at this hour, major moves. ukraine s military says it has forced russian troops to retreat more than a mile in one of their bloodiest battles since the start of the war. we ve got a live report from kyiv. and outside ukraine, president zelenskyy on the move. securing critical commitments from western allies across europe. inside his surprise meeting with the british prime minister and the promise of hundreds of new weapons for the front lines. plus, benched, the memphis grizzlies just suspended their all star guard john mo rant for the second time in three months after he once again appeared to be holding a gun in a video on instagram. the message in this penalty on and off the court. also, the deadly tornado that ripped through south texas near the gulf coast and has left dozens of homes damaged, at least one person dead. our nbc news reporters are covering all of the latest developments. nbc s catie beck is where those devastating storms hit on the gulf coast. where a
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offensive antitank rockets and precision aerial weapons along with fuel trucks and bridging equipment. eric: senior correspondent mike tobin. hello, mike. mike: hello, eric and molly. the u.s. the u.s. aid package to be announced on monday puts u.s. contribution to $30 billion for ukraine s defense. that s part of what we talked about with top negotiator in ukraine. top adviser in president zelenskyy s office understands that american taxpayers are growing tire and skeptical of funding war in ukraine? what is your argument to continue funding war in ukraine? if you want to live freely in the u.s. and constantly talk about it and you re ready to pay the highest price it s necessary to win the war in russia. mike: president xi jinping of china met with russian president and not met with zelenskyy. the ceasefire the freezing to have conflict as such. the occupied territories will remain under the russian federation. mike: president xi everyone in placed the call to presi
afternoon. that come after manhattan grand jury voted thursday to indict him in order to believe thousands of business fraud charges related to hush money payments to stormy daniels that were made during the 2016 campaign for president. we do not know what is in this indictment. we will see it tuesday when it is released after the arraignment. i fully expect that one of the things we will see us each a transaction, each falsification that is alleged is going into a separate account. the question is are each of those enhanced by the federal election campaign violation? or is it just one felony and 29 misdemeanors? what s has been said the attorney the district attorney has brought 117 of these cases for more on this nate foy at standing outside the supreme court in lower manh manhattan. hey eric, it s pretty quiet outside the manhattan criminal courthouse you can certainly expect that to change the coming days as for her president trump is expected to fly to new york cit
on tuesday. and pope francis is expected to participate in palm sunday mass at st peter s basilica just a day after leaving the hospital. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with michael holmes. and we begin with those powerful storms that battered parts of the u. s. and the death toll is rising yet again, at least 22 people were killed, dozens more injured after tornadoes and storms hit on friday and saturday, the latest fatality just hours ago in delaware, and this is what it looks like in wynne, arkansas, where four people were killed. the mayor told cnn. her city was basically cut in half by the damage the storm so powerful it ripped the turf off the football field at the high school. similar scenes in the state capital little rock, where at least one person was killed and 50 hospitalist. many of the tornado s moving so quickly. people had little time to prepare like this driver who rode out the storm in his van. neighbors and neighborhoods and businesses were dec