a war zone as president. he and zelensky walking through the streets of kiev. you can hear the sirens ringing through the country as the two leaders were leaving a church a few hours ago. [sirens blaring] bill: quite a shot there biden and zelensky undeterred by those alarms above. unannounced visit comes after ukraine marks a year of fending off russia. the fighting only expected to intensify in the coming months with that spring thaw. according to the president s america s support will go nowhere. president biden: i m here to show our unwavering support for the nation s independence. we know there will be very difficult days, weeks and years ahead but russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. dana: president biden getting a look at the devastating toll of russia s invasion that s ravaged the country for the last year. the fighting has killed thousands of troops and
the future of their community after the toxic train derailment. it has up ended life in the quiet town of east palestine. as health workers scramble to open medical clinics to help those affected by the disaster, biden administration is facing growing backlash for a response critics say too little too late. whether it s a growing pattern of the administration ignoring concerns of middle america and mollie hemingway with sound off. the scene a lot of americans woke up to, america reports with president biden making a dramatic visit to ukraine s capital city before that country marks one year since putin invaded. good afternoon from new york city, on this president s day, i m bill hemmer and jacqui, good to be with you. good to be with you, too, bill. john and sandra have the day off. the president s risky trip to the war zone was in secret due to security services. air raid sirens sounded above, his meeting with president zelenskyy to show continued support. bill: it
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at least 58 people have died in that disaster, including children and a baby. they died after the boat that was carrying them sank in rough seas off the southern italian mainland, according to the coastguard. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near a seaside resort in the calabria region, with others found in the waters nearby. these pictures from the italian coastguard were filmed in darkness, early on sunday morning and you can see the wreckage of the boat. one local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. rescuers are still searching for survivors, after the vessel reportedly broke apart near the coastal town of crotone. the coastguard say 80 people are known to have survived but a large search and rescue effort continues on land and at sea. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenm urges eu asylum reform after italy migrant deaths. richard galpin reports. this is all that remains of the wooden boat in which so many peop
what is the latest on this visit, what kind of welcome has president putin received? fix, president putin received? very warm welcome, it was very late into the night, you could say early morning, pyongyang time when bled vladimir putin touchdown for the first time in more than two decades and there on the tarmac to warmly welcome one of staunchest supporters, kim jong un the leader of north korea. official guard stood at attention at the airport on the runway as the two leaders embraced and smiled, then they walked down the red carpet lined with red roses and then onto a waiting motorcade. this took them through the streets and motorways of pyongyang, that were lined with vladimir putin s huge posters, banners welcoming the russian leader and also russian flags all along the motorway. it is not just about red roses and red carpet that welcome and the photo ops these two leaders will get, the president is going to have a busy day ahead of him, a tea party is on the cards,