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the ukrainian people will win too, absolutely. >> he's willing to give his life for his country. president zelenskyy and i are united, two countries together, to make sure he cannot succeed. >> we could experience 60 degrees below zero in terms of wind chill. >> as long as i don't miss my flight. i've been waiting a long time to go home. >> i'm used to it. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. well, it's thursday, december 22nd. 9 a.m. here in london. 4 a.m. in washington where a determined volodymyr zelenskyy declared his country alive and kicking as the ukrainian president delivered a powerful and empassioned address to a joint meeting at the u.s.

congress. the ukrainian leader was greeted by cheers and a standing ovation and a remarkable moment coming 300 days after russia launched its unprovoked invasion of his country. mr. zelenskyy's visit lasted hours but marked his first trip outside ukraine since the war began. he went before congress to express his gratitude for the critical u.s. help but asked for more assistance. >> our two nations are allies in this battle, and this year will be a turning point, i know it, the point where ukrainian courage and american resolve must guarantee the future of our common freedom, the freedom of people who stand for their

values. your support is crucial to get to the turning point to win on the battlefield. we have artillery, yes. thank you. we have it. is it enough? honestly, not really. >> zelenskyy also telling congress he believes next year will be a turning point as the u.s. and ukraine remain allies on the battle. house speaker nancy pelosi gave him the american flag and he gave her the ukrainian flag signed by soldiers on the front line. >> this flag will stand, we will fight and we will win because we are united, ukraine, america, and the entire free world. the last thing, thank you so much, may god protect our brave troops and citizens. may god forever bless the united

states of america. merry christmas and a happy victorious new year. >> cnn correspondent tracking developments over the world. we begin at the white house this hour with phil mattingly. >> reporter: for a leader that has become a beacon of to some degree freedom, hope, democracy for the western world over the course of the last 300 plus days, it was no more dramatic and potentially consequential. seven to eight hours -- than seven to eight hours president volodymyr zelenskyy went to the white house meeting with president biden and to capitol hill speaking to a joint group of congress. that was one of the primary take aways from his sprint through washington, d.c. his first trip out of ukraine since russia invaded at the end of february. the reality that as long as

volodymyr putin, as long as russia continues to mount the invasion they've had gone on nearly ten months, there are no compromises to make. there is no change no, shift. this is not just a battle between two countries. an invader in the ukrainian people, this is a battle really to some degree at least in the framing of zelenskyy, for many of the western values that president biden has made clear are essential in this moment in time. that is why this visit when you talk to white house officials was so critically important. given the scale of the u.s. assistance over the course of the last nine or ten months, given the fact that while zelenskyy was here biden announced another $1.8 billion of security assistance, including the most substantial assistance of weapons capability of the patriot missile has been given, something he wants more of, they need lawmakers to continue to support that. they need the american public to support that and zelenskyy made clear that was in part why he was here and had a very, very

clear message. take a listen. >> your money is not charity, it's an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. [ applause ] russia, russia puts on its aggression,, but you can speed up our victory. i know it. >> reporter: officials familiar with biden's closed-door meeting with zelenskyy lasted a little more than two hours. there were no clear moves towards some type of peace pathway. that is simply not on the table so long as vladimir putin and the russian military continue

the pathway they pursue. they seem to agree next year, starting the next couple of days, is a turning point, a critical year and a moment where the ukrainian forces plan to make some type of breakthrough. how they plan to do that is somewhat unbe clear. u.s. officials see this now as a stalemate when it comes to the battle space than any type of progression forward on one side or the other. that underscores another critical component, zelenskyy making clear they would be asking for more assistance pretty much daily here on out making clear the u.s. has given the most money, weapons, support up to this point, much more would be needed in the months and perhaps longer ahead. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >> vladimir putin's reaction, we haven't heard any. we didn't get the reaction some had feared, some sort of escalation in the war whilst zelenskyy was in d.c. >> not yet but we certainly got

a sort of confirmation from the russian side that what phil mattingly was talking about, this is not going to end any time soon. ze llenskyy isn't either. president putin spoke in front of his members. one of the original justifications of the war, russia believes it's been under siege by expansionist nato that is fighting not just ukraine but the west as well and secondly big expansions from the russian military. money is no object. they're going to increase from a million to a million and a half. there will be a new military disstrikt on the border from finland where nato is going to expand extending the hap perfect sonic missile and there was nuclear talk. >> translator: we need to continue to support and improve the readiness on nuclear units. this is the main guarantee of

our sovereignty and territorial integrity. a strategic priority is the overall balance of power in the world. >> we expect to hear some reaction from the kremlin by way of reaction from russia, we have heard from the russian a.m ambassador showed that neither the u.s. nor zelenskyy are ready. >> it's meant to be a most wonderful time of the year but a dangerous bomb cyclone is threatening to take away much of the cheer. the national weather service says the once be in a generation winter storm will bring record low temperatures as the arctic front moves to the east. meteorologist with the national weather services offices in montana shot this video of snowfall earlier on wednesday as more than 100 million americans shiver under winter weather and cold chill alerts. now low visibility is becoming a common issue in many states as

blizzard conditions move across the country and the states of georgia, kentucky have already declared a state of emergency ahead of the storm. >> this is going to be really dangerous. this is really, really cold. you need to stay inside and hunker down. we have time to position assets a cross the state to be ready to respond. >> meteorologist brittney ritz joins us from the cnn weather center in atlanta. it's sensible advice. it's troubling for people who want to travel. >> absolutely. you want to get to grandma and grandpas and mom and dad's. you need to check your flight status and be careful getting from point a to point b. travel not p advised. the front is stretching through the ohio valley and into tomorrow and into the

mid-atlantic and the northeast. we've had record temperature drops. cheyenne, wyoming went from 43 degrees to 10 degrees in a 10 minute time. the cold temperature is there, you have winds of 35 to 45 miles per hour. wind chills, look at this, near essex, montana, of 70 below. that's enough to cause frostbite within minutes. again, if you don't have to go outside, don't. jackson, mississippi, 84 hours expected with temperatures below freezing. when that's the case, we're also dealing with your pipes starting to freeze. suh now we're talking about having your house set at a specific temperature, roughly around 65. make sure you have the faucets dripping. that water needs to continually move. the wind chills, we talked about this with the exposure and

frostbite, 35 to 45 below. that's the case over the next two days' time. minneapolis, chicago, 30, 35 below. we've had wind gusts reaching 74 miles per hour in parts of the northern plains. that's hurricane force. category 1 force. hence why we have wind chills in place from the pacific northwest, into the plains, onto the south and watches that now go into effect across the south all the way into the southeast. these are hard freeze warnings and watches where our temperatures are expected to be right at 28 degrees for several periods of time. blizzard warnings also in effect across the plains and into the great lakes now. it doesn't take a lot of snow, folks, to get all of this blizzard activity. it's 35 mile per hour winds dropping visibility down to 1/4 of a mile. you don't notice a lot of snow

here. that's going to pick up through the day and right up into the great lakes and the ohio valley where we could pick up almost two feet of snow when it's all said and done. >> britley, thank you. the arctic front will cripple travel on some of the busiest travel days of the year. more than 1,000 flights have been canceled for today and chicago o'hare could see the worst of it. cnn's omar jimenez is there. >> reporter: they're trying to plan around it. i mean, most of the passengers -- not most. i should say some, a good portion of the passengers we talked to today were folks who showed up days earlier than they initially were going to to try to get home for the holidays, including one we spoke to who she was just trying to get her entire family together last minute because she didn't want to take any chances with what is forecast to come. take a listen. >> we were planning to travel on saturday when we saw the storm

growing we decided it would be better to leave before the storm hits because we didn't know what we would be faced with on saturday. we got online to see if we could actually make it work on monday and we did. >> the native chicagoan knows you have three terrible months and we're coming into them now. >> reporter: people are used to snow and ice. what we're going to see that's not as common, it's not just the falling snow, it's going to be the rapid drop of temperature to negative 30 and below, the blowing snow that will come from wind gusts that get over 50 miles an hour, create low visibility and of course all of that combination with the demand of trying to get home for christmas creates a potentially dangerous situation that will affect not just travel by air but of course the many people who will be driving, attempting to drive home for christmas.

>> denver, colorado, is warning of life threatening cold as today is expected to be the coldest day in more than 30 years. numerous road closures reported between colorado and wyoming due to high winds and low visibility. cnn's lucy cavanaugh is in denver. >> reporter: that's right, denver is bracing for its coldest day in 32 years. we began doing live shots about the weather on wednesday afternoon. it was 50 degrees fahrenheit. the sun was out. that arctic frost, the severe storm moving in overnight. it's being described by the national weather service as a life threatening cold front. temperatures expected to plummet to as low as negative 10 to negative 15 degrees fahrenheit. by day break it's going to feel a lot colder. the wind chill expected to be as low as minus 50 degrees fahrenheit or lower.

the wind chills will be as low as 60 degrees below zero. these are dangerous conditions, prolonged exposure on naked skin could lead to frostbite. colorado's governor activating the national guard. the denver coliseum is converted into a 24 hour warming center. nearly 1,000 flights, probably more than that canceled across the nation. chicago's o'hare airport leading the way. denver's airport following after that and denver actually saw a very rapid temperature drop. 37 degree temperature drop in just an hour. there is some good news on the horizon. the temperatures are expected o start by christmas. they could see highs of 50 degrees fahrenheit. with the cold weather comes a strong flu season.

the biden administration is releasing a stockpile of tamiflu. some are limiting how much medicinean be bought at one time. an industry group says there is no widespread shortas. cvs, walgreens and rite aid are limiting certain children's medications. depending on the store, purchase amounts may be limited online and in the store. the u.s. house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is expected to publish the final record today. on wednesday it released transcripts of interviews with more than two dozen witnesses of major players in donald trump's orbit. sara murray has the details. >> reporter: the january 6th committee failing to meet the deadline to release the full report on wednesday instead saying their full report is going to be available to the public on thursday. there are eight chapters, hundreds of pages. everyone is still waiting.

in the meantime on wednesday evening the committee did release 34 transcripts. largely transcripts of people who didn't answer investigator's questions. in most cases they invoked their fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. they include big names, trump's fo former national security adviser, michael flynn, john eastman and one of donald trump's long-time allies, roger stone. it gives you a look into how these folks tried to stymie congressional investigators. in a two-part interview jeffrey clark was sort of combative. at one point his teattorneys presented a 12-page list of objections to why he shouldn't be there. in his second deposition he invoked the fifth amendment right more than 500 times. the other thing that sticks out the investigators made clear for a number of these folks, they've been able to obtain emails and text messages. even the witnesses who did not

want to provide anything with the committee, it gives you insight into how much congressional investigators were able to obtain. they got emails and text messages from witnesses who did not believe they wanted to hand anything over to the committee because of their fifth a mendmet rights. we're learning new details about donald trump's taxes thanks to a pair of reports from congress. one shows the former president paid no federal income tax in 2020, his last year in the white house. it also shows he had a pattern of losing money carrying forward tens of millions of dollars that helped reduce his tax bill. the house ways and means committee is expected to make public six years of trump's tax returns within the next two days. still ahead at this hour, the u.s. is expend be-- sending weapons to the battlefield. employees let go by twitter are fighting back saying they

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we'll celebrate christmas. celebrate christmas and even if there is no electricity, the light of our faith, in ourselves will not be put out. >> ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy emphasizing the resiliency of the ukrainian people. russia's invasion continuing with just days away from christmas. he delivered an empassioned speech to the u.s. congress and president zelenskyy expressed the gratitude and the gratitude of the ukrainian troops for the support. unfortunately, millions of people were not able to watch president zelenskyy's address to congress because they don't have

electricity. cnn's will ripley reports from kyiv. >> reporter: it has been an extraordinary, surreal 48 hours for president zelenskyy. he was in bakhmut and then he gets on a train and a plane and he's in washington. meeting with president biden, giving him a war hero's medal. getting a 2 minute standing ovation and delivering in english this primetime speech that is being compared to winston churchill's address at the beginning of world war ii after the bombing of pearl harbor. it is undoubtedly a huge moment and people will be proud. the reality is, most people were not able to see that moment on television, one, because the speech happened in the middle of the night here but largingly because there are millions of people right now who don't have elect electricity, don't have heat, many don't be have water. they are simply trying to survive day to day despite the

constant russian bombardment. president putin is trying to take this developed society and they're trying to bomb them back into the stone ages keeping people having to line up outside for a hot meal, having to go to a tent so they can have wi-fi or charge their cell phone. even people here in the capitol kyiv are telling us that they have electricity for as little as 40 minutes a day. less than one hour of electricity a day. in the capitol city of a nation that despite this adversity, despite intense fighting and huge loss of life on the front lines towns get up, to go to work, to put one foot in front of the other. president zelenskyy certainly, you know, as inspiring as his words were, that inspiration, i feel every day when i meet ukrainian people who are living in the midst of extraordinary circumstances, doing the best they can and doing it with a sense of pride and determination that they will win be this war, with or without these weapons.

with or without this money but they rely very heavily on the assistance from the international community. they're fighting this war. they're dieing in this war. it's their blood they're paying for for the freedom of this democracy and it's a war they say will spread to the rest of the world if ukraine does not win. the lines of migrants are growing longer each day at the u u.s./mexican border. the texas national guard has put up barbed wire fencing and vehicles to deter migrants from crossing illegally. now a major arctic frost sweeps across the u.s. officials are worried that asylum seekers now will be left unprotected on the streets in the bitter cold. el paso set out hundreds of cots inside a convention center to help shelter migrants and the red cross has sent personnel and resources to el paso including cots, blankets, hygiene items,

first aid kits and towels. border cities in the biden administration are preparing for more asylum seekers as they are expecting a massive surge when title 42 is ultimately lifted. cnn's rosa flores has more from brownsville in texas. >> reporter: the anticipation building on the mexican side of the border. these videos shot by a migrant and provided to cnn show migrants using rafts to cross the rio grande. some in the crowd provide commentary saying they're tired of the long wait. and that u.s. immigration authorities are watching it all happen. i'm in brownsville, texas. the river is behind me. our drone cameras capturing a similar scene. a large group of migrants on the mexican side. a large law enforcement presence on the u.s. side. our cameras were rolling as a

large group crossed into the united states and turned themselves in to the authorities. all of this contributing to what law enforcement says 1200 migrants turning themselves into border authorities every day in this part of south texas. border patrol is dropping off hundreds of them in respite centers say advocates. most travel out the same day but local shelters are starting to see an upparticular of migrants that can't afford to. migrants from all over the world? >> yes. they say word spread in venezuela that the u.s. border was open. that's why you decided to come here? they want to go by their first names only because of fear it could impact their case. for 29 days they braved the elements with their 8-year-old daughter camila.

once you got to the border you realized the border was closed. they turned themselves into immigration at the port of entry. what would you tell migrants? >> he says it's not worth selling everything you own be to come to the united states because the border is closed. >> reporter: as evidenced by these videos showing migrants risking their lives and the lives of their children to end their wait in mexico and start life in the u.s. the venezuelan couple says their first appointment is set for november 2024. that's nearly two years from now, but that speaks to the backlog in u.s. immigration court. according to analysis of federal data by a group at syracuse university, the number of cases in u.s. immigration court exceeds 2 million. rosa flores, cnn, brownsville,

texas. hearing similar stories of migrants crossing the border in the state of arizona. some arrived in yuma saying they waited for five hours to cross the border. one cuban migrant said he's happy his treacherous journey is over. many migrants are from cube barks peru or colombia which means more from mexico and central america are likely still waiting to cross that border. but dozens of migrants saefd a warm welcome in philadelphia where many of them reunited with family members who are already in the u.s. city officials were also there to happened out winter coats and help migrants with legal services. they arrived in philadelphia from texas. texas governor greg abbott has been bussing migrants to cities in the northeast which welcomed them. still ahead, signs of life for the u.s. economy as the latest consumer confidence beats

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm max foster. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up to speed. volodymyr zelenskyy visited congress. he delivered a speech about needing more aid to fight russia's ongoing war in his country.

mr. zelenskyy and president biden emphasized their relationship and vowed victory over putin. >> he's going to fail. he's already failed because he now knows there's no way he's ever going to occupy all of ukraine. there's no way in which he is going to be accepted by the ukrainian people and so he's failed in the past and it's very important for him and everyone else to see president zelenskyy and i are united two countries together to make sure he cannot succeed. >> they threw everything against us similar to the other tyranny, which is in the battle of the bulge. threw everything it had against the free world just like the great american soldiers which held their lines and fought back hitler's forces during the christmas of 1944. brave ukrainian soldiers are doing the same to putin's forces

this christmas. >> former u.s. presidential candidate hillary clinton said she thought his speech was extraordinary. he helped democrats and republicans to understand what's at stake in the fight against russian aggression. >> it connected the struggle of ukrainian people to our own revolution, to our own feelings that we want to be warm in our homes to celebrate christmas and to get us to think about all the families in ukraine that will be huddled in the cold and to know that they are on the front lines of freedom right now. they're fighting. their cause is our cause. i believe the ukrainians have proven that they are a really good investment for the united states. they are not asking us to be there to fight their war, they're fighting it themselves. they're asking us and our allies for the means to not only defend

themselves but to actually win. so i think this had a positive effect. >> $1.8 billion u.s. aid package includes armored vehicles, rockets, mortars and tactical gear. it's the single patriot air defense system that's getting all of the headlines. oren lieberman has the details. >> reporter: the patriot missile is the u.s. military's most advanced missile defense system capable of shooting down a variety of targets from ballistic missiles to aircraft. the system will bolster ukraine's air defenses which have had to contend with russian barrages of drones, missiles and more. it will fit like an extended dome over the current systems. patriots can have a range of 40 miles or more and can detect threats further away. a long range air defense capability which ukraine has requested for months. and nasams with a range of 25

miles. a medium range system that's proven very effective. there are other short range options like stingers that ukraine has used as well. >> patriots are significant and useful but they're not a game changer. >> reporter: this is a high end system. this costs about $1 billion. ukraine shouldn't use these to take out relatively expensive iranian drones. the system has six major parts according to the center for strategic studies. a control station, a radar set, a generator and antenna and launcher. it takes 100 personnel to operate a full system. nearly 20 countries has patriot missile batteries. saudi arabia has effectively used patriots to intercept ballistic missiles and more from yemen. >> i think the system will work against a wide variety of russian threats. this is by far the most complicated system that we have

given to the ukrainian sz. >> reporter: but complete training takes weeks. time is one luxury ukraine does not have. pent gonagon officials say it w take weeks and they will try to compress the time. it is a complex system. we're about to find out if it is possible to compress it less than several months. i wouldn't overlook others. more of the himars, more vehicles, precise-guided bomb kits that will allow the ukrainians to carry out bombing missions from fighter jets. we'll have technical know how that they'll have to make that work on their soviet era fighters but they've done that before and there's no doubt they'll do it again. one final note, there's a lot of nonnato standard artillery ammunition here. why is that significant? the u.s. doesn't produce that. that's being sourced from

elsewhere. that will go to the tubes, artillery, ammunitions that ukraine has and will help them from a still punishing ground battle. chuck schumer says members are making good progress on a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the u.s. government. it are includes money to fund ukraine. an overhaul of the electoral act of 1887. the secure act 2.0 which builds on retirement savings and a ban on tiktok on government-issued devices. now we're getting some mixed signals on the strength of the u.s. economy. that would mean a better than expected holiday season for retailers. the housing market is seeing a slowdown. existing home sales fell nearly

8% from october to november. that's the 10th straight decline. two of former top left tenants of the crypto exchange ftx are charged with defrauding investors. the former ceo of the bankrupt company has been extradited from the bahamas. this shows sam bankman-fried being taken from the bahamas to the united states. bankman-fried was arrested yesterday on eight counts of fraud and conspiracy. prosecutors accuse him of stealing money from ftx customers to support other investments and donating money to political campaigns. twitter is facing accusations they targeted certain groups after elon musk took over. amongst the claims, more women were let go and employees on medical or parental leave were let go. allegations were made by 100

former employees who are demanding arbitration. twitter has not responded to a request for a comment on that. benjamin netanyahu cuts a deal with coalition partners to form israel's next government. why even some of his allies are uneasy with his cabinet picks. that's ahead. ng? hashtag still not coughing?! mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion and any type of cough, day or night. mucinex dm. it's comeback season. we all need fiber for our digestive health, but less than 10% of us get enough each day. good thing metamucil gummies are an easy way to get prebiotic, planbased fiber. with the same amount of fiber as 2 cups of brocci. metamucil gummies the easy way to ge your daily fiber.

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israel is one step closer to having its most right wing government in history. benjamin netanyahu said he formed a new government coalition. as sadas gold said his coalition is on the extreme fringes of israeli politics. >> reporter: new israeli government setting off alarm bells around the world. even allies warily eyeing his

cabinet. most recognizable is a gentleman once convicted of antiracism. now national security minister in charge of israeli police. eager to allow jews to pray at the holiest site where only muslims are now allowed to worship, a place that has sparked antifadas and even wars. and they're warning washington will be on high alert. >> if they will perform provocations, for instance, change of status in temple, or unchecked enlargement of new settlements, this could be a very, very big problem for netanyahu and for the government.

>> reporter: then there's another far right settler lawyer turned politician has been named minister of finance and has also been given power to control border crossings and permits for palestinians. he supports abolishing palestinian authority and annexing the u.s. bank. israel's staunchest ally hopes the rhetoric won't match the actions. >> we will gauge the government by the policies it pursues rather than individual personalities. >> reporter: other appointments causing uproar include a gay rights opponent who has vowed to ban pride parades and proposed changes to the law of return to be permitted to immigrate to israel. netanyahu for his part has repeatedly claimed that the buck will stop with him. >> i've had such partners in the past and they didn't change an iota for my policies. i decide the policy with my

party. >> reporter: as the government has taken shape, his critics like this cartoonist say he's creating a monster he won't be able to control. and, max, when netanyahu and his coalition partners won that election on november 1st with better results than people were expecting, he promised he would be able to form a government in a week or two. he ended up meeting to ask for an extension and weeks and days of wheeling and dealing of all of the different people who wanted something out of him to form this new government. it wasn't until just minutes before the midnight deadline last night that he finally was able to call the israeli president and notify him he had managed to form a government. he hasn't yet formally signed final coalition agreements with two of the parties. there are some laws that need to be passed in order for three ministers to be able to take over duties including one bill required because one of the ministers he wants to appoint was previously convicted of tax offenses.

he will need a special bill to take over that. another interesting fact in benjamin netanyahu taking over happened in the last few minutes. that's when we learned vladimir putin called benjamin netanyahu earlier to congratulate him on his win and on forming the new government. we were told by netanyahu who discussed things like ukraine and it will be interesting to see how benjamin netanyahu's relationship with vladimir putin will develop over the next few months and years. in the past netanyahu used to talk about what a great relationship he had with putin. there was a billboard up of netanyahu and putin. now with the war in ukraine, it will be interesting to see how that relationship develops. >> thank you. nasa says good-bye to ground breaking mars mission. just ahead, the reason the insight lander program is ending. pain? headache? nope. all in one and done. cuh-congestion?

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stopped responding to messages from mission control. my power's really low so this may be the last immainly i can send. don't worry about me though, my time here has been both productive and serene. if i can keep talking to my mission team, i will but i'll be signing off soon. thanks for staying with me. brazilian football legend pele will spend christmas in a hospital. it's best for him to continue receiving care with doctors nearby instead of spending christmas at home. the albert einstein jewish hospital said that pele's cancer is progressing and he's experiencing kidney and cardiac dysfunctions which require greater care. the new york yankees have named superstar aaron judge as their team captain. he's the 16th team captain in history following in the

footsteps of others. he's the first captain since the hall-of-famer, jeter, retired in 2014. judge spoke about how meaningful the new role is to him. >> this is an incredible honor that i don't take lightly and, you know, i'm going to continue to try to be the same leader that i've been the past six years. continue to lead by example. i know there's probably going to be a couple more responsibilities with this, but i'm here to embrace every single obstacle and continue to lead this team and lead this city to not one but, you know, multiple championships down the road. >> the 30-year-old is coming off an historic season. he signed a record-breaking contract with the yankees worth over $360 million over are nine years. that will do it for us. i'm max foster. cnn's "early start" with christine romans is up next.

his excellency, volodymyr zelenskyy, president of the ukraine. >> right now on "early start," the rousing address just given by ukraine's leader to