Home serve. Com im evan perez and washington. And this is cnn the skis, cnn Breaking News l right,veryon thanks for joining me. I ll mk jimez inor fredric wtfield. Wre goingo begin with President Biden were turning to the white house to meeth s naal Security Team about the innsifying theres a meeting that will include Secretarof Sta Antony Blinken, defense secretary d austin, and the chai othe joint chiefs of staff. Nrces say the u ctirancarry out a direct Aack Srael Iran has vowed retaation for the military officials in syria last week, a l to get to hear cnns kevin lipt is athe white house and Jeremy Diamond is in jerusale so vin, what do we know about this meeting . And that now includes defense secretary lloyd austin and etary of state Antony Blinken well, this meeting will come after american officials ve bn speaking with their israeli counterparts, including the defense secretary lloyd austin, who talked to the Defense Minister and israel to discuss what the pentagon called urgen
unwillingness to do it. but i don t have any doubt their civians are able to at a minimum limitussian games and perhaps reclaim some of the territory that moscow has taken since february 24. jill biden is set to visit the region latern this week. should president biden visit kyiv himself? the white house has said there s no plans for that. i think that would be a good thing, but that s not the most important thing. the most important thing is to provide all the support we have now decided and promised. and to up our support as described. make sure ukraine has the means to stop kremlin aggression and to pul back some of the territory moscow has stolen over the past nine weeks. ambassador, thank you so much for joining usnd for your perspective on this monday. really appreciate it. coming up, progrsive democrats at a cross roads as
counterpart. al talks between russia and ukraine tonighted today with both sides expressing optimism. president zelenskyy said that talks are moving in a quote realistic direction. russian foreign minister lavrov said there is quote hope for a compromise. that tone a striking contrast to what we heard today from put who insisted despite the fact that russian forces stalled for days and lost so many troops the war is going according to his plan trying to justify the war in ukraine that spiraled into a full-on humanitarian catastrophe since it began. in mariupol besieged for weeks reports that russian forces hit a theater housing hundreds of civians why doctors say they treat ten civilians for injured
ohio, with our nation s highest public safety award, the medal of valor. i will also honor five americans from el paso, texas, with certificates of commendation, recognizing these civians that displayed tremendous bravery. the light from these souls defied the darkness and confronted the most sinister danger. would you all please join me in expressing our deepest gratitude and highest admiration to these unbelievably exceptional americans? thank you. [ applause ]
there is contact, i m not aware of anyone who is on the ground with them. well, the president himself said that he was naming someone to be a liaison to the opposition when i was in paris the other day with the secretary of state. she met with one of the opposition leaders herself. not a million tear dialogue. that s correct. what is next? how long is this operation in libya going to take before you declare mission accomplished? well, i think we have acmplished quite a bit already. we are we will continue until the mission transitions. we will continue to do all we can to protect civilians. that means we attack the regime forces that threaten civians. we attack the control systems that direct the forces.