world. i m laila harrak. u.s. president joe biden says ukraine doesn t need jets right now. what ukraine says it must have to pushback moscow s forces as the war grinds into its second year. and in east palestine, ohio, officials are going door to door to check on the health of residents after the toxic train wreck. we ll discuss the risks they could be facing. and a rare winter storm is bringing historic snow, dangerous flooding, and blizzard conditions to california. the latest weather report ahead. just days after observing the one-year mark of the russian invasion, ukrainians are noting another grim anniversary. the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. it s been a thorn in ukraine s side ever since, and every year is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile, the latest package of eu sanctions against russia is getting high marks in kyiv. here s president volodymyr zelenskyy on saturday. translator: now new sanction steps are in the tenth package,
you watching here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.s. is sending more aid and military hardware to ukraine but one key weapon isn t included. a look at how this could affect the spring offensive. plus surfing during a hail storm in california. some of the extreme weather hitting parts of the west. meanwhile, other places could see as much as eight feet of snow this weekend, and rising prices apparently aren t going anywhere soon. a key indicator, rising in the past month. a look at what that means for consumer. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. as russia s war on ukraine wenters year two, president vladimir putin is now claiming the west is trying to destroy russia and break it up. putin made those remarks in an interview on russian television saying he had proof of those plans. president biden said recently the u.s. isn t plotting to attack russia. all this
on my left is interstate 5. it is currently closed, and it has been mostly closed over the last couple of days as crews try to clean up that snow and the ice, but they continue to say it is extremely dangerous for many of the drivers. this is the highway that connects los angeles to san francisco, so they re trying to open it, but it has been difficult to do so, just because crews are not used to dealing with this kind of weather in southern california. i want to walk through some of the snow, just so that you can see the accumulation. it is nothing like you see in other parts of the country. the problem is that residents here just don t know how to deal with this. many of the cars here trying to get out have been stuck, and to be fair, my producer s car got stuck as well. so we ve been dealing with the snow. a lot of rain in the l.a. area. a lot of flooding. cars that had been stranded and, again, authorities say if you can stay home, that s what you
here just don t know how to deal with this. many of the cars trying to get out have been stuck. to be fair, my producer s car got stuck as well. so we ve been dealing with the snow. a lot of rain in the l.a. area, a lot of flooding. cars that have been stranded. and again, authorities just saying, if you can stay home, that s what you should do. this could be historic for southern california, and we ll have to wait and see the totals in terms of the snow and the rain. camila bernal, cnn, la beck, california. still ahead, thousands of afghan families split since the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan are facing another big hurdle, navigating the american immigration system. details on that when we come back. when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the. barcode beat conductor. go b betty! let s be more than our allergies!! zeize the day. with zyrtec.