the white house from camp david today saying he wanted to shoot down the balloon at the first available opportunity and that, in his view, is exactly what the pentagon did. watch it come over into the united states from canada. i told them to shoot it down as soon as it was appropriate. they concluded we should not shoot it down over land, was not a serious threat and we should wait until it got across the water. that s, of course, what happened saturday afternoon. a usf-22 fighter firing a single sidewinder missile at the chinese balloon bringing it down just off the coast of south carolina, and the president said the chinese were well aware of what was coming. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. reporter: but critics, many of them republican, question the wisdom of waiting to shoot down the balloon until after it had flown right across the united states and over several sensitive u.s. military sites. look, i m not saying detonate this thing over a
saturday. i m frederica whitfield. russia s expectations of a quick defeat were dismissed. in kyiv on the anniversary a solum ceremony. [ speaking non-english ] ukraine s president zelenskyy remained the very public face of ukraine s resistance and defiant in his speech. translator: if we all do our homework, victory will be inevitable. i am certain there will be victory. i don t think i want it this year. western allies this week pledging more military support for ukraine including a $2 billion package from the u.s. and a new round of sanctions on russia. but ukraine has suffered some 8 million people have fled the country and of those who stayed roughly 18 million are in dire need of as assistance. that s 40% of the population. christiane amanpour looks at the war and the national impact on identity. reporter: perhaps there is no more powerful sense of belonging than this, she deciding to marry in their orthodox church, the very day russia invaded and tried to cla
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judge that is likely to hurt his defense. here is david lee miller. reporter: accused double murderer alex murdoch s defense suffered a setback in court monday. a ruling by the judge will allow prosecutors to present evidence to support their theory he murdered his wife and son to divert attention from his money troubles. with the jury away from the courtroom, eight witnesses tabefied murdoch s financial woes. judge clifton newman then ruled jurors could hear about the possible motive. i find that the jury s entitled to consider whether the apparent desperation of mr. murdoch because of his dire financial situation, threat of being exposed for committing the crimes which he was later