an easy argument for washington to make aligning this issue of, you know, climbing up the escalation lad we are the kremlin. frankly, jonathan, the reason ukraine needs better air defenses is because of russia s constant bombardment using cruise missiles, iranian drones against civilian areas and critical infrastructure including power grids, substations and so on. for the last several months ukraine has been suffering from rolling blackouts, water shortages, millions of people are affected heading into a very cold winter. they don t have power. so, you know, it s an easy argument for the biden administration to make to say we have to protect ukraine skies and we have to be able to give them the capability to interdict these incoming russian missiles. so what the kremlin is saying is exactly what it has said every step along the way for the last year whenever the united states or any nato country for that matter decides to provide ukraine with a better more
all eyes right now on florida and what is turning out to be fema s largest ever search-and-rescue effort. the chief saying the u.s. response was likely to be, quote, unprecedented. right now, more than 600,000 folks, they don t have power. about half of the hardest hit in lee county, a majority of the deaths are from this storm in that county as well. the number of lives lost is approaching triple digits. so far florida s governor saying more than one thousand rescues have been made. this is what the mayor of devastated port meyers beach fort myers, i should say, said earlier on today. we have a few more days of that and then we can start allowing residents hopefully to return to the island and start sifting through their messes. so the president is set to get a firsthand look at the devastation on wednesday. first, though, he s touring the damage today in puerto rico from hurricane fiona last month. thousands are still without
the 144th running of the belmont stakes. you win the kentucky derby, the preakness, and this will be, i think, if he manages to pull this off, it will be the first time in 34 years we have the triple crown. all right. love me some technology. stay right there. more on cnn sunday morning starts right now. a wildfire bigger than the entire city of chicago is on record in new mexico. more than a quarter of a million acres burned, 1,250 people fighting it, and still, only 17% contained. it s just one of nine states on fire. plus, tuesday s wisconsin recall race has pitted party heavyweights against each other as last minute money continues to pour in on both sides. we ll explain why it could be a bellweather for november, and we are just hours away from the deadline for george zimmerman to return to jail. the man who killed florida teen trayvon martin had his bail revoked by a judge and was given until this afternoon to turn himself in. and the diamond jubilee flotilla launch