time, to converge on odessa. it is a huge port, militarily, and very significant, and strategically important for vladimir putin hasn t done it on this list. having said that, we constantly hear from odessa, and very well defended. there was, yesterday, it is some missiles firing that were stepped in for the black sea, and that blew up this missile. so, the ground is prepared, here the barricades are in place, and the parents were recruited, and there are sandbags out of there. you see the clock is ticking for an invasion here, and we ll take a very successful from the north, where the russians are struggling to get through kyiv, let alone south of there. it is taking progressions on the west, and mariupol, of course, the disaster it is in a
it sounds like you might have a troubling night, air raid sounds over odessa? yeah, this morning, we woke up to the sound of air raid sirens. which is a reminder, if ever we needed one, that the threat is ever-present here. and these air raid sirens, they go off for about ten minutes, and people have to take their own progressions. of course, odessa knows, because it s embracing itself, the attack is not too far away. and in these areas you would expect to become more and more frequent is that they arrives. elsewhere, there is evidence that the russian military has their eyes set on the . there was a missile attack in the city of , which is very close to the polish bolder in the hours of this morning. they rain down this morning in the center of international keeps keeping. because we know that that place
and welcome back. turning now to the latest from capitol hill where democrats find themselves at a rip the band-aid off moment in the ongoing talks over president biden s agenda. it s been a difficult couple days for the party following reports that joe manchin has taken positions against progressions they say has vital to their agenda. president biden met with the caucus chair this morning who will eventually have to sign off on the deal the white house makes to get moderates on board according to the new york times, manchin told them he would not support a clean electricity plan. that was a pillar of the white house agenda. it s something manchin has been telling anyone who would listen to for weeks that he was against. according to axios, he also said he wants major eligibility restrictions on the tax credit which was a pillar of the working families agenda. the bottom line here is that
progressions, real things that they can say by these times where these provisions expire, like that debt ceiling increase, that they have seen some movement on these negotiations. that s when they kind of want to see it by. but it s hard to see after those comments from manchin and sinema and really still no package on the ground, how that comes together so quickly. but still, we will see president biden today out in connecticut talking about child care and the child care components within the social safety net expansion package. and i think we will continue to see him on the road taking his message to the american people while these negotiations continue. laura? all right, fair enough. jasmin, thank you for walking us through what psaki callsed messy phase. appreciate it. now to an urgent warning from federal law enforcement agencies about a potential cyber threat to the nation s water and waste water systems. there are alert site threats from fishing emails that try to hook perso
taliban commanders on the ground outside the airport. there have been discussions, there is communication between them and us, and i would just let the results speak for themselves. i m not going to get into the details of how those discussions are progressions because there are interactions multiple times a day. can you clarify? is that basically trying to get taliban assurance that our troops are going to be safe there? are there rules of engagement, i guess, i m asking? that s what we re trying to figure out. it seems these are technical talks with the taliban and a mill to mill level sort of like the u.s. and russia for deconflicttion and specifically between the taliban and the security force at karzai international airport right now.