Would attend on any one day. The really did go on for six months at a time it wasn t like a long weekend with a host of the world s fair like it took over your city for almost half a year. , for a better part of the year. On september 5th that year, 1901 the sitting president of the united states william mckinley visited the world fair and buffalo. He gave an open air speech in front of 50,000 people. It was, as presidential speeches go, a pretty big success. It was very well received by that big big crowd. But it was the world s fair which was a huge deal. The president didn t just go for that one day, he stayed through to the next day and the next day for president mckinley. The itinerary that there was not another big speech at a podium in front of a big crowd, the next day involved what s seems now for more modern perspective to be an unusual thing for a presidential presidents calendar. His second day of the world s fair involved him making an appearance on something called the te
Front of 50,000 people. It was as presidential speeches go a pretty big success. It was very well received by that big, big, big crowd. But it was the world s fair, which was a huge deal. The president didn t just go for that one day. He stayed through to the next day, and the next day for president mckinley, the itinerary that day wasn t another big speech at a podium in front of a big crowd. The next day involved what seems now from our modern perspective to be an unusual thing for a president s calendar. His second day at the world s fair involved him making an appearance at something called the temple of music, which was set up as part of the world s fair that year. And at that venue at the temple of music, president mckinley received the public. He did a public reception, like the pope does, who goes and receives people. Come on down. Meet your president, everybody. President mckinley is holding a public reception. People filed through to shake his hand, to talk to him, to meet hi
i m whitny wild. cnn this morning starts right now. morning, everyone. we re glad you re with us. it s thursday, december 29th. don is off this week. and ukraine is our lead story. under attack. more than 120 russian missiles launched at ukraine overnight. 90% of lviv this morning is without power. we ll take you to crane. here in the united states, thousands of air travelers are struggling to find their way home still. one major airport is launching an investigation into the meltdown at southwest airlines. and the death toll is rising once again in buffalo. the city s mayor now coming under fire for handling of that recovery and the storm. a new migrant processing center is going up in el paso, despite a supreme court decision to keep title 42 in place. we begin this hour with ukraine. president zelenskyy s adviser says russia has launched more than 120 missiles at the country. it happened overnight. a top official in odesa is calling it a massive missile attack in
good morning to you. i m jessica dean in washington. jim sciutto is off today. we re following several major stories this morning. overnight ukraine rocked by a barrage of russian missiles. the defense minister saying it s the most massive missile attack since the invasion began in februariment we know power is out in several regions including parts of the capital kyiv. we ll be live on the ground ahead. plus, the u.s. reinstating covid tests for travelers coming from china as beijing drops its own restrictions despite an overwhelming surge in cases. a fresh apology from southwest airlines today, plus new steps the airline is taking to reimburse passengers whose holiday travel was ruined. still more than 2,300 southwest flights canceled today. we re told the scheduling nightmare could end as soon as tomorrow. let s begin this morning on the ground in ukraine. cnn senior international correspondent ben wedeman is in kyiv. ben, you saw firsthand some of this damage. tell us
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