i m pamela brown in washington. and you re in the cnn newsroom. historic, timely, brave, those words from ukraine s president zelenskyy about president biden s surprise trip to kyiv just hours ago. biden walking the embattled capital streets, promising america s unwavering support as air raid sirens blared. and as russia s brutal assault nears the one-year mark. a consequential trip at a consequential moment on this president s day. biden laying a wreath inside ukraine, which is an active war zone, where the u.s. military has no control. the white house giving russia a heads up only a few hours before president biden arrived and delivered this message. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. one year later kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. and we have teams standing by in kyiv and in moscow, but we begin in warsaw, poland, president bide listen give a
ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
spoke to the washington post on the condition that only her first name the used to protect her privacy, was 30 minutes away from the clinic when she got the call, stopped at a red light, as soon as she heard the news, she said, she broke down crying, trying to figure out what she would do now. texas is just one of 26 states that are certain or likely to ban abortion care in the coming days and months, according to the institute, the research and policy organization that advocates for reproductive health and rights. half of those states have also had trigger laws which take effect automatically now that roe v. wade has been overturned. and, in nine of those dates, the bands have already gone into effect. and there s enormous erosion of civil rights, ushered in by a disconnected conservative majority supreme court, will only be the beginning. as protests across the country look to the streets yesterday, many voiced their worries about what other rights might be taken away. ta
There has only been, listen to this, one such whale killed off the coast of South Carolina in the last 50 year. On the other hand, the windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that. Theyre washing up on shore. I saw it this weekend, three came up. They wouldnt you wouldnt see it once a year. Now, theyre coming up on a weekly basis. The windmills are driving them crazy. Theyre driving theyre driving the whales, i think, a little batty. Theyre washing up on shore at levels never seen before. They want to stop your boats. One in 50 years, can you imagine that . Donald trump yesterday in South Carolina continuing his weird war against windmills. Well have more from his rally yesterday, including another moment where he seemed to be confused about his opponent. This is at least the second time in a week. Plus, trumps former Defense Secretary is defending outgoing Joint Chiefs Of Staff mark milley after the former president suggested genera