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biden set to lay out his budget proposal to the nation in a few hours. mj lee is following this. walk us through what we believe the president s priorities will be, particularly now since he does not control both houses of congress. reporter: we do expect the full details of this budget to come out in a matter of hours but there are major come po ne components of the budget that we know. we know the president is going to propose cutting the deficit by $3 trillion, this is notable because in recent weeks he s been talking about that figure being more like 2 trillion so this is more aggressive. we know he wants the cuts to the deficit coming in part from taxing high earners and large corporations. he has said he doesn t want to put extra taxes on people learning less than $400,000. we are talking ant tbout thingse allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices and savings there would go back to the program. and boosting federal fund for early education and child care, inclu ....
facing tough questions over the railway company s safety practices in the wake of the train derailment in east palestine, ohio, and now he has explaining to do before congress. shaw has apologized more than once for derailment, and he has said that the company is making changes, and they will do right by the people of east palestine. and let s get to the testimony from washington. and sunlen, what have you heard so far? some frustration from the residents of east palestine, but we did hear from the ceo of norfolk southern, and the company and the person who has specifically had so much criticism in the aftermath of this train derailment, and we have heard from mr. shaw. he said that he is deeply sorry of what happened, and he promised to see this through, to get it right for the residents there, and he said point-blank, it is clear that the safety mechanisms that we had in place were not enough. this is more of what he had to say. i am determined to make this right. ....
was happening it defied me. all i wanted was what was best for my child at that time. reporter: and you saw those mothers travel all the way into occupied crimea with emotional unions with their children. they managed to get most of them back, but, many still remain, jake, in captivity, the arrest warrant will put the pressure onto russia, the russians say they have no jurisdiction over the president. the international criminal court does not hold trials in absentia, that means putin would have to be arrested before standing trial there, what does that mean for putin? what it means is that he is hemmed into russia, should the president of russia travel now to countries which are party to the international criminal court treaty, now, that does not include the united states, he would be expected to be arrested by that country. but, the track record on this is not great. previous heads of state, like omar al masider of sudan traveled. the russian authorities and the ....
lord, what a shocking moment there from turkey. good morning to you this monday, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. the death toll continues to rise after this catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake which struck near the border of turkey and syria. more than 1,800 people are now reported dead, but there are concerns that that number could ultimately reach into the tens of thousands. at this hour desperate rescue operations underway. crews searching for survivors who may be trapped under piles of rubble. here you see this is the moment that a child you see in the arms there of that rescue worker, a child was pulled from debris this was in northwest syria, a region which of course already heavily impacted after years of a bloody civil war. in each city, in each village, across northwest sudan there are people under rubble. the number of trapped people under the rubble, it s countless up to now. we don t have exact number. countless. multiple powerful after shocks h ....
forces are close to encircling bakhmut. the u.s. is downplaying the strategic significance if russia wins this round of the war. also tonight, republicans are presented with the sharpest contrast yet between donald trump and ron desantis. we re breaking down dueling speeches by the former president and the current florida governor as they gear up for a potential 2024 primary showdown. and a series of new airline scares is raising serious questions about aviation safety here in the united states. from a bird strike that caused engine failure and smoke in the cabin to the wings of two commercial jets clipping on the many close cal? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin on the front lines of eastern ukraine right now, where the battle for bakhmut is growing more urgent by the hour. russian fighters making gains as they move to surround the city. cnn s alex marquardt is joining u ....