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watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. ahead, as russia's war on ukraine grinds into its second year, the u.s. pledges s its continued support but stops short of what president zelenskyy says they need most. and a pre-print of the controversial trump era policy, we'll break it down. plus vote counting is under way in nigeria's presidential race. we're live in lay fwoegos with latest. >> life from atlanta, this is cnn fuse "room" with kim brunhuber. >> just days after observing the one year mark, ukrainians are noting the loss of crimea to moscow in 2014. every year it is remembered on this date with a day of resistance. meanwhile president zelenskyy is

calling the latest eu sanctions powerful and says he would like to see it extended to include russia's nuclear industry. there is increased shelling but claims that russians have not made any significant gains on ground. in his nightly address, president zelenskyy lauded the embattled troops atroops. >> translator: global courage is now right here in ukraine, right in our people who defend our state, who defend our land, donetsk and luhansk reemgen reg the land where painful battles continue. the problem has provided ukraine with billions of dollars of military aid, but it has been a hard no on sending advanced u.s. fighter jets at least for now. priscilla alvarez is at the white house with those details. >> reporter: president biden said that he is ruling out for now sending advanced american fighter jets to ukraine despite

ukrainian president zelenskyy asking for those jets as the country braces for an offensive from russia. president biden says that the united states will stand by ukraine but as far as those f-16 fighter jets, he says he is still ruling that out at least for now. >> we're sending him what our seasoned military thinks that he needs now. he needs tanks, needs artillery, he needs air defense including himars. there are things that he needs now that we're sending him to put him in position to make gains this spring and summer. >> you don't think he needs f-16s now? >> no, there is no basis upon which there is a military according to our military now to provide f-16s. >> but you're not ruling it out? >> i'm ruling it out for now. >> reporter: and there is increased pressure to provide advanced weaponry, but this is a

controversial one over concerns that it would escalate the conflict. the administration has said that they will stand by ukraine and they are doing so by providing now a $2 billion package to the country as well as cracking down with sanctions to degrade russia's economy and discourage individuals from supporting russia's war in ukraine, all of this in totality. the administration says to show its support from the u.s. and allies against the war in ukraine. priscilla alvarez, cnn, the white house. and cnn's salma abdelaziz is tracking this for us in london. and the u.s. intransigence over sending those fighter jets, how could that impact the offensive? >> president zelenskyy is preparing for this spring offensive, russian troops he believes will try to advance as the weather warms. so he is essentially asking for

absolutely everything. he met with republican lawmakers just a few days ago, he emphasized the need for those f-16s, that is something that president biden is unwilling to provide at this time. but there is a lot of other things on the wish list from long range artillery to armored vehicles to airplanes, everything that could be needed to fight this war. i want you to take a listen to one of the flash points of what ukrainian troops are saying they need. take a listen. >> translator: war is very difficult. there are a lot of people lost. we know what we are fighting for. every war has its price. we are paying the price. we are fighting for freedom. >> we need more weapons. it is the most important. more tanks, artillery, armored vehicles. we have experience, but no tools to push out the enemy. >> reporter: look, before this conflict, ukraine's military was heavily reliant on soviet syria

weapons, hard to maintain, hard to resupply. and so what ukrainian forces are trying to do in the middle of a war is update the arsenal, a nato level of modernization to fight off what is a larger and more powerful military force in russia. and we've seen that be effective in recent months when ukrainian forces with were able to claw back territory from russian troops who now control just about 17% of ukrainian land. but president zelenskyy of course pushing for more, although he has already received billions of dollars in aid. the u.s. alone has sent $113 billion of support, $2 billion of that pledged just this friday marking the one year anniversary of the conflict, providing yet more weaponry. and in response president zelenskyy is promising if he gets this help, i will win this war. president zelenskyy says by the end of the year. >> thanks so much, salma abdelaziz. appreciate it.

from a heatwave to winter storms, extreme weather is sweeping across the u.s. record heat continues along the gulf coast and florida, temperatures will be in the 80s throughout the weekend, but in some areas it could reach 90, that is 15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. according to the storm prediction center, severe thunderstorms with damaging winds are possible from texas to illinois. western oklahoma is in the bull's-eye. a few tornadoes are also possible. now this as a rare winter storm brought historic snow, dangerous flooding and blizzard conditions to southern california. camila bernal has more from just north of los angeles. >> reporter: this is extremely rare for southern california. we had not seen some of these warnings in more than 30 years. over the last couple of days, a lot of snow, a lot of ice, a lot of rain. and wind as well. many of the highways in the los angeles area have been shut down

in the past few days. on my left is interstate 5, it is currently closed and it has been mostly closed over the last couple of days as crews try to clean up the snow and the ice, but they continue to say that it is extremely dangerous for many of the drivers. this is the highway that connects los angeles to san francisco. so they are trying to open it, but it has been difficult to do so just because crews are not used to dealing with this kind of weather in southern california. i want to walk through some of the snow just so that you can see the accumulation. it is nothing like you see in other parts of the country. the problem is that residents here don't know how to deal with it, many of the cars here trying to get out have been stuck. and to be fair, my producer's car got stuck as well, so we've been dealing with the snow. a lot of rain in the l.a. area, a lot of flooding, cars that have been stranded.

and again authorities are saying 23 you can stay home, that is what you should do. this could be historic for southern california. we'll have to wait and see the totals in terms of the snow and rain. camila bernal, quebec, california. and in east palestine, ohio, there are health surveys weeks after the toxic train derailment. and the epa has ordered all shipments of hazardous waste from the derailment to stop, this after officials in other states complained they weren't told in advance the waste was being sent to their states for disposal. polo sandoval has details. >> reporter: local officials in both the state of texas and michigan feeling frustrated, many recognizing that even though norfolk southern may not have been legally required to inform them that some of this hazardous material would be disposed of in their communities, they at least would have liked to have been notified by that rail company.

for example in harris county, texas, a chief executive there saying that she first learned about 2 million gallons of water used to fight the fire after that february 3 derailment, that that water would be trucked to a licensed facility in her community and she learned about that after nearly half of it was already in harris county alone and that she found out about it while watching the news. so a source of frustration. the company hired to dispose of the dangerous water saying that they have over four decades of disposing of the water safely. the state of ohio already on their way to wayne county, michigan until elected officials raised concerns about them not getting word from norfolk southern. so as a result the epa put a temporary halt to the shipments so that they can further review the disposal plan. and officials saying that they

have no reason to believe that the water and soil is not being handled safely. they merely want to be informed especially in a situation where the information was difficult to come by in the early stages. but the epa recognizing that this hazardous material has to go somewhere to be disposed of so long as it is safely handled. >> one thing that has been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. they don't want the worry. they don't want the smell. and we owe it to the people of east palestine to move it out of the community as quickly as possible. at the same time folks in other states have legitimate concerns of how it will be transported and disposed of. epa will continue to work with our local, state and federal partners to use our long standing experience and expertise in these matters to

ensure the health and safety and support east palestine community and to hold norfolk southern accountable. >> reporter: ntsb out with a preliminary report thursday which indicated that a wheel bearing failure was the likely cause of that february 3 incident that derailed 38 train car, 11 carrying hazardous materials. and the ntsb adding that the crew was not to blame and saying that the incident was 100% preventable though exactly what could have been done to prevent this incident from happening authorities saying that that answer may not come for several more months. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. freight trains are a vital link in america's supply chain, but they can carry dangerous toxic cargo. east palestine is far from the only community at risk. this map shows the vast web of freight tracks that crisscross the country and many trains

carry hazardous materials through neighborhoods where people live, work and play. the biden administration has come under fire for its handling of the wreck, but a former transportation secretary under barack obama says deregulation under the trump administration is part of the problem. >> we put into place tough rules and regulations having to do with safety. that was our number one priority in all modes of transportation. unfortunately, some of those were eliminated during the trump administration and some of the safety metrics were also eliminated. i think what we need to come to grips with is the idea that more safety metrics, more rules and regulations, and perhaps some laws, need to be passed quickly in order to assure communities all over america that this transportation will be safe. and the industry ought to be on

the front row of helping the congress make this happen. when we had the air crash where 49 people perished in buffalo, new york, the families stepped forward, but also the airline industry stepped forward and we implemented a move for more pilot training and less hours of pilots working in the planes. and the industry came forward. that is what needs to happen here. >> that was former transportation secretary ray lahood. a new rule could make people ineligible for asylum. and thousands of a began fam afghan families are facing another hurdle, 1navigating the american immigration system.hav

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would generally be denied if they reach the border from other countries, they would need to seek protection in those places force or use humanitarian programs offered to certain nationalities. it mirrors the ban from the trump administration administration. for more, i'd like to bring in an attorney and immigration analyst who writes for cnn opinion. and he is joining me from new york. thanks so much for being here with us. so let's dive in, what effect do you think this new policy is likely to have? >> well, in the short run, it is hard to say. right now it is a fact right now that unauthorized border crossings in this past month of january and early february, they have been significantly down, but that is mostly -- most experts would say that is because of the time of year

because migration is often seasonal and these new asylum policies won't go this to effect until may. but i'd say for the majority of unauthorized crosses, i'm not sure this will affect them because there are many people, thousands, hundreds of thousands of people, who are already stranded on the mexican side of the border hoping to get asylum. these rules don't apply to them and there are many people in for example venezuela, haiti, cuba that won't have the rules to apply under the new rules. a lot of critics do draw the similarities between this program and trump's so-called transit ban because it requires people to apply for a an for ane denied in asylum in countries on the way here. and that is not logistically feasible.

if our system can't handle these numbers of people, how does guatemala or other countries handle them. who tout there will be some that will be able to access the system. >> and i guess biden administration is under pressure to tighten the border. and you mentioned similarities to terrorism policy. as a presidential candidate, joe biden campaigned exactly against this type of measure, he tried to distinguish himself from then president trump's policies which he called cruel. and now he seems to be embracing them. so what is going on here? >> well, to be completely fact all, there are slight differences in biden's policies. there are a few more exceptions. there are will -- you know, tweaks and continkerings i'd sa.

but basically i believe the effect will be the same and certainly its intent is the same. and that is to deter people from coming to our southern border and applying for asylum. what biden is going through, to be fair, is in a way the same thing that donald trump went through and even president obama before trump. we have a congress that does not want to take responsibility for setting immigration policy. abd rule and they are the ones who should be making the policies and procedures and they have stepped away from the role. we've seen presidents take executive action like trump with daca and now biden this version of a transit ban to try to do something on their own. one big problem with that, these measures always wind up in

court. so a president with his immigration measure and governors or lawmakers from the opposing party start the legal challenges and the status quo doesn't really change. so that is sort of where we are right now. i think for biden he is trying to thread a needle with this asylum policy hoping that he can show conservatives that he can be tough on the border and that he is taking it seriously while also opening up some new pathways for legal access for my fwr migrants. but he doesn't seem to be pleasing anyone. the gop is against these measures. gop thinks that it should be border security, full stop. and on the other side of the aisle, many democrats say acsylm is a legal right, we can't be outsourcing our problems to other countries. and we have immigrant rights

groups pledging to sue over this measure. and i assume from a political standpoint that the biden team is -- that they all worry for example about alienating say la tee know voters or people in the immigrant community when they are looking ahead to the next presidential elections. to me what is most unfortunate is that the people at the center of the debate, people fleeing their home countries because of persecution or people trying to access their lawful right of asylum, they are stuck in this limbo. and between now and even after may when the new policies go into effect, it is hard to see any changes. and that is really difficult for all these migrants asylum seekers, many who are women, children, lgbtq community members. so a tough situation. >> we'll have to wait and see what effect it has both at the border and ballot box.

thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. cuban pilot just learned that he can stay in the u.s. after a daring escape from the communist island. the judge has granted him political asylum. rubin martinez fled cuba in a crop dus ter. and he said he had been falsely accused of crimes in cuba but also protested when he saw government officials abusing people. after months in federal custody, he says that he just wants to drink a beer as a free man. a year and a half after the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan, thousands of afghan evacuees are still trying to reunite with their loved ones back home. beyond the heartache of separation, they also face a lack of reliable information about the u.s. immigration system, all that as key

deadlines to stay in the u.s. draw near. natasha chen reports from los angeles. [ phone ringing ] >> reporter: a daily video call is the only way that this man can connect with his wife and daughter in kabul. we're keeping their faces concealed for their safety. they are in the dark with electricity for only a few hours each day. when they could have been here in this small light filled apartment in california. their family's sudden separation happened at the kabul airport during the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. after a year and a half, he is no closer to getting his wife and daughter here. >> someone ask me about that days, and -- >> reporter: in mid august, 2021, the family and their relatives headed to the airport knowing their safety would be at risk under taliban rule. but when they boarded the crowded cargo plane, they could not find their older son. his parents came out of the

plane searching for him. and they finally realized that he was already with another relative on a different plane. but by that point, his mother and sister had been pushed beyond the airport gates. >> i cry a lot. my father enter the plane but they did not let me. >> reporter: and he was one of the last to board his plane. he is now a single parent raising two of their kids. >> i ask who is she, and says it is mom. but i know don't know what is mom meaning. >> reporter: the taliban requires male supervision to her to go anywhere, including the store. and their daughter may not be able to continue school. >> i just worry about my daughter's future. >> reporter: it wasn't until january when the u.s. state department published a form for humanitarian parolees to apply

for reunification assistance. several advocacy groups across the u.s. each tell cnn that they are working with dozens of families in the same situation. with one group trying to help 400 separated families. >> when i see my kids on camera, it is so difficult for me. >> reporter: and we asked the state department how many afghan families are still waiting for reunification, but the press office says that the number is fluid and they have already resettled thousands of afghans, reunited families and welcomed them in our communities. >> you have filled out every form that you could, but nobody is telling you how long this could take. >> no one tell me that we can help you. they told me we don't have any answers for this. >> reporter: he says a team at the state department is in contact with him to try to help, but both he and his lawyer say there is no information about next steps. >> we have one thing that make

me strong, that is hope. >> reporter: not only are many families desperately trying to bring their loved ones here to the u.s., some of them are looking at an expiration date soon for their humanitarian parole status. and so for this family, that happens in september. so he is also applying for asylum and temporary protected status, but he doesn't know how long that could take. he feels it could be years. natasha chen, cnn, los angeles. just ahead, millions of nigerians went to the polls to peck pick their next president and now the waiting begins. we'll have a live report. to helelp pr event a backup. because rid-x is scientificallyly proven to break down septic waste. guaranteed. ( sfx: toilet flusush ) get your together with rid-x.

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to vote yesterday even though we were here yesterday and we have spoke to some people here nine, ten hours waiting. they didn't see any officials. the independent national electoral commission of nigeria. so they thought today they would have a chance to vote but they have still not seen any officials today. some voters say they have spoken to some officials who told them to be patient. it is coming up to it is almost 11:00 here and some already waiting three, four hours and they don't understand -- i believe we just had an about motion here. i'm not sure what happened. there have been instances of violence.i'm not sure what happ. there have been instances of violence. some voting exercises were disrupted. it is not clear if that was gunshots or just another explosion. but that is the tense attitude you see here with people waiting to vote and not sure if they will be officials of the

independent national electoral commission coming here to allow them to vote. as many told us yesterday, they want to make a statement with their vote. >> gosh, larry, yeah, you can feel the tension there. hopefully everyone is okay and that wasn't a gunshot. maybe just a car backing up or something. so talk to me about those disruptions. i mean, could they affect the turnout and the outcome? >> reporter: so there is two scenarios here. one nigerian organization data has done some number crunching and they said in a low turnout scenario, that benefits a third party today. a lot of people are fans of him who is a governor of youth. but there is background here. in the 2019 election, only a third of nigerians came out to vote. so turnout is something to watch. but there are reported cases of

violence in some parts of the country and some voting materials disrupted, people carting them away, people not allowed to vote. i'm not sure that it is a pattern enough to affect the outcome of the election. they have not seen it so wide spread that it invalidates the entire outcome. but this is the biggest election in africa. >> and throughout these elections, you've been talking to plenty of voters of course, you've talked about how insecurity in the economy are major issues. but what other factors are driving people's votes? >> reporter: insecurity is top of people's minds. nigeria has a big insecurity problem. there is islamic insurgence that the president promised to deal with. and kidnapping is also a major issue that regular nigerians

deal with. the economy has taken a huge beating. unemployment. those are things that are on the top of people's minds. but one analysis says that it all comes down to religion and ethnicity for some people, so they think about who comes from what religion and one party. not sure what is happening here, but those issues come up a lot in these elections. >> plenty of issues for whoever takes over the presidency to tackle. we'll have to leave it there. but appreciate the reporting out there, larry madowo in lagos, thanks so much. this month's devastating earthquake hit during an election year in turkey and the government is under intense pressure to rebuild. it says work is already under way on new homes for quake victims. nada bashir reports experts warn rebuilding too fast do scould sp a new disaster.

>> reporter: with hundreds of thousands displaced as a result of the earthquake, almost three weeks ago now, the turkish government is facing mounting pressure to provide long term solutions. and according to the authorities work is already under way in at least two districts. excavation work has already begun for the construction of more than 800 homes for those that have lost their houses, their apartments as a result of that earthquake. and the government has pledged to rebuild the area within a year across southeast turkey. but this has drawn some criticism, union of engineers and architects say that this is too hasty, there needs to be more preparation and investigation done in order to ensure that these new homes won't face a similar risk when it comes to confederate earthquake. others have also faced criticism over the fact that turkey is still experiencing aftershocks, more than 8,000 have been reported since that earthquake

including a powerful 6.3 magnitude aftershock recorded on monday. now, of course there are hundreds of thousands of people who are desperately in need accordinged accord to the autho. and there are still families homeless. and we visited some of the areas impacted by the earthquake. and including the hardest hit provinces. and the need there is significant and the u.n. has warned that this is only going to grow. there will only be more and more people in need of these long term solutions. in this stage many are housed in camps, but the turkish government has plans under way to provide containers where people will be able to stay for a longer period of time. we've seen cruise ships now hosting people who have been displaced. but for those who have lost everything, there is a growing sense of frustration, a growing essential of anger, questions of

whether the government was prepared for a catastrophe of this scale and has aid reached people quick enough. and president erdogan's government is facing significant amount of pressure to provide the long term solutions as quickly as possible. but of course there are real concerns about how safe it is in practical terms. nada bashir, cnn, turkey. and some soldiers who don't call ukraine home are risking their lives for the embattled nation. and still ahead, cnn gets exclusive access to foreign volunteers who talk about their war of choice in ukraine. stay with us. even the most chill of parents know when it's time to go into protect mode. nothing kills more viruses on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. ♪

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an american army veteran who owned his combat skilled in afghanistan has been killed in ukraine. andrew peters from wisconsin died on february 16, he was part

of ukraine's international legion, a unit of foreign citizens fighting the russians. his parents say he was well liked, a strong sense of right and wrong and wanted to help ukrainians liberate his country and they are proud of his bravery and sacrifice. details of his death weren't released. many russians take a stand against the war by putting distance between themselves and their homeland. hundreds of thousands are believed to have fled russia to avoid immobilitization. ro rosa flores met a couple who led them here to the u.s. >> reporter: michael and nellie loved life in russia, with their two boys mark and phillip. >> life was good. >> reporter: but the world turned upside down last september when vladimir putin declared the first draft since world war ii, drafting men michael's sage. >> i don't want to kill innocent

people of ukraine. they are protecting their territories and homes. >> reporter: michael thourt ab thought about his own family. >> i was afraid for my boys and my family. >> was that your biggest fears? >> one of my biggest fears of course. >> reporter: at the time, fear spread quickly in russia. wives and mothers wailed as their loved ones were forced to go to war and thousands of russians fled to neighboring countries to avoid the draft. the backup at the russian border seemed endless. turns out many of them were headed to america. in fact the number of russians encountered at the u.s. southern border has nearly tripled since putin imposed the draft from about 1600 russians in august 2022 the month before the draft to more than 4500 in january 2023. >> so this is russia, this is the bus station. >> reporter: and fearing michael could be drafted at any moment, they separated. >> praise god it was just

temporary. >> reporter: michael left russia first to kazakhstan by bus. and a week later nellie and the boys joined him. >> my favorite moment. so happy to see them. >> reporter: and they traveled by train to uzbekistan where they excellent on the floor of an apartment they shared with friends for more than a month, but they were nervous because uzbekistan is a country that can be friendly to russia. and then they learned some of their russian friends were entering the u.s. >> they crossed the border from mexico to the united states. it happened to one family and then to another family. and we started to pray. >> reporter: in late november, with guidance from a u.s. nonprofit organization, they arrived to new mexico. >> this is video of our apartment. >> reporter: which is across the border from south texas.

there michael says up to 700 russians were waiting for their own chances to enter the u.s. legally. >> all the people there were against the war. that was the reason why they left russia. this is the day when we crossed the border. >> reporter: and in january after 40 days of waiting there, they say u.s. immigration authorities allowed them to enter the u.s. legally under something called humanitarian parole. which allows them to seek asylum while in the u.s. their first weeks in america, they were hosted by pastors like this family in austin, texas where nellie celebrated her 27th birthday. ♪ and the entire family celebrated being free and safe together. they are in washington station settling into a russian speaking christian community and they say that they plan to seek asylum,

but for now, their future in the united states is still uncertain as you know, it will be up to an immigration judge to determine whether asylum is granted or denied and right now they say that their biggest fear is that they could still be deported back to russia. rosa flores, cnn, houston. still much more to come here on "cnn newsroom." a key drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is in short supply. we'll explain how the scarcity is impacting those who need it. please stay with us. how could you? wake up p to a new you. with mucinex nightshift, it's not cold and flu seasason. it's a always comeback season.

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clara pitts is from a musical family. >> let's go ahead, just this section right there -- ♪ >> reporter: she studies hard at piano -- >> i've been using this spreadsheet since eleventh grade. >> reporter: a high school senior with a heavy load of ap and honors classes, clare's dream, to get accepted at nearby brigham young university. these pills have helped a lot. adderall. because clara has adhd. she started taking adderall in the tenth grade. >> as soon as i got my medication i started getting 100% on every test to the point my teacher forgot later in the year that i'd ever struggled. >> reporter: she won a national merit scholarship. then a few months ago, just before exams, right when her byu application was due, she got this text from her mom, rebecca, who was at the pharmacy. "there's some manufacturer shortage and they don't have any. i don't know what to do.

honestly i'm just sitting here crying because i can't get uv's meds." >> i spent several hours calling, i think, eight pharmacies. i felt really emotional about it in that first week or two, that strangely i had failed my child, even though i wasn't my fault. it was hard to tell her and try to help her to understand, we won't be getting this medication any time soon. and i felt scared for what that would mean for her as a senior. >> reporter: clara is one of many americans impacted by recent widespread drug shortages. of cancer drugs, antibiotics, pain medicines. and since last fall, adderall. the fda says one reason is that demand for adderall has increased from 35.5 million prescriptions in 2019 to 45 million last year. plus some companies that make adderall tell the fda they've had shortages of an active ingredient or supply constraints. another company just says "other" as a reason for limited supply.

the fda telling cnn, "manufacturers are working to meet the demand and the fda is helping with anything we can do to increase supply." the fda doesn't give many details about what's gone wrong or how they're going to fix it, and experts who study drug shortages say that's part of the problem. >> i think transparency is extremely important. it's really difficult to be able to anticipate and let alone come up with meaningful solutions if you don't know what the problem is. >> reporter: clara did get a prescription for a different adhd medication, but she says for her, it's not the same. in the meantime, her hard work at school has paid off. >> i am happy to offer you admission to brigham young university. >> reporter: acceptance at her first choice college. >> i'm going to be a cougar, mom. i'm so glad. >> reporter: thrilled but still hoping to get adderall to help her through it. one of the things that adderall has in common with some of these other drugs that are in shortage is that it's not terribly expensive.

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