watching in the united states, canada and all around the world. ahead on cnn newsroom, we re live in kyiv as russia s war in reign cain enters its second year. the u.s. is pledging even more support one important exception. with the mud slides and flooding, that s wasn t of biggest concerns as we re look ing a the a lot of rainfall and snow. the snow will melt and the wind and we worry about the mud slides. millions of people on the u.s. west coast now under a flash flood warning amud one of the strongest snowstorms to hit the region in years. we ll look at where the wintery weather goes next. and alex murdaugh is back on the stand to defend against charges he killed his wife and son. live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom. russia s war in ukraine is beginning its second year with a barrage russian shelling overnight. no casualties are reported, but authorities say numerous buildings and infrastructure were hit. and we re hearing reports of large explosions in the
nearly a week after it was detected in united states airspace. u.s. military is now working to recover the balloons debris off the carolina coast, as china lashes out and suggested could retaliate. as you hear terry chairman jim jordan fires off his first subpoenas targeting the biden administration. the doj pumps the brakes on some of his other requests. it is cut the legs out from other republicans plain investigations? and later. democratic congressman does something rare in modern politics. hiring a former gop rival to join her team. she is here to talk about whether she could be an example for others in these times of extreme polarization. all of that and more is coming up. and a good sunday morning to you. i m katie. thing right, now the search is on for what is left of the chinese balloon. which the american military says it has been used to spy on our country. the tensions between our two countries are even more tense now than they were 24 hours ago. on saturday, an f
the handshake. that one i will treasure. jerry, may we all be like jerry in 2023. thank you very much. thank you. thanks all of you for watching. thanks for getting up early. yes. you re fun. we will see you back here tomorrow morning. cnn newsroom starts now. good morning, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we are going to begin this morning with parts of the country trying to dig out from what s been both a dangerous and historic snowstorm. 200 additional national guard soldiers deploying to western new york today as the blizzard has now led to the deaths of at least 17 people there. we now have what will be talked about not just today but for generations, the blizzard of 22. we are still in the throes of this very dangerous life-threatening situation. nationwide more than 1,500 flights already canceled this morning, about the same amount delayed. that s only adding to the backlog from the holiday weekend, but we do have p
russians have got gun implacements and rocked implacements close to that nuclear facility. they ve got military vehicles inside, which is no great surprise, because they captured it on march 4th. and they have been, because we ve seen the evidence with our own eyes, firing rockets outside of that facility. on top of that, we ve got their claim that the ukrainians are shelling back. that has been undermind not only by our own analysis of satellite imagery, but i ve spoken in the last few hours to people who have been working and one who has been working in that plant, close to that plant, and this is something we hear repeatedly from witnesses, who repeats that the russians are firing mortars to make it look as though the ukrainians are involved in some kind of threat to their own nuclear power station. all of this is set against a backdrop of very serious combat along a long front and very keep concerns in the international community that the international community could be
presence. nancy pelosi has been supporting taiwan for decades and it is very important for me as a taiwanese to be here tonight to welcome her. reporter: others accuse her of escalating tensions. translator: right now, pelosi and the united states are treating taiwan as a chess piece. once she land, china will retaliate using their own methods. reporter: china s foreign ministry spokesman called her stop in taiwan, a serious violation of the one china principle that will have a serious impact on the relations, and they said that cyber attacks took some sites off line. and no immediate claim of responsibility. the mainland communist rulers have never controlled the island of almost 24 million people, and they refuse to recognize the democratically elected government, and china says they sent 24 warplanes into the air space tuesday part are calling a bullying, and economic power to isolate the island. in a washington op-ed shortly before her arrival, pelosi writes, that