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The houthis struck close to the international airport but more importantly, in terms of casualties and oil, petroleum facility, that could have been a lot worse. killing three and injuring at least six. so in that context, the saudi-led coalition promised to exact revenge and very rapidly they conducted a series of air strikes much heavier than has been seen for more than a year by the saudi-led coalition against houthi positions, resulting now tragically in these mass deaths. the worst of the k...

Chaos within the biden administration during the final hours before the seized control of afghanistans capitol. the defense chief and top diplomat were questioned about the u.s. exit by two senate committees today. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports tonight from the pentagon. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state antony blinken were grilled during closed door capitol hill briefings on the afghanistan withdrawal. the humanitarian disaster that followed, an...

Positions, and it seemed near houses. ambulances unable to get in. then came this noise, the sound of an attack helicopter. acute violence that seems to have led the bridge to change hands again. minutes later, local officials said the citys defenses had fallen. but victories here are laden with loss and so bitter in the mouth. in a matter of hours, don, residents here will be waking up to their tomorrow in your time and seeing whether or not it is the case that russian troops have taken the bri...

Relations committee that has jurisdiction over arms sales and arms transfers to other countries, i have been approving it as quickly as they send it to me. >> how are we getting -- i mean, are you convinced were going to be able to continue to actually get these weapons into the hands of ukrainians? i mean, it looks like we really only have one way to do it, right, through poland, through the west. >> thats basically our transit point now, and theres why, you know, speed is of the essence becaus...

Vice president kamala harris is also traveling to poland and romania next week, also in a show of support to those eastern-flanked nato countries. essentially what antony blinken wants to do, he wants to get everyone on the same page about the crisis in ukraine, the weaponry theyre going to be sending and he wants to show his support for how poland has welcomed in over 700,000 refugees fleeing that violence and thanking them for being an ally that has agreed to house american soldiers there. pol...

The western response, the u.s. response, all of them said why did it take -- most of them said why did it take so long for people to act. if the u.s. was so certain this invasioning was happening, why wait to impose sanctions? why drip them out one by one? they are happy actions are being taken now, but they just say its too little, too late. and theyre a proud people that a will push back the russians if they get the support they need. joey? >> wow, benjamin. seems like looking just at a map th...

Ukraine. this is his second invasion. he invaded ukraine, annexed crimea, started this astro turf separateist war in the east and before 2014, nato was mostly tied up in afghanistan. the only time article five had been invoked was after 9/11 and nato countries came to the aid of the u.s. the things with putin werent that bad between putin and nato. he even allowed a nato transit point to open on russian territory to allow nato to open up basically an easier path for nato to ship troops and mater...

Church choir musing, praying for. ukraine so that gives you an indication of a kind of a motion rollercoaster that goes on your back. but at the, moment this is the biggest ukrainian city closest to the polish border. however, this is a transit point for a lot of migrants, who of course, marshall crossing the border. and also my big fear is given the cultural political significance someone with a twisted mine like mr. putin could see a striker as a win. something like. that there is a lot of cul...

Lets get more on the latest developments in ukraine from our correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk, who is in the western city of lviv. good to see you, thank you for being with us this morning. i know the situation is different across the country depending on where you are. maybe bring us up—to—date where you are in the vive. the maybe bring us up-to-date where you are in the vive.— are in the vive. the western ukrainian — are in the vive. the western ukrainian city _ are in the vive. the we...

Become a transit point for many fleeing the country while tens of thousands of refugees have poured into western ukraine. this train here in lviv is being loaded with hundreds of pounds of food badly needed in the countrys east. dozens of volunteers forming a human chain to load the critical supplies so desperately needed by their fellow countrymen. they want to help our people. two weeks ago before the war, vladimir wohlforth, the bank he now heads up this working party to deliver the badly nee...