i may be moving some of those troops in the nearer term. this would be the largest if we were to move in with all of those forces the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. mr. biden is willing to impose sanctions on putin himself. bipartisan talks are underway should russia invade. more on that in a moment. in less than an hour top diplomats from europe, ukraine and russia will sit down in paris for talks about how to avoid war. cnn has reporters around the world covering this story. melissa bell in paris, nic robertson in moscow. let s start with sam kiley live in ukraine. sam, good morning. the white house is calling an invasion imminent. officials in kyiv is saying it s not imminent. why aren t they on the same page? reporter: i think it s a very different approach in terms of national reassurance from the perspective of the foreign minister making statements to reinforce his own president s statement. there is an exitent threat of invasio
president, not george w. bush, his father. i m christine romans, this is early start. just hours from now, transportation secretary pete buttigieg heads to the site of that train derailment in east palestine, ohio. buttigieg under pressure as residents and critics worry about the toxic chemicals. alex shaw faced some of that head on in a cnn town hall last night. i m 65 years old, diabetic, hearts disease, everything. did you shorten my life? i want to retire and enjoy it. how are we going to enjoy it? you burned me. we were going to sell our house. our value went jim, thank you for those comments. i hear you. i m terribly sorry that this has happened to this community. what i can do and what i will do is make it right. we ll get the cleanup right. we re going to reimburse the citizens, we ll invest in the long term health of this community. miguel marquez has more from east palestine. reporter: a massive effort under way to clean up creeks and water flowing in an
viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with the buffalo bills revealing just a short time ago what happened to safety damar hamlin who collapsed during last night s game in cincinnati. the team says hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest on the field. he remains in critical condition. right now here s a live picture outside cincinnati s uc medical center where he is being treated this hour. carolyn manno has the story. reporter: one important note is that his heart was restored on the field. you saw the startling, chilling images of cpr right there. of all of the nfl players around him. he s being administered cpr. he was transferred to that hospital. right now he s sedated and still in critical condition. they released a statement a couple of hours ago. i don t anticipate they will add to that. i think that s all we re going to hear from now. the hospital is expecting to update us on his condition but, again, i don t think th
control. inflation hit 8.6% last month, the hottest inflation since 1981. the fed meets later today. fed funds futures markets are pricing in 0.75 point rate hike to curb inflation. the wall street journal reporting the fed is likely to make a move larger than the 50 basis point move a few days ago. a terrible day yesterday, a terrible two days. cnn s claire severe webastian i london. is there stability in europe? a little bit more stability today in europe and asia as they continue to sort of digest the falls that we saw those inflation fears out of the u.s. a mixed picture. asia is now closed. tokyo is the outlier there. that economy vulnerable to monetary tightening in the u.s. japan is doing the opposite to try to maintain inflation there. the yen is around a 20-year low. again, the dollar, china rising despite renewed covid restrictions there. here in europe again a mixed picture. there is still they are digesting the worry, faster rate rises in the u.s. in europe,
military and economic might in the region and escalating provocations from north korea which u.s. intelligence thinks may be planning a missile test while mr. biden is there. let s bring in cnn s paula hancocks live in seoul for us. good morning, tell us what is the underlying purpose of the president s visit there? reporter: what the president is here for and what he would like to be talking about is alliances. and talking about economic prosperity and partnership with south korea, talking about security ties. what he might find creeping up the agenda though is north korea. as you mentioned there, we have heard from both u.s. and south korean intelligence sources that they do leave that an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test, may be imminent. this is the kind of missile that if fired at a normal trajectory could potentially hit mainland united states. at this point we re hearing from a u.s. source telling cnn s barbara starr that they believe that they may e