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Colorado’s Jason Crow travels with Nancy Pelosi to Kyiv for meeting with Volodymr Zelenskyy
By Vanesa Gera, The Related Press
WARSAW, Poland — A U.S. congressional delegation led by Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the braveness of the Ukrainian folks in remarks throughout a go to to Poland on Sunday, a day after a shock journey to Kyiv to satisfy with President Volodymr Zelenskyy.
The American legislators assessed Ukraine’s wants for the subsequent part of the struggle, with Pelosi vowing that Washington would stand with the nation till it defeats Russia.
Pelosi, a California Democrat who’s second in line to the presidency after the vice chairman, was essentially the most senior American lawmaker to go to Ukraine since Russia’s struggle started greater than two months in the past. Her beforehand unannounced go to got here simply days after Moscow bombed the Ukrainian capital whereas the U.N. secretary-general was there.
Pelosi and a half-dozen U.S. lawmakers — together with U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Centennial — met for 3 hours late Saturday with Zelenskyy and his high aides to get a first-hand evaluation of the struggle effort thus far. Talking to reporters Sunday in Poland, the delegation members had been unanimous in praising Ukraine’s defenses to date, in portray the battle of 1 nearly as good in opposition to evil and in assuring continued long-term U.S. navy, humanitarian and financial help.
“We had been proud to convey to him the message of unity from the Congress of the US, a message of appreciation from the American folks for his management and admiration for the folks of Ukraine for his or her braveness,” Pelosi stated.
Their go to got here two days after U.S. President Joe Biden requested Congress for $33 billion to bolster Ukraine’s struggle in opposition to Russia, greater than twice the scale of the preliminary $13.6 billion help measure that Congress enacted early final month and now’s nearly drained. With the struggle dragging into its third month, the measure was designed to sign to Russian President Vladimir Putin that U.S. weaponry and different types of help weren’t going away.
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“It is a time we rise up for democracy or we permit autocracy to rule the day,” stated Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat from New York.
“It is a wrestle of freedom in opposition to tyranny,” stated Rep. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California. “And in that wrestle, Ukraine is on the entrance strains.”
Rep. Jason Crow, a Democrat from Colorado, a veteran and a member of the Home intelligence and armed providers committee, stated he got here to Ukraine with three areas of focus: “Weapons, weapons and weapons.”
“We’ve to verify the Ukrainians have what they should win. What now we have seen within the final two months is their ferocity, their intense delight, their capability to struggle and their capability to win if they’ve the help to take action.”
“The USA of America is on this to win, and we’ll stand with Ukraine till victory is received,” he added.
The total congressional delegation included Meeks, who chairs the Home International Affairs Committee; Schiff, who chairs the Home Intelligence Committee; Jim McGovern of Massachusetts who chairs the Home Guidelines Committee; Crow, Barbara Lee of California; and Invoice Keating of Massachusetts.
“You all are welcome,” Zelenskyy informed the delegation, based on a video of the encounter launched by his workplace.
Pelosi informed Zelenskyy: “We imagine that we’re visiting you to say thanks to your struggle for freedom.”
“We’re on a frontier of freedom and your struggle is a struggle for everybody. Our dedication is to be there for you till the struggle is completed,” Pelosi added.
The delegation continued its journey in southeast Poland, and members had been later visiting the capital, Warsaw, to satisfy with President Andrzej Duda and different senior officers. Poland has obtained greater than 3 million refugees from Ukraine since Russia launched its struggle on Feb. 24.
“We sit up for thanking our Polish allies for his or her dedication and humanitarian efforts,” Pelosi stated.
Talking at a information convention in Poland, Pelosi stated she and others within the delegation applauded the braveness of the Ukrainian folks. She added that the delegation introduced Zelenskyy “a message of appreciation from the American folks for his management.”
McGovern stated Russia’s struggle had repercussions far past Ukraine, saying it was exacerbating a meals disaster that may be disastrous for poor folks throughout the globe.
“Putin’s brutal struggle is now not solely a struggle in opposition to the folks of Ukraine,” McGovern stated. “It’s additionally a struggle in opposition to the world’s most susceptible.”
He added that Ukraine is a “breadbasket of the world.”
“I don’t assume that Putin cares if he starves the world,” McGovern stated.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – This weekend was Thankfest, an event started by Vaughn Littrell, to give back to families in need. This year 250 families got all the ingredients they needed for Thanksgiving and more.
The families were chosen ahead of time through the CPCD Head Start Program. They help serve our community’s most vulnerable children and families.
The giveaway was a chance for families to come down and do some shopping for free. It was more than just getting food, families also received all the kitchen tools they would need to cook too.
It wasn’t just food either. Clothes and shoes were also available for those who needed them.
“Some of our families are in really, really bad situations. They need they need help. You know, and it’s this is a this is a tangible way that we can do something. We can’t do everything, but you can do something. We’re excited to be able to bless these families,” Vaughn Littrell told KRDO13.
Vaughn says he started the giveaway with just a few families. He says he knows what it is like to struggle, and wants the giveaway to keep growing so he can help more people.
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Interstate 70 closed near Vail and Silverthorne on Sunday for “safety concerns” as snow battered the Colorado mountains, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation.
The eastbound interstate was closed between Exit 180 for East Vail and Exit 190 for Vail Pass Summit, about 1 mile west of Copper Mountain, as of 6 p.m. Sunday, CDOT officials said.
CDOT cameras in the area of the closure showed snow-covered roads and white-out conditions.
Westbound I-70 was also closed at 6 p.m. Sunday between Exit 216 for U.S. 6 near Loveland Pass and Exit 205 for Colorado 9 near Silverthorne, according to CDOT.
Multiple Waze users reported “weather hazards” in both closed sections of I-70.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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Shedeur Sanders shoves referee, ‘lucky’ to avoid ejection as frustrations boil over in Colorado loss
There was certainly a scenario Saturday night where Colorado would’ve needed to navigate the final 20 minutes of its upset loss to Kansas without star quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
Sanders, the son of Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders and a projected top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, shoved referee Kevin Mar after taking a sack on third down with Colorado trailing by nine in the third quarter, and he was “lucky” that didn’t result in an ejection, Fox rules analyst Mike Pereira said on the broadcast.
“There’s no question that he does,” Pereira said when asked about Sanders shoving Mar. “Look, I get why he’s upset because people are almost climbing over him after he was down, but, you know, the officials can use their hands all they want to try to keep order. But you cannot come back as a player and push an official.
“In the chaos, the officials don’t see it, but he’s lucky that he wasn’t ejected from the game.”
After the sack, Sanders approached Mar from behind — who was surrounded by a cluster of players — and shoved the longtime official with his right arm.
By that point, three other referees had moved closer to the scuffle and attempted to separate the players and Sanders while protecting Mar.
Sanders, who finished 23 of 29 for 266 yards and three touchdowns during No. 16 Colorado’s 37-21 loss, wasn’t penalized on the play, but his frustrations had started to boil over.
The game featured plenty of physical hits, with Colorado’s College Football Playoff hopes at stake and Kansas attempting to claw its way toward becoming bowl eligible.
At one point in the first half, defensive end Dean Miller lowered his head and flung himself toward Sanders’ knees while he attempted a pass.
“I mean, I just don’t know how that’s legal overall,” Sanders told reporters after the game when asked about Miller’s hit. “I ain’t understand that, but, you know, it is what it is. There was a couple plays like that.”
The Buffaloes trailed 17-0 at one point but managed to trim its deficit to two points early in the third quarter, when Travis Hunter — also projected as a top pick in the upcoming NFL draft — and Sanders connected on a touchdown pass.
But Devin Neal accounted for the final two touchdowns, providing the Jayhawks with some cushion and ensuring Colorado was on its way to ending the night in a four-way tie atop the Big 12 standings.
Deion said after the game that Colorado had become “intoxicated with the success.”
“We started smelling ourselves a little bit,” Deion said, according to ESPN. “… We got intoxicated with the multitude of articles and the assumption that we’re this and the assumption that we’re that. And we did not play CU football. Therefore, we got our butts kicked. It is what it is.”
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