a war zone as president. he and zelensky walking through the streets of kiev. you can hear the sirens ringing through the country as the two leaders were leaving a church a few hours ago. [sirens blaring] bill: quite a shot there biden and zelensky undeterred by those alarms above. unannounced visit comes after ukraine marks a year of fending off russia. the fighting only expected to intensify in the coming months with that spring thaw. according to the president s america s support will go nowhere. president biden: i m here to show our unwavering support for the nation s independence. we know there will be very difficult days, weeks and years ahead but russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. dana: president biden getting a look at the devastating toll of russia s invasion that s ravaged the country for the last year. the fighting has killed thousands of troops and
sympathy, but the sympathy of it all, we re forgotten about down here. i m terribly sorry that this happened to the community. norfolk southern is committed to doing what is right. neil: well, the head of norfolk southern apologizing to the people of east palestine. but could it be too little too late? this as fema sends in a response team to deal with a cleanup that by in large is not a tornado or hurricane or a natural disaster for which they can offer that help. and pete buttigieg pushing for more regulations. we have you covered on all. garrett tenney on the ground where there s plenty of doubts and doubters. matt werner on how residents are holding up and bill johnson on how he s meeting with norfolk southern and the ceo and the details and how it went down. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to garrett tenney who has the latest from ohio. garrett? yeah, neil. norfolk southern came to town. his second visit. he met with officials and response teams and came to shar
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with joe biden heading off to poland tomorrow. he will deliver a message of solidarity just a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s full-blown invasion of ukraine. he will reaffirm support for that country. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. staked out some hard-nosed positions, accusing russia of war crimes and warning china not to give russia lethal aid. we saw the vice president, secretary of state tony blinken all delivering these messages to russia and china. tell us more. reporter: and white house officials have said it s a crucial time as we hit that one-year mark of russia invading ukraine. and joe biden will mark that with his trip starting tomorrow in poland. and during that time, he plans to reinforce the unity and support behind ukraine. now, he will be meeting with the polish president during his visit there, as well as a group of nato
thanks for joining us. good evening. if president biden picked a fight with republicans last night, he showed today it s a fight he is happy to have. republicans showed they were just as happy to step in. both sides appear to want this. the president to show voters the gop is in the sway of extremism which res natured during the midterm election, republicans wanted to reinforce their credentials with the base and use their control of the house to amplify that effort. last night, president biden framed what they want the way he wanted. instead of making the wealthy pay their fair share, some republicans want medicare and social security to sunset. i m not saying it s a majority. let me give you anybody who doubts it, contact my office. i will give you a copy i will give you a copy of the proposal. that means congress doesn t vote i m glad to see i tell you, i enjoy conversion. it means if congress doesn t keep the programs the way they are, they would go away. othe