this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, february 25th, i m brianna keilar with john beerman . russian forces pushing closer to the capital of ukraine, a few miles from the city center of kyiv. new reporting in moments ago that u.s. intelligence officials fear that the capital could fall within days. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing a new video message appealing directly to vladimir putin, he says, there is fighting all over ukraine now, let s sit down at the negotiation table to stop the people s deaths. in the meantime, citizens of ukraine are being asked to make molotov cocktails and take down the occupier. overnight, kyiv was hit by missile fire.
good morning. we have extreme weather, severe storms tearing through the southeast and heading from the gulf coast all the way up past maine this morning. breaking news overnight, the wisconsin state assembly passing a bill stripping most public workers of their collective bargaining rights. but the fight for that bill seems far from over on this american morning. good morning to you. glad you re with us on this friday, february 25th, i m kiran chetry. and i m t.j. holmes. take a look at this scene in wisconsin. that s where we want to start this morning. the state assembly voted to strip unions of their collective bargaining rights. most of them. and they did this in front of a loud and angry crowd of protesters overnight. take a quick look.
the onglyza value card program. . we sure hope you have a great weekend. thanks again for spending your week with us. i m kyra phillips. see you back here next week. now we take it to suzanne malveaux. live from studio 7, i m suzanne malveaux. we want to get you up to speed for friday, february 25th. witnesses are telling cnn there are intense attacks on anti-government protesters in libya s capital today and are saying that artillery rounds and sniper fire was armed at people on streets. we are unable to show you pictureds because the libyan government has barred reporters from the territory it controls. [ chanting ] on the other side of the country where government opponents are in charge, libyans rallied today
the british navy sent the h.m. srchlts come cumberland some u.s. citizens were happy to get a catch to malta. wow, really good to see the union jack. reporter: unrest in libya has halted oil production by at least a half, pushing global prices above $100 a barrel for the first time since 2008 and threatening the u.s. economy with a return to recession. lara setrakian, abc news, dubai. those oil prices retreated yesterday to the lowest level in more than a week, but in early overseas trading prices were up again slightly. today u.n. security council meets here in new york to continue sanctions against the gadhafi regime. diplomats will not rule out travel bans, asset freezes, even an arms embargo. federal agents say a terror plot has been foiled but a quick-thinking chemical supplier to tipped off the fbi. khalid aldawsari is expected to
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