with you. i am anne-marie green. breaking overnight, ukraine said russia launched a new wave of missile and join attacks in the country. air raid sirens willed across the nation, as officials warned people to take cover in shelters during the morning rush hour. ukraine said it shot down 15 missiles fired towards the capital of kyiv. the attack came hours after president biden reversed course, and announced plans to send 31 m1 abrams battle tanks to ukraine. germany also said it is sending tanks. now it could take months for the u.s. to deliver its tanks and train ukrainian troops on how to use them. jarred hill is in new york, i will have more on all of this. good morning, jarred. good morning, anne-marie. one called this an american expedition to the battalion, a punching force. but let s talk about the timing. u.s. officials say they believe russia will try to go on the offensive in the spring, and that the tanks will help ukraine not only defend itself then, but also ret
i don t think spying is the right way to describe it. i have seen no evidence that the chinese government has access to the data. they ve never asked us. i find that actually preposterous. american data has always been stored in virginia and singapore in the past and access of this is on an as required basis. as required by engineers for by engineers, bytedance and the communist party. no, no. lawmakers grilled tiktok s ceo over hours on user data and the company s connection to the chinese government. we ll have much more from that contentious hearing just ahead. plus, while no movement from the grand jury, there was a busy day outside the courtroom in manhattan during the hush money investigation with the d.a. s office calling out house republicans and donald trump ranting about the prince harry prosecutor and also ahead, the latest on a drone strike in syria that has killed at least one american and injured a handful of u.s. service members. good morn
Please note that i will moderate those questions and call o journalists. Due to time constraints, please limith followup questions to give your colleagues a chance to ask questions. Secretary austin, over to you, sir. The speaker thanks. Good afternoon, everybody, and th general brown and i have just come from a meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group. Im grateful to the 50 from around the world that joined us again taythcontact gry from ukraines defense leaders, including the minister. They gave a valuable update on ukraines defensive operations across the front line, including the new russian offensive. We met today at a challenging moment. Putinsd another front ukrainian territory. The kremlins invaders are obliterating villages and bombarding civilian infrastructureg dams and power plants. Ukraines defenders are in a hard fight but Russian Troops are a high price for putins aggression. Putin is betting that eventually ukraine wi fold, and hes betting that this Contact Group will c
States, georgia and michigan, to reach out to black voters in those states. This morning, we want to hear from black voters only about your choice for campaign 20 24. If you live in the Eastern Central part of the country, dial in at 202 7488000. Mountain pacific, 202 7488001. Black voters only can also text this morning at 202 7488003. Or you can post on facebook. Com cspan and also on x. We will spend our first 30 minutes hearing from black voters only, and then we will open up to everybody else and also take your temperature on campaign 2024, your choice in november. That is our conversation in our first hour. Lets begin with some battleground polls from the New York Times. In these six key states, shows the matchup between President Biden and former President Donald Trump. In michigan, where the president was last evening, he trails 49 to 42 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in th
The president was last evening, he trailed 4942 . He began the day yesterday in georgia at Morehouse College with the commencement address, and he is also trailing the former president in that state, 39 to 49 percent. Usa today referencing this New York Times poll this morning, reporting that polling shows biden is vastly underperforming his 2020 performance among black voters, reliably democratic constituency as some drift to President Trump. A New York Times poll of six battleground states found biden had support from 60 of black voters, while trump is backed by 20 of black voters. Biden won black voters in the 2027 2020 election. Here is what President Biden had to say yesterday evening at an naacp event in michigan. [video clip] pres. Biden i just came from atlanta where i delivered a commencement at Morehouse College. There were 400 young black men who will do an extraordinary thing. I told them i saw them, i heard them, and the nation needs them. They are the future of this count