ominous development. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting, that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency doesn t believe a final decision has been made by beijing, and today the white house is urging caution. and you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds, whether it provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road, it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with today s fierce fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt joins us now from ukraine. alex, thanks for joinings us. what s the latest from there? well, jim. some of the most ferocious fighting with the heaviest casualties on both sides, now taking place in and around the city of bakhmut. russian forces led by mercenaries and convicts in the vogner group do appear to be making some progress. they cl
right now on early start, too much too fast. epic rain after a fierce drought and it s not over just yet. chaos at a crowded train station. police in paris opening fire on an attacker who had just stabbed a half dozen people. i was briefed about this discovery and surprised to learn that there were any government records that were taken there. president biden speaking out and what he s saying about the classified documents found in a private office he used to use. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning. we begin with tens of thousands of californians this morning under evacuation orders as a series of major storms pound the states from north to south. there have been more than 150 reports of flooding and mudslides in southern california alone. saturated hill sides. some scarred by brush fires during the state s long drought sliding down under roads and homes. this is video just in of a crushed car pulled
putin s mind-set earlier today, on cbs news. here s a little bit of what he had to say. i think putin is right now entirely too confident of his ability to wear down ukraine, to grind way. grind way. and that s he s giving everyofo,
documents were taken to his office where they were found last fall. ten marked classified including briefing memos on ukraine, iran and the united kingdom. let s bring in shawn turner. le good morning. so nice to see you this morning. i want you to listen to what the former vice president, mike pence said, on cbs news last night. listen. when the american people see president biden receiving one form of treatment with the discovery of classified documents that were retained after he left the office of vice president and they see president trump treated in an entirely different way, again, the handling of classified material is a very serious issue for our nation and we ought to take it seriously, but there ought to be equal treatment under the law. shawn, are biden and trump