In the race for the white the house. Meanwhile in a primary contest, focus shifts to michigan after trump easily beat nikki haley in her home state of South Carolina over the weekend. Haley now facing more pressure to drop out. Breaking moments ago, trump appeals his more than 450 million judgment in his Civil Fraud Trial in new york. Well break down what that means. Overseas, russia launching a new offensive in ukraine as president zelenskyy tells our Richard Engel delays in aid are costing ukrainian lives. Back at home, were just days away from another potential Government Shutdown. Weve got new reporting about a high stakes meeting at the white house tomorrow. And we begin this very busy hour with Breaking News from the white house. This thursday President Biden is set to head to texas to meet with local officials. This will come on the same day former President Trump will also be in texas giving remarks at the border. All of this is both republicans and democrats are set to head to
country and speaks to his media, he speaks about as if ukraine shouldn t exist. it s bigger than a reconstitution. he doesn t believe ukraine is a sovereign independent state. he sees it as an o blast of russia. as a post modern czar. if you will. that he sees himself as reclaims regions. including crimea. they belong to russia anyway in his mind. this is a colonial frame work that he s operating in his if we don t understand that, we re not going to really understand the dynamics of why he s doing what he s doing. so, in another attempt for diplomacy, french president had a call with putin today. you mentioned it. you also mentioned the possibility of perhaps another one occurring. the washington post reports, his office said the two agreed to work on facilitying a meeting of the contact group. in the next few hours in hopes of agrees to a cease fire.
he s a great russian patriot. he s, you know, talking about pulling money back out of corrupt decadent europe. remember, the argument against ukraine joining the european union, this would be the, quote, homosexualizing of ukraine. it s not conservatism. this is reaction. classic totalitarian reaction. that s the message being pumped into the russian body politic. so he s talking about deoffshorization. bring the money home to moscow. fine, mr. putin. what are you doing having all of this money and wealth stationed in europe? this is where your bread is buttered. this is why the european union, so far, has been rather kittenish on imposing sanctions. i lived in london for three years. it s considered now an o blast of the russian federation. the people in the city of london, the politicians from westminster and even the media to some extent, how much influence the russian government and its proxies have. this is the problem. use the information we have. and look, we have a very vast
morning to get to the root cause of that san br u.n. o blast, specifically the pwoertd vowing to prevent similar blasts from happening again. we are hearing this hour that officials with bg and e., pacific gas and electric in california are being grilled about the lack of out shut off valves that they have in much of their systems. the ntsb along with utility agencies will be focusing on pipeline safety programs, public awareness of pipeline risks and state and federal oversight of utilities. this is a rare week of hearings for the ntsb. ment last time there was a pipeline safety hearing was back in 2000. more than 2800 significant gas pipeline accidents have been reported across the country since 1990, a third of them causing deaths and significant injuries. aging infrastructure of the 2.5 million miles of pipeline made of cast iron, steel and plastic has been a top concern for many. experts say there is more to look at than just how long a pipe has been underground.