capital now? reporter: russian troops as i said, special forces have infiltrated the capital. they believe that. also, two and a half miles from center of the city, we know there were gun battles as well on friday. russian troops firing on ukranian forces. residents were told to stay inside their homes because ukranians also believe russian forces have managed to get a hold of ukranian military outfits and could be disguising themselves as ukranian military. it is an incredibly tense, serious situation, and the city is completely terrified. there were explosions through the night. sirens as well, telling people to go below ground. we were in a metro station yesterday, hundreds of people were there for hours waiting out the sirens. absolutely terrified they could be struck by a ballistic missile, for example, which is
welcome back, everybody. right now the house intel committee is in hour two of its hearing on worldwide threats. capitol hill correspondent garrett haake has been listening over moment. want to hand our coverage over to him for a minute. garrett, take us through it. reporter: yeah. the committee has been hearing testimony from the nation s top intelligence chiefs about the entire array of threats facing this country, but the violence in ukraine has played heavily no what we ve been hearing so far, from dni director and the cia director bill burns, sharing their concerns about vladimir putin s future moefshs especially in the face of the crippling sanctions and the surprisingly fierce resistance he s been experiencing from ukranian forces. take a listen. our analysts assess that had
he put it. these new aerial visions will show you what he s talking about where russian forces have contributed some of the worst atrocities in the war. you can see smoke billowing out from buildings and countless other buildings destroyed by russian airstrikes. ukraine says images like these prove putin forces are committing genocide. it s not about war, it s genocide. war has some rules, some principles. also this morning, ukraine s government says russian forces have stolen or commandeered a convoy of 11 buses that were making their way to mariupol to help evacuate civilians still trapped there. president biden, as we mentioned, is otherwise hi way to belgium to speak about the
and talked about beefing up deterrence there, even providing chemical weapons protections gear to ukranian forces. all of that on the table at this alliance meeting. what president biden has is a series of options from the pentagon to consider, unilaterally or within the nato alliance, sending more troops on a rotating basis, sending more troops permanently and even the potential of building a new military base somewhere, a u.s. military base somewhere in eastern europe. don t expect to see these big announcements just yet from the u.s. side, because president biden will be using the meeting along with defense secretary lloyd austin to talk to the allies, try and fine-tune some of these ideas, see what exactly is needed and what exactly they want, what the u.s. is able to provide and would any of it make a dimfference. what the bottom line is, what we re hearing from nato, all of
in her approach. it s really interesting. it s great to see you all. thank you so much. really appreciate it, guys. coming up for us, a month into putin s war in ukraine, russian forces are struggling to seize key cities. we look at the next phase of this bloody war, next. for over 120 years, mercedes-benz vans have been buiuilt, upfitted and ready to go. because we believe dreams - should never stay that way. i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus. unlike ordinary memory supplements, neuriva us fuels six key indicators of brain performance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger. 80% get geneticall meaningful health info from their 23andme dna reports.