at his disposal to defend the now annexed territories. president biden responding with a stern warning of his own. mr. putin, don t misunderstand what i m saying. ukraine s president zelenskyy is now pushing for accelerated admission into nato in the wake of putin s move today. rhetorical back and forth has ratcheted the threat of expansion of the war in ukraine to a new level. retired general jack keane with analysis of the situation. jacqui heinrich with the biden administration s response but we begin tonight with correspondent trey yingst from kyiv with vladimir putin s threats and allegations. good evening, trey. bret, good evening. the war entered a new dangerous chapter today as russian president putin annexed occupied ukrainian territory. under the guise of legitimacy and the kind of pageantry needed to convince people he is winning the war. vladimir putin signs decrees making four ukrainian regions part of russia. putin was joined by the four appointed leader
south carolina as category one storm with wind speeds up to 85 miles an hour and and a life-threatening storm surge is expected up to 7 feet. we are monitoring the strike of the storm and will take you to governor desantis as soon as we start speaking but we want to switch gears. a disturbing trend of law enforcement coming under attack. outrage sweeping the nation s following the murder of 9/11 first responder in new york city, 24 year f fdny lieutenant alison russo was walking in uniform less than a block to her station when she was stabbed. over 20 times, barbaric and completely unprovoked attack. the suspect was taken into custody after barricading himself inside of a building. he is charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon. nypd commissioner condemning the senseless attack. this deadly, senseless broad daylight attack on a former fdny team member is in the soul of the society. it is the latest consequence of the violence and the relentlessly fight. je