world. i m laila harrak. ukraine marks one year of war in solemn remembrance. how could the conflict end? we talk to a war historian. plus the death toll in turkey and syria just keeps rising. and as the people grieve, they also face the massive task of rebuilding. and voting gets under way in nigeria. it s the biggest democratic exercise in africa as nigerians get ready to pick a new president. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. as russia s war in ukraine enters its second year, the arrival of heavy battle tanks from nato allies could open a new and possibly decisive chapter in the conflict. dozens of these advanced weapons are due in ukraine in the coming weeks as tank crews complete their training. but nato fighter jets are not on the immediate horizon for ukraine. u.s. president joe biden delivered a hard no on friday, saying the pentagon doesn t believe f-16 fighters are a good fit right now. mr. biden also gave a thumbs do
any good? . the president saying that the very notion of china negotiating peace in ukraine simply isn t rational. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. around the world, thousands of people have rallied to show their solidarity with ukraine. in warsaw, demonstrators marched toward the parliament building to encourage the government s ongoing support for the country. meanwhile, in berlin, protesters gathered in front of the brandonburg gate, which was lit up in the colors of the ukrainian flag. along with demonstrators were ukrainian refugees who honored their countrymen back home. and in georgia, ukrainians also organized rallies along with the georgian opposition and russians who fled repression in their country. many called for the war to end, and some expressed confidence that ukraine would win. london is marking the war s anniversary by renaming one of its streets. the move became official on friday when the sign for kyiv road was posted in central
talking about cuts and specifically what s handed to em because of the debt ceiling deal reached earlier this week. initially they know they have to cut 350 million which more or less they are okay with and won t necessarily sacrifice our national security, but where the big question mark comes is if that committee can not decide on how they will make those additional cuts to equal around or about $1.2 trillion, they will have to cut hundreds of billions, 500 billion, 600 billion, 700 billion just to defense, and to quote, i want to get this precise for you, the defense secretary said those cuts will be completely unacceptable. we re all over this story with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and let s begin this hour staying with the money theme, i suppose. we re watching this very closely. has not been a day for investors with weak stomachs. stock markets all over the world have been racking up some huge, huge losses, and u.s. markets have lost their gains for the yea