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For the latest on the ground live in lviv where it is tuesda morning. good morning, jonathan. >> good morning, shannon. we are almost five weeks into this and ukrainian optimism is growing at least in terms of holding the capital city, kyiv. ukrainian forces saying that they have pushed russian forces back and have retaken the suburb . they believe they're gaining momentum in various areas aroun kyiv and cannot only hold it bu continue to force the russian trips into a retreat. it is several hundred yards in some cases and it is miles and other cases, according to the ukrainian government come...

>> but officials insist the president won't send troops to ukraine. >> were talking about helping train the troops, the ukrainian troops that are in poland. that's the contacts. >> yet another cleanup came after the president said this about russian using chemical weapons. >> it would trigger a response in kind. >> the national security advise advisor narrow that down. >> so what does in kind mean? >> i'm not going to tell you. why would i tell you pick you'v got to be silly. >> the president is trying to make the story of the day his budget proposal. >> i've set up before the answe is not too...

Point. there lies the differences between democrats and republicans in washington. in the midst of the storm democrats close ranks. she was stung by criticism comparing the us and israel to the taliban. she issued a clarification. this should be the end of it bu that does not sit so well with republicans. in a letter obtained by fox new they reminded her that she coul lose her party leadership. now is the time for you to rise to the challenge you have set for yourself. >> we all know that if she was republican she would be the one

Iran's media reporting an iranian oil tanker has erupted in flames after being hit bu two missiles. they report the tanker is in the red sea 60 miles or 100 kilometers from the saudi port of jetta. and live with more about what you're hearing about this. fred. >> reporter: we're still very early stages since this explosion took place. it's iran's official news agency. and they were saying it was 100 kill omitter its off the coast of saudi arabia when it was hit by one or two explosions. there were initial reports about

Problem will be if the blaze reaches the valleys. they are trying to contain this fire and limit the damage. the suspect is due in court later today, he has been named as a local man. he is 51 years old, and according to one of the local newsletters, he was sending threatening e-mails saying this place will burn. we might get more of an idea of how and why he did this. and this is just one of many burning across california and the west right now. you have the mendocino fire, it bu burned more than 300,000 acres, and the carr fire up in the north as well. >> nick, we're lucky to have you