we re live with what all this means for a critical moment in the war. health officials are on their way to ohio following that toxic train derailment. the health concerns residents say they are now liveing with despite assurances from local officials. plus funeral services set to be held today for alonso baggily, the man killed by police. we re getting our fist look at the body cam video shows the moments leading up to his shooting. plus taking up arms, how some asian americans are taking steps to protect themselves following an increase in awe tacks on the asian community. that s coming up on cnn this morning. welcome to the weekend. saturday, february 18thth, we re so grateful that you are starting it with us. good to be with you. coffee has kicked in, so let s go. vice president kamala harris condemning russia s acts in ukraine as crimes against hu humanity. she delivered the rebuke against russia had in a speech before the security conference. here s a clip.
andy, thank you. thanks for joining me. i m paula reed in for fredericka witfield. we begin this hour with the u.s. announcing new actions in response to russia s, quote, barbaric and inhumane war in ukraine. vice president kamala harris and the secretary of state meeting with world leaders at the munich security conference today, formally declaring russia has committed crimes against humanity. nick, what are you hearing on the ground? reporter: there is support here in europe sharing that view that russia is committing these crimes against humanity. i think it was encouraging for the audience here in europe to hear that accountability will be held. there is a sense in europe that they need to build a system and a mechanism here in europe and there s talk about doing it in the hague in the netherlands, a traditional place where leaders can be held to account. they have been historically in the past. i think the vice president s words resonating. this is exactly how sh
hackers stole from one of the agency computer networks. and researchers show the program that kept millions out of poverty is expiring. plus the biden administration is reacting after several reports revealed how migrant children are being exploited for cheap labor here in the u.s. and as the defense rests in the alex murdaugh trial. we begin at the u.s. supreme court. right now the justices are hearing arguments on whether president biden has the authority to wipe out more than $400 billion in student loan debt. the president s plan is being challenged by six states that say only congress could act on that. the plan was announced last summer, but lower courts put it on hold. the high court is expected to announce a decision later this year. with us now to talk about this, nbc news washington correspondent our reporter outside the u.s. court, and lindsey reiser. reporter: essentially what you have is two parties arguing that the biden administration didn t follow the pr
took part in today s senate hearing on the derailment. john: we began america reports with president biden impaling his 2024 budget. his stop in pennsylvania but the biggest takeaway $2 trillion in tax hikes for some americans. john roberts in washington, let me be the first to say, sandra, happy early friday. sandra: sandra smith in new york and that live event coming up here the president said this plan is about to say will tax the wealthy to help the middle class and protect entire entitlement programs like medicare appeared republicans are calling him out slamming the proposal saying more spending, x hikes and higher inflation at the worst economic time for this country. john: sandra will speak to california congressman ro khanna and brian brenberg, host of the big money show coming up. but first, the correspondent peter doocy in philadelphia where the president is going to speak soon. a lot on the presidents plate, most of it taxes, peter. yes, john, presiden
publicizing what the state deemedukraine. that the government decides, you know, if this journalistic account about russia s war in ukraine is false or not, and if they think it s false, they put you in jail. so it s a joke, frankly, jo journ journalistically, it s sad for russia and for russians what vladimir putin is doing here and how much he s discrediting russia. many journalists for major os have gone through training, what will you do if you re kidnapped. i went through it. very different situation than actually living it, which you did. what is evan facing right now? he it s a funny, you know, thing. he feels terrible for his family i know that might sound strange, but you know, he loves reporting. i was reporting afghanistan many years ago and the taliban held me for seven months, and you know, he s like telling the truth. he s actually trying to i think help the russian people by reporting on the ground there and taking a risk, but showing how much th