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the russian forces continue to surround the eastern ukrainian city, and what it does and does not mean for bigger battle ahead. another frightening scare in the air. frightening moments as smoke fills the air of a southwestern united airlines. and what chris rock has to say about the infamous slap heard around the world. that is what we are watching at this hour. i m kate bolduan, and russian forces are closing in on bakhmut as the ukrainians may have to retreat to prevent being surrounded by russian forces. but president zelenskyy says they want to strengthen their resolve. and there is only about five to ten people being evacuated each day, and for what is at stake here, let s go to melissa bell who is in ukraine today, and what is happening on the ground right now in bakhmut? well, it is who is going to take the city s center, and right now, the russian forces are near the river to the east of the city for some time, and the question is how closer to the ci ....
le learned about you is how hard you are on yourself. sometimes there is nobody that holds the leader accountable. it was not always about winning and losing for me. it is about being worthy of winning. and good morning, everyone. we re covering a lot today. we begin with tensions on the rise after the pentagon says a russian fighter jet hit a u.s. spy drone and forced it to crash. two russian jets intercepted the drone over the black sea yesterday. u.s. says one of them dumped fuel on the drone and then collided with its propeller forcing the drone to go down. putin is about to make a public appearance in moscow. we re waiting to see if he weighs in on the incident. following the crash, russia s ambassador was summoned to the state department. he claims there is no collision and that drone crashed on its own. here s what the white house had to say about that to our very own jake tapper. well, it won t surprise you that we refute that the russian s denial. i thi ....
good saturday morning, everyone. and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. and i m boris sanchez. all eyes on the sky this morning as a chinese spy balloon continues drifting over the united states. where it is expected to go and why the white house has not ruled out shooting it down. and a brutal blast of dangerously cold air sweeping across the northeast. in some places it will feel like 50 to 60 degrees below zero. where we re seeing the cold air and when things will start to warm up. plus new developments in the tyre nichols case, why another officer is out of a job and why some first responders are now losing their licenses. plus important new testimony in the alex murdaugh trial, twists in the case and what it could mean for murdaugh s defense, coming up on cnn this morning . hi, everyone. if you are not keeping track, it is saturday. not time to go to work for most of you. february 4. thanks for waking up with us. i m amara walker in atlanta ....
gathering where his base has seemingly seized control. and the man who tried but failed to overturn the 2020 election results appears to be his party s front-runner at least for now according to recent polls. late this afternoon, cpac released its very own nonscientific straw poll. trump crushed the politician seen as the biggest rival for the nomination, at least at this point, florida governor ron desantis, 62% to 20%. cnn s kristen holmes joins us from the cpac gathering. how s it been going so far? what s the former president saying? reporter: so former president trump still speaking. we re at the 90-minute mark. we expect him to go for a little bit longer now. he is really appealing to this crowd. a mix of old and new. he talked about how he wants to take on the establishment, particularly the republican establishment. he talked about how he got rid of political dynasties, he said the party would never go back to being the party of karl rove, paul ryan, and jeb b ....
schultz. on putin s war in ukraine, on whether ukraine and russia should start talking about a peace deal and about the future of europe itself. and chevron ceo mike worth on the present and future of oil which still powers our world. also, just where did covid come from? the so-called lab leak theory just got new life this week. we ll follow the facts with dr. lena wynn. but first, here s my take. we are often told that america is deeply divided, that polarization makes it impossible for us to make any progress in policy, that our country is so internally conflicted it cannot project unity and strength to the world, but on the most important policy issue confronting policymaker, the problem is closer to the opposite. washington has embraced a wide-ranging consensus on china that has turned into a classic example of group think. to watch tuesday s hearing held by the new house select committee on china was to be transported back to the 1950s. members of both ....