washington i m bret baier. president biden n says neither us or nato played any part in the weekends a brief but meaningful insurrection in russia. this afternoon russian president vladimir putin thanks the nation for its unity. questions remain on how much control potent still house in the wake of the ukraine invasion and rebellion that for some time this weekend seem to be getting russian soldiers on board. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in the capital of kyiv tonight. good evening greg. hi britt. restaurant present president biden repaired met with his defense minister and top security and put a short video out on state v. with one more attempt by the russian leader to regain control of the narrative in his country which the past few days has been spending badly out of control. more follow-up from this week it s probably events in russia. the mercenary group for time saturday took over major city in southern russia. then headed to moscow only to
washington by the white house correspondence dinner is now under way. the event sees thousands of guests including journalists and politicians gather together in support of freedom of the present presidentjoe biden is due to speak in the next few minutes. we can take a lighter washington now and what you are seeing is inside the white house correspondence you can see people mingling and the address there from the npr white house correspondent. she is also head of the white house press association. joe biden preparing to deliver his remarks shortly where he will be focusing on the first amendment, freedom of press, but at the same time expected to make some jokes as well. to talk more about what we can expect as we await the speech from joe biden we can cross over to our correspondent who has been watching for most of the night. you have already been watching. it is a long night and all eyes will be on a fight to, you can call it a toast and a roast. expecting that taste from
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning. i m paula reid in for am ara wa walker. and i m boris sanchez. thank you to paula for filling in for amara. i know these hours are not really easy to work, but we re grateful for you being here. and paula, stop me if you ve ever heard of an atmospheric river before. are you familiar with those? i m absolutely not. i had to look it up this morning so i could understand all these incredible stories we re watching this morning. how do you live like this. california soaked by another round of storms. those atmospheric rivers are washing out roads, collapsing bridges and prompting evacuations. the latest on the damage and where the severe weather is headed next. i don t know how we ll do our payroll now. a stunning collapse, silicon valley bank folding marking the second largest bank failure in u.s. history leaving some business owners scrambling to figure out how they will pay their employees. and former president trum
latest. and mitch mcconnell hospitalized after a trip and fall. death toll rising in california. the historic snowstorm blamed for more bodies being found and now a new warning to residents, prepare for floods. nba ledgegend arrested, shawn k in connection with a drive by shooting. and president biden going bick. seeking to cut the deficit by $3 trillion. details on his plan to do it. why republicans say it will never happen. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning with the war in ukraine. russia launching a barrage of missiles overnight. power knocked out. innocent civilians killed. the russians struck several major cities including the capitol of kyiv. ukrainian officials say a russian missile obliterated homes and killed five people in the western city which is right on nato s doorstep. this is a photo of russian missiles rising up into the sky in the predawn hours. ukraine s military says russia lau launched more than 80 missiles in all. and the lar