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A theater sheltering innocent civilians and a children’s hospital are some of the targets of Russian strikes turning Ukrainian neighborhoods into dust. Also, President Biden is about to land in Brussels for what could be some of the most important meetings of his presidency.  Plus, a handful of senators are going all in to attack Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, accusing her of being soft on crime as she tries to land a seat on the Supreme Court. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

23 Maalis 202239min

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22 Maalis 20221min

Reports of bombs dropping every ten minutes in one strategic Ukrainian city with an arts school bombed and hundreds possibly trapped. Now, the U.S. warns Russian forces could get even more desperate. Also, there could be history on the hill as the confirmation hearing begins for the first African American woman nominated to the Supreme Court. Plus, a Boeing 737 crashes into the mountains in China with 132 people on board and nobody yet knows why it crashed. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

21 Maalis 202237min

Smoke fills the sky from Russian attacks in Lviv, 43 miles from the western border of Ukraine. These Russian strikes close to Poland continue to intensify. Then, President Biden walks a diplomatic tight rope as he talks to the president of China to persuade him not to send military and financial aid to Russia. Plus, for one Ukrainian fighting to save his country, it isn’t dying that scares him, it’s losing his country to the Russians. CNN talks with members of the Ukrainian military. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Maalis 20221h 17min

Giant letters painted outside of the theater said in Russian, “children.” They said it twice. But, that did not stop the Russian military from targeting the building which sheltered more than a thousand people. Now, survivors are emerging from the rubble. Plus, it’s spreading in Europe and Asia with the Omicron subvariant here in the United States. Did the government lift all the pandemic restrictions too soon? We speak with one of the nation’s top doctors. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

17 Maalis 20221h 17min

The U.S. is sending more military equipment and millions of dollars in aid after President Zelensky made an emotional appeal to congress. But, it’s still a "no" on a no-fly zone. Also, buying a house or getting a car loan is about to get more expensive as the federal reserve does something it has not done in four years. Plus, a college campus is in shock after nine people are killed in a crash on the way home from a golf tournament. Details are emerging about the victims. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Maalis 202239min

Kyiv is now in a mandatory curfew as Russia’s unrelenting siege targets more innocent civilians and a city official in Mariupol says the Russian military is taking hostages inside a hospital. Plus, we now know what happened to that brave woman who snuck onto Russian state television to protest the war. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Maalis 20221h 17min

Russian shelling continues to pummel Ukrainian citizens, cities, and towns. Two U.S. officials tell CNN that Russia asked China for military and economic help in their invasion. This as the U.S. national security adviser meets with a top Chinese diplomat. Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller joins to discuss Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling. Plus, she opened her home to a Ukrainian girl for a student exchange program. Now, 20 years later, she’s opening her home again to save the woman, now grown, and her children who are fleeing Putin’s war. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

14 Maalis 20221h 18min