support. remind us that freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. brian: all right. the visit coming just days ahead of the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion. steve: pleart in four days. peter doocy joins us with the latest. peter, as late as yesterday, the white house was saying no, absolutely he is not going to ukraine. he went to ukraine. peter: yes, we thought president biden was coming to warsaw except he popped up in a war zone taking a train from poland into the ukrainian capital and bringing with him a half a billion dollars in new security assistance. more javelins, air surveillance radars to help protect the american people from ariel bombardments. zelenskyy is speaking confidently about the perilous months ahead. this conversation brings us closer to the victory and we hope this year the 2023 will become aer i don t of victory thi
carry on his legacy. under fire the ceo of the company that owns the train that derailed in ohio meets with angry residents. i think he was hiding what the white house is now demanding. a high ranking catholic bishop killed in his own home in l.a. his stunned congregation in tears. the investigation into who did it and why one of the long time stars of law and order has died. we remember richard belzer and children s book controversy the publisher rewriting role dahl controvers like charlie and the chocolate factory. are words like fat and ugly too controversial? this is nbc nightly news good evening i m jose diaz-balart in for kate snow we begin with what appears to be a major escalation by north korea. late today north korea launched a barrage of missiles in a provocative show of force. those launches come just hours after they test fired a missile capable of hitting the united states. it came so close to japan the residents there were able to see it fall
headquarters in new york city on this presidents day. there are high stakes today. joe biden, the first president in modern history to travel to a war zone without u.s. troops already on the ground. the message his visit is sending to ukraine, america s allies and the american people as he gears up for another run at the white house. how is vladimir putin responding to the president s diplomatic slap in the face as the kremlin tries to spin something positive out of a war marked by frustration and failure? we ll have a live report from moscow coming up. and ron desantis welcoming political attacks from his fellow republicans saying this morning if, quote, people aren t firing at me, then i m not doing my job. but how long until he starts firing back? a lot to get to. let s start with president biden already on the move, heading to poland following the unannounced and unprecedented visit to ukraine taking the opportunity to literally stand with president volodymyr zelenskyy
tomorrow almost one year to the date of russia s invasion full-blown invasion of ukraine. the president pledging uncavering u.s. support for ukraine and nato allies and it comes after the u.s. sent an unmistakable message to two an tag nifts at the u.n. security council. vice president kamala harris accused of the wrussia of the wr and talk about the trip the president will take. very important and coming at a time when the world is marking this one-year anniversary, if you want to call it that, one year since this full bloen rus blown invasion of ukraine and one russian president vladimir putin wouldn t have predicted. the president ushered much of the aid to ukraine. reporter: and warning of a potential russian offensive in the next weeks or months. crucial moment, you laid out. president biden headed to poland tomorrow reinforcing support among allies and make it clear they still stand by ukraine and will be providing as they have been humanitarian and security assistanc
short on. matching its rhetoric, with the kind of support ukrainians to win this war, not just for ukraine, but for the u.s. and u.s. national security. we re gonna watch then very closely, president biden arrives in the region on monday. he will be delivering an important speech on tuesday. we ll see if any of that changes. colonel, may we not be talking about this and a year, or at least be talking about it as history, retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, is the former director of european foreign affairs at the national security council. he s the author of the important book, here right matters. an american story. should, ahead more on the war in ukraine as we approach the one year anniversary another hour of velshi, live from kyiv, begins right now. begins right now good morning to you, it is saturday, february the 18th, welcome to our new home. a 10 am and 11 am eastern, our show is celebrating three years on the air this weekend. we thank you for watching u