i m charlie d agata in kyiv, where a swift russian victory turned into a devastating conflict with no end in sight. plus, new fallout following the toxic train derailment in ohio. we ve got a lot to do to fix this, to make rails safer. back to class. michigan state university moves forward as it begins to heal from last week s mass shooting. and later, insights from our own bob schieffer on covering the nation s 39th president, a period of american upheaval and a leader determined to go his own way. telling the truth has been pretty deeply ingrained in me. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thank you for joining us on this sunday. today an outpouring of tributes for former president jimmy carter after it was announced that he would be receiving hospice care at home. at age 98, mr. carter is the nation s oldest living president. his decision follows a series of hospital stays and many years of health chal
historic, timely, brave. that s how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russia s invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. as the president now embarks on another leg of the trip, we re learning crucial new details about how this historic moment came together. more on that ahead, and how the kremlin is responding with the trip coming just days after the u.s. formally accused russia of creigh committing crimes of against humanity. prayers for former president jimmy carter
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
every single day what the meaning of the word courage is. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for. for as long as it takes and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president. the white house did tell russia hours earlier that president biden would be there. officials said mr. biden wanted to deliver a powerful message of u.s. support for ukraine just days before the first anniversary of the war. the president deciding on friday that traveling there was a manageable level of security risk. the visit coming after vice president harris accused russia in munich this weekend of crimes against humanity. later speaking with me exclusively about it. the legal significance of that as a former prosecutor, well, the significance is that we have made a formal declaration. it s very important that the united states speaks truth, difficult though it may be for some to hear. and former president carter surrounded by family after the 98-year-old s decision to begin hom