claiming that the west s sanctions are doing nothing to hurt his economy. donald trump fires back at the committee and his former vice president. and china is showing off its most advanced aircraft carrier in what appears to be a direct message to the west. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where russia is reportedly sending more firepower to eastern lines. russian artillery is pounding areas near sievierodonetsk, trying to cut it off from surrounding cities. ukraine says it intercepted two russian missiles near odesa and no one was killed. in kyiv, ukrainian and eu flags flew side by side. the move doesn t guarantee membership, which would be years away, but president zelenskyy says it s still important. here he is. translator: ukraine deserves this positive. ukrainian values are european values. ukrainian institutions remain resilience, even in conditions of war. ukrainian democratic habits have not lost their pow
Have to. Bret lightning round. Dana have a good show. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. Tonight President Biden believes israel was not responsible for the deadly bombing of a hospital in gaza tuesday. The president speaking after meeting israeli Prime Minister netanyahu today in tel aviv. He also made a point to say israel is not alone. The u. S. Stands with israel. The president will address the nation here 8 00 p. M. Eastern tomorrow from the oval office to talk about that war and whats happening in ukraine. Well have complete coverage of that here on fox. The president s visit comes as antiisrael protests are happening in several cities. The Terror Group Hezbollah called for an unprecedented day of anger. Here in washington massive protests at the u. S. Capitol compound called for a a ceasefire. And while israel says it will allow egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid into gaza strip. Senior correspondent mike tobin is in southern israel again tonight. Good evenin
inflation worldwide, threatening vulnerable countries with severe food short abance, we have to w together. reporter: larry summers, who was criticized bit biden administration for saying inflation would rise is now predicting a recession in the next two years. we are likely to have a recession. we have overheated the economy and gotten some bad luck. when the pendulum swings too far one way, it tends to swing back the other way. reporter: biden disagrees, telling the associated press a recession is not inevitable and declaring the u.s. is in a stronger position than any nation to overcome this inflation. still, the white house is scrambling for solutions. we understand the anxiety, the president understands the anxiety, is focussed on what he can do to lower costs for families, address the price of
tests on a government website and every household can order four at a time and health insurance are also required now to cover the cost if you buy them yourselves. the administration has been under fire though from some democrats for being behind the curve on the issue of tests. of course, president biden disagrees. when i got here, we were going through 2 million tests a day. this month it s estimated that we will hit approximately 15 million tests a day and we ll have over 375 million at-home rapid tests in january alone. that s a huge leap. biden also promised to make high-quality masks available for free as well. dr. jonathan reiner joins our conversation on this, along with seung min kim. doctor, the omicron wave is here. it s more like a tsunami, and we have the masks, we have medical personnel being deployed to hospitals that are overwhelmed.
tonight at ten taliban leaders make the most of their first day, in full control of afghanistan, following the us withdrawal. taliban fighters posed with uniforms and weapons left behind by the americans, as the chaotic nature of the final withdrawal was laid bare. we report on the equipment, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, destroyed by the americans to try to thwart the taliban. now it has ended in the worst of ways, and it will live long in memory, here in afghanistan, in america, and far beyond. the image of the last us soldier to leave kabul, is for many a symbol of humiliating defeat, but president biden disagrees. we succeeded in what we set out to