as to where those two cars were, and ricky stenhouse has one neck daytona 500 steve: we start with a fox news alert. it s 3:00 in the afternoon in ukraine, where president biden has just left kyiv after making a surprise visit to ukraine s capital city earlier today, affirming the united states is still going to help mr. zelenskyy is much as we can. this comes days before the one-year anniversary of the russian invasion. peter doocy joins us for more saw. part of the reason this was so hairy, unlike past presidential visits to war zones, in ukraine, the u.s. does not have a military presence. so it had to be a big secret, and we saw as air raid sirens were blaring while president biden and president zelenskyy were walking the streets of kyiv. the secret trip included a lonmo ukraine, according to the new york times, and the president brought with him a big check, half a billion dollars worth of taxpayer-funded gear. that announcement includes artillery ammu
historic, timely, brave. that s how ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy describes the surprise visit from president biden this morning. [ sirens ]. with air raid sirens blaring, on presidents day no less. a major morale boost days before the country marks a year since russia s invasion. president biden announcing another major military aid package, making it clear that despite domestic pressure to down size assistance, the u.s. support for ukraine is unwavering. freedom is priceless. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes, and that s how long we re going to be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. as the president now embarks on another leg of the trip, we re learning crucial new details about how this historic moment came together. more on that ahead, and how the kremlin is responding with the trip coming just days after the u.s. formally accused russia of creigh committing crimes of against humanity. prayers for former president jimmy carter
how can you not feel any sympathy or any empathy towards them like that? i am not going to worry about people that their only worry in life is to be re-elected. so, no sympathy, but he said he does not believe that people should have gone in. by the way, he was not there, so that will be one of the things the defense he was not there on january 6th. he had been told not to come in because he had been arrested for something else, a judge told him to stay out of washington, d.c.. thank you very much. see you in an hour. appreciate the double duty today. cnn this morning continues right now. let s finish this job. i know we can because this is the united states of america. there is nothing, simply nothing we cannot do if we work together. there you go. good morning, everyone. top of the hour. glad you are with us on cnn this morning. he is running again, president biden making it official this morning. plus, the united states considering sending troops into sud
it s done. dana: a big tease for quite a while. president biden made the announcement in a video released early this morning and some of the slogans from his last campaign and attacked so-called maga republicans and implores voters to help him finish the job. president biden: when i ran for president four years ago i said we re in the battle for the soul of america. we still are. the question we re facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less freedom, more rights or fewer. this is not a time to be complacent and why i m running for re-election. around the country maga extremist are lining up to cut social security that you paid for your entire life while culting taxes for the wealthy. dictating what healthcare decisions women can make. banning books and telling people who they can love all while making it more difficult for you to be able to vote. this is our moment. bill: it s part of the 3:02 release today. the president going ahead with his campa
bring to big cities. cb cotton is live in new york city with more, cb? hi jon good evening nice to see you. newly released data from the nypd certainly shows an increase in one type of criminal offense, retail theft. the staffs are belike nearly one third of those committing retail theft or repeat offenders. this comes as house judiciary committee prepares for to field hearing tomorrow. focusing more violent crime. six confirmed witnesses for the harried members of the gop led committee said their testimony will highlight how the policies of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg have contributed to rampant violent crime. the das office though says the hearing is not a real effort to address public safety. but rather a political stunt. the hearing comes as another round of criticism against bragg from republicans who feel bragg s priority prosecuting content being tough on crime. less than two weeks ago trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related