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Good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, freebruary 24th. this is cnn's special live coverage of breaking news. ukraine under siege from all sides. russian president vladimir putin unleashing a multi-pronged large-scale military invasion. no city is safe. explosions reported in at least 16 locations in ukraine all over from kyiv, to mariupol, odessa in the south, all the way pest to lviv. we have brand-new images showing damage done by a bombing operation near kyiv. some of kyiv's 3 million citizens, grabbing their belongings, fleeing west in this...

And this all depends on how they define what's going on. but if he does it without congressional support, it could cause huge political problems here in the u.s. and undermine the whole mission overseas. >> has that been done before, that a president is told no by congress and he goes ahead anyways? >> yeah. when clinton was striking in kosovo also for humanitarian arguments, the house of representatives in the end didn't support the bombing operation, and it went through. so, it can happen and we can see this happen again. >> so, president clinton, this is one of the things people talk about,...

The latest in this investigation. it's four million residents are american citizens, is it now time for puerto rico to become the 51st state? there's new information, there are new developments. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room". president obama's in new york city city meeting with police officers who were involved in the botched new york times bombing operation. meanwhile he says the recession may technically be over, but if you're looking for a job, it still feels like a recession. the president is once again reaching out to americans hard hit by all the economic downturn....

First of all. they also want to ask him if he'll get the information as to anyone else who may have been involved with it. was he led by someone overseas? i don't get the sense that this is a major international plot. he may have some connections in pakistan if he's from pakistan. he may have, you know, people losing contact with him around the world. people that share his philosophy about wanting to really conduct a bombing operation. but in terms of how wiring the tank was, it doesn't seem like a real sophisticated clock. also in this case, from the beginning it had very close similarities. ...

>> now, apparently, according to the "washington post," authorities are looking for another individual because they have a piece of evidence that may include fingerprints that connects to an individual they're concerned b. walid phares joins us, terrorism expert. walid, what are your thoughts about other individual who is may have been associated with this failed bombing plot, and in particular, those who might have been in pakistan? what's the likelihood of that in your judgment? >> reporter: well, the actual failure of the operation, the bombing operation, [inaudible] the initial wealth of i...