tonight. ac 360 starts now. not since the cold war has the conflict since the russia and west has been to sharply drawn in dueling speeches three days before the anniversary of russian s invasion of ukraine, and a day after the president of surprise visit to kyiv. kiev one year ago the war was bracing for the fall of kiev, i just come from a visit to kiev and i can report kiev stands strong. kiev stands proud. it stands tall. and most importantly it stands free. speaking today in warsaw, the capitol, the president pledged unflagging support from nato which joined in 199 and commitment to ukraine one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts nato can remain unified, our support for ukraine will not waiver, nato will not be divided and we will not to tire. the president accused russia of creating crimes against human
visit to kyiv, and i can report that kyiv stands strong! kyiv stands proud! it stands tall, and most important, it sends free. speaking today in warsaw, the capital of a former soviet bloc countries, the president pledged unflagging merrick in support for nato, which poland joint in 1999 and it was firm commitment to ukraine. one year into this war, putin no longer doubts the strength of our coalition. but he still doubts our conviction. he doubts our staying power. he doubts our continued support for ukraine. he doubts whether nato can remain unified. but there should be no doubt. our support for ukraine will not waver. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. the president also accused russia of committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. vladimir putin, for his part, gave this as his rationale for the war. turning during his annual address to the russian people. [interpreter] the elite of the west do not conceal their ambitions. which is to strategically
newsroom, joe biden and vladimir putin deliver duelling speeches, just days before the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. we re live in poland with the latest. plus, we ll discuss why the earthquake in turkey and syria puts women at risk of period poverty, and how aid workers can better meet their needs. and more than 65 million people, look at this map, are under winter alerts right across the united states. we will have a live report from the weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the hours ahead, u.s. president joe biden will wrap his final day in poland, meeting with nato secretary general and leaders of the group known as the bucharest 9 from the eastern part of that nato alliance. this comes one day after mr. biden delivered a rallying cry declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia. he repeatedly called out vladimir putin by name. and just as he did a day earlier in kyiv, he again vowed un
thank you for joining us. right now, more than two dozen states and 65 million people are on alert as a powerful winter storm hits coast to coast. conditions are slamming flagstaff, arizona, and this man was barely able to stand as the wind gusts whipped the binding snow around him. in 29 states they are in the path for this storm. the snow warnings stretching to southern california. flakes even possible on los angeles beaches. and in utah, miles and miles of dicey driving. you can see cars stranded as crews worked to clear the roads. in minnesota the national weather service is warning of historic snow possibly the most in decades. meteorologist jennifer gray is standing by for us. but first, cnn s adrian brodas is in minnesota. what s happening where you are there? i see some really ice eye streets behind you. reporter: there s a break right now when it comes to snowfall. the plows have been moving along this stretch of highway behind us. but we saw the first phase of thi
Welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. My guest is american journalist theo padnos. From october 2012 to august 2014 he was held hostage in syria by the nusra front, which is allied to alqaeda. He was beaten, abused, not knowing from day to day if he would be shot or spared by his captors. But was he the victim of his own actions . He says the most bitter moment of his captivity was the realisation that it was he himself who was mostly responsible for his ordeal. Theo padnos, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much for having me. Why did you decide to go to syria in 2012 to report on the conflict there . You know, it was a very dangerous place, it still is. It was certainly dangerous at the time, but i mean, i felt that i could avoid the worst of the dangers. I felt the real danger to me at the time, i thought, was the regime. I thought they were against western reporters coming in. I didnt have a visa for journalists, and i felt that they were going to come and arrest me. I felt t