flags at the white house currently flying at half-staff in memory of republican congressman from alaska, don young, who died friday. president biden remembered young as larger than life in a statement today. at 88 years old, young was the longest current serving member. winning his first back in 1973 and the only representative from alaska. young, who was dean of the house, served on the house natural resources committee. his office remembered him as a fierce defender of alaska who died with his wife as his side and our condolences go to the entire young family. that s the news from washington. i ll see you back here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. up next, wolf blitzer anchor a special weekend edition of the situation room. have a good night. i don t just play someone brainy on tv - i m an actual neuroscientist. and i love the science behind neuriva plus.
antibiotics. the court says today he is getting better, that he expects to be released from the hospital in a day or two. he ll catch up on this week s argued cases by reading the transcripts. justice thomas is 73 he is the court s longest serving member he is now in his 31st year there, and he shows no signs of slowing down, lester okay, pete. thank you. in just 60 seconds, severe weather rips through parts of texas, causing heavy damage al roker tracking it all. and the crash of a boeing 737 jet with 132 people on board in china. what investigators are looking into
the capital, where the president zelenskyy is still there, giving messages out, in kyiv, which also gives a lot of morale support, not only for the soldiers, but for the people of ukraine. thank you so much. please stay safe. we ll have far more on the situation in ukraine going ahead but other headlines as well, including confirmation hearing force president biden s nominee to the supreme court. they begin today. and we ll get into what we can expect from capitol hill. plus the latest on a health scare for justice clarence thomas who is the longest serving member of the high supreme court. and on a lighter note, this year s cinderella is still dancing. saint peter s does something only two other schools have done before. all of those stories and a check on the weather when we come back, as you re looking at a pre-dawn u.s. capitol.
ukrainians fight for this, this would be a battle of will. it will be a battle of attrition, and it will be as hobbs would say, nasty and brutish, but it will not be short. general kimmitt, ambassador taylor, thank you so much for getting us started. still ahead this hour, biden warns china against sending military help to russia, but should those autocrats ignore biden, and ultimately, a line? what might it mean for the war? right after this break. using the truth to win, the risk that facts posed to putin wars, and efforts behind the scenes by american spies to flip russians against the kremlin. but first, to dara brown who is tracking the other big stories out there this hour. dara? thank you, alicia. u.s. capitol flying half staff this saturday honoring the life in service of republican congressman don young. he passed away friday. young was the longest serving member of the current congress. first elected in 1973. the president honored the dean of the house, saying few
fires are about 15% contained but that could change with strong winds expected tomorrow. alaska congressman don yellow has died, he was elected to the house five times making him his longest serving member, known as the dean of the house known as times, scolded for his political style. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle says his legacy will live on, 88 years old. more on these and other stories, download the fox news app scan the qr code on your screen or fox news.com/apps. we have thomas making history for the university of pennsylvania, she took first place in the 500 guard restyle making her the first transgender athlete to win a division i national championship in any sport. charles watson has details on the historical when in atlanta. that evening, we are just