president volodymyr zelenskyy touchdown and hiroshima to meet with president biden and leaders of some of the world s most powerful democracies. zelenskyy s arrival comes just a day after biden approved plans for ukrainian pilots to train to fly f-16 fighter jets. the united states and other g7 leaders are also announcing a new slew of sanctions on russia to starve its quote, warm. jeanne see white house correspondent mike joins me live from here seem, japan. mike, good morning. what can we expect from president zelenskyy s trip to the g7 summit in president biden s plans to meet with him? well katie, we have seen, over the course of a now 15 16 months of this ukraine conflict, just how powerful president zelenskyy s personal diplomacy has been in keeping support flowing to his country as it fights off russia s invasion, and this is really a powerful moment not just for presents lewinsky to speak with the g7 leaders as a whole, but to
still a heck of a lot of time. anybody else out there that s gonna be announcing soon that could feasibly bake the former president a bit nervous? i really think the scout announcement is gonna be something to keep an eye on. chris christie, former governor of new jersey, has told people around him, he plans to run. both of these people have to answer the trump question. they really have to be able to have an argument to say, why me? and not trump? so far, only chris christie has come out criticizing former president trump. tim scott has not. sophia, we thank you. appreciate it. heading overseas, the president at the g7 summit in japan getting ready to meet with president zelenskyy of ukraine, and this is where our correspondent mike is in hiroshima for us covering it. at 404 in the morning. i believe? mike, thanks for joining us on this.
also very treacherous right now. the city of buffalo banning all vehicle traffic. also other counties across western new york saying don t go on the roads. tens of thousands of people without power storm packing quite the punch here in new york. mike? mike: max gorden starting us off live outside of buffalo, thanks. many people who thought they would be with loved ones tonight are instead spending the evening with strangers at the airport. thousands of cancellations and delays have made this a nightmare for travelers. senior correspondent mike only to bin is at o hare airport tonight. good evening. things are moving but getting home is tough, according to flight aware.com got almost 23,000 flights delayed. almost 6,000 are canceled so if you are at home watching this. you are one of the lucky ones. the entire seattle tacoma airport was shut down after this colossal weather system dumped freezing rain on the specific northwest.
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crisis going on at the southern border. the numbers have been hanging the democrats are now starting to wake up to this reality. they are talking about it. seen the pictures there on the border. there lines and lines of people building camp fires trying to stay warm. can your communities sustain that many migrants? it s extra complicated with venezuelans and haitians and cubans and people who are coming that can t be sent back to their countries of origin. how do you solve for that? as 2022 coming to auto close the crisis at our border is a very difficult problem with the potential that 2023 could be even worse. let s bring in our panel byron york chief political correspondent of the washington examiner. marie harp former state department spokesperson under