hello, everyone, and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, february 26. i m amara walker. good morning. i m boris sanchez. we are so grateful that you are spending your morning us with, starting your week with us. i am pumped to be alongside amara. how are you doing? same here. good to be with you. it s our friday. i am doing great. plenty to get to this morning. here is what we are watching. one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. the epa stopping the removal of all contaminated material from that toxic train derailment in ohio as a battle now looms over how and where it should be moved. there is an outcry from neighboring states and the white house is responding, too. the war in ukraine is now in its second year and marked by fierce fighting in the east. our alex marquardt is there with troops from around the world who joined the front lines to fight russia s invasion. see
year since russia launched its invasion of ukraine. plus, moscow getting a boost on the battlefield from china. it s an outfront investigation. and a big gamble, accused murderer alex murdaugh takes the stand, did his tears and his admissions win over the jury? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront on the front lines, just hours from the one-year mark of the start of russia s war in ukraine, cnn has exclusively access to one town not far from where the head of putin s private army, the wagner group made an appearance on the front lines as well. [ speaking non-english ] re . translator: here and now we can greet all men who are fighting who are in the hospital who are fighting for our motherland. volunteers who are making ammunition. translator: we have seized a five-story building close to downtown bakhmut. translator: how far from the enemy? translator: it s 400 meters. translator: okay, let s go. otherwis
ramifications, a decoupling of the chinese economy for the entire world, not just the united states, right? i am curious also on the other side of things if you have gotten any sense of potential disagreement among lawmakers over president biden s decision against sending those fighter jets, those f-16s, to ukraine? i heard two important things in what president biden said about the f-16s. he said he has ruled it out for now. he said it s impossible to know what is going to be needed over the next two to three years. so that tells you that the u.s. administration does not think that the russia invasion of ukraine, that this war is about to end anytime soon. you know, i think there is a divide in congress. you have seen a growing number of democrats add republicans saying the u.s. should provide f-16s, but there is still real
but right now fox polling finding biden is doing the best job of handling ukraine policy in americans eyes than over the entire course of this conflict. these are the political parameters in which he is operating and divisions among the gop may help biden in 2024 but they complicate his policy right now and that s part of why he has to tread carefully. margaret talev, thanks so much. thanks, boris. of course. a programming note to share with you. an in-depth look at ukraine one year after the war began. watch the cnn special report the will to win: ukraine at war tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. all right, still ahead. winter weather hammers the west. kind of afraid we are going to have to evacuate if it gets any worse.
administration are really going to satisfy residents there who continue to complain not only what s happening right now with their health, but also long-term effects. terrible that they are facing so much uncertainty right now, the people in east palestine. thank you so much. let s turn to the war in ukraine and the director of the cia now says the u.s. is confident that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia. the news coming amid serious developments on the international front. yeah, on saturday ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy praised the european union s latest round of sanctions as powerful especially for targeting the spread of russian propaganda. and there was a g20 meeting with all countries except russia and china condemning the invasion of ukraine. to eastern overturn roe v. wade and alex marquardt. these developments amid a constant stream of attacks where