putin clash in dueling speeches. the russian president upping the fear factor with new nuclear saber-rattling. plus, poland s president duda speaks exclusively to cnn revealing what biden s secret trip into ukraine means for the war. and the foreperson of the georgia grand jury investigating trump s actions after the 2020 election is speaking out tonight. who could be indicted, what was it like to be in that room, and what does it mean for donald trump? she s our guest, tonight. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. preparing for more war, that is. his military is still suffering heavy losses. we re going to show you in this new video this is a night vision recording on an attack in eastern ukraine. the russian convoy unexpectedly moved in on the ukrainian forces, and ukraine responded. we re going to show you the aftermath from the air, complete destruction. the combat vehicle just torn off. then we ll show you from the grou
we begin with vladimir putin delivering a major speech doubling down on the goals of russia s so-called special military operation in ukraine that began a year ago. it is a day after president biden s surprise visit to the ukrainian capital. this teach along with biden s planned address in warsaw setting up an extraordinary split screen moment hours apart, the two leaders laying out their vastly different visions of the conflict. we have coverage from every angle. clare sebastian, let s start with you. on the heels of biden s unexpected historic trip to kyiv, what is vladimir putin saying this morning? well, this was unmistakably a tirade against the west. this was president putin blaming the west for starting the war in ukraine and escalating it, blaming the west for the casualties. he said west started it and russia is using force to try to stop it. and he says russia has been trying to work through this through peaceful means. take a listen. translator: i ve done absol
everything possible to resolve this problem peacefully. new scenario has been unleashed and peace initiatives have been completely subverted by lies and hypocrisy. good morning, i m poppy ha harlow. sarah sniden n n ner is here wi. don will be back with us tomorrow. and here we re watching a speech that president putin just finished, a fiery response after president biden s surprise trip to kyiv. putin s warning to america and the west overall is russia s invasion of ukraine is nearing that one year grim milestone. president biden is preparing to deliver his own dueling speech here in poland in a matter of hours from now. plus families complaining of rashes, headaches and nausea, but are the symptoms actually linked to that toxic train wreck? east palestine, ohio? the head of the epa is returning to east palestine as the feds try to figure all this out. and an arrest in the death of a los angeles catholic bishop, who is the man in custody and what is his connection to
and affirm western values rather than rebut russian president vladimir putin s speech which we heard this morning. that s right. dueling speeches. in that speech the russian president blamed the u.s. for the escalation of the war in ukraine. of course it was russia that invaded ukraine a year ago this week. putin also announced that russia would officially suspend its participation in the new start nuclear weapons treaty. we should note the state department said last month russia was already not in compliance with that treaty. the question now is what happens next. this morning the polish president andrzej duda rolled out the red carpet for president biden. they sat down for a closed day meeting one day after biden s secret visit to kyiv. i would argue nato is stronger than it s ever been. as i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. we begin in warsaw where president biden will speak i
plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no