greetings everyone. you are watching symone. this week marks one year since russia launched its brutal assault on ukraine. no end in sight. we are digging into the future of america s support of ukraine. biden prepares to travel to the region and now u.s. officials say china might be considering lethal support of russia s war effort. nikki haley has joined the former president trump and the republican primary for president in 2024. it is shaping up to be crowded, where her former boss is the man who beat. does nikki haley have a chance? we are asking one of her former staffers. plus, in our living black history series, my conversation with brian stevenson, a true champion for justice. he has helped free more than 130 wrongly convicted people from death row and he has not done yet. i am symone sanders johnson and i have something to say. nearly one year ago vladimir putin was saying if russia were to invade ukraine, his troops would take kyiv in 48 hours. of course, putin di
Laura coats, and this is cnn tonight. Weve got two huge stories tonight that were following, of course right here in the nations capital, our continuing coverage of the state of the Union Address. Meanwhile, another sided country in los angeles, we have breaking news on another major story, in the world of sports. Entertainment, and frankly american culture. Lebron james tonight breaking the record to become the nbas alltime leading scorer. Passing a fellow laker, Kareem Abduljabbar. Once he broke this record the game was actually stopped for the celebration that was certainly do lebron joined on his court by his family, by the man he also passed, Kareem Abduljabbar. And even the nba commissioner, adam silver. In other words, everyone was watching to see whether tonight would be the night that he actually did it. I came into the game, and watch what happened in this really important, powerful moment. Lebron, for the record, hes got it. Hes done it. Lebron james is now the alltime leadi
and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors, who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. now, all of this ahead of president biden s trip to poland on monday to mark one year since president putin began his assault on ukraine. which has become the biggest conflict in europe since world war ii. there is no end in sight. it was nearly one year ago that russia used belarus territory to send troops into ukraine. remember those images, right? just yesterday, putin hosted the president of belarus for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation between the two nations. meanwhile, back in munich, ukrainian president zelenskyy thanked western allies for their support in a virtual address, stressing that more military aid is needed, and fast. i wanted to hear from the world, ukraine, we will be with you. unfortunately, i heard that only after russia struck our land. that is why we need to hurry up. we need the speed
have you both. we will rock this hour. we begin at the u.s. supreme court where the justices right now hearing arguments into cases challenging president biden student loan and out program. in one of those cases, the coalition of six republican-led states is fighting to block biden plan to pass nearly half a trillion dollars of student loan debt onto the backs of taxpayers. many didn t have those loans because it s only 13% of the american spirit of the coalition calls it an executive branch overreach. and it is absent of clear congressional mandate. the white house as it is confident in its legal authority. but the outcome will determine how much power will be granted to the president of the united states moving forward. the wall street editorial particles at one of the most consequential separation of power cases in american history. i see you nodding. why? marc: the biden administration knows this is one, unpopular and unconstitutional. they will lose the case. the reaso
administration. kentucky, the kentucky legislature overrode the governor s veto, a bill that restricts aspects of trans youth, gender affirming care and the use of bathrooms. i know the white house released a proclamation for trans day on visibility. there s a march happening tomorrow to commemorate this day, also to protest these types of bills that are continuing to be passed in advanced in legislatures across the country. what is the white house s message to these lawmakers that are passing these bills and those taking to the streets to protest them. we support peaceful protest. we think it s important for americans and people just across the country to make their voices heard just as long as its faceful. we ve been very clear about these anti-lgbtq bills in legislatures across the country, the anti-trans bills as they attack trans kids, attack trans parents. it s shameful. it s unacceptable. as you mentioned, tomorrow s trans visibility day on a day that we should be