good morning, everyone. it is saturday, february 25th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara, i m boris sanchez. we re grateful you are starting your weekend with us. you are live in the cnn newsroom and despite the vicious lies you may be reading on social media, amara and i didn t plan to coordinate our outfits, it happened naturally because great minds think alike. i think we re ready to welcome spring when it has ppen ukraine enters the second year of war with russia with a message to the world. [ speaking non-english ] [ cheers ] ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy acknowledging the grim milestones speaking before troops in kyiv. he declared 2023 as a year of ukraine s victory over russia and expressed confidence in his country s ability to fend off attacks. in the meantime, ukraine s international allies showed their solidarity with tributes and announcements of new weapons and funding heading to the region. the first shipment of heavy battle tanks arriv
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the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is among the
and the russian co founder of crypto exchange bitzlato is arrested in miami, accused of processing $700 million of illicit payments. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, prime ministerjacinda ardern of new zealand says she is standing down and will leave office in february. her resignation comes ahead of a general election, which is due to be held in october. here s how she broke the news. this summer, i had hoped to find a way to prepare for not just another year, but another term, because that is what this year requires. i have not been able to do that. and so today, i m announcing that i will not be seeking re election and that my term as prime minister will conclude no later than february 7. i know what this job takes and i know that i no longer have enough in the tank to do itjustice, it s that simple. after she made her announcement, together with her fiancee, clarke gayford, she was greeted by her party colleagues. applause as you can h
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead here on cnn newsroom, air-raid sirens going off in kyiv this morning. civilians warned to seek shelter as russian drones target ukraine s capital. more never before seen video of the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. some candidates are already sowing doubt about the integritiy of the upcoming election. plus it s now been a month of tense often violent nationwide protests in iran, and now the iranian president is accusing the united states of inciting chaos. thanks for being with us. we are following developments out of ukraine where explosions continue to be heard in central kyiv. the first blast came just hours ago, and one official says russia is now attacking the capital with kamikaze drones. cnn s clarissa ward is in kyiv and updated us on the situation just a short time ago. reporter: this started about 6:45 this morning. the seco