>> no and no. >> cecilia vega joins from us brussels. president biden making immediate global headlines with something else he said today as well, saying he supports removing russia from the g20? >> reporter: yeah, david, of course that group of the world's largest economies, the president saying he brought this up in the meetings that took place behind me here today, kicking russia out of the g20. he said if other member nations do not agree with that, the president wants to see ukraine invited to those g20 meetings. of course, russia was kicked out of the smaller group, the g8, in 2014 when it invaded crimea. kicking a nation out of the g20 would be unprecedented. clearly president biden wants to see putin isolated with whatever leverage remains. >> cecilia vega leading us off from brussels tonight, cecilia, thank you. >>> tonight here, our exclusive access to those nato forces conducting military exercises, including american troops right here in poland, right along the border with belarus. abc's martha raddatz with american soldiers,

let's get right to cecilia vega. i know the president is preparing to unveil the tough new sanctions against russia, and to discuss whether to increase troop levels. >> reporter: that will be a major topic. and the president has been presented with options that include the possibility of sending more troops into eastern europe or the possibility of having a permanent troop presence in the region. officials say that the president is adjusting troop levels accordingly. and they're talking about sanctioning high level government officials in moscow, and cracking down on countries that are helping russia escape the sanctions. we're talking about all of nato, all of the g7, all 27 eu countries here for these extraordinary meetings. >> cecilia vega, live in brussels. see you tomorrow. >>> we reported at the top about russian troops on the defensive outside of kyiv. being pushed back now by ukrainian forces. i want to bring in martha raddatz, live in warsaw. first of all, what do we know about the setbacks for the russians,

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cecilia vega standing by at the white house. >>> meantime, the immediate impact here at home. gas prices across this country. and tonight, president biden with a warning to the major oil companies here at home, not to take advantage of americans. what he said about price gouging in this moment. rebecca jarvis on that part of the story. >>> the u.n. with the new numbers tonight. more than 2 million refugees, the fastest-growing refugee crisis since world war ii. more than a million in poland. and marcus moore tonight takes us on a journey to the polish cuntryside. and what he witnessed. >>> back here at home tonight, florida's controversial legislation passing, sent to the governor tonight. critics call it the "don't say gay" bill. what it would prevent teachers from saying or doing. some asking, what about isolated or bullied children, who will they turn to? >>> a guilty verdict tonight in the first trial involving a january 6th rioter. the defendant's own son playing a critical role in his father's conviction. the emotional scene and what the son's mother is saying tonight ab

first, let's get right over to abc's chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. she's in warsaw. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: yeah, hey, gio. good morning to you. it's a really busy day here, the final day of this high-stakes trip and want to show you video we're getting right now. this was a last-minute stop the president made a few minutes ago in this meeting with andrzej duda. putin could expand this war beyond ukraine. take a listen. >> the single most important criteria in this changing world is that nato stay absolutely, completely thoroughly united. >> reporter: and president biden today also planning to meet with refugees, poland taking in more than 2 million ukrainian refugees so far. he had said also that he wanted to cross over to the other side of the border, ukraine, and see this conflict for himself. the security concerns, obviously, too great for that. president biden coming face-to-face with the humanitarian crisis as a result of the war. >> the president is expected do give what the white house is calling a major address today before he heads back to washin

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i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega, cecilia, i know the president andew very well what the message would be here this morning and, in fact, they've been preparing for how they would respond to president zelenskyy. >> and, david, we will hear from president biden in just a few hours later this morning and he will be responding directly to some of these asks. on this no-fly zone that zelenskyy is begging for is pleading for right now, the united states, this white house, this entire administration and frankly most of congress is unanimous on this one, that that is not going to happen. press secretary jen psaki said as recently as yesterday essentially creating a no-fly zone means us shooting down russian planes and them shooting back at us. president biden said a no-fly zone would be tantamount to world war ii. what we will hear, the united states, this president offer. he just yesterday signed this bipartisan bill, more than $13 billion of humanitarian and military aid headed to ukraine. i am told by sources here about 800 million of that is going to be

cecilia vega is in warsaw this morning.fled ukraine. we are talking about more people than the entire state of connecticut or the city of chicago for perspective. the majority of them ending up right here in poland, and so this is where president biden is going to come face-to-face with this war. world leaders are warning of severe food shortages. a full-blown humanitarian crisis. while he is here, president biden is going to meet with the president of poland. he'll be meeting with american troops who are stationed here in this country working with our nato allies, and he told me he wants to meet with refugees face-to-face. the u.s. already giving hundreds of millions in aid for this humanitarian crisis, promising $1 billion more. all part of this united front, allies in a show of force against russia. this morning president biden with european allies making a big promise that could help them and hurt moscow saying the u.s. will ramp up shipments of gas to europe so countries are less dependent on russian oil. >> putin's ha

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cecilia vega asking about the fighter jets. she's at the white house. >>> and martha raddatz tonight and what her sources are telling her. why zelenskyy likely wants those fighter jets right now. what they're seeing on the ground. >>> more than 1.7 million refugees now escaping ukraine, including up to 800,000 children. matt gutman in ukraine tonight with the extraordinary story of the orphans. >>> here at home, the deadly school shooting at a high school in des moines. what we've learned. >>> we're also tracking severe storms tonight from alabama all the way up into the northeast. damaging winds from atlanta to washington, d.c., philadelphia to new york. and the deadly tornado in iowa. they now believe it was an ef-4. winds up to 170 miles per hour. >>> good evening and it's great to start a new week with all of you at home. and we begin tonight with the abc news exclusive, our interview with president zelenskyy of ukraine. his plea for help tonight from the u.s. and nato. what he says he needs most right now. and it comes ami

. >> cecilia vega live at the white house tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> tonight, our martha raddatz has learned why president zelenskyy so desperately wants those fighter jets right now. what they're seeing on the ground with the russians inside ukraine. so, let's bring in martha tonight. martha, why the jets right now? >> reporter: well, david, a senior official telling me tonight that zelenskyy urgently wants fighter jets because the russians are now massed into heavily fortified areas outside of some of these cities and shelling them rather than sending large numbers of troops inside the cities and if the ukrainians had more war planes, they could bomb these fortified areas to try to stop the indiscriminate shelling, which the official said is how the russians intend to destroy ukraine. david? >> martha raddatz with us here tonight. martha, thank you. >>> we will have much more of our interview with president zelenskyy on a special edition of "nightline" and the extended interview, he talks about the nuclear fears inside ukraine

our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is in brussels, has the latest for us. nato leaders heard from president zelenskyy just moments ago. >> reporter: yeah, t.j., good morning to you. he addressed this group virtually. the meetings still going on behind me. it's an emergency session basically called at the last minute to get all the allies in the same room to discuss these next steps against moscow. president biden is going to announce new sanctions, targeting russian elites including 30 on members of russia's lower parliament. go after countries including china that could help russia evade some of these sanctions. we're learning that the president is going to announce that the u.s. will take up 100,000 ukrainians. it will provide more than a billion dollars in humanitarian aid as well as food, shelter, medical supplies, on top of the nearly $300 million in aid they've already given. t.j., it's a jam-packed day, back-to-back meetings. before a press conference. the president then heading to poland. >> yes, and that press conference, folks can catch it here. w

i want to bring in martha raddatz, steven ganyard and chief white house correspondent cecilia vega. lia, biden plans to ramp up the pressure again today. >> reporter: yeah, george. certainly this remains top at the white house today. the president will be in the situation room later this morning. he is meeting with allies from japan, australia and india, to keep talking about this crisis. they levied another round of sanctions. this one blocking technology and equipment that russia needs for oil and gas protection. they are going after companies that are critical in making russian defense weapons. they are hitting neighboring belarus, cutting them off from entities that support belarus' military. and going after oligarchs that are starting to shift to cryptocurrency, trying to circumvent the sanctions. this was a really big deal, and the president was asked about war crimes and the possibility of them. he says he believes it's too early to tell, but he says the russians are targeting civilian areas. >> thank you, cecilia. let me go to martha. the president is holding the line for zel

chief white house correspondent, cecilia vega, and cecilia, we saw the president call vladimir putinar criminal right there. he's not giving president zelenskyy everything zelenskyy wants, but he is stepping up the u.s. aid. >> reporter: yeah, and this aid is a big deal this morning. the president outlining that yesterday. george, let me show you what it includes. it includes many of these weapons that zelenskyy directly asked for, hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles, we're talking about thousands of anti-tank systems and also learning that the u.s. is providing ukraine with 100 switchblade drones. let me tell you about these. these are the so-called kamikaze drones because they can fly directly into a target, say a tank and the drone is destroyed and explodes. they're very small. they're easy to transport and they're easy to use which is really important at this point in this war because the ukrainian army needs these weapons fast and they don't have time for extensive training. the administration right now as we were saying very much focused on getting these weapons to ukraine but,

in a moment, we'll hear from vice president kamala harris, and chief white house correspondent cecilia vega starts us off. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: good morning to you. no doubt president biden delivered this speech last night to a divided nation, one that is frustrated with covid and very worried about inflation, but when he called on the world to save democracy in the face of a common enemy vladimir putin, president biden has seen something he has rarely seen since taking office, unity on both sides of the aisle. in his state of the union address, president biden vowing to fight for democracy, and make russia pay for the war against ukraine. >> he's thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. he badly miscalculated. >> reporter: wearing blue and yellow, ukraine's colors and waving flags and wearing pins. and saluting ukraine's ambassador with a standing ovation. >> we will join allies in closing off american airspace to all russian flights, further isolating russia, and adding additional sanctions on the economy. he has no idea what's coming. >> reporter: at home, he a

chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is tracking the latest. morning, cecilia. >> reporter: hi, george. good morning to you. china has yet to join this outcry over russia's invasion, refusing to condemn moscow. today these talks you mentioned, the first talks, high-level talks between the white house and beijing since this war started and it comes with this twist. we're learning this morning that russia asked china for military support and other aid for this invasion. that is really concerning for the west and could be a real blow to these ukrainian forces if indeed this happens. now, sullivan says that the white house is closely monitoring the situation to see what if any kind of aid china does provide. he says the white house is not going to stand by and allow china to compensate russia for losses from the sanctions. and george, sullivan is issuing a real clear warning here, he says there absolutely will be consequences for any kind of large-scale support to help moscow work around these sanctions, george. >> thank you. president xi is one of

i want to bring in cecilia vega tracking all this with me. she's live at the white house.he has to walk a fine line on this one. you heard him say this is another powerful blow to putin's war machine. really, there was this growing narrative in the last few days that the administration wasn't doing everything in its power to deliver another painful blow to russia's economy. this was a major tool in the president's tool belt that they had been hesitant to use. there are a number of european allies who can't go this far. we found out the uk is announcing its plans to phase out russian oil. we're still talking about a long way down the road. this is going to take a long time for them to do because of this dependency they have on russia's oil supply. the white house was pressured to do this. there were pleas from volodymyr zelenskyy to do this. you heard the president say americans are going to feel this. they're trying in this administration to figure out ways to use alternative energy. the president was talking about releasing oil reserves. also, this trip that officials her

our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is in brussels with what we can expect from the president'sp. cecilia, good morning. >> reporter: hi, whit. good morning to you. the president arrives here in brussels later tonight. in that meet it will enda we're talking about an absolutely extraordinary summit there at nato headquarters. this was not something previously scheduled and this was called as a direct result of what is happening in ukraine. we are talking, let me tell you, about all of nato, all of the g7. all 27 leaders of eu countries are going to be at this summit. their goal right now, a show of force and unity against the kremlin, but what they also have, some very serious business to take care of talking about what steps they will take next. president biden expected to announce tough, new sanctions, and he also will be discussing military aid to ukraine and nato troops in the region. you mentioned after brussels he then heads to poland where he is expected to announce more aid for those millions of refugees that we are seeing in that country. also visiting with american tro

our chief white house rrespondent cecilia vega has a preview for us.ood morning, cecelia. >> reporter: hi, robin. good morning to you. given the president's low poll numbers, this is not the speech his team wanted him to be giving tonight. ukraine will be a big part of the message. you'll hear biden talk about the democratic values in the face of russian aggression. you're going to hear him talk about leading allies coming together for the harsh sanctions against moscow. you will hear what they are trying to do to minimize the hit on people's wallets at home. state of the union speeches are usually a time for the president to tick off accomplishments for the past year, but right now, president biden tonight, finds himself giving this first one as a wartime speech. robin? >> he also has to find a way to address the economic pain we're feeling at home. and he comes in with those historically low approval ratings you're preferring to. >> reporter: you're right. only 37% of people are happy with the job that he's doing right now, so inflation, how much peo

chief white house correspondent cecilia vega has the latest.d morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. the white house is increasingly concerned right now that china -- about china's potential involvement in this crisis. the president's top national security adviser jake sullivan in a seven-hour meeting in rome yesterday with his chinese counterpart, a major issue right now this news that moscow requested military equipment and other aid from beijing, china said to be considering that request. this meeting with sullivan was described as intense with sullivan delivering a direct warning to china that they'll face significant consequences if it goes through and helps russia, though the white house is not right now spelling out publicly what those consequences will be. we are also learning about president zelenskyy addressing congress virtually tomorrow. he has been pleading with the united states to do more. the united states so far offering ukraine more than $1.2 billion in aid in the past year but, george, so many in congress ramping