the u.s. supreme court. we re following the protests and the stakes as the nine justices weigh challenges to president biden s loan forgiveness program. and fox news is facing even more scrutiny and questions tonight after the chairman rupert murdock admitted under oath that some of the network s hosts endorsed lies about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. tonight congress is putting the spotlight on deteriorating u.s. relations with china and the growing threat that the communist regime poses to the united states. the first hearing of the new house select committee on china begins in the next hour. let s bring in cnn s jessica dean. she s up on capitol hill for us. also let s bring in cnn s david culver who has reported from china for years. jessica, i ll start with you. tell us what to expect at tonight s hearing. reporter: wolf, this is the first prime
you re live in the krrn newsroom. vice president kamala harris says the evidence is clear outlining crimes against humanity she says that russia has committed in the invasion of ukraine. the vice president making the declaration before world leaders at the munich security conference today. she recounted some of the atrocities russia has committed in its war against ukraine. li listen. think of the images of bucca. civilians shot in cold blood, their bodies left in the street. the photograph of the man who was riding his bike. think of the 4-year-old girl who the united nations recently reported was sexually assaulted by a russian soldier. a 4-year-old child! harris also reiterated the commitment the united states has made and the west has made to ukraine in its support. again, the united states will continue to strongly support ukraine, and we will do so for as long as it takes. let s bring in cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson in unique and senior
supreme court. we re going to go through the arguments on both sides of the case. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 28th. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. many of the republican party s biggest names will not be attending the annual conservative political action conference in maryland this week just outside washington, d.c. potential 2024 candidates will not be at the annual gathering. rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniels, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker kevin mccarthy are also sitting out this year. this year s conference comes as cpac s chair faces a lawsuit that alleges he fondled a male aide to then senate candidate herschel walker back in october. his lawyer says he denies those allegations. none of the politicians that have said they are not attending have cited the allegations as the reason for their absence. however, several republicans who spoke to nbc news anonymously have said the al
they re trying to hold every inch of territory in that city. how has that changed the way they re fighting this side? reporter: it s made it on the russian side, dirtier. on the ukrainian, more desperate. the last few days as the offensive gains in intensity, as the conditions on the ground worsen, those images geolocated by cnn that showed the conditions around bakhmut pretty grim with mud, making the roads pretty much impassable. what ukrainian authorities and president sens has said tonight is things are getting more and more challengichallenging. what we re seeing are a series of intense attacks, but it is the battle for the town of bakhmut that gets worse and more intense by the day with ukrainian officials describing it as the epicenter. there have been today hundreds of artillery barrages and rocket strikes by the russians as they try and encircle the town, and specifically the areas of settlements to the west of it. desperate pleas on the part of the ukrainians once
two americans kidnapped in mexico now back in the u.s. for treatment. other two are dead as the search for their killers ramps up. why ukrainian forces refuse to retreat from the bloody battles if bakhmut, president zelenskiy warning about consequences if russia seizes the city, new u.s. senate bill aims to give the biden administration the authority to ban tiktok. we ll discuss what data the ap collects and whether it should really be considered a threat to national security. . . live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us, the two americans who survived a deadly kidnapping in mexico on friday are back in the united states. according to mexican officials la washington mcgee and eric williams were found in a wooden house in mattingly on thursday, williams s wife tells cnn he was shot in both legs, mcgee was not injured, her mother told our affiliate she s spoken with her daughter and doing ok but struggling with fact she had t