in moscow, arlette saenz in wilmington, delaware, with president biden. >> yeah, let's start with nicobertson. nic, we've seen russian vehicles moving towards the border. what are you learning of vladimir putin's plans if kyiv falls? and what is he saying about his special military operation? is it going as he planned? >> reporter: yeah. there's a huge source of information here that, as you say, there's been no accounting by the russian government of russian casualties so far. yet, we certainly see images of them, some of their casualties and destroyed russian military hardware inside ukraine. no mention of that here. in fact, the reverse, and the opposite. this effort, as you were saying, the operation by the government to cover up what's going on. ten independent media outlets said they need to stop spreading always information to their sites will be restricted. that sort of false information includes invasion, declaration of war. and includes references to civilian casualties in ukraine. so, there's a huge effort by the government here to control the narrative. but there isn't ess

the president is spending the weekend here at his home in wilmington, delaware.ater this morning, he will convene a call with his national security team including vice president kamala harris. now, while the president is traveling here, he has all of the capabilities at his home to conduct such a secure video call. he has been meeting daily in the mornings, each week, with his team, as this attack from russia has unfolded. now, yesterday, while the president was at the white house, he spent some time on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy. the two spoke for about 40 minutes. the second time, that they hadn't spoken this week, since that russian attack began. and one thing that came up on that call was a request for concrete defense assistance. and we learned just a few hours ago, late late night, that the president has authorized the state department to release $350 million in security assistance for ukraine's defense. this brings the total of assistance offered to ukraine, over the course of the past year, to over $1 billion, according to the administra

yeah, again, i could be trickle _ home, to wilmington.alition to say to the russians, this is not in their interests. that is all that matters right now. the russians are sitting there, are we that are often or not? worth considering he did postpone his wilmington trip, so he did turn that plan around. as you would expect, there's been a lot of reaction already. in brussels, the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, and the european council president, charles michel, condemned in the strongest possible terms the decision by the russian president. in a joint statement, they said this step is a blatant violation of international law as well as of the minsk agreements. we have also heard from the nato secretary general, jens stoltenberg. he said... we have also had reaction from the polish prime minister. he said... suzanne lynch is co—author of politico playbook brussels. nice to have you with us. bring some of the reaction that you're picking up of the reaction that you're picking up from around europe, particularly from the

want to bring in josh lederman in wilmington, delaware, where the president spent most of the weekend monitoring the situation. this story was breaking overnight. as we saw it hit our inboxes, it was startling to see what a war essentially between moscow and ukraine would look like. the casualties that could feasibly be involved, of course, as well. and just how ready russia is in fact to invade. did any of this catch the white house off guard? >> i don't think it caught the white house off guard because this was an intelligence assessment that u.s. officials have been working on for quite some time and have briefed now to congress as well. but what really jumps out to you, yasmin, from this new assessment, is the fact that it seems that what russia is poised for at this point in time is not the kind of minor incursion that president biden had floated when he held a news conference a few weeks ago. but instead, a full-on invasion of the entire country of ukraine. and these new figures about russia's military build-up making clear just how bloody but also how quick that could take plac

alexandria half is live in wilmington, delaware traveling with the president, the white house and made a response. todd: we go to steve harrigan on the ground in kyiv as the residents wake up in bomb shelters. hearing anymore shelling right now? >> reporter: we heard another artillery shell fall behind me north of the city, within two miles of the center where i am standing. it's not been a barrage of artillery shells but has been steady, one shell every 2 minutes or so in the west and the north, something different, something closer and it may be what we may see down the line as this russian advances been slowed. more attacks outside the city was a fuel depot burned, and orange glow for several hours. russian forces have entered the second-largest city of kharkiv. they battle to take control of that city. the president and the foreign minister are calling for all foreigners to contact the necessary embassy and come here and fight. the foreign minister said we defeated hitler will be will defeat putin too. carley: it is difficult for you to tell but any sense what these artillery shell

cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz is with the president in wilmington, delaware.t are we hearing about the discussions and whether hearing the demands from zelenskyy and others, whether arsenal will come more immediately. they appreciate the designated funds, but they need armor. >> reporter: well, fred, president biden is holding a call with his national security team this very hour as the u.s. continues to monitor the situation in ukraine as this russian attack is now extending into the third day. now the white house had said that the president and vice president would be on a call as well as members of the national security team. and he is holding it from his home in wilmington, delaware, where he is spending the weekend. while the president is here, he has all of those capabilities to be able to conduct these secure video calls. but it all comes as the white house has been watching this around the clock as the russian attack in ukraine continues. yesterday, president biden spoke on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy for around 40 minutes and one of t

are you doing in what do you, what are good if you watch it, whether you like wilmington lamb appears to back a relaxation after covet measures m m m m. i will have to say it very clearly that we have no plans for any wise bread. said he locked down as you have seen in some of the other places. this apparent loosening would come as infections here are on the rise. hospitals are overwhelmed with little room to accommodate patience. the territory hit a new record high in daily case, number's on monday, choose to get tests are often long. yet hong kong has come fast since the start of the pandemic. one reflection of this is in the economy which has returned to growth this year. economists expect hong kong g d p to rise 2 to 3 percent. whether she's latest words will force reversal and hong kong remains to be seen. but as always, it's a balance between new measures to reduce the strain of hospitals and staying open, keeping the territory on the path to economic recovery didn't correspond at so dong han joins me from taipei. so let's start with the situation in hong kong. the city was fall

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now, president biden will be waking up at his home here in wilmington, delaware, where he continues toonitor the unfolding attacks by russia on ukraine. later this morning, he and vice president kamala harris will be speaking with members of their national security team, as they continue to receive those updates. but they've really been receiving on a daily basis. now, while the president is here in wilmiwilmington, delaware, h access to all of the secure capabilities to be able to hold these types of calls with his top officials as he looks to gain more information. now, yesterday, president biden spent about 40 minutes on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy. and one thing that the president did during that call, according to the white house, is really commend the ukrainians for their efforts amid the bombardments and attacks. one other thing that the zelenskyy side said they had talked about concrete defense assistance. and late last night, the white house announced that president biden had authorized the state department to release about $350 million worth of security assis

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what do you hear about the decision not to go to wilmington and more broadly what happened today at the national security council meeting? >> reporter: a lot of whiplash when it comes to president biden's schedule. 2:38 this afternoon the white house said he would be traveling up to wilmington, delaware, abrupt change. the later a little over an hour, the white house said that that plan was because of president was going to travel for a family-related matter but now decided to stay here in washington. now, this all follows that very rare sunday meeting that president biden held with his national security council in the situation room as they discussed the next steps regarding russia and ukraine. a short while ago the white house release add photo of that meeting and you can see top cabinet officials like defense secretary lloyd austin, secretary of state antony blinken also national securitied a visor jace ke sullivan and slightly pictured treasury secretary janet yellen. playing an important role if the united states moved forward with sanctions after an ainvasion. the white house work

we believe the greatest city in the world, apologies to wilmington, delaware. [laughter] but, every great city of course has challenges. and they standing arising gun violence is a major challenge for us to address it. but we recognize as you have indicated it is a national challenge. think about the dynamics we are confronting here in america. we have 4% of the world's population but 40% of the world's guns. that means there are more than 300 million guns circulating in the united states of america. and many of those guns such as the one is to strike down to heros detective rivera are weapons of war. they are not used to hunt deer. they are used to hunt human beings. that is not acceptable. many of those guns to easily fall into the hands of violent individuals and far too many communities such as many that i represent in central brooklyn and across america, that is not acceptable. far too many of those guns are illegally trafficked from other places into this a great metropolis. that is not acceptable. it is an all hands on deck approach that will require tre

>> reporter: neil, first of all, the president is here in wilmington to attend a memorial for a familythat's according to the white house. he is right now on a call with his national security team. and as for this $350 million, the intent here is to assist the ukraine to the armored and airborne threats they are now receiving. this is the third defense package authorized by the president, it follows $60 million in in immediate military aid. today secretary of state antony blinken said, quote, it is another clear signal that the united states stands with the people of ukraine as they defend their sovereign, courageous and proud nation. now, after bipartisan calls were made that the sanctions announced by the president didn't go far enough, the u.s. followed the u.k. and e.u. in sanctioning president putin himself. white house press secretary jen psaki said this yesterday. >> it's been on the -- for some time. taking steps in coordination, obviously, that decision was made over the course of the last 24 hours and in partnership with our european counterparts. >> reporter: now, neil, this

but this weekend as president biden is here in wilmington, he has been working the phones. we just learned in the last few minutes he spoke by phone today with israeli prime minister naftali bennett, the israelis saying that the rrussia/ukraine situation was among the matters they discussed on that phone call and president biden preparing to hold a high-profile meeting with the visiting german chancellor that is also expected to focus very much on russia and ukraine, alex. >> certainly tense times. i just want to let our viewers know we were looking at the president and first lady boarding marine one as they left the delaware air national guard base, bound for the south lawn of the white house. okay, that means you'll be running in tow very soon. thank you so much, josh lederman. >>> well, the republican national committee has voted to formally censure two house members for serving on the january 6th committee. the conference must not be sabotaged by representatives liz cheney and adam kinzinger who have demonstrated with actions and words that they support democrat efforts

president biden now planning in just a couple hours to head to his home in wilmington, where he's expected to remain tomorrow for presidents' day, yasmin. >> all right. let's dig further into this. colonel, that is the question of when we receive this intelligence, when the president actually said on friday he believed putin had already made up his mind, it's now sunday afternoon, 3:00 p.m. eastern standard time, no official invasion has been launched at this point. any clues as to why? >> are two things we look for. the first is we listen all the time to electronic transmissions going from one headquarters to another, between the troops in the field and back in moscow, to telephone conversations. we listen to that all the time. from that we can conclude the orders and instructions that have been delivered to the field. the second, the military thing to look for is the movement of front-line movements into assembly areas. areas from which they will launch the attack. and it's those two things which have -- from which we've concluded they are going to attack. now, we don't know exactly what

the president was holding this call from his home here in wilmington, delaware, via a secure line, ase has all of those capabilities to do while he's traveling. but it comes as the u.s. is trying to show that they're stepping up their support to ukraine. yesterday, president biden spent about 40 minutes on the phone with ukrainian president zelenskyy where president biden commended ukrainians for their efforts in pushing back russian forces as well as talked about defense support that they're offering to the country. last night the white house announced that president biden has authorized $350 million in security assistance to ukraine, bringing the total of security assistance over the past year to over $1 billion. you can see there some of the items and supplies that the defense department is trying to get into the country. one big question is how and when these supplies will arrive. we do know before this new authorization of assistance over the course of the past few days, they have been getting other supplies into the country, that's according to a senior defense official, but big

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he was actually going to go home to wilmington tonight to spend presidents' day at his home there. the white house now saying, that's no longer happening. that the reason he was going to go to wilmington tonight in the first place was because of some type of family issue, but now the president will no longer leave and will stay here at the white house. so, make of that what you will. in the meantime, we are getting our first details about this meeting that the president held with his national security council in the situation room today. the white house releasing a very brief statement, simply saying that they discussed russia's continuing military buildup along the border. as you can see in that photo we were showing, the array of top officials who are now front and center on this. you see bill burns there, the cia director, indicating the intelligence aspect of this. and then on the right-hand side of the screen is janet yellen, the treasury secretary. you might be wondering why the treasury secretary would be at a ukraine meeting. it is her department that is responsible for ena

the president, by the way, is in wilmington for the memorial service of a family member.ignificant plays have been made here as well. just yesterday the u.s. and european partners committed to removing several russian banks from the swift financial system, and effort to further isolate president putin. of the embassy in washington marked with the word "murder." hundreds rallied outside the white house in support of a sovereign nation under attack. from delaware, president biden authorized $350 million in additional defense aid to ukraine. the white house has also requested $6.4 billion from congress to assist in the regional fallout. if >> secretary psaki: we are stronger together, especially as we stand in the face of the russian military's actions and their invasion of ukraine. >> on top of sweeping sanctions on russia announced thursday, on friday the u.s. joined europe sanctioning president putin himself buried of the several thousand troops activated in europe, the pentagon says many will be part of nato's first deployment response and history. history was also made

. >> president biden is in wilmington this weekend, but the white house says he will continue to meet with members of his national security team on the latest developments in ukraine for now in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. meanwhile, folks in ukraine desperate to get out of the country are now flocking to neighboring poland, hungary and romania. >> volunteers could be seen handing out hot beverages, water, food and supplies to those crossing into the border of hungry. tonight, the united nations reporting as many as 240 civilian casualties in ukraine since the invasion began on thursday. but the un believes that real figures, the real numbers are considerably higher because many reports of casualties still remain to be confirmed. tonight in the last few hours, the white house, along with several european countries announced they were removing from russia from the swift banking system that connects thousands of banks across the globe. meanwhile, the ukrainian film festival has created a petition for countries also around the world. the boycott russian cinema among the d

black history month one town in north carolina is hosting free family movie nights every friday the wilmingtonks and recreation department will show a different film at the mlk center coming up this friday black panther and also in the line-up radio, and ruby bridges. >>> is fur falling out of fashion? dolce & gabbana and the latest high end name to ditch animal pelts. the company announced its discontinuing the use of fur in products this year after pressure from animal rights activists. instead d & g will pivot to eco fur, anmal-free alturn i will say for a lot of fashion a while back a lot of companies did make material you really can't tell the difference. >> i have to say faux all the time so now we're seeing more of these bigger labels come out with that. >>> all right, tesla's spacex ceo elon musk might have his match in a college freshman. 19-year-old max sweeney said he rejected a $5 billion offer to remove a twitter account he created to track musk's jet asking instead for $50,000 or an internship the tech giant counter negotiated by how much, yearo. just blocking him on twitter musk

if we do get a response, we'll let you know what they had to say about that. resilient wilmington kramer, ukrainian units of desperate to stop. the russian army begun the mass use of ammunition filled with phosphorus in the suburbs of kiev. and near the gusto mil airfield. they have used 122 millimeter how it's their shelves in rockets for grad installations from soviet times. the use of these munitions is prohibited by the 3rd protocol of the 1980 united nations convention uncertain conventional weapons shall not. with russia, forced to stop flights to europe, the only way to get there now is a long way around. for instance, by train much maria, for now. she's on her way to the front lines of the fighting and guns takes us through travel. there looks at the moment we arrived to rocephin rushes southwest. usually it's a 2 hour relaxing flight from moscow, but instead, this time it took us more than 15 hours on a train. all major airports in the area bordering the conflict have been close since the beginning of the operation, as you can see, security side even here, while it's more than 2

he's in wilmington, delaware, but what is here? it's a lot of media and they've been in the crowd, let me step out of the way. so you can see these people have been here all day, telling the stories. there are a lot of recreating americans here. there are a lot of americans here who just shove and affinity for ukraine or see what's going on is just completely wrong. they're telling their story to try and shore a public opinion, which is so far pretty good for ukraine. 85 percent of americans and polls say russia is to play that there. the bad actor, 67 percent say they support sanction. but here is where it gets tricky for the president. he has said doing this, it's going to hurt americans. gas prices are going to go up. gas prices are already really high. inflation is a huge concern among americans right now. so here ask if your gas prices go up, do you still support the sanctions? only 51 percent? say they do. so the people in this crowd are telling their stories and hope of changing that equation so that americans again begin to

. >> diaz: all right, ed o'keefe in wilmington. thank you. tonight be ukrainians that can are rushing west seeking refuge. tens of thousands of people have already crossed into five countries bordering western ukraine. cbs' christina ruffini is at a crossing in poland. >> reporter: their sense of security shattered by russian munitions, ukrainians are getting out. on the road, a crush of cars leads to border crossings in moldova, slovakia, romania, and poland. >> our parents are still in kyiv, so we are thinking about them and worrying. >> reporter: stuck for hours in traffic, this family, like many here, decided to get out and walk more than 12 hours to the polish border, where local and international aide agencies are scrambling to mobilize food, shelter, and clothing, including piles of children's shoes for the smallest refugees. we're at the border crossing between ukraine and poland and all day and yesterday we have seen a steady stream of people coming across. the difference is for the first time today, if you look up the hill behind me

he's back home in wilmington, delaware, that's not really the point. let me set the scene for you. well, we do have, here is a lot, a lot of cameras and the russians are very clearly losing the public relations war. and that matters a sanction begin to bite into the economy. according to one poll, 85 percent of americans say that they don't see russia favorably. now there are some friends, trump, supporters who disagree, but the vast majority of americans blame russian. this conflict. 67 percent say they support sanctions, that's a pretty high number. but here's where the concern comes in, and this is a concern for the white house. they say that if gas prices go up, that support for sanctions dropped to 51 percent. so why do these rallies matter on their signs? they're repeating the words of the vice president of ukraine. they're invoking the stories of heroics, a few colorful signs about the response to that russian warship from the island. they're trying to paint. this is a human struggle to say, look, you're paying more of the gas prices. these people are fighting for their live

host: let us talk to ron from wilmington, illinois on the independent line. good morning.aller: hello, could you address the influence that corporate america has side -- has had on tax policy in the united states by contributing to different politicians in conjunction with competitive advantage to export jobs. thank you. guest: i am not a tax policy expert, and i would rather not comment on how companies lobby lawmakers because that is not where my work is focused. but i do recognize even in the issues that we talked about, many of them have businesses in china and many are sponsoring the olympic games. the problem about that is that it is unacceptable for the american public, for us that american corporations are turning a blind eye on the forced labor issue. in the end the problem comes to us meeting individual consumers, whether we are aware or care about this enough to take action. host: is the chinese government or companies spending money to lobby the u.s. government on economic competition areas? guest: china has been known for starting to try and influence policyma

reporter: the president is in wilmington delaware this weekend for family member memorial service toexpected to come back tomorrow or monday morning. the national security council and the white house did announce tonight they had been working with the eu and nato countries to ban russia and select russian banks from the banking system with this announcement that now the lesson allies have targeted all ten of russia's largest financial institutions 80 percent of the total russian banking assets and also targets the russian central bank and would prevented basically from deploying the international reserves which would prevent any action they might take that could otherwise undermine or circumvent the power of the sanctions. and it would ensure the administration believes that inflation spikes in the central bank will be left defenseless. it is a more limited deployment of the nuclear option than ukraine and others have been calling for for the for removal of all russian banks with the swift payment system. but the payment for the alliance did have the warning they are prepared to move

alexandria half is live in wilmington, delaware traveling with the president, the white house and madeesponse. todd: we go to steve harrigan on the ground in kyiv as the residents wake up in bomb shelters. hearing anymore shelling right now? >> reporter: we heard another artillery shell fall behind me north of the city, within two miles of the center where i am standing. it's not been a barrage of artillery shells but has been steady, one shell every 2 minutes or so in the west and the north, something different, something closer and it may be what we may see down the line as this russian advances been slowed. more attacks outside the city was a fuel

president biden opting to spend the day in wilmington it will take a call with vice president harris and his national security team around 10:00 a.m. this morning and that's all we know. it's unclear if we will hear anything from the president today. no public events on the schedule and that comes as root the russian assault on ukraine intensified. democrats here in washington taking time to praise the president's handling of the situation. speaker of the house nancy pelosi saying "i think it's important for people to understand the brilliance with which president biden is conducting this. a man who served decades as a chair the foreign affairs committee. he knows the arena, the personalities." meanwhile republicans with a very different tone. scott brown had this to say. >> president biden is taking these half steps and missteps, is emboldening putin. the fact that he's dillydallying and going on vacation for a day, going back home when he should be in the situation home guiding and going 24 hours a day helping these brave people defend themselves. >> at the white house, our own pet

. >> local press criticizing you, talking about you as if you were joe biden in basement in wilmington. you accompany your wife to the treatments? >> yes, they actually tried -- you know this is in between christmas and new years, he said he is not doing his job, they don't say anything about biden or other governors, they tried to do a gotcha on me, i was with her, all day, in her treatments. it is something i that gone to all with her, it is what i need to do as a supportive spouse, it's not easy for her to go through it or a spouse to watch, they are putting poison into your wife, the idea that would be a vacation was offensive to a lot of people who have gone through cancer treatments. >> there are a lot of governors, many that are republicans, you are the focus so i suspect if you are an effective governor you would not threaten the left wing media. you have terrible media here, this is me speaking, palm beach, orlando, tampa, disaster. if you were a mediocre democrat governor, or if you were a cuomo or a disastrous governor, you would not be getting this attention. >> when you ar

the president is currently in his hometown of wilmington, delaware, attending a memorial service for a family member that recently passed. the president also working on his state of the union address. i've been told by the official the president picking a supreme court justice, dealing with this ukraine response was working with his top speech writer, his top strategist on rewriting his speech to incorporate this. almost 48 hours away the president's first speech to a joint session of congress and how this factors in. >> i recommend the film "the american president." if that is the gauge, that will get done with this president. >> especially with this president. >> joining me right now, admiral svrides. you're always welcome. your reaction to putin's order putting nuclear forces on high alert. what goes through your mind? >> dangerous. clearly he's trying to send a signal, but i think it's beyond the paille. beyond the pale of using this. we have defense conditions, running from 5 which is very benign to 1 which is you're in a war. we might update this. there is less here than meets

allies and partners at the white house in the situation room tomorrow when he returns back from wilmington, delaware, michael. >> jasmine wright there in washington, d.c. thank you so much. >>> if russia prevails in the war and does take over, there's a lot of speculation that ukraine is not going to lay down and take that and the ukrainians will rise up and there will be a guerilla war and insurgency. douglas london is a retired operations agent with the cia, and an author "spying and the lost art of american intelligence." he joins me from virginia. if putin overthrows the ukrainian government militarily, how likely do you think there would be an insurgency and how effective might it be? >> an insurgency is likely to occur, and that it's clear that the u.s. military has openly been providing support as well as other western nations, but i am confident the cia has been providing support to its counterparts, and they have had a lot of time to prepare with what they are going to do. >> you pointed this out in a fascinating piece in foreign affairs, on the flip side i guess mr. putin experts

cnn's arlette saenz is with the president, president biden, in wilmington, delaware where he is spendings the white house saying about this new threat from putin? >>> well, they tell me they view this move as another escalatory and totally unnecessary step. the biden administration really believes this follows the playbook we've seen so often from russia that includes these manufactured threats. take a listen to what white house press secretary jen psaki had to say earlier today. >> this is really a pattern we've seen from president putin during the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. and the global community and the american people should look at it through that prism. we've seen him do this time and time again. at no point has russia been under threat from nato, has russia been under threat from ukraine. this is all a pattern from president putin, and we're going to stand up to it. we have the ability to defend ourselves but we also need to call out what we're seeing here from president putin. >> reporter: now

hoff as live in the white house where president biden just returned after spending the weekend in wilmingtondelaware. >> president biden spoke with french president and tomorrow he will meet with germany chancellor when he visits the white house. all of these centering around displayed russia from taking further action. upon returning from delaware today to the white house president biden said he is not set right now on any additional troops are sending them to the border into the nato nations with the 82nd airborne division landed in poland near ukraine's border the official spleen rush has amassed 72% of a full-scale invasion of ukraine. here is national security advisor jake sullivan on "fox news sunday". >> the russians have a lot of options available. but we have options available to us in terms of swift in severe economic consequences that we can impose the ways in which we constricted on nato territory nato territories. >> lawmakers are pushing legislation to formalize consequences should include strike. >> we hope to show mr. putin the democrats and republicans in the senate and the

there's a meeting in the situation room, it will take him a while to get there, because he is in wilmington, delaware, this evening. >> laura: is another case that we and other western nations are still buying oil and gas from russia? >> that is the case. it's also the case when you talk to the national security team here that there is no plan in place, even on the horizon down the line, to sanction the russian energy industry because it would be so disruptive. just the sanctions they are putting on, some elites on potent -- prices are going to go up. they think they would skyrocket on everyday americans if they do that. it would hurt russia really bad, but they think it would hurt americans more, but no plans to do that. i talked yesterday -- we are there are -- our third-biggest supplier of oil every day. would joe biden give in order that american companies cannot import from russia anymore? she did not have anything to talk about there. >> i hope you get questions on the foreseeable future answered by the president. this was not a inevitable. people inside the white house -- obviously e

she's in wilmington, delaware, where the president spent the weekend keeping an eye on russia's aggressiveof the union address comes at a very consequential time in hiz presidency. >> reporter: yeah, jim, this is a high stakes moment as he's set to address not just the country but the world. so many people around the dwloeb are watching as the u.s. and its allies put up this strong denouncement against russian president putin's moves in the attack on ukraine. jen psaki said the topic of russia's aggression will be front and center in the speech. take a listen. >> no question that in the state of the union the american people and anybody watching around the world will hear the president talk about the efforts he has led the past several months to build a global coalition to fight against the autocracy and the efforts of president putin to invade a foreign country. that is certainly something that is present in all of our lives and certainly in the president's life in this moment. >> reporter: now this comes as the u.s.'s allies were showing a united front issuing those severe sanctions agai

president biden is in wilmington for a memorial service for a family member but he'll continue to meet with members of his national security team. eva. >> maryalice for us in delaware. >>> now to how the russian invasion of ukraine impacts the global economy. deirdre bolton has more, including how it could affect your wallet. >> i think it's worth noting that we don't import a ton from russia but the global effects of this conflict could end up hitting us all in the wallet. russia among the top oil producers. right now, national average price at the pump about $3.50 per gallon, we could see that jump to $4 in coming weeks, that hits lower income households the most. they spend a much higher share of their income on gasoline. the price of airline tickets may also go up if carriers pass that higher cost of jet fuel on to passengers. home heating prices likely to rise. food prices even from their current pandemic highs since transporting food costs more as diesel for trucks becomes even more expensive. palladium is used in making cars and trucks among other industries, palladium goes into

he is opting to spend his week in wilmington as russian troops close in on ukraine's capital. he will take a call with vice president harris and his national security team around 10:00 this morning and that's about all we know. it is unclear if we will hear anything new from the president. there are no public events on his schedule. this is russia's assault on ukraine intensifies. washington, d.c., speakers nancy pelosi saying, "i think it's really important for people to understand the brilliance with which president biden is conducting this. this is a man who served decades as chair of the foreign affairs committee. he has the arena, he knows the personalities." however, not everyone agrees with that assessment. fox news contributor tom homan talking to you guys in the last hour had this to say. >> this would never happen, in my opinion, in the trump presidency. i think president trump and mike pompeo projected strength across the world. i think putin and other world leaders are aggressive, and what biden has done, i think they know he's underwater. i think they watched the

first let's go to alexandra half where the president just arrived after spending the weekend in wilmington upon the president's return he was asked if there was something in particular that he thinks president putin is looking for as he weighs the decision whether to invade or not. president biden response to that same that president putin is looking for things that he cannot get. referring to demand that russia has given to the u.s. including nato and eastern europe. he also said that he would not speculate on sending additional troops to nato nations as of yet. fox news sunday at national security director spoke about the potential for near media collapse of kyiv should russia decide to invade. >> we are in the window. any day now, russia could take military action against ukraine or could be a couple weeks from now or russia could choose to take the diplomatic path instead. the key thing is that the united states needs to be and is prepared for any of those contingencies. in lockstep with our allies and partners. >> white house officials say the cost of innovation for ukraine would be i

i want to give you some major updates when we expected president biden is going to be wilmington forily matter later on this afternoon for the trip was added last minute. resetting cruise i'll be up there to delaware. we just learned the president has since canceled his trip is going to be spending the rest of his weekend here at the white house for the holiday. that is item number one. number two, just moments ago with him right now president biden is on the phone with the french president emmanuelle defoe in the discussions the french have been having with the russians as well as other nato allies. where things can go from here in terms of de-escalation of tension print this call also comes just moments after president biden wrapped up a meeting with his national security council it was a long meeting the white house putting out a photo of who was in the room along the president that includes right there cia director chairman of the joint chiefs that defense secretary, secretary state antony blinken it also looks at the presence national security advisers there on the side as well

they placed their bets on the black populations in states like south carolina that are like wilmington, delaware, but the communities like new castle, county. that was the formula for joe biden to win. delaware was a blue state now, but it was a purposed and even red state in the '70s and '80s. he tries to make all his policy choices through those lenses. african american voters and suburban voters. i think that's what you see him, as he's setting the table for democrats in the midterm election year. kitchen table economic issues and being on the right side of law enforcement and crime issues, as well. and that's where the midterm elections are won and lost. suburban districts, as well. >> i'm glad you said that, including the jim clyburn type voters. that's still part of the base of the party. so there's a big argument what we need to do on things like police reform, because there are serious changes that need to be made. but don't count on him going out on a limb. today would have been beau biden's 53rd birthday, so this has been a difficult day in a lot of ways for joe biden. christ

president biden is back, wilmington, delaware. we are told with the press traveling with him he left a memorial service for a relative who passed away recently. bret: peter doocy life. thank you. that's forget the british and passenger to the united states dane karen pierce. thank you for being here. it is a dangerous time, how do you perceive this what putin is trying to do and how the world was responding. >> people are coming out in support of ukraine people around the world in places like libya, even in asia had been moved by what they see at the ukrainian existence. nobody at the un voted with russia on the security council resolution. i think people are seen a false narrative that jen psaki was referring to. bret: if you look at the protest in berlin, 100,000 plus in the streets of berlin. we have images of that. we have the german chancellor coming out saying it is time to not only funneling weapons but also increase germany's defense budget. this is changed the dynamic in your neck of the woods. >> that's exactly right. th

. >> the president usually travels to wilmington on the weekend but this weekend he will stay at the white house to monitor the situation in ukraine. bret? >> bret: jacqui heinrich live on the north lawn. thank you. a pro-russian separatist leader in eastern ukraine says civilians are being evacuated to russia amid the invasion threat. videos surfaced on social media that the evacuation was underway. videos u.s. officials now say were made two days ago. so what is true and what is not? what is an attempt by vladimir putin to have a pretext to go in to ukraine? correspondent trey yingst is on the ground in ukraine's capital city with that story. >> civilians in separatist held eastern ukraine load on to buses. 700,000 are headed to russia after an evacuation was ordered. >> agreement with leadership of the russian federation. our citizens [inaudible] region. >> the evacuation will take these people to an area of land that sits just over the ukrainian border in russia. many of them already russian citizens. since more than 720,000 people in the rebel held eastern territory of donbas ha

he is in wilmington. josh, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, peter.was former president trump's loyal deputy four years, even as supporters chanted hang mike pence on january 6th. now, those agreements are coming out in the open. this morning, the republican party in a political battle against itself. after a split-screen moment laid bear growing division among republicans about former president trump's role, past and future. >> former president trump was wrong. >> reporter: he was insisting that mr. pence could have rejected the 2020 election results. >> i had no right to overturn the election. there's no idea un-american, than the notion that one person can choose the american president. >> reporter: that rebuke coming after mr. trump blamed his former vice president for not interveing on january 6th. overnight, the former president lashing out, releasing a statement arguing pence could have acted. writing, i was right and everyone knows it. the friendly fire breaking out, as the republican national committee censured two of its own. representatives

president biden is in wilmington this weekend for a memorial service for a family member, but he'll continue to meet with his national security team. >>> the largest microchip maker in the u.s. tells abc news it has been hit with a cyber incident. it has not been attributed to anyone just yet. the federal government is warning all american companies to shore up their systems as the russia-ukraine conflict continues. abc's chief justice correspondent keir thomas has an exclusive look inside the exercises to prepare for a potential cyberattack. >> reporter: as the ukrainian crisis unfolds, president biden made clear the potential of cyberattacks from russia is very much on his mind. but could the russian government truly impact the lives of everyday americans? the cold, hard truth is yes. >> welcome to gene port. this is one of two labs. >> reporter: in response to the growing cyber threat, they've developed the dreamport facility. with partners in academia to foster innovation in hacking defense and offense. >> all the devices that power this model city are real, actual devices you would find