thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelenskyy, made a dramatic appearance in japan where he s holding crucial meetings with world leaders at the g7 summit. zelenskyy is pleading his case for continued support in the war with russia. ukraine depends heavily on support and weapons from the g7 leaders who released a statement saying this we reaffirm our unwavering support for ukraine for as long as it takes. president biden is expected to have a face-to-face with zelenskyy tomorrow, and in a significant win for ukraine, the u.s. has signaled it will now allow allies to send f-16 fighter jets to ukraine and support training its pilots. that s a major about-face for the biden administration. russia and ukraine are not the only thing on the agenda at the summit. western leaders are tackling ways to confront china s increasing military power and how to approach the growing impact of artificial intelligence. mark stewart is in hiroshima
just ahead, epic snowfall in california, measured in feet. so much snow, some ski resorts closed. cars buried, roads shut down, some people trapped in their homes as another major system barrels towards the state today. millions of americans will wake up this morning without a pandemic era benefit that helped them buy groceries, even as inflation has caused food prices to soar. plus at least three dozen people are dead after two trains collide head-on in greece. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. well, california under blizzard warning. parts of the gelden state have been buried in up to 7 feet of snow over the past few days as a freezing cold system moves inland over the u.s. on tuesday, 23 million americans were under winter weather alerts with many of those in california. the surprise snowstorms are also bringing high winds streaming across the southwest, and more snow tracking up across the pacific northwes
bianca is off. but just ahead on cnn newsroom the amount is just extraordinary. you can imagine opening up your front door and seeing that snowy sight? that is what some residents in california are witnessing with more snow to come. it gives the chinese communist party the ability to manipulate our social discourse. to countries in the region, it is not a choice between washington and beijing, it is a choice between sovereignty and servitude. what he did to his family, what he s did to so many people, yes, i experienced a lot of anger. seems the state s position is let no ted dead horse go unbeat. this has got to stop. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, march 1. 9:00 a.m. in london, 1:00 a.m. in california where more snow is heading for a state already enduring a treacherous winter storm. parts of california have 7 feet of snow as a freezing cold system moves inland over the united states. residents
days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him accusing him of war crimes. he made a stop in mariupol. ukrainian officials slamming the visit saying putin visits mariupol under the cover of night. cnn senior international correspondent ivan joining us live. what else did putin do while there? reporter: right. well, the kremlin says he arrived by helicopter. then he was shown in a pretty long unedited video driving a car, being briefed by a top kremlin aid. driving into the outskirts of mariupol. the aid was describing the situation and acknowledging that much of the city had been destroyed. that there were ruins of buildings being demolished and much of the city was also empty because ukrainians has fled. putin was shown meeting a couple of people who were living in what were described as newly constructed apartment buildings. those people thanked putin for their new homes saying they had had nothing before that. and we ve been hearing some pre
newsroom, we re following global reaction boy the arrest warrant for russian president vladimir putin, we ll go live to kiev ahead. and to on you allow the use or prescription of abortion pills, the signs that point to a possible indictment of donald trump possibly soon. this comes amid a monday mental ruling by a federal federal judge involving one of former s president s attorneys. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. russian president vladimir putin, the world could be a lot smaller than it was for him 24 hours ago, the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for him and the kremlin so-called children s rights commissioner alleging they re responsible for the illegal deportation of ukrainian children to russia, international court was created to prosecute individualized of such actions right now, 123 countries recognize its jurisdiction and if putin travels to any one of them he could be potentially arrested there. russia, howev