, in 1968, the mason temple in memphis was hacked. memphis was a city in mourning, grappling with unrest over the deaths of two black employees of a memphis department of public work. employees that were crushed to death while taking cover from severe weather. today marks the 55th anniversary of their deaths. today, under the slogan i am a man, more than 1000 black appointees were on strike, and tensions were rising. despite a bad thunderstorm that april 9th, the room was filled. there was one man that the crowd wanted to hear from. martin luther king junior, who visited memphis twice before. he was trying to help the black workers get a living wage, and decent working conditions. that night, he was back. he was delivering what would be his final speech, the night before he was assassinated. dr. king began his famous mountaintop speech by saying that something is happening in memphis, s