[000:00:00;00] ah ah, this is the w news live from poor, then you as president joe biden vows resolve and confronting the challenge from vladimir tooth read united states to merger, stand with your cranium, people throughout our history. we've learned this lesson. when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they caused more chaos. loudon announces further measures to punish russia for its attack on ukraine and pledges to defend nato allies in his 1st state of the union

address. biden's speech comes as russia steps up. it's attacked on the crime in the capital, keith air strikes, if the maintain detail and knocking out some broadcasts. and in the 2nd largest city hoc keith at an attack leaves death and destruction in its way. ah, i'm anthony howard. welcome to the program. you as president joe biden says the united states and its allies are standing united in the face of brush as aggression to ward you cry. and he's 1st state of the union address to lawmakers, biden said the ukrainians fight was an inspiration to the world. and that russian president vladimir putin was now more isolated than ever. he pledged the u. s. would defend its nato allies,

but again said that us forces would not get involved in the fighting matter. marriage is of love us endless. william glue croft is with me in the studio to break things down. william, you're watching the speech with me. it wasn't long before bought. and teddy's attention to ye crying and very much addressing the room as the commander in chief . yeah, it was definitely that the top line that had to be right. i mean, this is a huge war that's looking to up and european security looking to up and a lot of, of the way we've known life to be for at least the last 30 years. and the post cold war last 80 years since world war 2. so this is a huge, huge issue that joe biden, of course, has to confront, has been confronting the last, ah, many weeks and months. and he had some tough talk to say to vladimir putin. i think we have a quick, a clip of, of him having a message to the rest. president foods lead his attack on ukraine was premeditated

and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the western nato wouldn't respond. he thought i could divide us at home in this chamber in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well, but put was wrong. we are ready, we are united, and that's what we did. we stayed united. we prepare extensively and carefully. we spent months building coalitions, mother, fredy, love of nations in europe, and the americas tit for america to the asian and african continents. to confront putin, like many of you, i spent countless hours unifying your european allies. we shared with the world in advance, what we knew put was planning and precisely how we would try to falsify and justify his aggression giovanni's 1st state of the union address with him. also announcing, getting specific on the toughening of sanctions, the asked russia,

i think it's accurate to say he's the sanctions commander in chief. we should be careful. you not commander chief because america is not at war. and we need to be really careful with where we draw those lines a given the perilous state of affairs right now. but yes, sanctions are the go to tool. really, the only tool that the united states and its allies can have short of military force, which is not gonna use directly, although it has me a lot of pledges to humanitarian aid to military aid, including heavy weapons. now for a long time, as the question of so called defensive weapons, it's a bit of a, of a murky definition of what a defensive weapon is, versus the non defensive weapon. but we're talking about real heavy weapons, getting them to ukraine, forces if they can get them. they are given the, the real a violence situation on the ground. and talking about a closing air space to russian, commercial aircraft over the nice day, something that are all of the e. u has already done. i'm sure there's gonna be a tit for tat with russia,

probably closing its air space to american airlines. and the question is, how much will russia suffer in how quickly and how much blowback, whether be on the u. s. and other allies? because obviously there are economic partnerships here, this financial partnerships here, the u. s. in the you are banking on that they have enough money and enough cushion enough support to be able to protect their consumers and their voters in ways that russia can't. and we've already seen the rubel crash or seen the, the moscow stock market, or the russian stock market closed. we seen runs on the banks and these kinds of things, an important domestic topic for the president. how he seen a tune that the issue of rising inflation in the us had a jo bought and go about reassuring the american public. that while the economy is strong, the cost of living scaling. right. and americans are not all convinced that the economy is strong, although there has been good economic data since by to became president. economy is just as much about how someone feels and any kind of factual numerical data had a you can see on a piece of paper. and that's a minute by to really try to push home because the economy is so important to

winning elections and so important as variability rating as it is for any president or any political leader, really. and inflation has been very difficult already before the russian invasion of ukraine gas prices going up, food prices going up. these kinds of things really hitting the pocket books of average americans. and joe biden has to assure americans that whatever action they take against russia, there will be a safety net there. so americans don't feel and i think we also have a clip of that of something that joe biden was saying to his, his voters. the panic also disrupted with global supply chain factories close. when that happens, it takes longer to make good and get them to the warehouses to the stores and go prices go up, look at cars last year. one 3rd of all the inflation was because of automobile sales. there weren't enough semiconductors and make all the cars that people wanted to buy. and guess what precious automobiles went way up,

especially used vehicles as well. and so we have a choice, one way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make america's poor. i think i have a better idea to fight inflation. lawyer cost natur wages let me make more corps and semiconductors in america. more infrastructure and innovation in america. more goods moving faster and cheaper in america. more jobs were, you know, a good living in america is suddenly light on foreign supply chain. let's make it in america. woods of the u. s. president. when glucose there was a lot to digest, thanks for guiding us through gibbons,

1st state of the union address. thank you. turning to the situation on the ground in g cry. now russian forces are intensifying their attacks on the capital keith and the country. second city hockey in the east, with a massive convoy of russian military vehicles positioned on the road to keep residents fear. an all out assault is looming. president border. miss lensky has been appealing to the u. s. and european leaders to stop brought us assault. he also accused moscow of committing war crimes. after the latest weight of a strikes a russian missile strikes a tv tower and keys in her cave, a government building goes up in flames. both attacks killed people. russia is ramping up its assault on ukraine. as a 60 kilometer long, russian convoy of armored vehicles closes in on the capital. thousands of

ukrainians still desperately trying to flee. though, staying behind a facing the horrors of war washing. maybe we had a fight at 5 am. is the color the be the most? we were retreating and near us a meter away from me. it was a mine blue of my friend's arms and legs, little green and white. i tried to save him. i pulled him away, but he didn't make it. yeah, your demo them. who knows excellent follows why you're warmer ukraine's president valona me. zalinski has asked nato to set up a no fly zone and has also applied to join the european union. what a messiah fighting post is of suzanne, and just for our land. and for our freedom. another should

diesel with, by defining human santa all large cities of our country are now blocked the world. we are facing the problem all soon to be equal members of europe, diaz. i believe that good to day we book. so we'd like to be showing everybody. that's exactly what we are used to do, prove that you are with us. so when i do prove it, you will not let us go. it was an impassioned plea for help. as the political discussions continue, the ukrainian fighting spirit remains strong chimneys, foreign minister and the lena bear boxes, rushes attack on the crime is also an attack on the rules based international order for global security. speaking at an emergency session of the un general assembly in new york,

she said russia had been lying about its intentions towards ukraine. and she said that when it comes to war or peace, countries could not simply stand by and remain neutral. russia swore is one of aggression and it's based on life. this war is not only about ukraine, not only about europe, but about all of us. russia as war marks, the dawn of a new era. it's a watershed moment. it requires each and every one of us to take a firm and responsible decision. and to take a side. the united nation says more than 660000 people have now fled ukraine. since the invasion began with the majority crossing over into poland, only occasionally do you see some ukrainians travelling in the other direction, men who were out of harm's way returning to defend their homeland as d,

w max santa reports shamika, the train station is no place to stay, those who can keep on going in land and away from the border. not these men. they are heading in the other direction. oh, i'm not risking anything a month on the road. you need all, jack your mam. how could i live with myself and stay here? in a scratch to play, sir gay has a wife and 2 daughters in ukraine, leaving his job in poland and returning home to ukraine to fight was not a hard choice for him. nor dollar bill i was just in shock. mow my yard, you not to which us door more. my family was home. my wife called me when you and i could hear the bombings over the phone for stella. for now. your girl. she's got on the ball with patricia. he has a bullet proof vest and 2 helmets organized by his friends. i ask him if he thinks they are going to keep him safe, let you know. no, no,

sir. i am going to put it on and i'm going to shoot russians until i find out what you're watching. you. tough talk to cope with the situation. sir. gazed scared. he tells us who would be on the platform. the train to warsaw is expected. any minutes here? we meet katerina, she just arrived from ukraine in my city, i have mother and grandmother and they're, they're probably can still hear my father trained to defend us. well, i wasn't proud of him and of course, and hurries like most ukrainian men. her father had to stay and fight. the 21 year old is moved, the volunteers returning to ukraine to join her father's wrecks. i admire their etiquette and courage, like us said, they're going from other countries to our country to defend it, and that's admirable. their time has come together with his comrades.

sergei makes his way to the bus. he doesn't know if he will ever come back. but for now, there is only one thing on his mind. defending the homeland from the russian invasion the international criminal court in the hague says it is launching an investigation on the situation in ukraine following brushes, attack. the chief prosecutor says there is reason to believe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed. neither of the 2 countries are members of the i, c, c, but ukraine has accepted the court's jurisdiction in the past. russia for its path, does not recognize the courts or 30 and with that, you're up to date. a coverage of the russian invasion of the crank continues in the next hour here on the live channel. the website, of course, is a great place for updates at any time of the day. you can find that at d. w, news, social channels. likewise,

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