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were live on the ground. and president bidens budget, is it dead on arrival. good thursday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im christine romans. intense bombing is hitting cities across ukraine, russia launching a barrage of at least 81 missiles. this is the biggest attack in weeks. striking residential areas and blacking out power. attacks on kyiv have been reported including on a power plant in the capital. the citys mayor says at least t...

top of the hour now in the cnn newsroom, im erica hill. >> im jim sciutto. in the next half hour, president joe biden is going to lay out his plan and proposals to the budget. and we will also talk to alan shaw about the toxic spill and the pressing questions that the residents there in east palestine want answers to. and then a dozen of deadly missile barrages across ukraine. we want the begin there. russia reportedly launched a barrage of missiles by land and sea and air and mult...

welcome to the programme. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but theres concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of "russian" food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipment...

years ago after the police killing of breonna taylor, the 26-year-old who was shot and killed by the louisville police department who were serving a no-knock warrant and her name and face became a rallying cry in the movement calling for policing reforms. as soon as garland begins well be bringing that to you to learn what this means so stand by for that. let me turn now to the investigation into the kidnapping of four americans in mexico which ended with two of them killed. the two su...

hello and welcome to "inside politics." john king in washington. a busy news day. a damning finding. the justice department says louisville police department had a practice of stomping on civil right, using excessive force, conducting illegal searches, making unlawful stops and discriminating against black and brown ztszs. officials pull back the curtain on the biggest challenges to national security. the take aways, expect china to amp up pressure. time is on its side in ukraine. also...

the justice department has just issued a scathing and disturbing report on the louisville police department nearly two years after a nearly two year civil rights investigation. now, attorney general merrick garland launched this probe in the months after the louisville police shot and killed an unarmed black woman, breonna taylor inside of her home. a short time ago garland explained that that botched raid in march of 2020 was part of a practice of abuses by the city. >> the pd leader ...

investigation into the louisville police department. >> attorney general merrick garland announced the systemic problems his team found just days before the three-year anniversary of the case that prompted the review, the death of breonna taylor, a black woman who was shot and killed during a no-knock raid on her apartment. >> the report finds that lmpd uses excessive force including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and tasers, conducts searches based...

report. it goes to show that the louisville police department has been practicing and abusing the black community in that city for many, many years. according to the justice department, theyve known for years that the police department was targeting african americans for -- for pretextual police stops, trying to figure out ways to get them to pull over, and then finding additional cars that they could look into. they renamed a crime unit called the viper unit, but continued doing the s...

busy wednesday morning. were keeping a close eye on capitol hill, where right now the nations top intelligence officials are testifying about the biggest threats to worldwide security. were learning more about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. the two surviing victims are back on u.s. soil and now were hearing from their families. plus, top republicans speaking out, criticizing tucker carlsons portrayal of the january 6th attack, but how speaker kevin mccarthy is defendin...

Tensions rise in the Gulf as Iranian forces target a US military helicopter with a laser—an act condemned by the US military.