world. i m laila harrak. u.s. president joe biden says ukraine doesn t need jets right now. what ukraine says it must have to pushback moscow s forces as the war grinds into its second year. and in east palestine, ohio, officials are going door to door to check on the health of residents after the toxic train wreck. we ll discuss the risks they could be facing. and a rare winter storm is bringing historic snow, dangerous flooding, and blizzard conditions to california. the latest weather report ahead. just days after observing the one-year mark of the russian invasion, ukrainians are noting another grim anniversary. the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. it s been a thorn in ukraine s side ever since, and every year is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile, the latest package of eu sanctions against russia is getting high marks in kyiv. here s president volodymyr zelenskyy on saturday. translator: now new sanction steps are in the tenth package,
we ve got some closure here but a lot more questions now to jacqui heinrich at the white house with more. hi, jacqui. we learned the three objects shot down since friday were most likely linked to commercial research projects, private companies and not to china s spy balloon program. despite that, the president says he makes no apologies for shooting down that spy balloon even after china has called it an overreaction. all week though the white house has been saying we re going to soon learn more about these new policy recommendations and national security advisers putting together for how we will better deal with future potential airborne threats given that we re now detecting more objects in our airspace since we ve dialled up the radar and we learned today that we re actually not going to hear the details. i ll be sharing with congress these classified policy parameters when they re completed and remain classified so we don t give our road map to our enemies to try to
both be president i think is really a little bit ofirish malarkey [ applause ] the history and hope and the heartbreak my ancestors must have felt leaving their beloved homeland to gain new life in america. i said all this not to wax poetic about bygone days, but because of the story of my family s journey and those who left and those who stayed is emblematic of the stories of so many irish and american families, not just irish-american families. and these stories are the very heart of what binds ireland and america together they speak to a history defined by our dreams. they speak to a present written by our shared responsibility, and they speak to a future poised for unlimited shared possibilities. so today i d like to reflect on the enduring strength of the connections between ireland and the united states, a partnership for the ages it begins in our shared history, dating back to the very founding of the united states the irish hearts that helped kindle the torch of lib
that is the message from ukraine s president. as a new war crimes investigation is launched. the incredibly disturbing video now being shared these stories and more on cnn news, central. happening now . the air over richmond, indiana , is being called toxic as a recycling plant. fire continues to smolder. officials say it could be days before the flames are completely out roughly 2000 people in order to evacuate their homes with the thick black smoke billowing schools in the area are closed and a shelter in place order is in effect. sarah spoke to the epa administrator just moments ago. our goal is to ensure that this community stays safe. and so we ve been on site since the beginning, and we re going to stay there until we can assure that this community is not seeing any threats from the air quality implications here. cnn s omar jimenez is live on the scene, omar, we can see you worry a mask. i heard you at a news conference a short time ago . what are they telling you about
there says it started yesterday in a semi trailer on the site and quickly spread to a building filled with plastics. health officials are urging residents now to evacuate. um these are very fine particles. and if they re breathe, then can cause all kinds of respiratory problems burning in the eyes tightening of the chairs, it could aggravate asthma. ah cause bronchitis and all kinds of things. so we are stressing to the public to honor the evacuation zone. cnn s sanjay gupta is standing by to break down all the possible health risks from this fire. but first , let s go and check in with cnn s omar jimenez, who was on the ground there in richmond, indiana. omar what is the latest about the status of this cleanup effort? yeah i mean, i mean, you can see the fire a little bit behind your the smoke. i should say it s a lot better than it was. but it s still does pose that risk. as the indiana state fire marshal has described with fumes that are def definitely toxic, so it s a lot