start, a warning from a former republican member of congress about a putin wing inside the republican party. and counting on kamila democrats hoping the vice president can change the narrative and helped joe biden delivered a big win in november and after new york judge barred him from doing business in the state, donald trump has a new gag sneaker salesman good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m kasie hunt. it s monday, february 19th. today is president s day. this morning, the fallout from the death of russian opposition leader alexey navalny is being felt around the world. an independent russian human rights group says that 30,000 people have signed a petition for the immediate release of navalny s body before the government can conduct an autopsy. that same group, it s called ovd info says more than 360 people have been detained for attending rallies and vigils in navalny s memory. about a third of those detained have sinned it s b
cnn this morning starts right now good morning, everyone. i m john berman with audie cornish in new york. it s good to be here. it s been a minute for me poppy and phil or off this morning, a key ukrainian town falling to the russians, ukraine s army desperately low on supplies with congress fighting over for that new aid bill, the kremlin claims he went for a walk, fell ill and collapse, but this morning, the family of alexei navalny say they can t even get access to his body for live in moscow from the fallout from navalny s death and donald trump outraged after being ordered to pay $355 million in his civil fraud trial, the former president s next move, $400 hightops. cnn this morning starts right now all right, ukraine has suffered a major setback. for the house is on vacation with no path forward on passing desperately needed aid. video shows russian forces raising a flag in the city of abdivka after ukrainian troops withdrew. president biden is blaming congressional
hello everyone and good morning. welcome to cnn this morning at a sunday, february 18 time. amara walker, i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. here s what we re watching for you this morning. i m lynda fight to get them ammunition. they need past president biden doubles down on his commitment to get aid to ukraine. he lays blame for the delay directly on congress. what he said to ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during a phone call, donald trump hit the campaign fain trail for the first time since being ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties in the new york civil fraud trial. and he did not hold back his response and how he s now raising money as the fines add up. i am happy to be alive, but i don t want to be the product of a fraud. a really uncomfortable discovery, in a case of what lawyers call fertility fraud after doctors accused of secretly using his own sperm to impregnate patients evacuation orders have been issued for pa
this is cnn breaking news washington, dc, and we begin this hour with breaking news from the middle east. the us military has conducted a new round of strikes against houthi controlled areas of yemen. and houthi targets in the red seen, these new strikes hit anti-ship cruise missiles and vessels. and also included strikes on the first unmanned underwater vessel, the iranian backed rebel group has used since the attacks on the red sea began the houthi attacks have forced some of the world s biggest shipping and oil companies to suspend transit through one of the most important maritime trade routes which could potentially cause a shock to the global economy. we have team coverage. jeremy diamond is in tel aviv, but let s begin with katie bo lillis in washington. so katie bo, what more are we learning about these new strikes? fred were just, just now starting to get details and from us central command, from the us military. but the us military, we are told hitting five ta