mariupol. trey yingst is in kyiv tonight to begin our coverage. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. there are new concerns tonight about the fate of ukrainian soldiers and civilians in the port city of mariupol as people across this country try to get out of harm s way. thousands of ukrainians flee their country each day as the russian invasion continues. many will now be offered refuge by the united states. we have already welcomed tens of thousands of ukrainians to the united states. and today i m announcing a program unite for ukraine. a new program to enable ukrainians seeking refuge to come directly from europe to the united states. president biden announcing a program that will fast track ukrainian asylum claims for those who have a u.s. sponsor. already, more than 10% of the ukrainian population has fled the country according to the united nations. with increased fighting along the eastern front, that number is expected to rise significantly in the coming wee
questions over whether there is concern that putin may push farther than ukraine. we are making it clear that we re going to be prepared to defend our nato allies if it comes to that hopefully it won t come to that. at the pentagon questions about whether the u.s. knows more about putin s plans than officials are acknowledging publicly. do you have any evidence that putin plans to move beyond ukraine s borders? why are you bolstering these eastern flank allies if you do not have evidence of that? because it s important that we send a strong signal to mr. putin and frankly to the world that nato matters. 93-7 this is president biden ordering the military to more than double its presence in nato wednesday. sending 1,000 troops from germany with armored vehicles plus 2,000 from the u.s. to europe. 1700 from the 82nd airborne now heading to poland. 300 also from fort bragg will set up a joint task force exeable headquarters in germany. 8500 more remain at home on he
department of justice put in place strike forces. told some 30 governors today he wants them to spend covid relief money on police. surge in gun violence since the start of this pandemic. i made it clear we should use the funds to combat violent crime as well. including hiring additional police officers and investing in community violence intervention and improving the working communities. but the big focus was on covid. with some of the democratic leaders who supported even the strictest lockdowns sounding more like those who didn t owill mo to have a management style on this disease versus a crisis management style? i thought that was broad agreement desk at hand other than keeping alive. policy spin on weak spot. immigration. a whole lot of illegal, um, movement but there is also a way to begin to deal with the reason they are leaving in the first place and we can get would love to talk with you personally about that a little bit if i may. arkansas governo
iran. iran now vowing tonight to retaliate after an airstrike reportedly took out a top iranian commander. tthe attack happened near the iranian embassy in damascus, syria. trey yingst is in tel aviv with the latest. good evening, trey. trey: bret, good evening. israeli forces are on high alert tonight as iran vows to respond to an attack today in syria. a massive escalation as airstrikes target a building belonging to the iranian embassy in syria. top iranian general mohammed is a ha did i reportedly killed in the strikes. we asushi do not forget. played a critical role in transporting weapons from iran to syria and lebanon previously sanctioned by the u.s. government in 2010. also the main iranian liaison to the syrian regime in damascus. iran s ambassador to syria promised a swifted, direct and harsh response to the attack that also killed other members of iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. israeli officials and their american counterparts have not commented on
thanks. good evening. i m bret baier. latest efforts by republicans to impeach president biden. heard from a key hunter biden associate about influence peddling allegations. but the president s son was a no-show. democrats insist this is much ado about nothing. correspondent david spunt starts us off tonight with the latest. good evening, david. david: bret, good evening. this hearing just ended literally minutes ago 8 hours with democrats and republicans expressing anger and frustration. even some laughter after it began the hearing turned into proxy fight with joe biden and donald trump squaring off. should i allow hunter to give his opening statement first? it doesn t appear mr. biden showed up for public hearing we ll recognize blue bobulinski. thank you, mr. chairman. tony bobulinski, a former hunter biden business associate defiant, sitting next to an empty chair reserved for the president s son. of the president himself, the focus of today s hearing on allege