the future of their community after the toxic train derailment. it has up ended life in the quiet town of east palestine. as health workers scramble to open medical clinics to help those affected by the disaster, biden administration is facing growing backlash for a response critics say too little too late. whether it s a growing pattern of the administration ignoring concerns of middle america and mollie hemingway with sound off. the scene a lot of americans woke up to, america reports with president biden making a dramatic visit to ukraine s capital city before that country marks one year since putin invaded. good afternoon from new york city, on this president s day, i m bill hemmer and jacqui, good to be with you. good to be with you, too, bill. john and sandra have the day off. the president s risky trip to the war zone was in secret due to security services. air raid sirens sounded above, his meeting with president zelenskyy to show continued support. bill: it
military equipment and weapons. he also said the u.s. will be steadfast in its support for ukraine. i thought it was critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever about u.s. support for ukraine in your war against the brutal attack from russia. for all the disagreement we have in congress on some issues, there is significant agreement on support for ukraine. this is so much larger than just ukraine. the two leaders also walked out on the streets of kyiv paying respects to the thousands of ukrainian soldiers killed in the conflict. vice president harris said russia has committed crimes against humanity in ukraine. russia s ambassador to the u.s. responded by accusing the u.s. of trying to demonize russia. it comes as the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. warned china it would be crossing a red line if it were to provide lethal aid to russia for use in ukraine. four u.s. officials familiar with the matter tell nbc news the u.s. believes china may already be providing non-
chinese government spy operation in the middle of manhattan. and that s just the start of it. the lead starts right now. chinese dissidents in the u. s harassed and intimidated from online to door knocks. the fbi says chinese government agents were trying to silence their words against the chinese government, even operating a fake cop shop in new york plus outrage in kansas city as if, after a black teenage boys shot after showing up at the wrong house to pick up his brother s. cnn is learning that the gunman was an elderly white man and was released. after less than two hours in custody. why critics fear he may never be charged with a crime and live from new york. it s the house gop their spotlight on crime in new york today in the backyard of the prosecutor indicted donald trump. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper and what appears to be a brazen act of espionage by the chinese government as us tensions with that country boil over, the u. s. justice department announced to
At 10pm we will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, serbia the russia dilemma. There is something strange happening in serbia. A Shadow Hanging over the balkan nation. Rumours of the Wagner Mercenary group recruiting. Russian propaganda spreading. Symbols of war being sold as souvenirs. Do you get a lot of people buying these . Yeah, is the most selling t shirt. The biggest seller . We sell that t shirt, and this z, most of them. Everything we sell, these two is amazing. Biggest seller. And it is everywhere. Rising out of the serbian countryside, green and gold domes a physical monument to russian influence. They call this putins church. Inside, a double headed eagle, a russian flag, and for sale, just under a pound, key rings bearing a z, the symbol of russias invasion of ukraine. Weve come to belgrade to try and unravel the mystery as to why so many people here support russias invasion of ukraine. It is thought that more than 70 backed moscow over than 70 backed mos