of house republican leader kevin mccarthy, how he actually discussed using the 25th amendment to try to remove donald trump as president just days after the january 6th capitol attack. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our money lead. moments ago, the dow industrials closed up, up, up by more than 900 points. the nasdaq and s&p 500 also closed sharply higher. this comes on the heels of the federal reserve this afternoon announcing the biggest increase in interest rates in 22 years. amidst real fears of a recession, the fed added a half-point to its benchmark rate. you ll see the difference in higher interest payments on credit cards, car loans, mortgages, and more. this is an attempt to put the brakes on inflation by lowering consumer demand. our brand-new cnn poll shows the american people think the economy is by far the most important facing the united states and they overwhelmingly think president biden is doing a bad job with it. we
thursday president biden asked congress for $33 billion in additional aid to ukraine, a dramatic increase. we need to contribute arms, funding, ammunition and economic support to make their current sacrifice have purpose. i will ask ukrainian president zelensky s top aide, andriy yermak, if ukraine is getting what it needs to win. then looking east. will putin s invasion inspire china to attack taiwan? that is the big question, and i put it to taiwan s foreign minister in a fascinating exclusive interview. but, first, here s my take. at first glance the war in ukraine would seem to confirm president biden s oft express view that the world today is marked by a contest between democracies and autocracies. after all, autocratic russia is waging a savage assault on democratic ukraine and the latter enjoys the staunch support of western democracy. on closer examination, however, that framework turns out to be neither accurate nor helpful as a guide for american foreign p
can kyiv actually emerge victorious? british prime minister boris johnson said maybe not but on thursday president biden asked congress for $33 billion in additional aid to ukraine, a dramatic increase. we need to contribute arms, funding, ammunition and economic support to make their current sacrifice have purpose. i will ask ukrainian president zelensky s top aide, andriy yermak, if ukraine is getting what it needs to win. then looking east. will putin s invasion inspire china to attack taiwan? that is the big question, and i put it to taiwan s foreign minister in a fascinating exclusive interview. but, first, here s my take. at first glance, the war in ukraine would seem to confirm president biden s oft expressed view that the world today is marked by a contest between democracies and autocracies. after all, autocratic russia is waging a savage assault on democratic ukraine and the latter enjoys the staunch support of western democracy. on closer examination, how
and the last remainian soldiers in a steel factory with supplies running low. they will try again in the coming hours. president volodymyr zelenskyy says up to 120,000 civilians are trapped in mariupol. translator: we don t know when we can unblock mariupol and i say this openly. all the boys want a free city. none of them are going to surrender to the enemy. this is their internal feeling. this is what they are. first, it involves serious and heavy weapons. at the moment, we don t have enough of these weapons to free mariupol. the second path is diplomatic. so far, russia hasn t agreed to this. taking mariupol is part of russia s plan to control the eastern part of ukraine, donbas region. a u.s. defense tells cnn moscow s added 17 ba tall kron tactical groups over the past week. the military governor in luhansk reports russian troops control 80% of territory there as they destroy everything in their palgt. and images circulating on social media, show force russians have
bombardment of that city. details of that this hour. i m rosemary church in atlanta with the latest on the biden administration fighting back about the mask rule taken away from public transportation. reporter: we begin in mar mariupol. russian shelling continues. negotiations are underway to try to open up more evacuation corridors. this is what they hope to publish in terms of evacuations so far. russian forces were not able to adhere to a cease-fire for a much larger humanitarian corridor. president zelenskyy said they do not have what they need to defend the city. translator: according to our information, they are keeping 120,000 people in besieged mariupol. i m confident with the combined efforts we can bring all of those responsible to justice and i promise you we ll find them all. reporter: now to a bleak assessment by the governor. russian troops are destroying everything in their path. the governor says 80% of lieu hans k is under control. u.s. defense offici