hello and welcome to a special president s edition of inside politics. i m abby phillip in for john king in washington. president biden surprises the world with a trip to kyiv. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. plus, former president jimmy carter is now at home receiving hospice care in a small georgia town where he spent most of his life. and can ron desantis muzzle the media? the presumptive 2024 candidate makes his case to overturn a decades old supreme court decision and strip away protections for the free press. but up first, a truly unprecedented trip happening now in ukraine just hours ago the president visited an active war zone and today joe biden has put solidarity ahead of his own personal safety. [ air raid sirens ] he arrived in kyiv this morning, greeted by those air raid siren. the trek to ukraine s capital is timed nearly to the one-year mark of russia s invasion. the visit comes with a $500 million pr
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a new poll shows republican support surging. independent women are abandoning the democrats in droves, turning a 14-point advantage for the party into an 18-point deficit in just four weeks. does it show that the democrats s multimillion dollar decision to focus on abortion instead of the economy might have been a pweus take? the former trump aide who said he was willing to go to jail to support donald trump may actually get his wish. the justice department recommending the maximum sentence for defying the january 6th subpoena. is that a warning to donald trump who is about to get a subpoena any day now. take a look at this video out of ukraine. police officers firing into the eras the capital comes under attack. they re not firing at soldiers. they re firing at kamikaze drones, trying to pick them off before she slam into targets and explode. a live report in just a minute. we start with the midte
queen. let s begin this morning with this breaking news out of the united kingdom. buckingham palace with the statement saying that the queen s doctors are concerned for her health, and are recommending she remain under medical supervision. cnn s max foster is following this from london. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta with us, also cnn reporter anna stewart outside buckingham palace. max, you ve been chronicling throughout the last hours the steps being taken that raise the level of concern right now that this could be grave that the children, of course, traveling to the palace, family members, also notes being passed to the conservative and labor leaders in parliament. tell us what we know at this stage about the queen s health. well, the level of concern has really been rising throughout the day as you point out. there were rumors this morning, concern last night that the queen had canceled a virtual meeting with crucial privy council to swear in the