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jackson in washington. our news team is here and around the world, cal perry in western ukraine. kara lee outside the white house, lee anne caldwell on capitol hill. cam, what is happening where are you is driving so much of the decision-making and the discussion here in washington and it will drive what we hear from president biden tonight. more tax from russians and this question of the ukranian resistance we've seen and how long it can really last. give us a gut check. >> reporter: right. so, look, in the east we have heavy fighting. that is the story coming out of the east. in the northeast city of kharkiv, we continue to see what has been the heaviest bombardment this far. a little further to the west a and the capital, an important strategic strike killing six civilians, at least. on the ukrainian teleinvestigation tower. since that strike, no news in the hotel, ukrainian teleinvestigation is down. that is a beg deal for a country getting the news in large part through these stations, in addition to that you have a concern over the column of what is described as russian armour,