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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 ....
thank you, poland. thank you. thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you. [ applause ] right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden s keynote speech in poland, reaffirming america s and nato s ironclad support for ukraine, pushing back against vladimir putin. framing the work as a life and death battle for freedom and autocracy and aggression. but there should be, no doubt, our support that ukraine will not waive are. nato will not be divided, and we will not tire. biden s address following on his widely celebrated wartime visit to kyiv yesterday, appointed u.s. rebuke to putin who delivered his annual address to his nation earlier today. putin announced he s suspending russia s s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. the announcement by russia that it is suspended the situation is unfortunate and irresponsible. we ll, of course, make sure that in any event, we have posturing appropriately for the security of our own country and of that our ....
elizabeth ii. and bucking hingham palace with charles iii will soon deliver his message to a nation that s grieving. i m anderson cooper with cnn s special coverage along with don lemon, who s at buckingham palace for us. don. reporter: anderson, a day after the loss of his beloved mother, king charles is about to take a huge st. paul in the transition from prince and heir to his royal majesty, as a matter of fact, as he addresses the united kingdom and the world. he arrived at buckingham palace from scotland just a few hours ago. he s greeting people who gathered to pay their respects. he stopped to look at the many bouquets of flowers laid in tribute of queen elizabeth. accompanied by his wife, the new queen supreme court, camilla. just a short while ago he hosted prime minister liz truss, their first formal audience sitting starting his reign. i am joined now here at buckingham palace by my colleagues, the royal correspondent max foster and cnn s chief internationa ....
investigating the insurrection. and remembering the queen. the coffin will be taken to buk in london. right now king charles and the queen consort are in northern island as thousands pay tribute to the queen. we ll take you there live. and another story we continue to follow. ukrainian forces taking back more and more their territory. president zelenskyy said his country has reca recaptured 230 miles of land. this highlighting how quickly they were able to push out russian occupiers. russia is fighting back. launching heavy shelling that knocked out power in the city of kharkiv this morning. let s begin with the latest from ukraine. melissa bell filed this report from inside of kharkiv. there was a very clever communication about the counter offensive in the south. ahead of its beginning on the 29th of august. and then just about a week ago, the beginning of that eastern counter offensive up here in kharkiv that appears to have wrong-footed russian forces. but there ....
cathedral. this is as you say his first visit here as king. his 40th visit to northern ireland, and his car pulled up, his window was a little bit down, he was behind the barriers, a few feet away and i was so struck by the way that the way the king waved at the crowd before he was even out of the car and he was opened the door and was out and he waved. this is sort of not the way perhaps people have thought of the monarchy in the past, it is somewhat stuffy and a little bit aloof. this was a king connecting with the people of his country. he was met by the lord lieutenant on the steps of the cathedral here. introduced so some other local dignitaries. but even as he walked up those few steps into this old cathedral here, the cathedral that is known for being a cross community cathedral, even as he walked up the steps before he went in, he turned and his queen consort camilla waved again at the crowd before they went in. and it is expected, you are hearing the trumpets p ....