the week started with republicans literally trying to shout the president down for his passion in defense of social security and medicare at the state of the union. but by the end, it was prominent members of the gop who are feeling the heat. former vice president mike pence has been formerly subpoenaed by jack smith. the justice department appointed special counsel, investigating the efforts of the presidents, pence s former boss, former president donald trump, to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. including, of course, his impact on the january 6th insurrection at the core of that investigation. and his scheme to submit fake electors to falsely declare trump the winner of the election in states that joe biden actually won. a scheme that hinged on pence not declaring biden the winner when he wanted to certify the results on january 6th, which pence ultimately rejected, even as his life was being threatened by insurrectionists en masse on the capitol that day. on
thank you, poland. thank you. thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you. [ applause ] right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden s keynote speech in poland, reaffirming america s and nato s ironclad support for ukraine, pushing back against vladimir putin. framing the work as a life and death battle for freedom and autocracy and aggression. but there should be, no doubt, our support that ukraine will not waive are. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. biden s address following on his widely celebrated wartime visit to kyiv yesterday, appointed u.s. rebuke to putin who delivered his annual address to his nation earlier today. putin announced he s suspending russia s s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. the announcement by russia that it is suspended the situation is unfortunate and irresponsible. we ll, of course, make sure that in any event, we have posturing appropriately for the security of our own country and of that our allie
anthony: the south is not a monolith. there are pockets of weirdness, awesomeness, and then there s charleston. where for some time now important things have been happening with food. a lot of them having to do with this guy. [ laughter ] i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: what are we drinking? beer? we drinking harder stuff? what s going on? sean: i usually go with a budweiser and a jagermeister. anthony: budweiser and a jagermeister? so any notion of going local right out the window. sean: yeah. bartender: two jagers? anthony: uh, yeah, two jagers. yeah. cheers. good to see you again, man. sean: cheers, man. the first one s never good. the first one is never good. but it gets easier after the first one. anthony: so, look, um, this is no
good monday morning to you i m jim sciutto. a significant day in ukraine and europe as the u.s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to the war-torn capital of kyiv as air raid sirens sounded around him. [ air raid sirens ] walking side by side there in the capital with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, president biden with this visit sending a strong message to ukraine and to russia, it is his first trip to the country since russia invaded ukraine nearly a year ago. cnn has learned the president made the final decision only on friday to make the unannounced visit, this after multiple invitations from zelenskyy. this morning, the ukrainian president says that biden s visit leaves ukraine, quote, closer to victory. calling it the most important visit to his country in the history of u.s./ukraine relations. during a news conference, president biden announced a fresh swath of sanctions against russia as well as pledging another half billion dollars in military aid,
tea teammates, support, congratulate from his teammates. they were thrilled that he was comfortable enough to make this announcement to the world. good for him. thank you. brand-new hour now on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. i m bianna golodryga. president biden stunning the world with a top-secret surprise visit to ukraine. he was warmly welcomed by president zelenskyy and the first lady. the two leaders walked side by side as air-raid sirens blared. the visit is remarkable and here s why, this is the first time in modern times by a u.s. president to active war zone where the military has no presence, no control, the white house gave russia a head s-up before the president arrived. with the one-year anniversary, the period said he wants to underscore america s unwavering support of ukraine. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand w