preparations the president of the united states met with ukraine s president just four days short of year that russian forces invaded. with reminders that continuing threats quite literally sounding all around, the two leaders. many american presidents have made dramatic trips before, nixon to china, reagan to the berlin wall and president xi visited u.s. troops in war zones but never like this. this was the first trip ever by an american president into a worn zone without the protection of u.s. troops on the ground or american warplanes controlling the airspace overhead. american air assets were active on ukraine s border and moscow was told about it in advance. as for the presidents own message, here is some of what he had to say we know, it was one year ago this week. that we spoke on the telephone with the president. it was very late at night in washington, very early in the morning here in kyiv. russian planes were in the air and tanks were rolling across your border.
Government, all huge questions looming over the biden House Republican conference, as they struggle with a way forward. Thanks very much. Ac 360 with Anderson Cooper live from israel starts right live from israel starts right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In gaza, and you may not be able to pick it up from the microphone im wearing, but you can hear the steady booms of shells being fired into gaza by israeli forces. Weve also throughout the day seen rocket fire coming to ashkelon to our south, hamas saying they have fired 120 rockets into the two cities today. Israeli war planes have been pounding numerous locations in the territory, hitting targets the israeli officials describe as strategic to hamas. The cause also appears to be widespread destruction in densely populated neighborhoods. Israels Defense Minister ordered the military to put gaza under what he called complete siege. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to his people tonight, warning that wha
midst of a negotiation. but i will tell you, this anderson, there is deep concern within the administration about the potential effect of this. because those negotiations are so difficult. as i said earlier, it s partially about not wanting to escalate the war in ukraine. they don t rush to believe that the u.s. is deliberately sending former service members there. but also, the idea of someone being released at great effort from russian captivity, through negotiations and prisoner swaps, and going back to fight. they are concerned that russia would use this as propaganda points. and i think you heard some of this in the statement from the administration today. have a listen. as it relates to other americans that have continued to be wrongfully detained in russia, as i, and the secretary, as matt, as ambassador have said. we will continue to engage directly, with the russian federation, calling for their release. you have seen us do so, in the
being released from russia? my understanding of this is that this was his personal choice, driven in part by him wanting to do his part to help defend ukraine against the russian invasion. he is not alone in that, there are a number of former american service members who have done that. and former service members from other western armies, who have gone to join ukrainians in the fight. but i will tell you this, anderson. the biden administration is deeply concerned, for two reasons here. one, it does not want to give any impression that the u.s. is sending, or encouraging americans, particularly former military members of the u.s. military to go fight there. but to, also they are concerned about ongoing negotiations for americans still held, wrongfully by russia, including evan gershkovich. but also of course, paul wheeler. and, he is being treated at a military hospital in germany.
applied for their personal benefit. florida s teacher union calls it a big step backward. just before airtime, i talked about it with democratic congressman james clyburn, who was once a public history teacher in south carolina. congressman clyburn, thanks for being here. as you know, florida is requiring instruction for middle school students to include, quote, how slaves developed skills, which in some instances could be applied for their own personal benefit, in quote. does that make any sense to you? well, thank you very much for having me, andy, anderson. first of all, absolutely none whatsoever. unless you are looking for some way to whitewash history. i am pretty interested in finding out what is in that list of suggestions as to how they should teach history. today, i wonder what will be taught about the massacre that