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you watching here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," the u.s. is sending more aid and military hardware to ukraine but one key weapon isn't included. a look at how this could affect the spring offensive. plus -- surfing during a hail storm in california. some of the extreme weather hitting parts of the west. meanwhile, other places could see as much as eight feet of snow this weekend, and rising prices apparently aren't going anywhere soon. a key indicator, rising in the past month. a look at what that means for consumer. >> announcer: live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. as russia's war on ukraine wenters year two, president vladimir putin is now claiming the west is trying to destroy russia and break it up.

putin made those remarks in an interview on russian television saying he had proof of those plans. president biden said recently the u.s. isn't plotting to attack russia. all this as russian forces stepped up attacks along the front lines. the most ferocious fighting remains around the city of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. ukraine claims a similar number of russian troops tried and failed to surround the city. lauding heroic efforts of the embattled troops by the ukrainian president. >> translator: to all of those who defended our positions in donetsk, the result in the east is necessary for us to have results in all other areas. >> ukraine's military says its

def defense ive positions have been firing four caliber munitions fur the city and an american army veteran is among the latest army many members who lost his life in the war. since the war began the biden administration provided ukraine with billions of dollars worth of military aid, but it's been a hard "no" on sending ing advanced fighters jets, at least for now. we have the details. >> reporter: president biden said that he is ruling out for now sending advanced american fighter jets to ukraine, despite ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy asking for those jets as the country braces for an offensive from russia in the comes weeks or months. now, president biden spent the week saying 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 season's military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks. he need ar ttimarks -- highmarks and what he needs going into the spring, summer and fall. >> he doesn't need f-16s? >> no. he doesn't need f-16s according to our military to provide f-16s. >> but you're not ruling it out. >> i am for now. >> reporter: president biden is facing increasing pressure to provide advanced weaponry to ukraine but this ask that been a controversial one over concerns it would escalate the conflict. now, the administration has said they will stand by ukraine and 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 tracking all of this for us in london. so selma, the u.s.' refusal to send jets to ukraine, how could that impact the spring offensive? >> if you ask president biden, kim, it won't at all. he does not believe ukrainian troops and forces need the fighter jets at this time, but that doesn't mean president zelenskyy is going to stop asking for them. in fact, his wish list is growing by the minute. he wants long-range artillery, air defense systems, ammunition, wants those fighter jets. he met with republican lawmakers a few days ago to hand over that wish list and even when he gets a "no" it doesn't mean he stops

campaigning. so far billions of dollars in aid have been pledged to help ukraine win this fight. the u.s. alone, more than $110 billion pledged, $2 billion just on friday, to mark the one-year anniversary of the conflict. the thing to keep in mind here, when talking about these enormous numbers and never-ending wish list from kyiv, this is a military, ukraine's army largely outdated. difficult weapons to maintain and resupply. what nato is trying to do now actively in the middle of a war bring that army up to date and give it a qualitative advantage over moscows very large fighting force. what were president zelenskyy points to making these requests is that he has been able to make gains on the ground. remember, ukraine forces in the latter half of last year were able to fight back russian troops, regain a great deal of territory. russia holding just about 17% of

ukraine land, but in places absolutely struggling to hold the line, kim. take bakhmut, for example, a flashpoint city in the east. commanders say they don't have the means to fight back moscows troops and asking from tanks, long-range artillery, planes, more ammunition and, of course, we they much is on the way and that's the other thing to keep in mind here, kim, is the lag time. in is a lag time between when something is promised by western nations, by western leaders, and how long it takes for ukraine's troops to actually be trained on, for example, the leopard tank and see those make an impact on the battlefield is time is absolutely of the essence talking about the spring offensive and that russia will ramp up attacks in the comes weeks and months. take a step back and look at the bigger picture. beginning of the conflict, unfathomable some of these weapons would be sent to kyiv by

western leaders very concerned about further aggravating this conflict, further escalating this conflict, we, the nuclear superpower that is russia, very much that calculation is changing and very much a u.s. and its partners preparing to send ever more advanced weapons to those ukraine front lines. >> appreciate it. from london. more on the meeting in india. most finance ministers of the g20 agree and russia and china don't support it part of the statement said the war was "causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the economy, growth, disrupting supply chains heightening energy and food insecurity and elevating financial stability risks." well, from a heat wave 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 and in some areas could reach 90. that's 15 to 20 degrees above normal for this time of year. the severe storms are possible from texas to illinois. according to the storm prediction center, a significant damaging wind event is expected in the texas panhandle, and into much of oklahoma and southern kansas. kind gusts more than 75 miles an hour possible as well as strong tornadoes. now, this as a rare winter storm brought historic snow, dangerous flooding and blizzard conditions to southern california. have a look at this. >> i've been driving for, like, 16 years, but i've never seen it like this in california. i try to avoid it, or get around it, or beat it out. so -- i didn't think this much. >> the blizzard came out of nowhere. i-5 closed down and now we can't

leave. >> the storm also washed out roads and left drivers stranded in high water and heavy rain and lightning that prompted closure of all beaches in los angeles. have a look at this video just in to us here at cnn. >> here it goes! >> cnn affiliate kabc captured this rv falls straight into a river in valencia as the embankment eroded away. one of three rvs that fell into the river and a few miles north of that the problem was snow. we have a report. >> reporter: this is extremely rare for southern california. we have 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 that snow and the ice, but they continue to say it is extremely dangerous for many of the drivers. this is the highway that connects los angeles to san francisco, so they're 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 just don't know how to deal with this. 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 had been stranded and, again, authorities say if you can stay home, that's what you

should do. this could be historic for southern california, and we'll have to wait and see the totals in terms of the snow and the rain. reporting for cnn, from california. in the midwest federal teams going door-to-door in east palestine, ohio, to conduct health surveys weeks after that toxic train derailment. the white house officials say the teams are providing them with flyers and local resources and in a move directed by president biden. the federal government ordered all shipments of hazardous waste from the derailment to stop. this from texas and michigan complained they weren't told in advance the waste would be sent to their states for disposal. we have more on the controversial disposal plans for the hazardous material. >> reporter: role officials in the state of texas and michigan feeling ing frustrated. many recognizing they weren't

required to be known of the toxic materials dispersed in their communities would have liked to have known about it. 2 million gallons of water used to fight the fire after that february 3rd 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 found out about it while watching the news. that's a source of frustration. texas molecular the company hired to dispose of the dangerous material has over four decades of experience in this area. already on the way to a disposal facility in wayne county, michigan, until elected officials raised concerns about them not getting word from norfolk southern. as result, epa put a temporary

halt to the shipment to further review the disposal plan in place. officials from both states saying they have not reason to believe that this is not being handled safely. they nearly want to be informed. especially in a situation where information was difficult to come by during the early stages of this incident. the epa recognizes this hazardous material has to go somewhere to be disposed of, so long as it's safely handled. >> one thing that's been made clear to me is that everyone wants this contamination gone from the community. they don't want the worry, and they don't want the smell. we owe it to the people of east palestine to move it out of the community as quickly as possible. at the same time, i know there are folks in other states with concerns. legitimate concerns about how this waste is being transported and how it will be 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 the east palestine community and to hold norfolk southern accountable. >> the national transportation safety board out with a preliminary report on thursday which indicate the wheel bearing feeler was likely the cause of the derailment. ntsb adding last week that the crew was not to blame and saying that the incident was 100% preventible, 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. reporting for cnn, new york. u.s. inflation rises unexpectedly in january. ahead, we explain what's behind the surge in prices and how long the trend will likely last. plus a shake-up of the global economy courtesy of the

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unexpected inflation news, america's fight against surging prices is far from over. one of the feds saying inflation rose in january, ending a downward trend and the price index shows that inflation rose 0.6% in january and 5.4% since last year. now, since may of last ye the fed tried to cool down inflation by raising interest rates seven times. for more on this joining me now is ryan patel, a senior fellow at the drucker school of management graduate school and joins me from los angeles. thanks for being with us. so what do you make of those numbers? >> well, the thing that most people are echoing, let me be

clear, more work needs to be done, and when the fed says it, when other people are saying it because of the numbers what that means is that we're not seeing any kind of impact of what the r this has done all of last year. takes time but economists looking at it it's not showing up in the job market. job market is hot and harder to bring down than they thought. so with that, equals more rate hikes are going to be coming. >> so what is it exactly that is driving this inflation, then? is it hard to tell? >> well, it is. i mean, it's a multitude of things. let me take a couple things in there, when you think about, the strong job growth. right? think about rising wages which we see. right? other things, too. i mean, smaller data points, retirees got a raise in social security benefits 8.7% in january. largest cost of living they saw. it's a small thing but they add

up, and then another way i would say consumers are, one word to describe, resilient. more than most people given credit especially economists thinking of the spending it's there. and seen more debt as well being taken care of. total u.s. household debt hit a record $16.9 trillion, increase of 2.3% from the prior year. aspect that it, will it hit a crossroads at some point? it will, yes, but not seeing now in the numbers. >> weird thing. despite worry about the economy, you suggest consumer confidence growing, as you said, americans are still spending like crazy. despite the inflation. so how long can that continue? >> that is a great question. you know, i think when you look at how long it will continue lieutenant depend, actually, how strong the fed really looks at the next few meetings about higher, you know, increasing the

interest rate. this number alone, kim, i think, has undoubtably put the onus back on the fed to be more aggressive, but i don't think they were going to and that will increase the time how long this will affect for people to spend. higher interest rate goes up,iup, i obviously we'll see that. >> so hard. your take on this, trying to make sense where it's heading is tough. seem to be equal number of reports recession fears are growing and recession fears are fading? >> i think probably lean on, janet yellen and ims head came out recently saying they don't feel a recession in the u.s. because of the job market being so -- unemployment being so low. with that said, right, the things you should watch is, companies cutting further in jobs. right? companies, are we going to see that, push that factor,

recession fears. i don't know really that's the conversation where the mixed feeling of the job growth is there. spending is interesting. pay attention to the debt number as well. i think that also, the repaying of loans obviously mortgage loans taken out last year could creep up, too, when you see default loans being higher. >> we've been talking strictly about the u.s., but obviously don't operate in a bubble. what are the global numbers. europe, china? what do they tell you? >> yeah. you know, it's interesting. started the year people would say, well, kind of gloomy the last couple, you know, weeks. you've seen, again, imf, world bank and obviously china reopening as well has put that kind of, not fear to the side but that there will be growth going into this year. i think we'll see stronger demand especially because of china reopening up borders and supply chain and goods and services and raw materials. kim, i don't want to be a bearer of bad news, but the flip side of this, right?

also it could push, right, demand increasing and lack of supply, it just means could be higher interest rates. might be a little longer if i had to sum it up, what we see from data and global economy, yeah, i don't think interest rates will drop that quickly and inflation as well. just means we'll be here a little longer and get settled in for that. >> last 20 seconds. what advice do you have for the people out there who are watching? >> keep building your reserves. that savings. seeing numbers why people are spending, going into the reserves. six, seven months on average saved up and going into that. if i was listening, listening to me, try to save much as you can for that rainy day fund to keep building. it's not the time to spend on different thing us don't need. buy the things you need, not want. >> great advice as always. thanks for joining us. appreciate it. >> thank you, kim. well, many of the inflation problems here in the u.s. and be elsewhere can be pinned on the war in ukraine.

it's become an economic showdown between russia and ukraine's western allies with average consumers caught in the middle. looking back how that economic battle was fought and how it reshaped the global economy. >> reporter: russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine a year ago sparked an immediate economic dilemma in the west. how to punish a longstanding economic partner and major energy producer while minimizing turmoil at home. >> russia's unjustified aggression towards ukraine is an ongoing drug on growth. >> reporter: europe proved willing to take some pain as well as inflict it imposing sanctions on high-profile oligarchs and banks and its biggest source of export revenue. >> decided to have a ban now on de facto 90% of russian oil. >> reporter: that decision redrew the global energy map in a matter of months leaving the eu scrambling to find new energy

supplies. russia fought back cutting most of europe off from a vital gas pipeline. oil and gas prices and energy bills skyrocketed. at winter drew closer the race was on to store enough energy. storage targets were surpassed. at one point europe had so much natural gas prices in some countries dipped below zero and lng tankers unable to unload at ports. a major grain producer and the black seaports also sent food prices soaring up 14% in 2022 compared to the previous year according to the u.n.'s food and agriculture administration. >> this absolutely is crisis mode. what do you think is going to happen when you've taken a nation that normally grows enough food to feed 400 million people and you sideline that? >> reporter: yet after hitting multidecade highs last year inflation in the waste is

falling. scentral banks slowing aggressie rises and recession might be avoided. >> we are in uncharted territory. >> reporter: while sanctions have not stopped putin's war entering a second war forcing ukraine's allies to reckon now with the mounting cost of m military aid, western countries are. >> we are predicting less bets, not good. >> reporter: reporting for cnn, london. just ahead, have a look at this. you're seeing live pictures here from nigeria where millions have gron to polls to pick their next product. now the waiting begin as counting goes on and isn't you're seeing there angry they haven't been able to vote. a live report from lagos.

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political corruption. delays at multiple polling places throughout the country reported and a few isolated cases of violence. we go now to our reporter live in lagos, nigeria. anger and confusion among the people there behind you. explain where you are and why folks there are so frustrated. >> reporter: that's right, kim. one of two polling units in lagos and most of nigeria voted but folks here did not vote. some here from early in the morning and here until 10:00 p.m. and still didn't get a chance to vote. after 11:30 local and still have not heard from the independent electronic voter here in nigeria and hope that finally they'll hear from them and get a chance to vote, bought this has been an election, most hotly contested

election in nigeria's history and so many people, young especially galvanized to come out and vote and every single vote counts. talked to people in different parts of the city and this is what it was like. large crowds and long waits at several polling places across nigeria as millions of voters tried to cast their ballots in the country's high stakes presidential election. some people waiting for hours for election officials to show up or for polling places to arrive. the clock ticking down worried they would lose their chance to vote. >> we've been here. we want to vote. it is our right to vote! >> reporter: election officials say polls will remain open until everyone in line voted in places where election workers were staffed. >> we have determined that

nigeria should not be di disenfranchised so responding to rights. >> reporter: this include and makes parliamentary elections even more tense. what is africa's largest excess of democracy, many voted without incident, although there were reports of isolated violence. also great community spirit like this free barbecue for all at polling units. they want to change from the past eight years and the president who can't run again because of term limits. >> stuck having the same set of governance, you know, over us. we jut want something new. >> reporter: many voters want the new leader to make good on promises to keep the country safe from islamic terror groups

like boek cqueue has rhan. andcome andcomes down to those radio represent the party and another candidate popular with the youth. even in the smoothest of elections, it can take days. >> it's a painstaking slow process counting ballots one by one and showing everyone so everyone can be satisfied. >> reporter: counting is ongoing in a vote for many nigerians was a long time coming. this is how important they take this election. people who didn't vote here spent most of the day back here again hoping to have early

processing that they're ready. and mentioned here yesterday, back here today, charles, why? >> yeah. i'm back here today because yesterday i was here to -- to vote, and getting here with other persons that were here, some were voting, but voting 15, 16, couldn't vote because either, the official, people supposed to attend were not here. >> reporter: are you optimistic today you'll get to vote y. yeah,y >> yeah. but i saw it on the news, that those places that they couldn't vote yesterday, that they have issues that some of them are going to -- the opportunity to cast our votes today. >> reporter: you'll wait as long as it takes? >> yeah. i'll wait as long as it takes for me to vote today and believing that what we are

seeing, with the presence of the people around i don't know what the officials now are going to -- >> reporter: i have the to leave it there, charles. thank you so much. you see that level of commitment, kim, as long as it takes. takes another day, they'll be here. >> impressive to see and thanks so much for the on the ground reporting from lagos. appreciate it. jordan is hosting a meeting between israeli and palestinian officials today, in an effort to end the recent surge in violence. this comes days after the israeli military conducted a raid in the west bank which left at least 11 palestinians dead and nearly 500 wounded. cnn report on the devastation left behind. >> reporter: the winding narrow streets in this area looks like a war zone. bullet holes around dorpways, cars, rubble on the street. blood stains on the ground. aftermath of a rare daytime israeli military operation to

target three militants the israelis say were about to carry out imminent attacks. soldiers surrounding this home where militants were holed up refusing to give themselves up. massive firefight. israelis launching shoulder-fired rockets. this work lives right next door, still trembling, afraid to show her face saying soldiers warn people to go home and entered her house, she was questioned and warned her you'd hear explosions. >> we hid under our beds. we covered our ears. i can't tell you shue shocking it was. we saw death with our own eyes. we didn't expect to get out of this alive. >> reporter: locals and militants clashed with soldiers. the head of the red crescents said hundreds injured, many by live ammunition seemingly

falling from the sky including unarmed non-combatants. >> translator: this is the first time they invaded this time of the day. we consider rush hour in a densely populated area, at the main market in the city. >> reporter: that includes the father of this man. a nurse at the hospital who says he was treating wounded and was called into another room. a man was dieing from a bullet. but then -- father, father, he cries out, when he recognizes the body. >> translator: i came back to check two gin ju injuries i fel feeling something belongs to me is between the beds. i opened the second curtain and it was my father. in the beginning i didn't believe it. then i came closer. >> reporter: the israeli military acknowledging the situation was chaotic and messy. saying it was looking into

reports of unarmed civilians shot by their forces. carnage like this not seen since the days of the second intefadeh as residents here lost faith in the palestinian authority saying oath god can protect them. reporting for cnn. a new study analyzes images from the webb telescope making discoveries upending theories ar the origins of galaxies. we'll talk to a co-author straight ahead. please, stay with us. try bounce l lasting fresh dryer sheets. ♪ yeah! it's the sheet. ♪ bounce lasting fresh dryer sheets.

astronomers made a discovery using the james webb space telly scope that is so unexpected they're scratching their heads. it spotted six massive galaxies that existed between 500 million and 700 million after the big bang that created the universe

upending theories about galaxy. the surnt kun, began of small stars and dust that grew over time but the galaxies are so colossal scientists are reforced to think how galaxies formed and evolve ared. professor of astronomy and physics at yale university and co-author of a study that spotted those distant galaxies and joins us live from new haven, connecticut. thanks so much for being here with us. for context fou viewers, this is the largest optical telescope in space essentially designed pretty much for this purpose. investigate formation of the first stars and galaxies. then when you found these giant galaxies that shouldn't have grown so big so fast, what was your reaction? >> yeah. no. you gave an excellent summary, actually, of this. it was complete surprise. we were actually worried that

the webb, the early universe, kind of empty. that things started forming much later than, you know, the era that it's now unlocked. so to see that, these apparently mature galaxies when the universe really was in its infant stage was a complete surprise and the first thing, as always, are we right? you know? we spent a lot of time, months, to check our observations again and again, and then in the end were like, you know, we just have to, we have to publish this and see how it all develops, and see how we can make sense of it later. >> so then we're talking, how big these galaxies are. they all had masses of at least, or, what, 10 billion times, at least 10 billion times the mass of the sun. you said it creates problems for science. what are those problems? >> one analogy is, we think -- i have a 14-year-old and the

universe is 14 billion years old. so what we did basically was take pictures of a time when my son was 6 months old. right? you see pictures first time and expect to see a baby. what you see is toddler. what happened here? how did he grow up so fast? lite lite literally. so there's something we're not doing right clearly in modeling these galgalaxies. >> so how did he grow up so fast? any idea how this fast-tracking might have happened? >> not really at the moment, to be honest. i think most of my colleagues would say at the moment we'll assume they're wrong. you know? and see if this was all -- the issue is one of how much fuel is available to make galaxies. so at this early time, we didn't

think there was enough material around to have these galaxies already be that mature, but there are ways to fix it. you know? probably have super massive black holes at their centers and probably played some kind of role -- it's super exciting. we always love to see new things that we didn't expect and can't explain. that's why we're in this business. >> yeah. absolutely. you know, you just spoke of black holes. i wanted to ask you about this. you just discovered a massive black hole hurdling through space. how unusual is this and why do you think it's on the move? >> oh, yeah. there's a separate study that happens to come out at the same time. yeah. this is -- a completely unxpexpt discovery where the central black hole of a big galaxy was thrown out and is now hurdling through space. it's now 200,000 light years

from center of the galaxy it came out of. yeah. it's 20 billion -- 20 million times mass of our sun and it is wild. we're trying to study that now with the james webb space telescope and as well as other observations with other observatories, but, yeah. that's another thing. how do these black holes form in the centers of galliaxies and evolve over time. a lot we don't know. >> and how they go traveling through space? it's frightening as well gts it's not heading towards us. so don't worry. >> that's a good, a good note to end on. really appreciate it. so many mysteries in the universe we're just uncovering. thanks so much for your expertise, appreciate it. >> yes. pleasure, thank you. russia has sent a spacecraft to retrieve three stranded astronauts on the international

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