lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with china s top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you saw yesterday in munich. that s important. particularly when there s times of tension like this. you want to avoid the risks of misunderstanding and miscalculation. secretary blinken issued a warning to china about its spy craft to. key house republicans today amplifying their concerns over the blue and being able to fly across the u.s.. the reality is that the administration admitted that after it had shut down the balloon that it should ve been more proactive. in the three subsequent shutd
remember seeing before. different types of aircraft were used by strategic, long range, mig 31. there were 81 missile launches. wow. we wake up and we re shocked to hear about it. folks there in ukraine are right in the middle of it. and there are people that have died. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. russian missiles raining down across ukraine. knocking out power, killing civilians and striking cities like kyiv which are far away from the actual fighting. we re going to go there live. also this morning, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell hospitalized after tripping and following at a washington, d.c., hotel. and no relief for california after deadly blizzards trapped people for more than a week and the snow as you can see here, the state is bracing for heavy snow and flooding. we have the latest. cnn this morning starts right now. we begin this morning, this hour with russia unleashing a massive barrage of missiles across ukraine. the strikes
top of the hour now in the cnn newsroom, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. in the next half hour, president joe biden is going to lay out his plan and proposals to the budget. and we will also talk to alan shaw about the toxic spill and the pressing questions that the residents there in east palestine want answers to. and then a dozen of deadly missile barrages across ukraine. we want the begin there. russia reportedly launched a barrage of missiles by land and sea and air and multiple of them across the country and most of them hit lviv. they came down and set homes on fire. they terrified the people in kyiv, and most of them happened overnight. ivan watson is on the ground there this morning, and what do we know? well, erica and jim, this is not the first time that russia has aimed dozens of missiles aimed at the power grid, but the commander of the armed forces has described this attack as massive and it is targeting critical infrastructure and as you pointed out
facing tough questions over the railway company s safety practices in the wake of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and now he has explaining to do before congress. shaw has apologized more than once for derailment, and he has said that the company is making changes, and they will do right by the people of east palestine. and let s get to the testimony from washington. and sunlen, what have you heard so far? some frustration from the residents of east palestine, but we did hear from the ceo of norfolk southern, and the company and the person who has specifically had so much criticism in the aftermath of this train derailment, and we have heard from mr. shaw. he said that he is deeply sorry of what happened, and he promised to see this through, to get it right for the residents there, and he said point-blank, it is clear that the safety mechanisms that we had in place were not enough. this is more of what he had to say. i am determined to make this right. norfo
hazardous conditions as members of both parties call for more safety regulations. shaw admitted that the company s current systems are lacking. it is clear the safety mechanisms in place were not enough. the events of the last month are not who we are as a company. so shaw s company is now responsible for not one but two high-profile train derailments in ohio in just a matter of weeks. according to one senator on the committee, 20 derailments involving a chemical spill over the past eight years. this week, the ntsb launched an investigation into norfolk southern s safety practices. cnn s sunlen is on the scene. you re here in washington. i mean, these senators in this hearing today, they did not go easy on shaw. reporter: they certainly did not, kristin. you could sense their frustration as they were asking some very sharp questions of the ceo, andy shaw, of norfolk southern, and they went right after him about the accountability, trying to hold his feet to the fire at