. good morning. i m kristin fisher. and i m jim sciutto. just moments ago president biden speaking in warsaw, poland as he met with the nato countries closest to russia s borders. the u.s. and its allies are facing the daunting challenge of how to keep the momentum on ukraine s side one year after russia s invasion. and this morning vladimir putin meeting with a top chinese diplomat in the kremlin as china denies reports that it may be sending weapons to russia. still, putin says they are reaching new milestones and there may be a meeting in the works between the russian and chinese presidents pretty soon. let s begin with president biden meeting with members of what s known as the bucharest 9. cnn s chief white house correspondent phil mattingly live in warsaw. phil, we just listened to the president s fairly brief remarks. what was your takeaway from his comments? reporter: i think what s most interesting about what the president is doing today, his final event befo
closer to victory. president biden s visit to kyiv, a defiant review of vladimir putin, as the world asks, when will this war and? how far will the u.s. and allies go to defend democracy on the brink, and what will putin do next in his unprovoked attack on a sovereign state? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war is failing. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. and this is a special edition of the situation room. president biden is back in poland tonight, after a day that will go down in history, preparing for another momentous day tomorrow, when he and vladimir putin will be delivering dueling addresses, nearly 800 miles apart. president biden traveled under a cloak of secrecy to the capital of ukraine earlier this morning, the city that russia thought it would be able to capture right at the start of this invasion. but kyiv still stands almost one year into this war. what a dramatic
inflation in this country? o donnell: surprise trip: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city, and our own debora patta is there with the latest on the lightning offensive. we are coming back, and we are on the way to the end. o donnell: and boston bomb scare. the f.b.i. investigates after a reported explosion on a college campus. cbs jeff pegues has new details. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this historic wednesday night. tonight, the general public began saying its final good-byes to queen elizabeth ii in london. the late monarch will lie in state until her funeral on monday. you can see mourners inside westminster hall tonight, the queen s coffin surrounded by royal body guards. hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects over the next four days. at one point, the line stretched nearly three
reporter: what impact would a rail strike have on already high inflation in this country? o donnell: surprise trip: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city, and our own debora patta is there with the latest on the lightning offensive. we are coming back, and we are on the way to the end. o donnell: and boston bomb scare. the f.b.i. investigates after a reported explosion on a college campus. cbs jeff pegues has new details. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic wednesday night. tonight, the general public began saying its final good-byes to queen elizabeth ii in london. the late monarch will lie in state until her funeral on monday. you can see mourners inside westminster hall tonight, the queen s coffin surrounded by royal body guards. hundreds of thousands are expected to pay their respects over the next four days. at on
Sexual harassment and discrimination at the fdic and the bullying of lower level employees coming up. The tough questions that the chair of the fdic face today on capitol hill, plus and attempted assassination of slovakias Prime Minister shot multiple times earlier today, the sheer panic in the streets as this attack went down and leading this hour a moment of truth that needs to play out tomorrow in the new york hush money cover up case against former President Trump the criminal conviction or acquittal of a former president could really come down to this question. Does the jury believe donald trump, a defendant, or Michael Cohen, the key witness tomorrow . Jurors are going to continue to hear testimony from Michael Cohen, the key witness in this case. It was once a selfdescribed quote designated thug, unquote for donald trump. Cohen will resume intense crossexamination as the defense argues, that cohen can simply not be trusted just to give you a sense of how the defense set the tone