scientific research. but the president made the best decision he could in the moment with the information that he had, and at the advice of his entire military leadership that they couldn t be sure that these weren t being used for some surveillance over sensitive sites. and given the context of the chinese spy balloon, i think you can understand why it was better to act out of an abun cannes of caution, which he kid. we also had concerns about civil air traffic. these three were flying at altitudes that are much closer to where airlines fly, around 30,000 feet plus. so there was a risk to safety of flight as well. shannon: the administration has been career in its denial there was any u.s. involvement in the nord stream 2 pipeline. a single anonymous source is cited as saying what he led to, what he claims led to us being involved in that. he says prior to putin s invasion of ukraine back in december, a working group was put together and he says this: what became clear to the particip
russia has committed crimes against humanity. in a moment, john kirby, the communications coordinator for the national security council, will join us lye. but first, we have us live. steve harrigan is in kyiv on the lasting impact of the war on ukrainian citizens, but first, trey yingst on where the conflict now stands. trey. reporter: shannon, good morning. with less than a week until the one-year mark of the war, russian troops are pushing bard with a multi-front offensive and capture aimed at capturing more ukrainian territory. on the winding roads toward the front line, ukrainian equipment is moved into place. soldiers here have endured nearly a year of battle defending their territory. the southern front line remains active. we ve heard ukrainian 1kwre9s overhead firing on russian positions. the russians continue to shell this area as heavy fighting continues in the zaporizhzhia region. russian troops are moving forward with their assault of
about the latest u.s. efforts to aid ukraine and the president s upcoming travel to europe. and we ll bring in reire thed four-star general jack keane for analysis on ukraine and china s threats now that the u.s. has shot down one of its surveillance devices. then, former u.n. ambassador nikki haley throws her hat in the ring. i am running for president of the united states of america! [cheers and applause] han san nikki haley joins us for her first sunday show appearance as a candidate. we ll get her on the record about her case to voters and the criticism she s taking just a few days into her campaign. plus our town needs help. our governor abandoned us. shannon: residents blast the federal, state and local response after a ox thetic train derailment toxic train derailment in eastern ohio. the governor and the biden administration now in clean-up mode. we ve gone into hundreds and hundreds of people s houses to test that air. it s good. the data shows that there are
John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications; Nikki Haley, former U.N. ambassador; former Army vice chief of staff Gen. Jack.
american people are inspired by their tenacity and their courage, but they also have questions about how this ends and what our commitment is in this measure. senator j.d. vance said this, before president biden sends another taxpayer dollar to ukraine, he must lay out a clear plan for ending the conflict in a way that advances our national security interests. no more blank checks, it is past time for the president to tell the american people how this comes to an end. how does the president, the white house define how this comes to anen end? first of all, every single item we ve sent has been in full consultation with the congress, and we have really enjoyed terrific bipartisan support, bicameral and bipartisan on capitol hill for support for ukraine, and we fully expect that that will continue. now, look, it could end 0d the, shannon, if mr. putin would pull his troops out of ukraine where they don t belong in the first place. obviously, your reporting on the ground, that doesn t ap