even at a time with a recession that many are predicting, a time of covid, at a time of russia waging war on ukraine, at a time people are uncertain. but he has to be relaceable. but he has to be relatable. get people to laugh through the pain. and then offer hope. and we are back, two years later, in the midst of covid. but the president, this is an audience he has got to win. not just in the room but around the nation and even the world. absolutely. the american people are going to see a side of joe biden that maybe they haven t seen in some time. and jeff, you were the president of the white house correspondents association when trump refused to attend the dinner. i remember being there that night, seeing you on the diyas, trying to make the most of it and you did it perfectly.
they re in the middle of it. they certainly are. it s tragic. horrific. deadly. many people have already died and many more will. putin made a decision. he made a decision that is contrary to the international law to the norms to all that is has been the pattern of international relations. since the end of world war ii. and unfortunately, the ukrainians are paying the price for that. indeed the sanctions are something that will impact some of the immediately. others of it over a long period of time. i would be interested in having a fuller understanding of why the streets of 50 cities in russia were filled with people this morning. protesting yesterday morning. protesting the war. those are the people that will come to understand in the days ahead, some of it sooner some later. this war is really coming down on them in their country. and the body bags will be going
137 ukrainian soldiers killed. 316 wounded. in just the first day of war. ukraine tonight ordering a general military mobilization and banning men 18 to 60 from leaving the country. president biden calling out vladimir putin for starting a war. the largest in europe since world war ii. slapping new punishing sanctions on banks and oligarchs and their families. putin chose this war. now he and his country will bear the consequences. today i m authorizing additional strong sanctions. and new limitations on what can be exported to russia. this is going to impose severe cost on the russian economy. immediately and over time. the president wouldn t say why he s not personally sanctioning putin so far. he has a message for the
senior defense officials saying it was vladimir putin goal to decapitate the ukrainian government and install a puppet government. that is subserven to putin and russia. getting closer to kyiv. the official wouldn t be specific on how close they have gotten. two worrying parts of this, first the russians have not imployed electronic warfare. not the extent to cut off control or disrupt communication. putin hasn t brought the vast majority of forces to bare on ukraine. he has a lot left in reserve. that s what they re looking for. when does he begin to engage all of that? that of course worrying and troubling signs for the hours and days ahead. all right. thank you. standby, everyone. thank you. we have much more on the breaking news tonight. russia waging a brutal war in ukraine. cnn teams are on the ground throughout the region.
on the republicans not trusting the russians. but all that changes with trump and the gop. could they be connected to a russian disinformation campaign? if you promulgate that falsehood you are doing the kremlin s work against the united states of america. russian moscow tactics haven t stopped. they can t help themselves. now with russia waging war on ukraine, now the fight over russia disinformation took a new turn. joining us to discuss. kara frederick. this russian disinformation label can get ugly as you well know. does the war in ukraine open the door for these political labels