Pentagon says this is a temporary deployment and that no u. S. Troops will be on the ground in ukraine. Vladimir putin has amassed more than 1,000 troops along the border in the ukraine and that includes 5,000 troops in belarus which would give a direct route to the ukrainian capital. U. S. Officials also say russia is moving keep medical supplies to the border, further suggesting a plan to invade. But given how hard it is to determine russias true intentions, the United States isnt taking any chances. Do you have any evidence that potent plans to move beyond it ukraines borders . Why are you bolstering these Eastern Flank allies if you do not have evidence of that . Because its important that we send a strong signal to what mr. Pruden end up frankly to the world at that nato matters to the United States. What we see, jenna, is clear evidence every day that he continues to destabilize the environment by adding more forces in the western part of the country and along belarus. He clearly
It really is way to early on this monday on august 21st. Im Katty Kay On August 21st in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the Tropical Storm pummeling Southern California. Hilary is already smashing records for rainfall across california with some parts of the State Reporting nearly 3 inches of rain yesterday. In addition to the Tropical Storm, Southern California residents also experienced a 5. 1 magnitude earthquake yesterday. Officials are reporting it did not cause serious damage, but it did produce several aftershocks. In response to hilary, governor gavin newsom declared a State Of Emergency. Hilary is the first Tropical Storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, almost a century. Turning to politics and new polling shows Donald Trumps hold on the Republican Base is as strong as ever. In a yougov survey, trump leads ron desantis, 62 to 16 . In third place is entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. Hes at 7 . All the other candidates at 5 or less. Among them, the poll shows they trust t
Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, march 9. Im Victor Blackwell. His horizontals in for amara walker. Thanks for joining us. And you look refreshed, coming back from vacation. Thank you very much. Im a couple of shades. Darker. Got a little red toner into there. What i want to beat, feel better all right. Heres what were watching. Were you this weekend will get a preview of what to expect in a headtohead rematch between President Biden and former President Trump as the to hold dueling rallies here in georgia today. Plus, well discuss a Biden Campaign strategy to try to seize on momentum from the state of the Union Address Tornado Watches are in effect across parts of the southeast this morning with some major cities at risk for tornados and dangerous hail were also tracking a significant flood threat. Cnn got exclusive access to one of the first ship set to bring cool. So humanitarian supplies to gaza well, show you whats being delivered and how the us is helping in t
Favour over the past month. Weve seen sterling rise that will help temper the Price Pressures from imports. Weve also seen other pressures in the markets where theyve been raising some questions about the Bank Of Englands credibility, as in Mortgage Rates going up without decisions being made that has all calmed down, too. And the public s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. So thats also going in the banks favour. But a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5 the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. Turning the tap. We are beginning to see the impact of that now weve seen in the Housing Market, weve seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. So that all leads back to this Balancing Act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn its a tight rope and we are probably approaching the most narrow, trickiest part of tha
So what is driving this revival in bitcoin . Erin delmore reports. Its been more than two years since we have seen Bitcoin Cross the 60,000 mark, but the cryptocurrency did just that on wednesday, even soaring to 64,000. It may be closing in on its all time high of 68,000. There are a few reasons why crypto enthusiasts are fired up About Bitcoin these days, newly approved Spot Bitcoin Exchange traded funds have investors buzzing and there is a change coming up in april when bitcoin miners start getting less bitcoin for their efforts and the spectre of lesser supply fuels more demand. 0ne lesser supply fuels more demand. One more thing than any background here, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut Interest Rates this year, that stokes investors because interest in alternative investments like cryptocurrencies. But its not all smooth sailing, some uses of queen based global, the largest trip to exchange in the us unexpectedly saw their balances drop down to zero among the bitcoin buzz