a war zone as president. he and zelensky walking through the streets of kiev. you can hear the sirens ringing through the country as the two leaders were leaving a church a few hours ago. [sirens blaring] bill: quite a shot there biden and zelensky undeterred by those alarms above. unannounced visit comes after ukraine marks a year of fending off russia. the fighting only expected to intensify in the coming months with that spring thaw. according to the president s america s support will go nowhere. president biden: i m here to show our unwavering support for the nation s independence. we know there will be very difficult days, weeks and years ahead but russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. russia s military has lost half its territory it once occupied. dana: president biden getting a look at the devastating toll of russia s invasion that s ravaged the country for the last year. the fighting has killed thousands of troops and
blunder. hundreds of thousands of students have disappeared from u.s. classrooms. so where did they go? we re on the stories throughout the hour. but first watch here. president biden: i thought it was critical there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about u.s. support for ukraine in their war against the brutal attack by russia. the sacrifices have been far too gr great. we mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war. dana: president biden vowing solidarity with ukraine as he makes a dramatic visit to kiev meeting with president zelensky in a major show of support for the fight against russia. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. good morning. bill: good morning. hope you had a good weekend. dana: not bad. bill: i m bill hemmer, good morning. to today s unannounced visit. biden spent five hours on the ground in ukraine announcing additional half billion in u.s. aid. florida governor ron desant
the future of their community after the toxic train derailment. it has up ended life in the quiet town of east palestine. as health workers scramble to open medical clinics to help those affected by the disaster, biden administration is facing growing backlash for a response critics say too little too late. whether it s a growing pattern of the administration ignoring concerns of middle america and mollie hemingway with sound off. the scene a lot of americans woke up to, america reports with president biden making a dramatic visit to ukraine s capital city before that country marks one year since putin invaded. good afternoon from new york city, on this president s day, i m bill hemmer and jacqui, good to be with you. good to be with you, too, bill. john and sandra have the day off. the president s risky trip to the war zone was in secret due to security services. air raid sirens sounded above, his meeting with president zelenskyy to show continued support. bill: it
sympathy, but the sympathy of it all, we re forgotten about down here. i m terribly sorry that this happened to the community. norfolk southern is committed to doing what is right. neil: well, the head of norfolk southern apologizing to the people of east palestine. but could it be too little too late? this as fema sends in a response team to deal with a cleanup that by in large is not a tornado or hurricane or a natural disaster for which they can offer that help. and pete buttigieg pushing for more regulations. we have you covered on all. garrett tenney on the ground where there s plenty of doubts and doubters. matt werner on how residents are holding up and bill johnson on how he s meeting with norfolk southern and the ceo and the details and how it went down. welcome. i m neil cavuto. let s go to garrett tenney who has the latest from ohio. garrett? yeah, neil. norfolk southern came to town. his second visit. he met with officials and response teams and came to shar
fireworks at a squad card. one officer hurt and several police cars damage. austin councilmember sayed defund the police is to blame and one of these is not worried about the consequences. it can t be the interest once you start going in, you are not supposed to do. we are starting to have the police come in. are you ever scared you will get arrested or something, you know, have a felony charge on you because at this? no, like i said dana: and the police deal with understaffing, we are reminded how dangerous the job is. the police catching the cold-blooded killer shot dead in officer and heusen fallen officers handcuffs. that officer christopher fitzgerald a father of four and son of a full and police chief. and governor desantis to support with a tour in democrat led city s and desantis thinks he knows what is behind the lawlessness. it is important to admit that these left-wing policies have failed. they have empowered criminals. they have put the public at ri