would ex ptend political capita to a very capable recognizance satellite program that gives them all the intelligence they need. reporter: but we ve heard the science excuse before from beijing when china tested a missile that went around the world in 2021 they claimed it was a routine spacecraft ex expe experiment. this is like tiktok. does anybody trust china? of course not. for good reason. reporter: china has spy satellites but they can t loitder over a big area like a balloon. the government will track the balloon as it makes its way across america. the u.s. response so far on the diplomatic front with antony blinken delaying the high stakes visit to beijing. conditions are not conducive for a constructive visit at this time. the decision to take this action, my planned visit is detrimental to the discussions we were planned to have. reporter: for where this goes from here. the pentagon says for now they re continuously tracking this balloon and determined it s
thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi
roadways and the country. big portions of the country at least. this is in utah where stranded cars line the interstate, crews working to clear the snow this morning, and in the air severe weather has forced airlines to cancel nearly 1500 flights so far today. let s bring in cnn s adrienne broaddus live outside minneapolis. the last time we saw you, the wind was at your back. it looks like it s hitting the side of your face and snow still coming down. what are you seeing and feeling? reporter: you know what, i feel great, thank you for asking. it s snowing. the snow is starting to pick up and i m dressed in layers so i m not that cold. at least not right now. but i do want to share some really important information with our friends and our viewers. authorities with the minnesota state patrol saying from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. this morning there were more than 100 crashesing. at least ten of them resulted in injuries. one was serious. shutting down a major highway here in t
[ inaudible ] no time? big mistake. reporter: jake, that was an assessment that lined one what we heard with his advisers over the course of the last 24 hours. not notably, president putin s announcement came hours before joe biden s speech. just a short time ago, an interview was released where the president called it a big mistake but was confident they could work things out. that underscores a subtext here. u.s. officials make clear this is a reversible position. the treaty goes until 2026. there is time to figure this out. keep in mind, this was the first agreement reached by joe biden and putin at the start of his time in office. it goes to show even on issue where is they thought they could negotiate and reach agreements, the relationship is all but imploded at this point. phil, the president is set to land back in washington in a few hours. what will await him as republicans continue to splinter on the subject of support for ukraine? reporter: yeah, there are
ukraine ukraine s door step. he said ukraine is unvowed one year after russian president vladimir putin sent tanks and troops rolling across the border in a war that is still raging. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i just came from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important, it stands industry. two extraordinary scenes today of two very different leaders. president biden spoke just hours after his russian counterpart delivered his own address in moscow. during his peach, president putin blamed the u.s. for the war. he also announced he s suspended russia s participation in the new s.t.a.r.t. arms control treaty. cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly is in warsaw, poland. phil, president biden said the russian invasion was beyond ukraine. it tested freedoms and democracies everywhere. and says if there s one wore that stops these autocracies, that word is no. reporter: