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show the ukrainian people america's unwavering support. you can hear them there, those are the air raid sirens as the two presidents walked the capitol streets. >> they laid a wreath outside st. michael's monastery to honor fallen ukrainian soldiers. the one-year anniversary of russia's invasion is just days away. wearing tie with the colors of ukraine's flag, president biden pledged more aid and promised the u.s. will never abandon its allies. >> one year later, kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americas stand with you, and the world stands with you. it's worth fighting for for as long as it takes and that's how long we'll be with you, mr. president, for as long as it

takes. >> cnn chief white house correspondent phil mattingly joins us from warsaw, poland, and alex marquardt is in kyiv. we have heard the president say time and time again the united states will be at ukraine's side for as long as it takes. it does make a huge difference to say that from washington, d.c. as opposed to kyiv at moscow's border. >> those air raid sirens you heard as the two presidents walked the streets of kyiv serving as a vivid representation of a trip that was not just symbolic but carried significant risk, yet the president was determined and told his staff as much, to make this trip to mark the one year since russia's invasion. i think it underscores the reality of a moment where u.s. officials look back at the year and see the resiliency of the ukrainian people, the resilience of ukrainian forces and most importantly in the minds of u.s. forces, the durability of a western u.s. led alliance that has stuck together despite the length of this conflict.

the president also made clear he wanted to send a message not just to that alliance but also to president vladimir putin. take a listen. >> putin thought ukraine was weak and the west was divided. as you know, mr. president, i said to you in the beginning, he's counting on us not sticking together. he thought he could outlast us. i don't think he's thinking that right now. >> and i think it's an important because while the durability of the entire coalition certainly, the unflinching u.s. support has been a cornerstone of the last 361 plus days of this conflict, the realities are there are significant cross cutting pressures that u.s. officials believe president putin is counting on to star to fracture that alliance in the weeks and months ahead, particularly as russia gears up for a new offensive. the president's visit trying to underscore the fact that coalition will stick together, that u.s. support will continue to lead the way, and it's not

going anywhere anytime soon, even though u.s. officials are very clear, they don't see an end game right now to this conflict. they only see president putin likely ramping things up, guys. >> alex, phil outlined several audiences for this visit. we talked about the ukrainian president. what about the ukrainian people? what are they saying about this visit? >> well, you can imagine that if security were not a concern, if this were not a country at war, biden would have greeted by loud crowds thanking him for all the u.s. support over the past few year -- the last year. people lining the streets or coming out for a speech, but that is of course not the case. this is the capitol of a country that is very much at war. and because of this extraordinary secrecy and the way that this trip was planned and executed, there was, of course, no advanced warning. we learned about it, the people on the streets of kyiv learned about it when president biden and president zelenskyy literally walked across the square right behind me down at

that church, at st. michaels. there was incredible surprise. most residents of kyiv learned about this on tv, on the radio, on social media. so when we went out and asked people for their reaction, there was that surprise, but that quickly gave way to thanks. to a general sense of happiness, that president biden had come here in this moment, this moment, this week that is marking the first anniversary of this invasion of ukraine. that he came here to show the u.s. support not just in the past year but going forward, and as some people told us, reminding the world that ukraine is fighting against russia every day. here's a little more of what they had to tell us. >> i wanted to see him in person. i don't know what else to say. i'm happy. >> it is support for us and a message for the russians that this issue must be resolved, and ukraine must win. we hope that this visit will speed up events. i am in a good mood.

this is a surprise that shocked everyone. >> he's just not afraid to be killed by some strike missiles. air strike. >> several people told us that the real point here, the real goal here is victory, and they're hoping that u.s. support will lead to that. so of course, like their leaders, they are asking for more and better weapons. often these are weapons that the u.s. has not yet committed. but to that last point, we should note that this is a city that is relatively back to normal. people are out and about. we're able to go out in the streets and talk to them. at the same time, you really do feel that this is still part of the war. there was that air raid siren as the presidents crossed that square. we have seen in the past when the secretary-general of the united nations left, russia fired missiles into kyiv. when the cia director was here just a couple weeks ago, he

spent hours in a bunker. that's a major reason, we understand, that the white house gave the kremlin a heads-up that while they may target kyiv in the past, that today was not the day to do it. >> yeah, air raid sirens have become the norm in the capital there. the president now headed to poland from ukraine. what more can we expect to see from that visit? he's planning to meet with the bucharest nine who joined nato after the dissolution of the soviet union. >> really the tip of the spear, nine countries that probably have the most at risk at this moment in time. it's been a critical coalition for the white house over the course of this process, the president has made a point of maintaining close contact with them over the course of the last year. the president will also sit down in a bilateral meeting with president duda to underscore the respect, the thanks the u.s. has for poland's efforts not just in defense assistance but also for the 1.5 million refugees who have crossed the border into

poland that are receiving care here. the president's remarks tomorrow are being billed as very high stakes, very critical. again, mostly kind of following up on what he did today in kyiv before we knew he was going to ukraine, those remarks were the cornerstone of this trip, but those remarks are designed not unlike his remarks in the same place in poemened in march of last year to underscore the stakes naught just for ukraine, not just for the western coalition, but for democrat acwrit large and also the scale of the effort that needs to go into this in the months and perhaps years ahead. >> phil mattingly for us there in poland, and alex marquardt in ukraine, thank you. joining us, evelyn farkas, former deputy assistant of defense, and also the executive director of the mccain institute, and also with us, retired u.s. army major mike lyons. evelyn, let me start with you. the white house notified the kremlin of this visit. the administration says for de-escalation purposes. is this visit especially

escalatory or incendiary any more than the billions of dollars of lethal aid that the u.s. has supplied to ukraine? >> no, i mean, victor, this is just essentially underlining to the russians and of course the world that the united states remains with ukraine. and frankly, to the russian people that putin is losing. but i don't think it's escalatory. i think they just wanted to make sure the russians didn't inadvertently strike kyiv and then create an escalatory situation. >> of course, vladimir putin in his speech tomorrow will likely use this as another way to say the united states is at war with russia as well, it's not just ukraine russia is fighting but it is the west collectively. major, we heard the president say he would be announcing another $500 million in military aid from the united states. what wasn't mentioned was whether that aid would include long-range missiles. we haven't seen that provided yet. do you believe that will come in the weeks and months ahead? clearly, that's what ukraine

wants. >> yeah, that would be a tipping point for the ukraine military to get those long-range weapons, it would allow ukraine to target well into russia and into some areas that they can't reach right now with the himars and other utility rounds. i don't think you're going to see them get that in the coming months. i think that is very escalatory. i believe that we continue to pour these western weapons in, but we still have to be careful on how they are managed and used. we still don't have the tanks there, for example. we have committed over 350 tanks there, and the reports are there are only about 50 that will show up in april. so it's a stalemate. they're doing incredible work, but the bottom line is i think that becomes very escalatory. >> so let me ask you, if this half billion dollars of lethal aid, as more artillery, more javelins, more howitzers, is more of the same enough to get the upper hand, to get some

momentum to sustain a successful counteroffensive in the spring, major? >> yeah, i don't think that ukraine has the manpower to do it. we can give them divisions worth of equipment from an army perspective, but they still don't have the manpower to do it. russia still has numbers. they have mass with regard to people they can throw at this. the best they can do is hold off and defend well the areas they're defending. they have the advantage of being on their home soil. they have used terrain, they have used rivers in order to block certain passages. but until the ukraine military can threaten crimea, the can launch something kind of focus on offensive, they can't do an offensive in both the east and to the south. i think they have to decide whether they're going to do that and i think they're waiting to make sure they have potential manpower, but they're still likely three to six to nine months away from any kind of counteroffensive just from a manpower perspective. >> it's interesting to put into

perspective tomorrow, we'll have president biden giving a speech in poland and russian president vladimir putin giving a speech to the public there in russia. already his visit to ukraine has been all over the russian airwaves. we know that is highly censored, highly controlled. they clearly want russians to see this visit and interpret it the way vladimir putin would like it to be interpreted. what will you be looking for tomorrow in his speech? >> i think you're right. he's going to try to paint this as a war between the west and russia or more directly the united states and russia. and the ukrainians are being used as pawns by us. i think i will look for anything that he says about what types of territory he wants to control or thinks he controls, any kind of hint about new offensives. there's a big question mark about whether they already started the offensive that was coming. so if he says that there's something more coming, anything

where he talks about the brothers in belarus, of course. you know, i think putin usually does actually telegraph pretty clearly in his speeches what his intent is. if i could just go really quickly back to the major's comments because i disagree. i do believe that ukraine can win, ukraine can take the offensive and take back the territory, specifically in the donbas area, if we give them the tanks which are on the way, in addition to that, if we provide them with fighter aircraft, if they have air cover, their troops can go head to head with the russians, break through their lines, and actually push them out. in addition to that, i don't think that the longer range artillery is necessarily escalatory. i know we don't have a lot of time, but i think there is a different perspective here. >> major? >> yeah, it comes down to people. and the fact that the bottom line is the russians can throw just a whole lot more into this.

you can't give the ukraine military f-16s and think they're going to use them right away. it's going to take a year for them to have any kind of effectiveness. they don't have the pilots. let's start training the pilots now if we're going to go that route. it's not a video game. there's no question ukraine has the resistance and a will to fight and win. but at the end of the day, russia still has much more equipment there. they could go on a static defense. the ukraine military would need three times the amount of russians would do if the russians decide to put up defenses in the donbas region, and then that hamburger machine is on the other side, then the ukraine military is thrown into it. so it's a stalemate, and that's where we sit right now. i don't think either side can go on the offensive. >> evelyn, 15 seconds. >> i don't think it's a numbers game. the ukrainians have fewer forces, yes, but they are trained. they can maneuver. they know what they're doing. they're hardened. it's very different from the russian side. >> the russians may have a quantitative advantage, but it

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former president jimmy carter is resting at his home in plains, georgia. choosing to begin hospice end of life care. >> the carter center says the 98-year-old made the decision after a series of short hospital stays. he's faced a number of health incidents recently including beating brain cancer in 2015. eva mcken is live in plains, georgia. what do we know about the care the former president is receiving? >> well, victor, bianna, we know he has opted for this end of life care here in his hometown. and according to his grandson, he is surrounded by love and family. but he not only enjoys the love and the family -- the love and

support of his family, it's really this entire community here in plains, georgia. as we speak to people, they truly revere him. they are still amazed decades later about the way in which this one-time peanut farmer ascended to the presidency. there's a great little restaurant just down the block here, a southern restaurant called bonita's. listen to what the restaurant owner told us. >> we want to hear him because he was doing the sunday school classes. so we did. we got up real early. and the people, the church was already packed. so we had to go in the overflow. and i said, oh, we have to go in the overflow. but guess what. there he was, teaching from the overflow. so i had first-hand looking right in his face, you know, as he taught the sunday school class. that was a great experience for my children, who are all grown now. >> so you hear the excitement there from bonita.

that's because up until fairly recently, the former president was still teaching sunday school classes in this small town of just a few hundred people. that was an opportunity for the different residents here to listen and to hear from him. something that we have also heard time and time again is this community described as believers, that faith so important to the carters and many of the folks here, and victor, bianna, it is their faith getting them through this difficult time. >> hearing from bonita is an example of ow much respect the community there has for him and the country on a bipartisan level for the former president. eva, thank you. dr. megan rainy is the deputy dean of public health at brown university and a professor of emergency medicine. great to see you. obviously, this is a former president, so what applies to him is not what typically applies to the general public. when does one typically become eligible for hospice care?

>> yeah, this is a great question. there's a lot of misconceptions about hospice care among americans. the truth is you can be eligible for hospice care if you and your doctor judge that you have most likely six months or less to live. and if you decide that you no longer want to pursue curative treatments. so in other words, you're no longer looking to get rid of the disease but rather to manage your symptoms, to make sure you have the maximum quality of life, to maximize your time at home and doing the things you most care about. only about half of people who are eligible for hospice in this country actually access it. it's often because they don't know that they're eligible. because they have misconceptions, because they think that going home to hospice means you're giving up. that's not at all true. or sometimes it is because of lack of access. that is where president carter probably has access to more services than the rest of us.

but there are hospice services across the country that sometimes are underutilized, unfortunately. >> is it exclusively or primarily pain management? >> a great question, victor. it is not just about pain management. that is certainly part of it. and it is a major focus for many people in hospice, making sure they are not suffering pain, that they are comfortable. it also might be about managing other symptoms, things like shortness of breath, things like depression. sometimes there's physical therapy or occupational therapy to help someone be as functional as possible. sometimes it's about bringing in social workers to help with that emotional side of end of life and to help the family process and manage as well. >> we don't know the exact status of his health right now, but could this also be a logistical decision, too. he's 48 years old, his wife is 95 years old. it can't be easy to have to go back and forth to hospital for

any sort of treatment that he's receiving. >> as an emergency physician, i too often see people hold on to hope of cure long after that hope is actually gone. that trip back and forth from home to the emergency department or to chemo or to other types of supposed curative treatment is tough on the body. it's also tough on the family and it's an absolutely lovely thing when families are able to enter hospice care with enough time to actually spend those last weeks or months at home surrounded by loved ones. so i hope that was part of their decision. i wish it were part of the decision for many folks across the country who deserve to have the support of hospice services and other palliative services in the last months of life. >> let me ask you about john fetterman, pennsylvania democratic senator, who is receiving in-patient care for a clinical depression. we learned he will likely be receiving that in-patient care

for several weeks. is there a direct correlation between the length of stay and the severity of the depression? or is that a false assumption? >> there can be. my suspicion with senator fetterman is that it's a combination of things. we know that people who have had a stroke or other acute medical illnesses have higher rates of depression than the average person. we also know that folks like senator fetterman, who had mental health problems earlier, are at higher risk of a recurrence of depression. it may be that his old treatments aren't working and it takes a few weeks to know if a medication is going to work or not. so that in and of itself might explain the amount of time they're expecting him to be in the hospital. it might also be about talk therapy or about other types of treatments that we offer people with severe depression. it might be about severity or it might just reflect the complexity of his own personal case. >> dr. megan ranney, thank you

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impact? >> well, we are still waiting for more news from the authorities. this currently classified as a 6.3 magnitude aftershock, but i have to say, we're about 120 miles away from the reported epicenter. we all felt the tremor. i have to say, there's a real feeling of shock and fear here. you can imagine that those already who have been through that earthquake two weeks ago are feeling absolute trauma having to relive this. we have seen families gathering their belongings, moving into the lobby of this hotel for fear of another aftershock. we have heard from the authorities on the ground in the province. they are warning people not to go into any buildings that appear damaged. there has been some reports of buildings that were already damaged in the earthquake two weeks ago have now since collapsed. there are concerns, of course, over the extent of the damage, of the destruction this latest aftershock may have caused. of course, this happened at

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about? >> victor, there's a couple things at play here. first, you have free market conservatives who are philosophically opposed to big government involving themselves in business, and they're concerned with how desantis has used the power of the state to not only force his ideology on state institutions but also on businesses and even has gone so far as to punish some businesses for running afoul of his views. we saw that with disney, when they opposed the stop -- the don't say gay bill. we have seen him go after the cruise line industry for having vaccine mandates. he has been very strict on his covid policies with businesses, and he has now introduced ideas that would put restrictions on how banks lend to people if he doesn't like how they're operating. so there's that side of it. but there's also people within his sort of circle and his donors who are concerned that he

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wnba star brittney griner is officially heading back to court. >> she just signed a one-year deal with her team, the phoenix mercury. first of all, this is just incredible after being behind bars in russia to have her re-signed with the team. >> back to basketball court, such great news, it can't come soon enough. it griner missed the entire 2022 season, detained in a russian prison for 20 months. the urs state department said she was wrongfully detained. griner last played in the 2021 season. she led mercury on this surprise

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