Members of the Senate Family today and many of us have lost a dear friend. We are brokenhearted at the news former senator hagan passed away at the age of6. 66. I spoke to her husband a few hours ago and i told him from the moment i first met kay hagan a new shoe special. She remained that way every day since. She was an amazing force , never allow that only strong. D, and a kindhearted person to tell me he and k just had a wonderful weekend of dinner , wedding and surrounded by friends and famil family. She got to spend some time with joe biden who was in town and ship said she was beaming. I take some comfort in knowing that. In fact it reminded me how she lived her life. She was never one to let sometimes painful realities of politics get her down. Over a decade i knew her as a state senator and candidate and senator and former senator who returned to private life without an ounce of regret. Or ill will i never heard her once complain because she was never sour or sarcastic or dejec
by. this is a part ofwelcoming committee for people fleeing, this is unusual. the international committee of the red cross says they re running out of adjectives for the horrors taking place in that city pummelled by russian artillery. back to you. not many people flee for sure life. get safe, that s most important. joining us now retired army company of u.s. special operation forces in europe. food to have you, sir. i wonder if we can begin with the news overnight of an attack inside russian territory. as you saw there, ukrainian defense ministry is not owning this. they re not also denying it. if this is a ukrainian operation, what itself the significant of the ability to strike inside russian territory?
government. but the president also made perfectly clear that any threats against the u.s. will be responded in kind. jeff zeleny, thank you so much for that. a secret gate, call centers and clandestine trips to the kabul airport? all part of the secret u.s. agreement with the taliban to escort americans trying to flee the country. cnn has learned u.s. special operation forces helped guide americans through the process. the operation so bizarre and unusual, even some of the americans who benefited from it were in disbelief. nic robertson is live in islamabad, pakistan for us. is this agreement that happened a sign that the two governments might actually be able to work together or was this just short of a short term fleeting cooperation? reporter: i think from a taliban perspective, it was a necessary evil for them to get rid of u.s. military presence in