mariupol. just a moment, we ll talk to former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, bill taylor. it s been 27 months since the first confirmed case of covid in this country. now, the u.s. has passed a stunning 1 million deaths from the virus. 1 million people. we ll discuss how we got there and where we go from here. willie, there s so much to talk about here. of course, we re going to start with the story about the russian generals. it s certainly consequential. but it does seem like we ve all just sort of breezed past that 1 million mark. we all remember back in the spring of 2020 when we had officials saying maybe 70,000 people would die. maybe 100,000 people would die. i remember there was a british maybe it was kings college, but there was a british research institution, university, that said up to 1 million people would die. my god, the chuckling from the maga freaks, the disregard from the maga freaks, the same people who worshipped donald trump for saying it was two or th
would like to take this opportunity to speak directly to the american people. inflation is much too high, and we understand the hardship it is causing, and we re moving expeditiously to bring it back down. we have both the tools we need and the resolve that it will take to restore price stability on behalf of american families and businesses. also today, president biden is touting a record reduction in the federal budget deficit. he also promised to keep paying down long-term government debt. cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins joining us. so inflation is a concern for this administration. why the focus on the deficit today? because really the president wants to push back on the criticism of his handling of the economy, and so he believes that today he can showcase his plan to address these concerns about inflation by talking about paying down the national debt something the president says is happening for the first time in six years. he knows that inflati
states. it is important to be clear this is a draft opinion that was leaked. an official ruling likely would not be published until next month, until june. the language could change. this was written by justice samuel alito, circulated among justices in february. the opinion, likely has the support of four other conservative justices including thomas gorsuch, kavanaugh and amy coney barrett. we realize this is one of the most sensitive issues in our country s politics. many of you watching have strong opinions on this and perhaps personal experience as well as we cover this story today and going forward we will do our best to be sensitive to those points of view and have discussions that are respectful of them. we ll have much more on this story throughout the hour. plus, we are also following developments today out of ukraine. right now the mayor of mariupol says that a convoy filled with evacuees from that steel plant is making its way now to zaporizhzhia. this as both
good morning. and welcome to way too early. on this monday, may 2nd. i m jonathan lemire. house speaker nancy pelosi visited ukraine over the weekend, becoming the highest-ranking u.s. official to do so since russia invaded more than two months ago. leading a congressional delegation, pelosi met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy in kyiv on saturday. her visit came weeks after russian forces reportedly withdrew from the city, following a failed attempt to capture the ukrainian capital. after departing for neighboring poland, poland discussed with zelenskyy, and talked about the united states response to russia s aggression. do not be bullied by bullies. if they re making threats, you cannot back down. that s my view of it. that you were there for the, we re there for the fight, and you cannot, you cannot fold to a bully. the conversation with president zelenskyy is no surprise, not only his courage, and his leadership, but his detailed knowledge of every subje
i think this is clearly is genocide. russian president vladimir putin has appointed a new commander to oversee his country s entire military. this general will just be another author of crimes and brutality against ukrainian civilians. ukraine will never be subjugated to russia, it doesn t matter which general president putin tries to appoint. ukrainians evacuating and bracing for an onslaught government officials believe on the horizon. trucks moving with self propelled grenade launchers, artillery pieces. they re going down into the donetsk and luhansk regions. as many as 4,000 people were here at the kramatorsk railway station waiting to be evacuated when there was a large blast overhead that rained down thousands of pieces of shrapnel. what they are doing is genocide. i m pamela brown in washington, you are live in the cnn newsroom this sunday, despite billions of dollars from military aid from the u.s. and western allies, ukrainian s president says he is