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ukraine. it is 5 pm. it s been nearly one year since russia s unprovoked invasion of this country. i was in ukraine last spring, in lviv, in the west of the country. i am back now to see what s changed, what s stayed the same, and what is next for this war and for this country, and for the global fight for democracy. the ukrainians what the rest of the world to know it s a critical part of this fight. one thing that remains the same as russia continues to rain terror from the skies in the form of missiles, rockets, airstrikes, and drones, both near the battlefield in the east and in places far from the front. in places like lviv, and right here in the capital, kyiv. it is something that is very evident. the air raid sirens have become a part of everyday life here. there have been multiple air raid sirens each day, and while most ukrainians have come to live with them, they hear, they acknowledge, them and they largely continue on with their day. for my team and me on th ....
short on. matching its rhetoric, with the kind of support ukrainians to win this war, not just for ukraine, but for the u.s. and u.s. national security. we re gonna watch then very closely, president biden arrives in the region on monday. he will be delivering an important speech on tuesday. we ll see if any of that changes. colonel, may we not be talking about this and a year, or at least be talking about it as history, retired lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, is the former director of european foreign affairs at the national security council. he s the author of the important book, here right matters. an american story. should, ahead more on the war in ukraine as we approach the one year anniversary another hour of velshi, live from kyiv, begins right now. begins right now good morning to you, it is saturday, february the 18th, welcome to our new home. a 10 am and 11 am eastern, our show is celebrating three years on the air this weekend. we thank you for watc ....
in the past hour we have just had an update on some important data. they show the world s biggest economy is still growing but more slowly than first thought. the first three months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% months of this year the us economy grew by1.1% and months of this year the us economy grew by 1.1% and that is on an annualised basis with consumer spending still remaining pretty strong but many analysts have been expecting today s figure to be closer to the 2% mark with all of this of course adding to fears that the american economy is running out of steam so let s get the thoughts of steam so let s get the thoughts of samir hussein, our north american business correspondence standing by new york and that is the question, isn t it. is this just a temporary blip or are we on a longer term slowdown? because we have talked a lot about the us avoiding recession. this will be welcome news. they can certainly not. this demonstrates the us economy is certa ....
efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. these pictures have come into our newsroom. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce, brokered by the us, is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal, but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has the latest. the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly has been given a statement on sudan. he said six planes chartered by the british government have left the sudanese capital over the last day or so and have arrived in larnaca in cyprus bringing 536 britons out of the country. he went on to see more flights are taking off today. he also talked about encouraging or unified encour ....
you guys feel. rachel: me too too. pete: one of those mornings. first hour s the warm-up hour, 7 a.m. s sleeper hour, not as many people watching, but it s really good, you know? will: that s the sleeper hour? pete: yeah. 8:00 we re going and then 9 it s, like, i don t know what 9 is. it s the cherry on top. rachel: 9 is off the hook. [laughter] pete: thank you for joining us. we enjoy being together, we re grateful that you re out there sharing it with us. hopefully, you ve got a cup of coffee, some doughnuts. rachel: thanks. all right. [laughter] president biden is back in the u.s. after wrap withing up his 4-day trip to ireland. pete: and before he left, he got a rock star welcome ahead of his speech last night. check this out. [cheers and applause] will: wow. huh. peter doocy joins us live from dublin with more. very popular many in ireland, apparently, peter. [laughter] reporter: very popular. that s like when they play u2 at one of the pubs here and people jus ....