top of the hour this wednesday. i m jim sciutto. i m kristen fisher. next hour, president biden heading home after this critical trip to europe including a historic visit to ukraine. this morning the president held a roundtable with the nato secretary-general and leaders of those nato countries that are closest to russia s borders and the u.s. and its allies really facing this daunting challenge now of how to keep the momentum on ukraine side one year after russia s invasion. today as we approach the one-year anniversary of russia s further invasion, it s even more important that we continue to stand together, and i think this is proof of this, how strongly we feel. well, on the other side, russian president vladimir putin met this morning with a top chinese diplomat. putin says moscow and beijing are, quote, reaching new milestones as we learn now that a meeting may be in the works between putin and chinese president xi jinping with u.s. officials warning that chin
challenge that could change the internet forever. and alex murdaugh s son takes the stand testifying for the defense in his father s double murder trial. that is what we are watching this hour. thank you for being here, everybody. i m kate bolduan. president biden is preparing for a huge moment, and he is in poland and about to deliver a major speech to mark the one-year anniversary of russia s unprovoked war in ukraine. where biden was yesterday making surprise trip to kyiv where he pledged support for ukraine really no matter how long it takes. biden s speech comes today after vladimir putin himself made his own major address from moscow. and putin is staying true to form and accusing the west of igniting the conflict and condemned the west and nato allies for supplying weapons to ukraine and announced that russia is going to suspend their participation with the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the u.s. now, we will start with the big moment with kaitlan collins where the preside
In the attacks. Her mother talks about what might have been. She wanted to have a career. Hello im Randall Pinkston. It is 5 00 a. M. , in paris, after a weekend of mourning. French forces escalated air strikes against i. S. I. L. In is syria. The french president promised vengeance for the attacks. A suspect questioned hours before the attacks and then let go. President obama orders flags at half staff, in honor of the 129 victims. John terret is here. John how much of an escalation does the french attack on syria represent . You have to remember randall that french has been part of a 60nation coalition against the Islamic State of iraq and the levant. They say what they mean they mean what they say, you heard Francois Hollande on friday say the country would be ruthless in its retaliation. French bombers taking off of the United Arab Emirates and the heshemit ervetioite kingdom. They destroyed a command center, a Recruitment Center for jihadis, all in the city of raqqa, which is the
A worldwide backlash against refugees. Governors across the u. S. Say they will refuse to accept any from syria. And were learning more about the victims aft tacks. As parisians mourn and struggle to return to normal. Im antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. The city of lights remains a city in mourning. Three case after a string of cooperated terror attacks left 129 people dead french president Francois Hollande says his country is now at war. He repeated his vow to annihilate i. S. I. L. And said he would ask u. S. And russia to join forces with france to do it. Suggestions that muslim refugees be blocked from entering western countries is, quote, shameful. Raids spread across france and belgium for suspects. Dana lewis has more from paris. [ singing ] in an extraordinary version of parliament, politicians united to sing the French National anthem. Then a standing ovation on Francois Hollande who declared war on the Islamic State. It constitutes an aggression against our country,
Service us. Well drive into the white house and disrupt a major investigation. We dont access a congressman secrets record. We dont do that. Who is the person and how are we training people at every level to stand up and stop this behavior because i dont think we can do it just having hearings like this. I think we have got to restore this priceless commodity you were talking about which is the integrity element of the men and women at every level knowing it ibilityr respons to maintain the integrity of the secret service. I agree. We can have all the training exercises and all the Online Training for example, i have been to 10 of the field offices. I speak personally to our agents. I walk around the white house talking to officers. I meet all the recruits prior to their graduation. I tell them what they represent, what is expected of them, but i have to do more of that as well as our staff. We have to keep communicating to our people. Again, what the congress is doing today is a help