in friday s fighting, a russian missile destroyed a vital supply bridge into the city. bakhmut has seen intense fighting for weeks, as russia tries to claim a victory in eastern ukraine. cnn s melissa bell joins us now from kyiv. melissa, where do things stand? reporter: well, we ve just been hearing from the british ministry of defense, saying that they understand that ukrainian forces are under increasing pressure. that s what we re hearing from the ground, with one soldier on the ground telling us that they were essentially outmanned four to one. and this has been the story for the last few weeks. so russian forces sending in more and more men to try and take every trench, every defensive line, at huge cost to themselves, first and foremost. there is also ukrainians, will there is a lack of ammunition compared to what the russians have, and they are trying to capture bakhmut, but yes, for the time being, this town still stands with his four and a half thousand civilians
white. we didn t even have time to get anywhere. it was right on top of us. the house was shaking. we were all close together in the middle room of the house. wow. it s the craziest thing i ve ever been involved in. more than 20 million people are under high wind alerts in the mid atlantic, northeast and western u.s. meteorologist alilison chinchar is keeping an eye on all of this. this storm is heading out into the open atlantic, hopefully giving folks a break 24 hours from now. we still have heavy bands of snow across maine, new hampshire. you re getting a little bit of wraparound in upstate new york, places like watertown new york continuing to see snow. when you factor in the snow and wind component, it can lead to whiteout conditions. travel going to be very dicey in some spots. even farther south away from the snow, you still have wind advisories in place, looking at wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour. that could lead to trees down and additional power outages.
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. in washington next hour former president donald trump is set to take the stage and likely light the fuse. he will deliver the keynote address a the the conservative political action conference. are trump is joined by other people eyeing the white house. the cpac conference has become maga country. the man who tried to overturn it appears to be his party s front-runner according to recent polls. let s discuss this with cnn s kristin holmes. she joins me now from cpac. what s the latest? what do you think we re going to hear from the former president in this address? reporter: well, jim, what we re going to hear from him is pitching himself for 2024 but it s going to be to a really enthusiastic crowd. he s not going to go after governor ron desantis by name. he ll contrast his policies when it comes to social security and medicare. however, i do want you to know, this event has become maga country. everyone here is incredibl
and so and sunday night you were with the same family members, your brother and brooklyn and buster and that s right. and liz. and lizzie, and lizzie s mom and dad and i believe donny and paula was still there, but i can t remember when they left. and then you went to somerville with whom? i believe i went to somerville by myself, but i know in the car by myself. i can t remember if buster and i rode together, but i think we might have had separate cars. we probably did ride together that first day. i don t remember, but i know i went to somerville and buster was in somerville with me and grandma and papa t. and somerville is where maggie s parents live? that s right. that s maggie s mom and dad, maggie s mom is grandma and maggie s dad is papa t. did you stay with them for a few days in somerville? i stayed with them longer in somerville? yeah, i stayed with them we stayed in somerville monday night, tuesday night, wednesday night, and then we w
coast to coast, 65 million people now under alert for ice, wind, snow with blizzard conditions in some places. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. president biden is just a few hours away from a key meeting with eastern flank after vladimir putin suspended a nuclear arms treaty with the u.s. and biden plenledged unwavering support for ukraine. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands prude. a proud and it stands free. and kevin liptak is live for us this morning. the meeting with bucharest 9. what are you expecting. reporter: he says that the u.s. remains committed to the nato alliance and he called it the most consequential in american history. and many of these countries are watching the invasion of ukraine, very an issues about where vladimir putin may have his sights on next. so president biden will want to reinforce his support for nato. but i think