to fly out of washington, d.c. until the 6:00 p.m. tonight. instead, they very quietly gathered a press pool and left yesterday about 4:15. the president appeared in kyiv, not on his original itinerary. we were told he was just coming to poland to commemorate the one year anniversary of the russian invasion instead he droons into an active war zone. the new york times is reporting that he took an hour s long train ride from poland into the ukrainian capital that is besieged by the russians right now and while there he announced an extra half a billion dollars in new u.s. security assistance. listen. that announcement includes artillery ammunition for himars and howitzers, nor javelins, raiders, they will protect the people from aerial bombardments. he rattled off a lot of different kinds of assistance. it is all equipment that the u.s. has given ukraine so far. ukrainians van v. been asking for f-16s that s not on the list of things the president gave as half a billion do
a war zone as president. he and zelensky walking through the streets of kiev. you can hear the sirens ringing through the country as the two leaders were leaving a church a few hours ago. [sirens blaring] bill: quite a shot there biden and zelensky undeterred by those alarms above. unannounced visit comes after ukraine marks a year of fending off russia. the fighting only expected to intensify in the coming months with that spring thaw. according to the president s america s support will go nowhere. president biden: i m here to show our unwavering support for the nation s independence. we know there will be very difficult days, weeks and years ahead but russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. dana: president biden getting a look at the devastating toll of russia s invasion that s ravaged the country for the last year. the fighting has killed thousands of troops and
february 24th of last year. an endless cycle of destruction and resilience since then. while there he announced an additional half billion in assistance promising president zelensky that the u.s. will stand by ukraine. president biden: putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. he is counting on us not sticking together. one year later, the evidence is right here in this room. we stand here together. we ll talk to former c.i.a. station chief dan hoffman. first to steve harrigan live in the capital city of kiev. steve. it really was a remarkable moment here this morning that many people looked on in disbelief at the monastery behind me built in the middle ages. inside you had president zelensky as well as president biden. before they came out, the air raid sirens rang out across kiev. [sirens blasting] no signs of any explosions or any visible signs of danger. the white house was clear to say they had informed russia about the trip before it happened. in
hatred and selective prosecution on steroids. this is necessary, but obviously it s a momentous and tragedy. good morning, everyone and here we are unprecedented moment in american history. donald trump, now the first ex president in the history of this country to be indicted and face criminal charges, charges, sources are telling cnn he is facing more than 30 counts related to business fraud here in new york . he is expected to turn himself in. on tuesday. the manhattan district attorney s case is centered around the accounting of hush money payments to stormy daniels. we ve learned about the grand jury s historic decision. we learned about that last night katelyn polantz some members of trump s camp or caught off guard because his legal team was speculating that maybe this case by the manhattan d a was falling apart. so later this hour. one of trump s current attorneys is going to join us live. also this morning. i want to show you just what everyone is waking up to and rea
the romance scams that cost people thousands of dollars the bbc speaks to a former gang member. and ahead of the oscars this weekend newsday speaks to domee shi, director of turning red, nominated for best animated movie. the uk government has unveiled its plan to tackle illegal migration, aimed at stopping people crossing the english channel in small boats. the prime minster, rishi sunak, said the bill was tough but necessary and fair. however, the un refugee agency says the bill would deny protection to many asylum seekers needing protection, calling it a breach of the un refugee convention, and undermining britain s humanitarian tradition. this report from our political editor, chris mason. it s half five in the morning. so dungeness. we re heading for one of the beaches on the south coast where migrants have arrived. this morning we will discuss the prime minister s plans to get tough on small boat crossings. rishi sunak and the home secretary say this is part of