hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until
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hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. i m max foster joining you live from london. just ahead on cnn newsroom. there was no release of any chemical or any hazardous material. clean air, clean soil, and clean water for our residents. we had a republican party that was ruled by freaks. neocons. globalists, open border zealots and fools. more voices right now in opposition or providing an alternative to donald trump is the best thing. and increasing brutal winter has claimed countless afghanistan lives this year, but so, too, has poverty. there s 28 million in desperate need at the moment. 28 million. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, march the 6. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in springfield, ohio, where the national transportation board is sending investigators back to the state, this time to visit a second rain derailme
all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. this is early start. we begin with ukrainian forces struggling to hold on in the eastern city of bakhmut, as russian troops close in from three sides. ukrainian officials say the situation in bakhmut has grown much tougher. they say their forces may need to retreat to avoid being trapped by encircling russians. cnn s scott mclean is tracking this story for us from london. and, scott, what are the chances the ukrainians will be able to turn this around? and if they can t, does that mean russia is back on the offensive. so, christine, good morning. it really depends on who you ask. because last week there were plenty of indications that the ukrainians may in fact be forced to withdraw from that area. a drone reconnaissance university has been ordered to retreat from the area. you also had a key bridge by the russians kiting off the ukrainians final supply routes in and out. a
today. happening right now, the ntsb investigators are on the scene in ohio at oaf norfolk southern train wrecked in the state. the ntsb says no hazardous materials were released in that wreck after 28 train cars derailed in springfield on saturday. it prompted shelter in place orders for residents. it comes a month after the norfolk southern state crash in east palestine, ohio. crews are still working to remove that contaminated soil and liquid from the site. jason carroll is? springfield now. jason, what are you learning now about this latest crash in. reporter: the ntsb is planning to hold a briefing about two hours from now, abby, at 3:00. hopefully at that point we ll get more guidance, perhaps, in terms of exactly what happened here. we can tell you in terms of the latest derailment, it occurred on saturday about 3:00. there was a man there who caught it on his cell phone just as the training were tipping off. 28 trains out of 200 cards derailed, but again we are bein