invaded another country since world war ii nothing like that has happened. things have changed radically and we have to milwaukee sure we change them back. president joe biden once again promising to protect eastern europe against russian aggression. it comes as vladimir putin pulls out of a nuclear arms treaty. plus the forewoman for the georgia grand jury on election interference has been getting a lot of face time this week, and her media tour may add some complications to the investigation itself. and also ahead tim scott s not so subtle stop in iowa, and when the south carolina senator might make a decision on a presidential campaign. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 23rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. president joe biden is back at the white house this morning following a historic and successful trip to eastern europe. yesterday the president met with the leaders from the eastern flank of nato, a gro
kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. what is putin s off ramp? where does he find a way out? where does he find himself where he does not lose face but significant power? his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. cnn s fred pleitgen is in kyiv. fred, significantly under performing. there are voices inside russia saying the same thing right now. reporter: there certainly are. i think those voices are growing. we ve also seen a lot of in fighting, if you will, between a lot of the power sectors of russia, especially at the top of the country. one of the interesting things we ve been seeing over the past couple of weeks, christine, the ukrainians believe there is a threat, that russia might at some point use tactical nuclear weapons in this conflict. the threat of which keeps rising all the time. however, the ukrainians are saying that is not something that will have those counter offensive. here s what we re finding. dangerous battles for ukrainian force
one of two leaders taken out. martha raddatz standing by. herschel walker, the republican senate candidate in georgia, tonight taking questions about the report he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion. as a candidate, he opposes abortion rights, no exceptions. rachel scott in georgia. the death toll rising after hurricane ian. more than 120 people killed in florida alone. and now the plan to set up some sort of an amphibious landing to try to get power trucks to areas where they re most needed. to january 6th, and tonight, the breaking headline. one of the leaders of the proud boys, the first member to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy. pierre thomas is here. the war in ukraine tonight. and with russian men fleeing russia to avoid vladimir putin s draft, the russian nationals showing up in alaska, asking the u.s. for asylum tonight. in new york city, an nypd cruiser out of control. ten people injured, several in critical condition tonight. and at the end this e
amini died after being in police custody, and to me this uprising, i see you know, i don t think these are women and it is a women-led activist, but it s not that women are protesting the hijab law, this mandatory law where you have to cover. they re protesting this way of life. they are saying enough is enough. and so this idea of being in the streets you know, i remember being a teenaged girl, having to worry about the religious beliefs, seeing if i was covered enough, ensuring that my legs were covered and my hair was covered. the fact that these teenage girls when you re raised consciously and subconsciously in this world where you think you have to cover yourself, to free yourself, to me the courage that takes but how fed up they are. iranian women have been protesting the hijab law in one way or another for the last 43 years. but think about the fact that 65% of university graduates are women in iran, 70% of subgraduates are women. if these women had the freedom t
backtracks. good morning, welcome to way too early. will we ll begin with a stark new warning from the president of the united states when it comes to the threat of nuclear war. last night in new york city, president biden said the risk of nuclear armageddon is the highest it has been in roughly 60 years. since president kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. it all stems from russia s flail invasion of ukraine. biden said his russian counterpart putin is not joking when he talks about potential use of tactical nuclear weapons or biological or chemical weapons. because his military is, you might say, significantly underperforming. russia has faced huge setbacks on the battlefield as ukrainian forces continue to take back land illegally occupied by moscow. there has been widespread concern that kremlin could use a weapon of mass destruction to regain some footing in the war. but in the words of president biden, i don t think there is any such thing as the ability to easily