mr. wolf, general council opt -- autonomous vehicle industry association. thank you for being here today. without objection, our witnesses' full statement will be included in the record. since your testimony has been made a part of the record, the subcommittee requests that you limit your oral testimony to five minutes. first ms. castex-tatum, you may proceed. >> good morning, chair norton, chair defazio, ranking member, and members of the subcommittee. i am houston's vice mayor pro tem on the southwest side of houston. i'm here today on behalf of the national league of cities to discuss our experiences with piloting autonomous vehicles. zero is the only acceptable number of deaths on america's roads. today we are losing far too many of our residents to dangerous roads in houston and across this country. and efforts to reduce fatalities must include every possible strategy, including autonomous vehicles. cities handle most aspects of public transportation, and that experience and authority equ

beuse and mr. wolf, what can autonomous vehicles provide, do you think, in rural settings like we're talking about here, very rural, you know, many miles between towns, et cetera? >> yes, congressman, did you for the question. i think you point out at the macro level sort of an issue with regulations that sometimes kind of go the wrong way. specific to avs, for example, when you look at the use case, i live, for example, i wouldn't consider myself necessarily rural, but it can take, let's say, a half hour to get an usual an uber or a lyft out there. av can balance that, that part of the population that doesn't get the magic of the service, as dara would say, are better served by something like an autonomous vehicle operating on the network. i think the issue is larger, though, right? the issue right now we have is in some states it's not clear. for example, in california, it's a flat-out prohibition on the testing and deployment of autonomous trucks. so until that gets fixed, we can't even start to addr

beuse and mr. wolf, what can autonomous vehicles provide, do you think, in rural settings like we are talking about here? very rural -- many miles between towns, etc. >> thank you for the question. i think you point out at the macro level sort of an issue with regulations that sometimes kind of go the wrong way. specific to avs for example, we look at -- i look at for example, i would consider myself -- not necessarily rule, but it could take half an hour to get lyft out there. you could think one of the uses for a visas kind of balance that. where that part of the population that doesn't get the magic of the service as -- with say, are better served by something like an autonomy's vehicle operating on an. i think the issue is larger though, right? the issue right now we have is in some space states it's just not particularly clear. for example, in california, the currently exists of [inaudible] probation on testing and deployment of autonomous trucks, and so until that gets fixed, we can't even start t

that being said, mr. wolfee development and deployment of the automated trucks is already raising questions for truck drivers about what the future of their profession would look like. many are wondering how the work will change and what new skills they will need. to help us kind of understand what the future would look like, can you describe the level of standardization between the various atvs as far as trucks and other technologies that are being developed by different manufacturers? for example if a trucker is trained to operate one of the trucks that aurora has developed with the skills be easily transferable to the drivers of a different manufacturer or technology? and what would the driver need, or what would the driver need to have separate or additional training? do we know that? >> thank you, congressman, for the question. happy to address it. i think may be the place to start is to understand that there are two different kinds of technologies here. the autonomous vehicle industry association we are w

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our coverage continues with mr. wolf blitzer. see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news, ukraine accuses of russia of genocide, blaming kremlin forces for the bombing of maternity and children hospitals that blasted two story deep. president zelenskyy says there are children under the wreckage of shattered walls and broken glass and burnt out cars. the attack takes into horror of a new level of wounded pregnant women and bloodstain beds and cribs where young patients once slept. >>> a chilling new warning of vladimir putin's plans. the white house now says russian forces may be preparing to use chemical or biological weapons in ukraine. our correspondents are in ukraine and other key locations as russia's brutal war heads into the third week. we want to welcome our viewers here and around the world. i am wolf blitzer and you are in "the situation room." ♪ tonight we are getting powerful new reaction to the bombing at children's hospital in southern ukraine. president zelenskyy claiming a while ago that the attack is proo

next we talk to one mr. wolfing news, the devastated ukrainian capital under curfew as russia steps up its deadly air assaults on residential areas and other civilian targets. we are getting new reports of children dead, residents trapped and widespread destruction across the country. as this humanitarian crisis deepens, nato is now set to convey a truly extraordinary meeting in brussels that president biden will attend, this hour, i'll ask the secretary of state antony

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our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. the new strikes in the western city of lviv, right near the poland border. i'll ask a top divorce to ukrainian president zelenskyy about situation on the

coverage continues, please, with one mr. wolf a place i like to call "the situation room" see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news, hellish scenes from the battle field as russian forces launch intense new strikes, shifting focus to eastern ukraine while continuing to pound kyiv and other major cities. tonight, the pentagon says it's not entirely clear what kremlin troops will do next as vladimir putin's war enters its sixth week. we're also learning more about putin's isolation now and whether it's being misled by his inner circle, president biden weighing in,

our coverage continues with mr. wolf blitzer.ing kremlin forces for the bombing of maternity and children hospitals that blasted two story deep. president zelenskyy says there are children under the wreckage of shattered walls and broken glass and burnt out cars. the attack takes into horror of

coverage continues, please, with one mr. wolf, right next door in a place i like to call "the situation room" see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news, hellish scenes from the battle field as russian forces launch intense new strikes, shifting focus to eastern ukraine while continuing to pound kyiv and other major cities. tonight, the pentagon says it's not entirely clear what kremlin troops will do next as vladimir putin's war enters its sixth week. we're also learning more about putin's isolation now and whether it's being misled by his inner circle, president biden weighing in, on how the foreign leader may be punishing advisers amid the military setbacks and possibly setting them under house arrest. our correspondents standing by on the frontlines in ukraine, with refugees in hungary and top officials here in washington, for cnn's live war coverage. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." we're following breaking news out of

our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." thanks for watching. i'll see you sunday morning. >>> happening now, breaking news, russia's war moves closer to nato territory, the new strikes in the western city of lviv, right near the poland border. i'll ask a top divorce to ukrainian president zelenskyy about situation on the battleground. >>> president biden warns the china's president, we're learning more about the talks and what happens next in this critical moment of vladimir putin's brutal assault on ukraine. >>> our correspondents are on the front lines in ukraine, poland and here in the u.s., for cnn's live war coverage. >>> we want to welcome our viewers here and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news. they have expanded their attacks to a key city on nato's doorstep. the united states trying to discourage china from helping russia. we'll go live to sam kiley in ukraine and phil mattingly at the white house in just moment. first, we have a new report from cnn's kristin fisher. >>

next we talk to one mr. wolf blitzer in ""the situation room"." >>> happening now, breaking news, the devastated ukrainian capital under curfew as russia steps up its deadly air assaults on residential areas and other civilian targets. we are getting new reports of children dead, residents trapped and widespread destruction across the country. as this humanitarian crisis deepens, nato is now set to convey a truly extraordinary meeting in brussels that president biden will attend, this hour, i'll ask the secretary of state antony blinken how much more the u.s. is willing to do to combat vladimir putin's aggression. stand by for that excludsive interview. our correspondents are on the front line and around the world. first cnn is having live coverage against ukraine. we want to welcome people in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer. you are in the "situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> an expanded 35-hour you can few is now in effect in the ukrainian capital, residents are hunkerin

our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." see you tomorrow. >>> happening now, breaking news. russia targets eastern ukraine's biggest market in fiery new attacks on civilians. president biden said putin is a murderous dictator as they double down owe accusing putin of war crimes and the horrors he may unleash next. and concerns about children being targeted after the bombing of a theater used as a shelter. but there is also a ray of hope. survivors are emerging from the wreckage alive. cnn is on the front lines in ukraine. our correspondents are also standing by in poland, here in the united states and as russia's brutal war enters a fourth week. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> this hour, the civilian death toll in ukraine is climbing and climbing. the united nations estimates more than 700 people have been killed including dozens of children. sam kiley is in the war zone and getting

our coverage continues with one mr. wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> happening now, breaking news. russia targets eastern ukraine's biggest market in fiery new attacks on civilians. president biden said putin is a murderous dictator as they double down owe accusing putin of war crimes and the horrors he may unleash next. and concerns about children being targeted after the bombing of a theater used as a shelter. but there is also a ray of

mr. wolfe was he will take care. do you foresee this turning into a protracted conflict? yes, i think the, the phones all back at the moment. neither if flush are going to let, this is the question again for ukraine, nor is ukrainian resistance to going going to crumble anytime soon. i think for as long as ukraine can hold out quarterly for a small go with western supplies will be getting in to support the ukrainian resistance and the smallest. thanks, capped off and put the b intensive part. i think we are in here for a really long and potentially quite, quite darkly and cloudy was in a funeral. if the issue is, how long can ukraine hold out? i mean, to put that question to you, how long can you great? hold on. i think it's very difficult to estimate executive or will this going to happen? i mean, through the ukrainians, i think have acted quite, quite cleverly in both the tactical and strategic sense. they have not engaged in any major battle with russia on open grounds. and i think it's also remarkable how strong the resistance has held up among disability and populati

mr. putin quite frankly, wolf, has always had this option.e to go in on the 24th of february. he left diplomatic options on the table. they are still there. so we hope he goats to the table and is serious about trying to find a settlement. but obviously whatever is decided would have to be decided between president zelenskyy and mr. putin. >> the pentagon press secretary, john kirby, thank you for joining us. >> yes. >>> the breaking news continues with the latest on the surging refugee crisis, more than 2.8 million people have now fled russia's war on ukraine. strypaper? luckily, there's biotrue hydration boost eye drops. biototrue uses naturally inspired ingredients. and no preservatives. try biotrue! nicorette knows, quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like: try hypnosis... or... quit cold turkey. kidding me?! instead, start small. with nicorette. which can lead to something big. start stopping with nicorette i'm gonna earn 3% on dining including takeout with chase freedom unlimited. that's a lot of cash back. are you gonna s

>> it's a very big message, wolf, because we're talking about what were mr. putin's strategic and operational objective? he is currently stalemated on the battle fields in the east and south of ukraine and as fred just pointed out, the battle in the north, around kyiv, was mr. putin's primary objective. take the capitol city, replace the government. he has not been a able to do that in four weeks when he planned for it in three days. a term we're going to need to get used to wolf, is the fuka-irpin kyiv pocket. the ukrainian forces have the russians surrounded in that area and they are without supplies in the north. the russians can't go anywhere. they are going to continue to be attrided by the ukrainian force as long as the ukrainians continue to get supplies. in the south, the sinking of the ship was important because that was a resupply ship. this will come down to ukrainians attriting the russians and the russians attempting to get resupply which they have not been able to do. so when you talk about the president saying nato is more united than they've e

bouts to withdraw and many people are questioning asked to arm awrns and chad wolf is here to shed light on that issue. mrady a national security issue to just leave that equipment there for the taliban to have. but why wouldn't we knowing intelligence we have about russia invading ukraine arm ukrainian people with that material? >> well lawrence i think that's really the question right so what we saw in august was about 83 million, billion dollars worth of quilt in afghanistan for the taliban and at the same time in july of last year, we heard vladimir putin talking about his plans for ukraine so if you're biden administration or national security counsel you're putting two to two together you should be -- and you should say hey some of the this equipment that we no longer need let's start moving that to ukraine where they can use it. and they would use it. but i think what this again signals is the rash or i should sate hasty withdrawal from afghanistan that we saw it wasn't planned it wasn't coordinated. and in effect we have to leave all of that equipment instead of it giving it to our allies and othe

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wolf. >> you've got to give the ukrainian military a lot, a lot of credit. fred pleitgen, stay safe. we will be in touch. >>> let's get more perspective now. l mr. secretary, thanks for joining us. let me begin with the new u.s. intelligence that putin's advisers have misled him on the state of the war in ukraine. and it comes a day after a top general told congress the united states may have a gap in its own intelligence gathering. what do you make of this information emerging? first of all, do you accept? do you believe it? >> well, i think it's pretty obvious that intelligence frankly on both sides kind of failed in terms of really understanding what the russian army was about and their capabilities, the failure, their leaders leadership the failure in logistics, and the failure of these fighters to be able to achieve the goal that was set out in terms of the invasion. and i think we also, frankly, have received intelligence that the russians were a lot more capable in terms of being able to conduct this invasion. i think we expected, frankly, that they would capture kyiv and basically try to take control within a few days of ukraine. and tha

wolf. >> we're showing our viewers of barbara and kaitlan, live pictures of president biden now. he is now walking into the room with the 82nd airborne division. let's listen in. >> mr. president, nice to meet you. how you doing, mr. president? >> doing well. >> good to see you. >> you guys looked like you just got a haircut. you getting it again? i don't have that much hair to take off. how you doing, pal? thanks. where you from? >> the president greeting troops from the 82nd airborne division. defense secretary lloyd austin is there and secretary of state. he got off the plane together with the president, tony blinken. they're all there, the president's national security adviser jake sullivan. this is a big deal, for the president to be meeting with these troops. it's not just a big deal for these soldiers, it's a big deal because it sends a powerful message of what the u.s. is all about bolstering this nato presence in europe. >> and look at the numbers that are in poland now. it's certainly meant to send a message on behalf of the white house because, of course, they have said repeatedly, these are forces that are not going to be going into ukraine. that is some

mr. jefferies. bl we're going to continue to watch this unfold. a dramatic moment, getting ready for the president's first state of the union address. >> one thing i would look for, wolfugged too far left in some ways by members of his own party. on issues like crime, for example, and policing. are we going to see a different tone tonight? >> or is he going to talk about issues, i was told, like the opioid crisis, which everyone can agree on, you need to deal with this. cancer, let's do the moonshot. let's finally do that. to try and get some kind of unity, which is going to be a theme of his speech tonight. >> but the big chunk at the beginning will be ukraine. >> let's bring in cnn's fareed zakaria, and fareed, president biden has a big task here. he needs to explain to the american people why they should care about the situation in ukraine and just how high the stakes of this conflict are. why they should be willing to see prices go up at the pump, for example. >> that's right, jake. and the stakes are very high. this is the largest assault on the international system that the united states created after world war ii, in decade. it's the most consequential one beca