hello, i m vishala sri pathma. ukrainian officials have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they ve started handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for bakhmut has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerialfootage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people fled before fighting broke out. bakhmut is of little strategic value, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. meanwhile, the ukrainian president volodymr zelensky made a surprise speech for graduates atjohns hopkins university in maryland. i m proud that ukraine is not losing a single day in its defence against russian terror. every day, we do everything to become stronger, to give more protection to people, to save more lives. the united states has also not lost a single day to help ukraine repel the russian aggression. the battle for bakhmut began last august, and ukra
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pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
they are controlling the narrative for once. they can put their story forward. they can also say which stories weren t true. and i m comfortable in knowing that we did everything that we could to make it work. oh, my god, we just did everything we could to protect them. president joe biden says the american rescue plan will help the u.s. rebound from the covid-19 pandemic. everything in this package is designed to meet the most urgent needs of the nation. this was never about getting people back to work or kids back to school or the disease behind us. there is an incredibly transformational, frankly progressive piece of legislation. announcer: this is new day with alisyn camerota and john be berman. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is new day, monday, march 8th, 6:00 here in new york. and the stunning new claims this morning about the royal family by prince harry and meghan markle. in a bombshell two-hour i
reporter: it is a winter wonder land you won t see anywhere else. the chinese city saw a record number of visitors over the new year holiday weekend during its annual ice and snow festival. well this ice city features intricate sculptures and structures, all glowing from within. all made entirely of ice. it is quite nice. and quite shocking. when i saw it for the first time, i thought they built it very well and the ice was very transparent. reporter: this year officials say an average of about 30,000 people enter the park every day. that s nearly double pre- pandemic numbers. well the festivities have sold out every hotel. booking was pretty difficult. for booking hotels, we spent two to three days before we found a suitable hotel. tickets for ice and snow world were sold out online.