good monday morning to you i m jim sciutto. a significant day in ukraine and europe as the u.s. president joe biden makes a surprise visit to the war-torn capital of kyiv as air raid sirens sounded around him. [ air raid sirens ] walking side by side there in the capital with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, president biden with this visit sending a strong message to ukraine and to russia, it is his first trip to the country since russia invaded ukraine nearly a year ago. cnn has learned the president made the final decision only on friday to make the unannounced visit, this after multiple invitations from zelenskyy. this morning, the ukrainian president says that biden s visit leaves ukraine, quote, closer to victory. calling it the most important visit to his country in the history of u.s./ukraine relations. during a news conference, president biden announced a fresh swath of sanctions against russia as well as pledging another half billion dollars in military aid,
Campus of the university of Southern California this afternoon after Los Angeles Police cleared a pro palestinian encampment this morning. No arrest or violence were reported. Tensions have been running high on campuses across the country as administrators have tried to curtail protests ahead of commencement ceremony. Several schools have been compelled to alter or even cancel their Graduation Due to protest. Over the last two weeks more than 2,500 people have been arrested. President biden is likely to weigh in on the situation again on tuesday in a speech mocking Holocaust Remembrance Day as he calls on all americans to combat antisemitism even as many remain deeply divided over u. S. Support for israels war on hamas. Joining me now is congresswoman sydney kamlago. Thank you for joining us, congresswoman. We begin tonight with the demonstrations on our College Campuses including los angeles. We mentioned the clearing of university of Southern Californias campus this morning, which wa
also seen him punish visits for their vaccination in mask policies. seen him put restrictions how businesses can train their employees around issues of race schism. we have seen him now say he wants to go after banks that lend in ways that he doesn t agree with. so, there s that part of it, but there s also republicans, including his supporters, who are worried that he might be flying too close to the sun with his war on wokeness. this most recent spat with the college board over this ap african-american studies class, i mean, he is now talking about potentially pulling ap classes out of florida entirely. finding alternatives to the s.a.t., these are things that parents around the country use to help their students get into good colleges, save money on their higher education and there are concerns that they don t know how this is going to play out nationally when he starts campaigning in a national campaign. and what we re seeing is republican candidates starting to seize on this a bit
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display of hatred, bigotry on many side,s on many sides. he revised those remarks two days later. race schism is evil and those who call violence include violence and thug including the kkk and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything that we hold dear as americans. you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people who are very fine people on both sides. we ll talk more about that visit later this morning. a question. why did congressman trent franks now former congressman allegedly offer to pay an aide $5 million to have his child? re drew brees! i m sorry to bother you, but my car broke down and i d really appreciate a ride to the stadium. yes! .but, no,