hello, welcome to the programme. a0 migrants who crossed the english channel were brought ashore by the dover lifeboat this morning. so far, just short of 3000 people have crossed in the first two months of this year. that s twice as many as the equivalent period last year. the prime minister says stopping these boats is one of his top five priorities. tomorrow, we ll see how he proposes to do it. his new policy, that s been heavily trailed, suggests that going forward migrants who cross this way will be removed and banned from future re entry and automatically their application for british citizenship will be rejected. we will talk about what is proposed in a second, but let s first hear from someone farzad. he arrived by small boat in 2019, fleeing persecution in iran. he was granted asylum a year ago. he s been speaking to bbc radio 4. now, farzad, if you were in france, where presumably you were safe, and you heard that it was the law in the uk that if you arrived on a bo
u.s. joe bidenkyiv, in a dramatic show of support. we re live with russia s reaction to the visit as president vladimir putin is set to deliver a speech of his own on the so-called special military operation. plus, in the u.s., over 30 million people look at that map, under winter alerts across every western state. the latest from the weather center ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula newson. joe biden is set to begin a two-day visit, following a symbolic and secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be speaking with the ukrainian president. that follows a surprise stop in kyiv monday. an unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significance u.s. military presence. you hear this. sounds alarming. it s air raid sirens. they can be heard, as you see there, with volodymyr zelensky. and it was a reminder that this is a wish. white house officials say that the president was intent on taking. mr. biden wanted
support nearly a year after russians full scale invasion of ukraine. tennis top diplomat is expected in moscow, over fears that baiting might send lethal aid to support russia s war. then a massive 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits turkey, just two weeks after the devastating quake that left tens of thousands dead. so, it is just after eight in the morning, and in warsaw poland, where u.s. president, joe, biden is set to begin a two-day visit following a symbolic and highly secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be meeting with the polish president in warsaw castle, as he marks nearly one year since russia s invasion of ukraine. and that falls a surprise trip to kyiv, on monday. a unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significant u.s. military presence. think about. that air raid sirens, in, fact could be near kyiv as he arrived. mr. biden walked alongside mr. zelenskyy, outside st. michael scott pedro and some winter sunshine was a
the secret planning for president biden s very dangerous travel to kyiv and the direct messaging he s sending to vladimir putin as the russian leader is expected to unleash a major new military offensive in the weeks ahead. key white house official john kirby joins us this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is a situation room special report. president biden is in poland this hour after personally delivering a strong message of support to the people of war-torn ukraine. his high-stakes, high-risk trip coming at a pivotal moment in the fight against russia s unprovoked invasion. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is traveling with the president. good morning, mr. president. reporter: for president biden, a dramatic moment months in the making. one year later, kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. reporter: to mark the resilience of a nation and u.s. support after mor
Welcome to 2020, two headlines highlights, and history. We are coming to from times square in the heart of new yor city, home to the famous bal drop that marks the beginning, and and of every year. I am and im Savannah Sellers but the next hour, we ar taking a look back at th biggest stories of 2022. It started with the war i ukraine,s Supreme Court retirement, and the oscar slap the shook hollywood. And it is ending with a tripledemic, looming recession fears and a world uniting on the soccer field along the way there were celebrations, loss, an hopefully some lessons to take until 2023 first, lets remember the headlines that fine 202 were seismic, and historic europes Largest Armed conflic since world war ii, a suprem Court Decision that overturned more than four decades o precedent. The death of a monarch who had rainforest 70 years. Yet, in its earliest days, 202 seemed more like a copycat wit the worst qualities of the two previous years staggering new covid numbers, deadly cases