the former governor of a big primary state, she s in the presidential race. she s the first one after president trump to throw her hat in the ring. you know what? they came going back to this age topic. they did it again today on the view. whoopi goldberg went after her. she said she s not a new generation. the former ambassador will be here to respond to that. first, the president makes a historic trip to ukraine as russia flexes their nuclear weapons muscle again. at the same time, we re $55 billion in to this war. and the president committed another half billion when he was on the ground today. is delayed timing on all of these weapons keeping the u.s. in this longer than we need to be? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off of the map. but war conquest is failing. general keith kellogg just returned. he s former national security adviser to mike pence, co-chair for the american securities company and a fox news contributor. great to have you with us. the president sur
sympathy, but the sympathy of it all, we re forgotten about down here. i m terribly sorry that this happened to the community. norfolk southern is committed to doing what is right. neil: well, the head of norfolk southern apologizing to the people of east palestine. but could it be too little too late? this as fema sends in a response team to deal with a cleanup that by in large is not a tornado or hurricane or a natural disaster for which they can offer that help. and pete buttigieg pushing for more regulations. we have you covered on all. garrett tenney on the ground where there s plenty of doubts and doubters. matt werner on how residents are holding up and bill johnson on how he s meeting with norfolk southern and the ceo and the details and how it went down. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to garrett tenney who has the latest from ohio. garrett? yeah, neil. norfolk southern came to town. his second visit. he met with officials and response teams and came to shar
examined the evidence, we know the legal standards, and there is no doubt these are crimes against humanity. vice president kamala harris says russia must be held accountable to actions against ukraine. meanwhile secretary of state antony blinken meets with his chinese counterpart to address the suggested surveillance balloon shot down earlier this month and it comes with king jong-un issuing a direct threat to the u.s. and south korea. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
way too early on this monday, february 20th. i m jonathan lemire alongside nbc s ali vitali. we have breaking news this morning. president joe biden is in ukraine. he made the trip ahead of the one-year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. he had been scheduled to depart tonight from washington to poland. he would give a speech marking the anniversary of the war and the u.s. s commitment to ukraine s cause, but he made this trip days in advance. we re seeing now brand-new images of president biden in kyiv with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. the two presidents walked around downtown kyiv, images appearing on social media. and then these here at ukrainian government buildings. the president of the united states, again, has made a secret trip to kyiv, days ahead of the