Favorite collaborator in one of the nations great independent bookstores, we pride ourselves of the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of her signature programming. Whether forms on those issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly did not intend on the particular timeline of todays presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a couple pieces for the New York Times and cnn business. They spent eight years and cook koshland and the extraordinary empire in the poem Political Network has put together by david coke and his older brother charles based hundred hours on the road in wichita. Anybody had a chance to read the book . So you will not understand, youll know immediately when you get into it as you get into it it is daunting when you pick it up. Its encyclopedic, 574 pages and thats before you get to the notes and the appendix and then acknowledgments. But they have written
a special cnn report. how would you react? where would you go? if you woke up one morning to war on your doorstep. this is completely in ruins. for more than a year now, no matter where you turn, pollutants terror can find you. yet despite all of the suffering, this is where they make the molotov cocktails. the people of ukraine are still standing. still fighting, and some say even winning. the ukrainians took this entire area back in september. this is ukraine today. freedom matters, peace moderns. ukraine matters. these are the people who have defied the odds. we are fighting for our freedom. how are they doing it, and at what cost? take your time if you want to take a break. we had to get ready for everything, anything. the kyiv central station, the nerve center of ukraine s 16,000 miles sprawling rail system. nearly one year ago, this ordinary transit hub was anything but. is russian forces advanced toward the city, scenes
in politics, president biden has just made his first visit to the border since taking office. he did not see or meet with any migrants, though. we ll speak to the mayor of el paso about the crisis happening on the ground there in his city and biden s new crackdown on the immigration search. in sports, damar hamlin set to be released from the hospital as trib butes pour in. we ll take you exclusively to the field as his teammates speak on the team s thrilling and emotional return. she has been missing for nine days now, and the husband of the massachusetts mother has been arrested, but she s still nowhere to be found. details on the charge and the search straight ahead. in a revealing new interview with cnn s anderson cooper, prince harry says he long believed his mom had faked her death and reveals why he blames camilla for the negative stories about him. anderson will join us live in just moments. cnn this morning starts right now. so we ll begin this morning with
me. i m fredricka whitfield. right now, heightened emotions as the buffalo bills get back on the field. playing in their very first game since the terrifying collapse of safety damar hamlin. and what a way to get started. while also rallying around hamlin s recovery. taking the opening kickoff all the way in for a touchdown. the bills first opening kickoff score in 18 years. and tributes for hamlin continue to pour in. that s happening under way right now. and it happened before the game, the bills, their fans, loudly showing their support as hamlin continues to recuperate. throughout this week, the entire western new york community, nfl family, and people from around the world have been praying for damar hamlin. damar s amazing recovery has lifted our collective spirits and we are forever grateful for the love and support damar s family and friends and our organization have received. today, we celebrate damar s recovery, our love for damar, and our fwgratitude. please ris
neither house of congress in brazil is currently in session. and brazil s new president, we should note, is not at the palace. but there s still lots to follow in all of this. let s go straight to cnn s rafael romo, who is following this. rafael, of course, viewers here in the united states and around the world can see the parallels between what is taking place in brazil and what took place on this country on january 6th of 2021. what more can you tell us? reporter: that s right, jim. this started a few hours ago as a peaceful protest in front of the army s headquarters in brasilia, the capital of brazil. numerous protesters started marching towards the area where government buildings for all three branchs of government are located. at one point, protesters stormed the building that houses the brazilian congress before other groups did the same at the palace, the seat of the executive power, the presidential building. and also, the supreme court brazilian president da silva