3pm today, some 11 hours after the first reports began, the news continues right here on cnn right now on early start, president biden promising major new sanctions against vladimir putin they re sitting down with the wife and daughter of alexey navalny about 24 hours to go until republican primary voters in south carolina had to the polls. what nikki haley is doing to try to convince her home state to pick her over donald trump and for the first time in more than 50 years, the us has returned the moon i know this was a nail-biter, but we are on the on the surface and we are transmitting. and welcome to the moon just amazing, we re back on the moon. good morning to our viewers. in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s friday, february 23rd. happy friday. we made it. welcome to the very last edition of early start after more than 12 years here on cnn will have more on what s next for us at the conclusion of this hour. so stick around. it is 0
tonight on 360 more than 50 years since the last time an american lunar lander is once again on the moon s surface and about to send back pictures, how it came to be at long last and how it almost didn t. also tonight, more breaking news as the biden administration prepares to impose new sanctions on russia of the death of alexey navalny. and the former president is still not critical sizing putin. my conversation with trump s former top russia expert, fiona hill. and later, trump wanted another month to pay that massive civil penalty for the business fraud he committed. now the judge hutchins ruled the answer is no we begin tonight with breaking news that is not happened since richard nixon was president for the first time since apollo 17 back in december of 1972, an american lunar lander has touched down on the surface of the moon. we re expecting any minute we re told the first images coming in from the odysseus lander from a spot just north of the moon s south pole. ody