the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
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
i m pamela brown in washington. and you re in the cnn newsroom. historic, timely, brave, those words from ukraine s president zelenskyy about president biden s surprise trip to kyiv just hours ago. biden walking the embattled capital streets, promising america s unwavering support as air raid sirens blared. and as russia s brutal assault nears the one-year mark. a consequential trip at a consequential moment on this president s day. biden laying a wreath inside ukraine, which is an active war zone, where the u.s. military has no control. the white house giving russia a heads up only a few hours before president biden arrived and delivered this message. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. one year later kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. and we have teams standing by in kyiv and in moscow, but we begin in warsaw, poland, president bide listen give a
the lead starts right now. president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, how did the white house pull it off? plus the new promise the president is making while some republicans chastise him for growing. russian families on the run from the brutal war and ending up at the u.s. southern border. what one family went through to escape. and the murder of a bishop found dead in his california home. new details just coming in in this case. welcome to the lead. i am john berman in for jake tapper. moments ago president biden arrived back in poland after his unannounced trip to ukraine and stood side by side with president zelenskyy where biden declared putin is failing as the war nears its one year mark. biden said his trip was important to reaffirm unwavering u.s. support. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. as part of the trip, biden announced another half million-dollars in assistance for ukrain
he specifically saw at their home. he saw the speaker. in turn, when he could not locate her at the home, he turned his violence towards her husband. the horrific attack on paul pelosi and the horrific response from the right. it s weird things going on in the household in the last couple of weeks. tonight, the mainstream maga attempt to false flag the attack by a suspect who told the fbi that he wanted to kneecap the speaker of the house. then the simplest way to stop crimes like this is to get tough on crime. the republican midterm messaging on crime versus the reality in red states. do you believe we have higher crime than new york or california? that s what she just set. plus the justice department chimes in on voter intimidation in arizona, and lindsey graham s attempt to wriggle out of election interference subpoena, denied by the supreme court. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. just days after the husband of spea