closer to victory. president biden s visit to kyiv, a defiant review of vladimir putin, as the world asks, when will this war and? how far will the u.s. and allies go to defend democracy on the brink, and what will putin do next in his unprovoked attack on a sovereign state? russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war is failing. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. and this is a special edition of the situation room. president biden is back in poland tonight, after a day that will go down in history, preparing for another momentous day tomorrow, when he and vladimir putin will be delivering dueling addresses, nearly 800 miles apart. president biden traveled under a cloak of secrecy to the capital of ukraine earlier this morning, the city that russia thought it would be able to capture right at the start of this invasion. but kyiv still stands almost one year into this war. what a dramatic
across the networks of msnbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see this weekend. thank you and good evening from here, if i m ali velshi and it has been an extraordinary day in america and ukrainian history. nearly one year after russia s invasion, president biden made a surprise visit today to this war torn country. we whitehouse kept the trip a closely guarded secret with the president under the cloud of darkness a supporter of commuter rail, the amtrak-loving president traveled ten hours by train from poland to the ukrainian capital. this is the first time that a sitting u.s. president has visited ukraine in 15 years. the white house is calling the trip unprecedented because of the absence of any u.s. military footprint in this country. in his remarks, biden pay tribute to the ukraine forces and promised a strong coming from the u.s. going forward. i thought it was critical that do not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support in ukraine and their w
as the conflict nears the one-year mark, the russian president this morning is, again, falsely accusing the west of starting a war and claims russia wants to solve the conflict peacefully. meanwhile president joe biden is in poland as wool speak following his historic trip to ukraine s capitol. we ll have new details about the surprise visit including why the president chose kyiv. meanwhile the maga members of congress stay on brand criticizing the president for visiting the war torn country. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, february 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. this morning president joe biden is in warsaw, poland, where he ll visit president aduda ahead of remarks. it ll begin at 7:20 eastern followed by a meeting leading to biden s speech marking one-year of war in ukraine. he is set to return home following that meeting. today s events come after president biden delivered a message to his russian counte
classroom, where all those 21 victims were killed. but in an exclusive interview with cnn this morning, chief arredondo is contradicting that. he says he is in touch with the department of public security. let s go straight to cnn producer aaron cooper, he just spoke with arredondo. aaron, what did he tell you? reporter: it was just that, he told me that he is in touch with the texas department of public safety every day. i asked him about the comments that they had been hoping to speak with him, to have an interview with him, and he had not been responsive, he repeated that he was in contact with them every day. he said he was focusing on the families. he was not did not want to talk about the investigation, did not want to talk about details of what was going on, but wanted to focus on the families. i asked him about being sworn in as city council member here in in his hometown in texas, last night. he told me that was a private affair, not something they wanted publi
Heather heyers death and in the end justice was served. The hbo documentary film no accident streaming now on max. Kristi jacobson, karen dunn and robbie kaplan, thank you for being with us this morning ana cabrera and jose diazbalart pick up the coverage right now. Right now in our special coverage of the israelhamas war, israel continuing to pound gaza with air strikes this morning vowing those strikes wont let up until its hostages are freed by hamas. This while a wall of troops and tanks are building along the gaza border, what we know about israels strategy and whether a Ground Invasion is imminent. Plus, americas Secretary Of State meeting with israels Prime Minister declaring the steadfast support of the united states. Its impossible for me to look at the photos of families killed such as the mother, father, and three small children murdered as they sheltered in their home and kibbutz and not think of my own children. Good morning, and thank you so much for joining us. Im Ana Ca