five people on their way to explore the titanic. new questions about the sub s safety, the warning signs. the ceo among the victims describing the sub s plexiglass windows 7 inches thick squeezing in under pressure. oceanographer robert ballard who discovered the wreckage of the titanic describing what he calls a smoking gun. tonight we re learning more about the push to book passengers. a businessman revealing text messages offering seats for him and his son at a discount price. and word late today the ntsb will now join the investigation. gio benitez on what authorities have now revealed. and those major developments in the war in ukraine. the leader of russia s mercenary group calling for an armed mutiny, claiming his fighters were attacked by the regular russian army. ian pannell in ukraine. here at home, the severe weather threat at this hour from texas to montana. a tornado watch in effect across several states, heavy rain moving into the northeast this weekend, a
you watching here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.s. is sending more aid and military hardware to ukraine but one key weapon isn t included. a look at how this could affect the spring offensive. plus surfing during a hail storm in california. some of the extreme weather hitting parts of the west. meanwhile, other places could see as much as eight feet of snow this weekend, and rising prices apparently aren t going anywhere soon. a key indicator, rising in the past month. a look at what that means for consumer. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. as russia s war on ukraine wenters year two, president vladimir putin is now claiming the west is trying to destroy russia and break it up. putin made those remarks in an interview on russian television saying he had proof of those plans. president biden said recently the u.s. isn t plotting to attack russia. all this
engulfed by a magnificent chaos and there s no point in fighting it. people here do things their own way. take the energy of new york, mix in the gritty elegance of new orleans, add 3,000 years of history and cook it all up in the heat of the world s most famous volcano. that is napoli. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. in the south, we are very used to fight. this place may be looked down on as the poverty-stricken underdog of italy. but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for me, this is our philosophy. this is our style and tradition. they ve given the world its favorite food. favorite food. pizza margarita! just don t forget where it was invented. [upbeat piano music] if pizza was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast, and a feast for the senses.
bill: we have gotten a lot of this video in overnight. precision missile strikes blanketing the waters around taiwan, threatening the democratic republic that the u.s. considers to be a strong ally. dana? dana: china demonstrating its ability to bombard the island by air and sea. the show of force prompting taiwan to put its military on high alert and cancelled dozens of commercial flights. bill: beijing is conducting these drills closer to taiwan than ever before. some of them happening a mere 12 miles away. beijing surrounding the island with helicopters and war ships showing its ability to enforce what could be an all out blockade at some point. dana: meanwhile, republicans are blaming president biden. they say his mixed messaging on pelosi s visit gave china the green light. he sent the wrong message like he did to putin. let s invade a little portion of it. we should be very upfront at the very beginning. do not send a missile across. we should set a fine line
take the energy of new york, mix in the gritty elegance of new orleans, add 3,000 years of history, and cook it all up in the heat of the world s most famous volcano. that is napoli. i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides, and i m traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. in the south, we are very used to fight. this place may be looked down on as the poverty-stricken underdog of italy. but the people who live in this region have their own way of doing things. for m this is a philosophy. this is our style, our tradition. they ve given the world its favorite food. pizza! just don t forget where it was invented. firenze. napoli! if pizza was going to be born anywhere, it would be here in naples. the city is hot, fast, and a feast for the senses. naples is situated in campania. it s the unofficial capital of the italian south and is even older than rome. it s a region