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>> bret: good evening, welcome to washington i'm bret baier and two big stories featuring big numbers. customs and border protection say within 300,000 people illegal immigrants and countered by border patrol attempting to enter the u.s. illegally across the southern border and just the month of december. we will head to the border to report on the major showdown between texas and the biden administration. but first the other big numbers tonight. we begin in new york, a jury or during former president donald trump to pay more than $83 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by e. j...

♪ ♪ good morning. i'm kristen fisher. >> i'm jim sciutto. joe biden is meet virtually with g7 leaders and the ukrainian president as the world marks one year since russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine. the u.s. has pledged another $2 billion in aid to the country and announced new sanctions against russians, and the people who help them around the world, particularly procuring weapons for that invasion. defense secretary lloyd austin vows the u.s. will stand by ukraine, using a phrase we have heard frequently of late, "for as long as it takes." >> as long as ukraine continue...

one year ago, president volodymyr zelenskyy stood defiantly with his cabinet in kyiv as russian forces attacked the ukrainian capital. ukraine has defied expectations and showed the world tremendous tenacity over the past year, fighting back russian forces time a time. today, there are no signs that europe's biggest land conflict since world war ii will end any time soon. we will be covering this come somber anniversary throughout the morning. at home, we're following the federal response to the train derailment in east palestine, ohio. transportation secretary pete buttigieg toure...