happening now. a war of words between presidents biden and putin in duelling speeches about the year-long afflict in ukraine. the u.s. president in poland delivering a rallying cry for the west, declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia and calling out putin by name. over and over again. the russian leader in moscow defending his brutal invasion and taking his nuclear threat to a new level. by suspending a key articles control treaty with washington. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a hiss, to face-off between presidents biden and putin as they address the world just hours apart. the two leaders sharpen the continues between them. our correspondents are bringing you global coverage as only cnn can in poland, in russia, the war zone and ukraine. first, cnn s chief white house correspondent reports from warsaw on president biden s message. ukraine will never be a victor
good morning, everyone evening yesterday for dominion and truth and democracy. yeah except the people who need to hear it won t we ll get into it? get into it. we re glad you re here. caitlin started with five things to know for this wednesday, april 19th 2023 fox news has agreed to settle dominions defamation lawsuit, according to the steel fox will pay dominion. $787 million. also today, the supreme court expected to weigh in on the battle over access to the abortion pill. medford, kristen . of course, ruling could determine whether that will be accessible by mail city investigators trying to figure out what caused a parking garage to collapse and lower manhattan. that was yesterday. one person was killed, five others injured also happening today, a senate armed services committee set to hold a hearing. about ufos, a former navy fighter pilot will join us to talk about his encounters. also great news tomorrow. hamlin fully cleared to return to the nfl three months after he
everything possible to resolve this problem peacefully. new scenario has been unleashed and peace initiatives have been completely subverted by lies and hypocrisy. good morning, i m poppy ha harlow. sarah sniden n n ner is here wi. don will be back with us tomorrow. and here we re watching a speech that president putin just finished, a fiery response after president biden s surprise trip to kyiv. putin s warning to america and the west overall is russia s invasion of ukraine is nearing that one year grim milestone. president biden is preparing to deliver his own dueling speech here in poland in a matter of hours from now. plus families complaining of rashes, headaches and nausea, but are the symptoms actually linked to that toxic train wreck? east palestine, ohio? the head of the epa is returning to east palestine as the feds try to figure all this out. and an arrest in the death of a los angeles catholic bishop, who is the man in custody and what is his connection to
the fact that russia is saying now it will not go along anymore with any inspections on a full withdrawal, but the significance of that and the fact that antony blinken the secretary of state said it is deeply unfortunate in any event and irresponsible said the u.s. will talk to russia about this at any point regardless of what is happening on the world stage with russia and ukraine. that is how critical the u.s. believes this is. absolutely critical. look, the only way that the nuclear threat is going to cool down in any way is if you look at past history where the united states and formerly the soviet union agreed to have their salt talks, to have the start talks, and then to continue with the new start talks that we see right now. that competition has been in place for over four to five decades and it must be addressed. look, one nuclear weapon alone is sufficient to give us all concern, right? what we re talking about is russia has in excess of 5,000 nuclear weapons. th
is. i can promise you i would hurt myself before i would hurt one of them. the alex murdaugh trial in the deep south captivating the nation. there are a lot of conversations i had where i misled my clients and i stole their money. reporter: a case of weltd, po wealth, power, privilege, and murder. once i lied i continued to lie. reporter: but is there enough evidence to convict the man at the center of it all. i didn t shoot my wife or my son anytime ever. reporter: tonight we lay out the facts, the mysterious clues, and the trial s stunning turns in this cnn prime time special. good evening, everyone, i m laura coates and closing arguments today in the double murder trial, and they will resume tomorrow and come after five weeks of tense, emotional, and graphic moments. as the jury of 12 in walterboro, south carolina, will soon decide alex murdaugh s fate. for the very first time today, they visited the scene of the murders of maggie and paul murdaugh trav