hello, everyone. at this hour, enduring hope and continued heartache. more earthquake survivors pulled from the destruction in turkey and syria and at the same time the death toll is soaring. russia firing dozens of missiles across ukraine and escalating the attacks with a new offensive. and former vice president mike pence is facing a decision of what to do about the subpoena from the special counsel investigating the insurrection, and that is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan. the numbers in turkey and syria are staggering today. nearly 23,000 people h reported killed after that massive earthquake five days on. and time is running out to find the survivors, but still, this morning, incredible stories of hope after a teenaged girl is carried to safety and miraculously still alive after 107 hours under the rubble. another video of a family of six in turkey. six parents and their four children pulled from their home 102 hours a
welcome back to our breaking news coverage. president biden is making a dangerous unannounced visit to kyiv in the middle of the war. good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow in new york. kaitlan collins with special coverage anchoring from warsaw, poland. you re getting new reporting? yeah. we have just learned, poppy, that president biden has now left kyiv. of course, the question is whether is he going next? potentially it is here where i am in warsaw, poland. that was according to the last white house schedule where he was going to be making his first stop during this trip to europe. obviously, made that surprise unannounced shouted in secrecy visit to kyiv. the seventh visit eighth visit to ukraine but first since the invasion happened a year ago. of course, these trips are always sensitive for a president. but this one especially given he went into an active war zone. the reporters traveled with him had their phones taken from them before the plane took off. he only
major consequences for all americans. just one hour from now the federal reserve is expected to roll out its eighth straight interest rate hike. experts, executives and the markets all hope it will be one of the smallest yet. just a few blocks away, down at the white house, president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy will sit down for their first stare-down since mccarthy became speaker over the debt ceiling. if one doesn t blink soon, you can say goodbye to federal elt benefits and hello to a financial meltdown, all courtesy of your representatives on capitol hill. let s start with cnn s matt egan over at the fed. matt, is today the day that jerome powell starts to pump the brakes on these interest rate hikes? it certainly looks that way. it would be a big surprise if that didn t happen. fed officials have been dropping hints, strong hints for weeks now that they do plan to dial back this war on inflation today. the thinking is that the fed goes from a 50 basis poin
meeting with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as the two men walked streets air raid sirens could be heard and really a sign of how risky this trip was. and so in a pledge, president biden vowed to continue to support the country no matter the cost or the time. one year later kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. it is worth fighting for, for as long as it takes, and that is how long we will be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. we go straight to kaitlan collins where the president is soon going to arrive in warsaw, poland. i once accompanied the president on a secret trip to see the troops and the precautions to go to the u.s. military base were astounding, but biden just went to an active war zone with virtually no u.s. troops on the ground, so how in the world did the president and the white house pull this off? kristin, i am so glad that you brought it up, and if you
hello and welcome to a special president s edition of inside politics. i m abby phillip in for john king in washington. president biden surprises the world with a trip to kyiv. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. plus, former president jimmy carter is now at home receiving hospice care in a small georgia town where he spent most of his life. and can ron desantis muzzle the media? the presumptive 2024 candidate makes his case to overturn a decades old supreme court decision and strip away protections for the free press. but up first, a truly unprecedented trip happening now in ukraine just hours ago the president visited an active war zone and today joe biden has put solidarity ahead of his own personal safety. [ air raid sirens ] he arrived in kyiv this morning, greeted by those air raid siren. the trek to ukraine s capital is timed nearly to the one-year mark of russia s invasion. the visit comes with a $500 million pr