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Hospitals will not be able to deal with it. not just they wont be able to care for the folks with covid, they wont be able to deal with the kinds of things that i take care of like heart attacks, people with strokes who have difficulty finding beds. thats whats at stake now. >> all of this is causing major disruptions during one of the busiest travel times during the year. there were nearly 1500 flights canceled and some cruise ships were forced to return to port. alison kosik is in new york wit...

Level of respect for international order that was not lost on the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> president putin has ordered that last step at the exact time as we are gathered in the council seeking peace putin delivered a message of war in total disdain for the responsibility of this council. this is a grave emergency. >> in a phone call with ukraines president, president biden promised russia will be held accountable for what he called an unprovoked and unjustified attack. this aft...

Trying to keep track of everybody who is trying to protest and come out against this unprovoked attack by russia on ukraine. first lets go to mike memoli at the white house for us where administration officials are reacting to the dramatic escalation from vladimir putin. as we promised, keir, well be talking about this. mike, what is the white house saying about it? >> reporter: alex, as you can imagine, the white house is monitoring every comment coming from the russian president and every ru...

Friday. government photos appear to show a home that caught fire after pieces of plane fell on it. its not clear if those are the remnants of the ukrainian jet shot down. ukraine foreign minister is slamming russia for what he called horrific rocket strikes on kyiv. saying the city hasnt seen something like that since world war ii. ukraine says it blew up a bridge 50 kilometers north of the capitol to stop the russian advance. but as moscow tries to push further into ukraine, the u.s. and allies...

Bare the consequences. america stands up to bullies. we stand up for freedom. this is who we are. make no mistake. freedom will prevail. >> cnn senior international correspondent is live in paris for us. with international reaction. first lets go to white house reporter in washington. and how much will the sanctions impact. what effect will they have? will they make a difference in the end. >> i think they will on the russian economy. the white house says these are unprecedented sanctions. the r...

Skies safe. eric: a lot on the fly -- no-fly zone. first lets go to trey i didntn kviy. what is the situation just after 7:00 p.m., trey? trey: eric, good afternoon, yesterday we brought you the stories of civilians who were fleeing in a town called irpin just northwest of the capital of kyiv, people were making their way from a bombed out bridge and today we come with disturbing and upsetting development, 3 people were killed at the very location after one of the russian shells fired at the civ...

>> we are working with poland as we speak to see if we can backfill anything that they provide to the ukraines. we support them. mig-sus, planes ukrainians can fly. >> they are tracking developments from across the globe. natasha bertrand is following european reaction from brussels. reports from jerusalem on the arrival of refugees. and new delhi, monitoring the polite of indian students trapped in ukraine, and nick payton walsh will join us on the latest of the situation of odessa. first lets ...

Instances of suspected russian cluster bombs are being investigated. those munitions are specifically banned under international treaties. heres what she said on wednesday. >> for more than one month now, the entire population of ukraine has been enduring a living nightmare. i echo the secretary-generals words, and i will quote him, continuing the war in ukraine is morally unacceptable, politically indefensible, and military nonsensical. >> the head of the u.n.s human rights council speaking wed...

Are skeptical that a russian pledge to scale back could mean that the war in ukraine could be a step closer to being over. there was a positive development today as negotiators from russia and ukraine met in turkey today for a day of peace talks aimed at ending russias deadly invasion. in an address tonight, zelenskyy said the talks were positive, but that that doesnt drown out the sound of russian attacks. the russian negotiator raised the possibility of a meeting between president zelenskyy an...

And your generosity is so appreciated. ill have more from ukraine at the top of the next hour. first lets go to john vause in atlanta. >> hala, thank you for that. well take a short break. when we come back, the talibans decision to postpone reopening schools for older girls is being condemned around the world. but is the government in kabul actually listening? details in a moment. andy, justin tested positive. lets do a cue test. okay. ♪ (whispers) whoa, what is that? ♪ who is this new de...