stay right there more news now is on the way. ews. >> new sanctions nearly two years to the day since the invasion of ukraine. the u.s. set to announce hundreds of new sanctions on rushlow after president biden met with the widow of putin critic, alexei navalny donald trump and nikki haley

making closing arguments ahead of south carolina's republican primary. haley tries to close a massive gap in the polls in her home state. international tensions with taiwan and the subject of an oscar-nominated film pandemonium. the san diego zoo prepares for a return of a giant panda after a two day absence. the private company making history with a lunar landing we made it until friday. it is february 23rd. early today starts right now and good morning to you. i am richard lui today the united states will impose over 500 sanctions against russia and russian assets targeting russia,s it

enablers and war machine claudio, tell us about what the sanctions might be and why is the u.s. doing this? >> these sanctions are in connection to the anniversary of the invasion of ukraine. in the meantime a treasury spokesman explained this will be the single biggest bunch of sanctions imposed since the start of the war in ukraine and they would be rolled out from the treasure and the state meaning they will target individuals as well as money in the meantime thursday president biden met with the widow of alexei navalny, yulia navalny. let's take a listen to what was said >> he was a man of incredible

courage. we are going to be announcing the sanctions against putin who is responsible for his death she is going to continue to fight. >> the mother of alexei navalny released a new video statement in which she said she was finally allowed to see her son's body in the morgue but was blackmailed by authorities who said unless she agrees to a secret funeral they will do something with the body. richard. >> thank you so much for kicking off the coverage today republicans in south carolina go to the polls tomorrow to choose a presidential nominee the latest polling showing nikki haley trailing significantly to donald trump in her home state

>> he is not talking about all of the influx on the border or the lawlessness in the cities or wars around the world. all he is doing is talking about himself. >> she is hurting the party. i don't care let her run. think of it. if she is not running. but she is not doing well. we can't let it happen we have to stick together as a party. more fertility clinics are being forced to stop treatments. the state supreme court ruled that embryos are children.

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investigating the incident many on the east coast are looking at a wet communicate >> it looks a little soggy, richard. we have rain and snow falling across the northeast the further north you go and in new england we see the snowy and slick conditions you will encounter. boston to new york is seeing the rain we have it across parts of the mid-atlantic the system will be out of here before you know it new york to boston will see dryer conditions lingering showers. the warmer than normal temperatures will continue 50s from nashville to st. louis. dallas is expected to hit 77 degrees. temperatures will take a tumble

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landing since apollo >> we can confirm without a doubt our equipment is on the surface of the moon. >> reporter: now the first private company to succe successfully land on the moon. >> houston, odysseus founds it new home >> reporter: now troubleshooting and communication issues odysseus launched on a spacex rocket seven days ago, sending back spectacular photos of earth as it rocketed towards the lunar south pole on board six nasa experiments. the ice water on the pole makes it nasa's target zone when astronauts return in a few years. a nasa simulator, we saw the hostile conditions we will have to navigate with the sun hanging low on the horizon to cut costs nasa hired 14

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