better. putin appears to be reaching the peak point of his leverage and try to push the ukrainian leadership in the direction he wants to go. they withstood it so far. and the alternatives, perhaps that s what s beginning to build up on the borders, these exercises, these evacuations of civilians in the east right now. nic, thank you so much. we really appreciate it. let s go to munich with vice president kamala harris with high level talks with allies on this exact thing at the munich security conference. the vice president will be meeting with ukraine s leader tomorrow. cnn s natasha bertrand live there in munich. what s the latest we re hearing there, what s the latest we re hearing from the vice president? reporter: the vice president spoke today with nato secretary general ian stoltenberg, trying to express unity, trying to convey that the united states stands with allies, both nato
on the lookout for some kind of false pretext, false flag operation that would give vladimir putin a justification for launching an invasion into ukraine. this does come on the heels of a significant spike in cease-fire violations along the so-called line of contact where those ukrainian forces have been fighting for the past eight years against russian-backed forces. there were 60 of them yesterday. that s the highest number in about four years. president putin has warned of a genocide. of course, that is not true. and the kremlin saying this is a very dangerous situation. it is, abby, but it is entirely of their own making. alex marquardt, i know you ll keep us updated on the ground there and also stay safe yourself. let s go to munich now where cnn s natasha bertrand is on the ground. it s an important test today and this weekend for the vice president, kamala harris, who is on the world stage. what is she expected to accomplish on this trip? very important test for the
let s go to munich and talk about oktoberfest coming up. oktoberfest, the legendary beer festival kicks off its 200th year anniversary. and wa we re going to expect is the mayor of munich, this is on tuesday at noon. he s going to tap the first keg of beer and then for almost a little over two weeks, people are going to be out in the streets drinking and we can expect over 6 hillon people to attend this event globally. all right. thank you very much. that is going to be the last one, but we also want to tell our viewers to pay close attention because on sunday veerngsz the election venezuela, the election. we appreciate you joining us every sunday. have a great week, okay? you, too, thanks. black men make up 44% of the nation s prison population. they also struggle with a 16.7% unemployment rate. now, some cities and states are trying to decrease those percentages by helping unemployed ex-cons get a fair shot at a job. cnn s stephanie elam explains. here s a basketball. rep
hearing you here. let s go to munich and talk about oktoberfest coming up. oktoberfest, the legendary beer festival kicks off its 200-year an versery, and what we re going to expect is the mayor of munich, this is on tuesday, at noon. he ll tap the first keg of beer and for almost a little over two weeks people will be out in the streets drinking, and we can expect over 6 million people to attend this event globally. all right. thank you very much. that is going to be the last one, but we also want to tell our viewers to pay close attention because on sunday venezuela, election. we appreciate you joining us every sunday. have a great week, okay? you, too, thanks. black men make up 44% of the nation s prison population. they also struggle with a 16.7% unemployment rate. now, some cities and states are trying to decrease those percentages by helping unemployed ex-cons get a fair shot at a job. cnn s stephanie elam explains.