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
plus, on the trail. as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what s the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching the u.s. senate pull an all-nighter. you are looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting. after more than nine hours of all-night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. saturday vice president kamala harris cast a tie-breaking vote. right now democrats are trying to remain united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. i want to go straight to capitol hill and cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, you have been up all night. you don t look it, but you ve been up all night with
and then the many repercussions for china-u.s. relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a new low? also justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills the leader of al qaeda once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair raising crisis that could spill into military conflict, and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china. one that has been carefully managed for five decades. and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st century s two most p
graham and democratic senator richard blumenthal. plus, on the trail, as candidates make their pitch to voters, one democrat goes all in on a major issue. i am pro-choice and i am going to be governor because of my commitment to the women of georgia. what is the winning strategy for november? democratic nominee for georgia governor stacey abrams joins me ahead. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long they will go. you re looking at live pictures of the senate floor where tired lawmakers are still voting after more than 12 hours of all night debate on the democrats sweeping tax, health and climate package. right now, democrats have stayed largely united as republicans and bernie sanders offer up amendments to the bill. but now we re learning democrats may be trying to make some changes of their own. i want to go straight to capitol hill to cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju. manu, what s the latest? reporte
repercussions for u.s./china relations. can the two powers recover from this new low? is this the start of a cold war? i ve got the experts on it all. also justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more. america kills a leader of al qaeda, once again. so just what is the state of terrorism today? how big is the threat to the west? but first, here s my take. the world s two most powerful nations find themselves in a hair-raising crisis that could spill into military conflict. and the strangest aspect of all this is how predictable it was. taiwan s status has long been known as the most sensitive issue for both the united states and china, one that has been carefully managed for five decades, and nancy pelosi had signaled her desire to go to taiwan months ago. but on the american side, a series of errors, many of them tactical and driven by domestic politics, have resulted in a dangerous reality. there is no serious working relationship between the 21st