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.

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