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ukraine ukraine's door step. he said ukraine is unvowed one year after russian president vladimir putin sent tanks and troops rolling across the border in a war that is still raging. >> one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i just came from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and most important, it stands industry. >> two extraordinary scenes today of two very different leaders. president biden spoke just hours after his russian counterpart delivered his own address in moscow. during his peach, president putin blamed the u.s. for the war. he also announced he's suspended russia's participation in the new s.t.a.r.t. arms control treaty. cnn white house correspondent phil mattingly is in warsaw, poland. phil, president biden said the

russian invasion was beyond ukraine. it tested freedoms and democracies everywhere. and says if there's one wore that stops these autocracies, that word is no. >> reporter: that's exactly right. this was a speech that w elevat the fight and elevate what is the struggle over the last year. as the president laid out, the western alliance has been remarkably durable, remarkably steadfast and absolutely essential to ukraine's ability to still be standing at this moment in time. and yet it's very clear, as the president laid out, not over and there's going to be struggles ahead. but that is why, according to the president, he made so clear that the u.s. support is unequ unequivocal. and most importantly, the stakes of the actual fight itself are so much bigger than just ukraine and russia. or russia and the united states. this was how he framed things. >> appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased.

they must be opposed. autocrats only understand one word -- no. no. no. no, you will not take my country. no, you will not take my freedom. no, you will not take my future. and ukraine, ukraine will never be a victim for russia. never. >> reporter: it was interesting the president really framing the decisions that will be made by world leaders, particularly those among western democracies, over the course of coming months will echo far beyond just the year ahead in the fight that's going on in ukraine, and continues to this day, will echo for decades to come. and that's the frame when you talk to the president's advisers going into this day, going into this speech, they really wanted to highlight that the president really wanted to make clear just the scale of the struggle that the president framed at only inflexion point at this moment, making it very clear much more

work is still to be done. and much more work has been accomplished to this point and that shouldn't be forgot. >> phil mattingly, thank you. >> and here's a point that russia is still pull back with the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, watch. >> translator: they want to inflict a strategic defeat of us and climb all over our nuclear facilities. so i'd like to make the announcement today that russia is suspending its participation in the s.t.a.r.t. treaty. >> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken called the decision unfortunate and irresponsible, but stressed that the u.s. is ready to meet with russia to discuss new s.t.a.r.t. now, it is the only treaty left that regulates the world's two nuclear arsenals. the largest ones i should say. the u.s. and russia make up about 90% of the world's supply. and let's talk about limits. because it limits the number of deployed long-range warheads the two nations can have at 1500.

it also caps missiles and other delivery platforms at 700. more on the agreement now. the agreement also allowed inspections of the weapons sites but those were suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic. now russia is accused of stalling. last month, u.s. officials said russia is not complying with its allegations under the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty to explore the facilities on its territory. bianna. >> and we should note that vladimir putin has just submitted a draft of this suspension law to the russian douma. it's going to be a joke really, it's going to be rubber stamped like everything else in his government. let's talk with jill dougherty an expert on russia. and now teaches at georgetown university. jill, it's great to see you. so, this really was for the most part a repetition of speeches putin has given leading up to the invasion. i thought it was rather stale. i turned it off after 45 minutes.

he was saying the same thing, and the u.s. is to blame. and the new s.t.a.r.t. nuclear arms control treaty, even though the state department said that russia wasn't complying for a while now, what message do you think that putin is sending here, to russians, specifically, by doing that? >> well, i think, mainly, he's sending the message to the west, which is taking it off the shelf again. what he did which was nuclear weapons. and that is about what he has in his toolbox. i mean, militarily, they're not doing well. we've been over this. so what does he do? he ups the ante. you know, even the step, you know, to formally go to it, is more of that theater. that said, this is a serious issue and it does raise issues or impressions about whether there could be another arms control agreement. but essentially, russia already

is doing this. it is not allowing inspections so saying we formally will not and we are temporarily getting out of it doesn't really, i think -- let's say, rise to the occasion of something extremely frightening. but i think that's what putin wanted to do, to frighten the west, to scare washington. and it does not seem to be working. >> well, and, jill, while the west is clear-eyed in seeing what is playing out here, that russia invaded a sovereign democratic country, that is not how vladimir putin has portrayed it to his people since the start of the war and since prior to the war as well. he continues to point russia as the victim here of western aggression. listen to what he said. >> translator: we have to continue to make sure that the threat to our lands is removed. the elite of the west do not

conceal their ambitions which is to strategically defeat russia, finish us off, once and for all. >> jill, one year in, is this argument still resonating with russians? >> i think, to a certain extent it could be. i think, you know, putin has repeated that over and over again. the media say this. and then the russians, just think back, a lot of people went flew world war ii or the children, or the grandchildren that went through world war ii is a seminal part of putin's message. so to repeat that and make people afraid, yes, that probably does have in effect. but, you know, bianna, i think one of the most significant things is what he said to the russian people who have lost children in this war. whose sons have come back, unfortunately, in body bags. and he said, we're going to help you.

we really do feel your pain. we know how bad this is. and there's an entire list of things that they're going to do for the families, including creating a foundation to help them. i think that that is a significant thing that shows that putin actually could be, or feels that he could be under pressure from russian people. because of what is going on in terms of the people who are done. >> yeah, there are some 200,000 russian soldiers who have died or been injured, but a reminder, the russians have a high tolerance for suffering, just going back to world war ii, some 20 million soldiers died there under stalin, world war ii fighting there. zw jill dougherty, great to see you you. >> joining us cedric leighton and former ambassador william taylor now ambassador for russia and europe institute of peace. work, mr. ambassador, let me

start with you. and president biden, he pointed out the contrast between the conversations we were having a year ago and what we're talking about today. how soon would kyiv fall? how would that column of tanks that never went in, or never moved, how soon would they go in? would germany offer more than helmets? would they offer lethal support? your thoughts on what we heard from president biden today in warsaw? >> yes, victor. and you're right, it's a big change from a year ago. the ukrainian military has defeated the russian military in kyiv, as you say, pushed them out of the capital. they were right -- they were 20 minutes from downtown. they were -- the russians got close to the ukrainian capital. and the ukrainians pushed them back. they defeated them and pushed them out of kharkiv. they defeated them and pushed them out of kherson. they had a major counteroffensive that was very

successful. now, the question is, after a year, can the ukrainians get the supplies, get the equipment and get the weapons, get the ammunition, that they need to break the russian military? and that's what we're now talking about. now, a year ago later, we're talking about how the ukrainians might break the russian military. >> and the question is, whether we can procure enough weapons, even if there's anonymity in whether to send them at this point. colonel, to you, for the first time in many decades, there are no active arms control agreements between the united states and russia. i'm curious, from your perspective, what was your reaction, when you heard about suspension from vladimir putin? and are you concerned, perhaps, of another arms race between the two countries? >> well, bianna, i think we have to be very concerned about that prospect. so not only between russia and the united states, that there might be a new arms race. but we also have to think of the possibility of an arms race with china. china is not subject -- has never been subject to any of the

arms control regimes like s.a.l.t. or s.t.a.r.t., or any of the others. so it's maybe a way for putin to kind of blend in with the chinese idea of nuclear proliferation. and we could be seeing a very difficult period, from an arms control perspective. but i also have to say, bianna, that i'm not surprised that this happened. i think it's pretty clear that putin was on this path. and as jill mentioned earlier, it's very clear the russians don't want to have anything to do with any arms control regime that might limit their options with ukraine. >> ambassador, i've read, again, this morning that letter that you signed back in march of last year, calling for the u.s. for nato, to create this no-fly zone over the humanitarian corridors, a term that now sounds quaint, considering how much russia has

targeted civilians. and you also added this in that letter. this is in addition to the request for ukrainian leaders for a-10 and mig-29 aircraft to help ukrainians defend themselves which we strongly support. that never happened for several reasons but the question now is f-16s should that be supplied? and if not, should the training start, in case nato decides six or nine months down the road to supply fighter jets? >> victor, yes, my view, my view is we should provide f-16s for the ukrainians, probably not for this current battle. the breakthrough that i just described that the ukrainians are planning the next couple of months, that's going to go with what they've got right now. and what they're training on right now, the armor, the artillery. the infante. the f-16s will be for a year from now. when, after the victory, agency

the ukrainians say, after the victory, they will still be worried about another attack from the russians. so, we need to be sure that the ukrainians both win in the short term. but also can defend themselves against another attack, from the russians, after that point. so, yes. and also start the training now. >> so, these asks could be sort of a backfill for later on down the line in this war. colonel, given what we've just talked about, potential nuclear threat that russia and president putin once again dangled by beginning a new s.t.a.r.t. treaty, you have the ukrainians continuing to ask not only for the f-16s but for long-range missiles which to this point, the united states said we would not be providing for fear of provocation or landing inside of russian territory. do you think this decision by

vladimir putin will impact whatever decision they'd made to this point? >> i think so, bianna, we may see something similar to the atacms shows up in the arsenal. what that means we will have a chance, or the ukrainians will have a chance to attack russian supply depots, russian ammo dumps, things like that, that could make it very difficult for the russians to proceed with a type of offensive operation against ukraine. >> colonel, let me stick with you. we've discussed over this last year the challenges of the russian forces. the value, the utility of the disparity of what we saw and heard from president biden and what we saw and heard from president putin, not only the content, but the context, the audience, the energy from what we heard and saw from these leaders today. what's the value on the battlefield, if any, of what we saw today, colonel?

>> well, i think it's very interesting. you know, when you combine, in president biden's case, to kyiv, with his speech today, in warsaw, and you see a definite energy. a definite willingness to be with people. a definite willingness to, you know, mention democratic values. and the mention of democratic values, you see at the end, president biden met with the children. all of that speaks to a much more humane approach to geopolitics. and with putin, you have this cold, antiseptic, you know, very stringent approach to everything. that, i think, is the clear contrast between the two. biden, democratic values going in to give peace and freedom a chance. putin using obfuscation to

describe the situation that really doesn't exist, but one that he wants to create and i think that really does make a very big difference in that contrast. does have an impact likely on the front lines, makes the ukrainians much more wanting to stand and fight. not that they aren't already, they're doing a magnificent job in many cases, but this solidifies that, coupling what biden said with what president zelenskyy has said, that makes a very big impact on the ukrainian forces. >> the venue showed a share sol officials, with vladimir putin going through his greatest hits compared to an enthusiastic crowd listening to president biden. all right, thank you. the epa administrator returns to east palestine, ohio, the site of that toxic train derailment to meet with families and drink water straight from the tap. our miguel marquardt spoke about

the situation. and tucker carlson was granted all of the capitol footage from the insurrection. we'l'll have reaction from a former member of the j january h committee straight ahead.

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visited east palestine, ohio, today, this is the second time this is in attempt to reassure some anxious families there about the federal response to that toxic train derailment. he then teamed up with ohio's governor to tour a health clinic that opened today to address medical concerns. >> they also visited homes to conduct air quality tests and drink the tap water. cnn national correspondent miguel marquez is in east palestine. miguel, the epa chief, you just spoke to him, what did he tell you? >> reporter: yeah, he and both governors, pennsylvania and ohio, just blasted norfolk southern saying the railroad has failed on every level to come clean. to report this from the very beginning and to be helpful in trying to get this thing taken care of and cleaned up. today's trip was about these officials assuring people here in east palestine, that the water, that the air, is safe to

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sources tell cnn that house speaker kevin mccarthy has given fox news host tucker carlson access to all of the security footage from the january 6th capitol riot. >> this is highly unusual. and has democrats concerned

about possible security risks. joining us now, is it clear why? has the speaker's office said at all why mccarthy is doing this? >> reporter: well, victor, you're right, it is a very unusual decision that kevin mccarthy has made. sources have told me that mccarthy did not consult members of republican leadership before turning this footage over, nor did he consult house democratic leader hakeem jeffries, before giving these materials to fox news. and u.s. capitol police chief tom manger had told cnn, really, he had turned over the footage to mccarthy, but when someone asks for this, particularly a member of leadership or an oversight committee asks for things like this, he must turn that material over. >> what has been the reaction been, quite frankly, on both sides of the aisle for this news? >> reporter: well, bianna, house republicans have told us they wanted to review these materials

themselves but by turning this footage over to tucker carlson, mccarthy is essentially outsourcing that job to fox news. democrats, meanwhile, are worried about the security concerns. zoe lofgren has told cnn when they released a lot of this footage during the past year, of the january 6th hearing, they came to an agreement, one thing they had said, u.s. capitol did not want them using video of lawmakers evacuating the capitol that day. lofgren told us that she worries having that footage in the hands of the wrong people, could provide a blueprint for bad actors on how to successfully attack the capitol again. >> alayna treene there on capitol hill, thank you. >> for more on this, let's bring in adam kinzinger, a cnn senior commentator and republican on the house committee investigating the january 6th

insurrection. great to have you joining us, especially on this particular issue. we know that the speaker had been pressured to and ultimately promised to relitigate the investigation into the january 6th insurrection. what was your reaction, though, when you heard that he handed over these tapes to fox news? >> well, it's kind of surprise, and kind of not surprise. the surprise is i would have thought that he had more respect for the institution. as to, you know, going through and understanding where there are security concerns, turn it over to the committees of jurisdiction first to review. but the thing that didn't surprise me is, look, here's a secret, it's kind of a melded secret that people know about kevin mccarthy. he loves to have famous people on speed dial. in every discussion that you talk with him, he'll mention somebody. by doing this, he now has tucker carlson's friendship and probably has him on speed dial

and text with him. i think that's all this is to win over tucker carlson so he could have him on his side. the danger of this is significant, and i'm both surprised and not surprised at the same time. >> there could be a millman here, congressman. let's put up this tweet. this is from matt gaetz, this is about the time of the speakership fight where he tweeted out, thank you to the 20 patriots who helped earn this commitment from the speaker. thank you, speaker mccarthy, for affirming this commitment, keeping promises is how trust is built. and this is -- he tweeted out something that speaker mccarthy promises to release the security footage from january 6. if this was in exchange for ending 15 rounds of what we watched in january to get the gavel, what are your concerns that this is a make-good for themjr? >> well, what else is out there? i mean, if you have to promise everything to people individually and not just those 20, how many were holding out prior.

look, i can be upset about this. if i was -- if i was -- you know, able to kind of describe what i think is probably going on in some of the republican circles behind the scenes, i'm sure they're extremely angry. you think about the people who came out and said i'm only going to support kevin. what they needed to do, this is something that you learn at least once a year in this job, all you need to do is hold out and then you can extract anything you want. to the extent of, it's fine to say, look, we want to release all of the video. i mean, that's a legitimate point of view. i think we were very transparent on the committee and not only that, we didn't destroy the evidence or anything. it's still out there. but to turn and give this to tucker carlson, that was part of the deal -- there's a lot in question there. let's keep in mind, what can be done with this. so there was a video where a rioter was trying to open a fire door. actually, what he did, he looked up to the second floor to another rioter that opened that fire door because there's a procedure how to do it. and asked him how to do it.

that bit was spliced and put on the internet six months ago to somehow imply that rioter was actually at the fire door looked up to some security camera that wasn't there, to some control room that wasn't there and asked the powers that be to open the door. they used that evidence that the fbi was involved in january 6. that's not what it was. it was something completely taken out of content. that's the problem with this. saying it is something that it isn't. >> bennie thompson has done the same as you have done, but sources are telling cnn that mccarthy didn't even consult with this gop leadership team before he released this footage. could he be facing some sort of backlash internally by doing this? >> yes, but it's not going to come out in the public. i mean, look, the fact that he has committed everything and given everything to people -- again, the fact thate did that without talking to his leadership team kind of makes me

assume it's probably some deal that he promised with matt gaetz or somebody else because he just wanted to get it done. it wasn't up for debate. i think there's going to be a lot of consternation, that doesn't mean they're going to oppose him. the problem with the gops, i've lived this, i was one of these people, it's that we like to work together as a team. we may talk tough. but when it comes down to it, it's difficult for us to stand alone and shut down legislation. so you're not going to see that happen. >> all right. adam kinzingerank you for joining us. a new study shows that chronic pain from arthritis or an old injury can age your brain faster than normal. it can even be linked to dementia. details, next. ya on everythingwere caswith just one card. chase freedom unlimited. so, if you're off the racking...

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right now, taking a look at the dow. a bire. down more than 600 points after fourth qua earnings and forecast for major retailers. and that is raising concerns about it's strength of consumers. meantime, new numbers out today shows sales of existing homes sank in january for the 27th month in a row. mortgage rates also remain high. as one real estate ceo warns, don't expect that to change this year. >> we're normalizing. i think everybody is starting to accept the fact that the 2% and 3% mortgage rates are gone. i think this is the only way to quell inflation and get it receding in the right direction. >> let's bring in cnbc correspondent rahel sal olomon.

anytime wall heart reports, because of sheer size and home depot reports on walmart, walmart, look, had a pretty strong quarter but started to see cracks in the consumer. starting to see more visits from middle and higher income consumers but also starting to see the impact that inflation is having on consumers. one of the executives said on the earnings call today that there's a great deal of uncertainty, looking out over the balance of this year, while the supply chain issues have largely abated, prices are still high. there's that inflation and there's pressure on the consumer predicting that swing. and i.e., outlook is getting a bit more cloudy because of the impact of higher rates, because of the impact of inflation. home depot also had a decent season, wasn't terrible, but worried about outlook. so you put it gether, two major retailers sounding the alarm about the health of the consumer which is, by the way, two-thirds of the u.s. economy, it is the back bone of the u.s.

economy which is the reason why markets are reacting the way they are. >> let's go back. i was concerned to hear the ceo of brown white stevens saying that the mortgage rates are going to here. >> yeah, i was surprised. existing homes up 37% compared to a year ago, also down slightly from the month prior, less than 1%. why is this happening, higher interest rates, of course, sensitive to what the fed does. and lower inventory. so that's part of the problem. mortgage rates, see 6%, if you're buying a home right now, chances are it's going to start with a 6 handle. a year ago, probably would have started with a 3. 96% who have a home mortgage are locked under 5%. if you're locked under 5%, you have a compelling reason to want to sell. >> as someone in the market to buy a home, they're sitting on

those rates. so, let me ask you about home depot, put together in the housing market and what we're seeing on wall street, home depot moving towards hourly workers, investing in those. what are they doing? >> good news for hourly workers, they saying it will be investing $1 billion not just with new, but those with the company. good news for workers, guys if you're a fed hearing this, yet another employer saying they have to hike wages, home depot is saying this is about retention, about keeping workers. it's a sign of the labor market. unemployment dipped to a 50-year low, 3.4%. that's what you're seeing. companies are trying to hold on to workers and incentivize workers with higher wages. and the issue is if home depot likes it that passes often to consumers in terms of inflation and it becomes a vicious cycle. it's just one of those periods good news is good news for some,

and mixed for others. >> rahel solomon, thank you. a new study just released saying living with chronic pain, arthritis, cancer, back pain, could raise your risk of cognitive decline and dementia. >> cnn's senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joins us now. elizabeth, walk us through these disturbing findings. >> you know, it was such an interesting study. these folks in the uk, bianna, they looked at 19,000 people. these are folks who had brain scans sort of all in one place, so they could take a look at them. and what they found was changes in the hippocampus that were different with the brain. let's take a look. it's linked to cognition. it shrinks naturally as they age. what they found, folks who said they were in pain, it shrunk even more quickly. in other words, their brains essentially age more quickly. then they gave the folks

cognitive tests. here's what they found, when they gave them 11 cognitive tasks. if you have pain in one site, let's say, back pain, you performed worse in one of those tasks. in multiple places like back pain and shoulder pain, you had a worse performance on 7 occupant of 11 tasks. so this is pretty compelling suggestions that there is a link between pain and actual brain changes. bianna, victor. >> elizabeth, there's also a recall of a certain time of baby formula. tell us about it. >> yes, this is -- i know this sort of strikes fear in the heart of parents because of what happened last year. this is just one brand. and it's a relatively small brand. but, still, important for parents to know. so, let's take a look at what this brand is, it's enfamil pro-b simply plant-based infant formula. you can see we have the lot

numbers. we have the useby date. and you can go on cnn.com and get all of this information as well. the problem is possible cronobacter infection. if that sounds familiar, that's from the abbott plant that caused all of those problems. that doesn't seem headed in that direction. but the u.s. food and drug administration says they're on it and trying to see what is causing problems for those problems in infant formula. >> thank you. what is being called one of the biggest challenges to big tech in recent history. the supreme court is hearing a pil case that could have major implications f for the wa we'l'll have details, ahead.

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