for their country will prevail. democracies over the world will stand guard for our freedom today, tomorrow and forever. president joe biden delivering a powerful message to vladimir putin and all of eastern europe marking one year of war in ukraine. we ll have more on his speech in warsaw in just a moment. back here at home we re learning more about the special grand jury that investigated the potential 2020 election interference by former president donald trump and his allies. plus we ll have the latest on the efforts to cleanup an environmental disaster in ohio as federal and state officials take action against the rail company at the center. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, february 22nd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. today president joe biden wraps up a historic trip to eastern europe. last night he gave a speech in warsaw, poland marking one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. it followed monday s s
up a historic trip to eastern europe. last night he gave a speech in warsaw, poland marking one year since the russian invasion of ukraine. it followed monday s surprise visit to kyiv becoming the first modern american president to set foot in an active war zone where u.s. troops were not on the ground. the president s address yesterday highlighted the resolve of the ukrainian people and continued to place the blame for the conflict solely on vladimir putin. one year ago the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. i ve just come from a visit to kyiv and i can report kyiv stands strong, kyiv stands proud, stands tall, and most important stands free. one year into this war putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our