the lead starts right now. president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, how did the white house pull it off? plus the new promise the president is making while some republicans chastise him for growing. russian families on the run from the brutal war and ending up at the u.s. southern border. what one family went through to escape. and the murder of a bishop found dead in his california home. new details just coming in in this case. welcome to the lead. i am john berman in for jake tapper. moments ago president biden arrived back in poland after his unannounced trip to ukraine and stood side by side with president zelenskyy where biden declared putin is failing as the war nears its one year mark. biden said his trip was important to reaffirm unwavering u.s. support. one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. america stands with you, and the world stands with you. as part of the trip, biden announced another half million-dollars in assistance for ukrain
hospital, so we ll take you live outside of the hospital where damar is being treated. we ll have an update on his condition, how the nfl is responding this morning, all that in just moments. and i m live on capitol hill this morning, where in just a few hours from now the 118th congress is set to convene. obviously republicans are supposed to take over the majority and after this hard fought elections across the country, a new batch of lawmakers are going to be sworn in across both parties. but right now we re also focusing on how leader mccarthy is facing a tough election of his own, the speakership. a critical meeting between republicans is set to happen moments from now. we have to get to a terrifying moment, during monday night football, buffalo bills safety damar hamlin collapsing after making a tackle. the bills say he suffered a cardiac arrest. and his heart beat was restored on the field. he is hospitalized in critical condition this morning. the scene on the fie
penny mordaunt has less than an hour now to make that 100 threshold. her team say this lunchtime that it s going down to the wire and it s extremely close. we ll bring you that announcement at 2 o clock live in our specially extended coverage programme this afternoon. also this lunchtime. western allies denounce a russian claim that ukraine could use a dirty bomb there are fears the kremlin might use it as a pretext to escalate the war. phosphate pollution of rivers threatens the building of tens of thousands of new homes. and he s back in the tardis david tennant travels through time once again to return as dr who. and stay with us here on the bbc news channel 4 continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good afternoon. within the next hour or so, we could know who is britain s next prime minister. at two o clock, norminations close in the conservative party leadership race. rishi sunak has a commanding lead, with 192
ainsley: todd piro joins us with more on her life. todd: tributes pouring in overnight. her mother priscilla releasing this statement to people magazine, it is with a heavy heart that i must share the devastating news that lisa marie has left us. she was the most passionate, strong and loving woman i have known. we ask for privacy as we try to deal with this profound loss. thank you for the love and prayers. lisa marie died thursday after being rushed to the hospital earlier in the day. l.a. county first responders were called to the home for a woman in cardiac arrests. paramedics arrived six minutes later and performed cpr and regained life, she was later pronounced dead. touching tributes. her former husband nicolas cage putting out this statement, this is devastating news, lisa had the greatest laugh of anyone i ever met. she lit up efr room and i m heartbroken, i find solace believing she is reunited with benjamin. john tro volta says, lisa, baby girl, i m sorry, i wi
results of a month-long investigation into the incident where democrats and the media claimed the agents were striking illegal border crossers. after an extensive review, the u.s. attorney issued their decision not to prosecute the case. opr found no evidence for the border patrol agents involved in this incident that struck any person with their rain intentionally or otherwise. judge jeanine: the false claims the border agents whipping migrants was quickly debunked but remember, that didn t stop the biden administration from smearing the border patrol on horseback who were just doing their job. to see people treated like they did, horses running over people being strapped, it is outrageous. i promise you, those people will pay. as we all know, it invokes images of some of the worst moments of our history where that kind of behavior has been used against the indigenous people of our country and against african americans during times of slavery. i saw horrifying imag