Willie, when he saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark, yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life. And watching these people, the great people of this town, i couldnt imagine a better fate than a long and lustrous winter. Willie, i know you feel the same. Powerful words to open the program this morning. Yeah. Lifted straight from bill murray. Looks like an intense concert for 6 00 a. M. Is that smashmouth getting after it . What is that . Is this the movie . No. This is a live picture from punxsuitawney, mika. I dont know if it sees the shadow if it is more spring or less spring. I did research this morning, and it only made it worse. I dont understand. If its clear, he sees the shadow and goes back to the den for six more why would you go to the den . Its a beautiful day. Start spring early. Its the opposite. Im more confused than ever. Its a great movie. Lets listen for a second at the punxsutawney trio. Gobblers knob. The gobblers knob trio. That
freedom today, tomorrow, and for as long as it takes! reporter: the speech in lithuania s capital, coming at the end oh of a dramatic, sometimes heated two days of discussions over ukraine s future within the nato alliance. it s going to happen. we re moving in the right direction. i think it s just a matter of getting by the next few months here. reporter: presidents biden and volodymyr zelenskyy all raise and thanks closing out the nato summit, despite ukraine coming away without the biggest ticket item it had hoped for a concrete path to nato membership. zelenskyy came in blasting the lack of a membership timeline as absurd and unprecedented. wednesday, he took a soft ever tone, arguing the summit was a success because of security guarantees. the outcome of the nato summit was much needed and meaningful success for ukraine. i m grateful to all leaders in the nato conference for very practical, unprecedented support. reporter: while the u.s. and others argue tha
border bill. johnson said it is dead on arrival as he reveals a bill for israel alone without a cent for the war against putin in ukraine or the border. top senate negotiator, chris murphy joining us coming up. plus, the pentagon fires off a weekend barrage of preemptive strikes against houthis in yemen after friday night s strikes for the deaths of three u.s. service members. we intend to take additional strikes and additional action to continue to send a clear message that the united states will respond when our forces are attacked or our people are killed. secretary of state blinken has arrived in saudi arabia today starting his fifth shutting mission to the region since october 7th to promote a halt in the fighting in gaza in exchange for a release of hostages. and donald trump widens his lead over president biden in our new poll. steve kornacki is here to break it all down. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington. senate negotiators from both parties prod
summit. as ukraine is pushing to join the alliance, cnn is on the ground in lithuania where the president and key u.s. allies are preparing for their high-stakes talks. also tonight, new developments in the trump classified documents indictment. the trump team now facing a deadline to weigh in on the timing of the trial. this as the former president s co-defendant is accused of unnecessary delay by the special counsel. and parts of the northeastern united states are swamped by historic flooding, a once in a thousand-year rainfall swallowing cars in west point, new york. i ll speak with the new york governor, kathy hochul. this hour we ll discuss the state s emergency response. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, on the eve of a pivotal nato summit, we re learning that ukrainian president zelenskyy plans to make a personal appeal on ukraine s bid to join the alliance. he ll atte