time of salvation and resurrection is looking like this, sheer destruction thcht village near kyiv is bearing the hall mark of russian forces. the town is free, but the same cannot be said of other areas of the country. in mariupol, evacuation areas were thwarted by the ukrainian villagers after russian forces said they were headed for russian-occupied territories. and now, we are seeing that there is a site of mass graves outside of mariupol, and cnn cannot independently verify this. in odesa, a russian strike killed 18 people or i should say injured 18 people, and killed five including a 18-month-old baby who had yet to celebrate his first easter with his parents. a russian general says that russia wants full control of southern ukraine, because it would give russia a land bridge to moldova, stirring up fears of another soviet republic, and now, scott is joining us from sou southern kyiv, and what do we know now of mariupol? it is remaining dire, jim. there is a humanitar
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Attorney for the Southern District of new york elly honing. Julia, start with you. Did somebody tell the president he could take over this investigation . Where is it coming from . Seems to just be coming out of his adlib interview as he frequently does. Sort of spins from the cuff here. Seems that this is coming from a place of increased rhetoric from President Trump. He wants to show that he has control over the situation. In fact a lot of times likes bringing up the russia investigation. Perhaps that plays to his base who thinks this is part of the witchhunt he describes treating him and others like Paul Manafort unfairly. It could be that hes watching what the coverage of the Manafort Trial, thats getting to him. Could be he sees people like don mcgahn, his white house Special Counsel speaking to Robert Mueller and heard a lot about the fact Robert Mueller could be preparing a slew of indictments to give himse
what is your reaction to that? well, the idea that there was or that anyone involved with the events of that day or was in trump s inner circle was not aware of the propensity of violence was pretty ridiculous, and there is evidence that has come out or come to light that showed that elected members of our government, and their staff and surrogates were in communication with members of the proud boys, and three per percenters and the oathkeepers, and these are groups that advocate violence, and whose members have a propensity for violence and it is not just known to law enforcement. it is known, you know, pretty well throughout the u.s. that this is what these groups were established for. and the fact that they were brought in, in an organized effort to participate in the rally shows me that it was
honor. she s having trouble remembering the details. all these claims of executive privilege, as well, you heard that from greene s attorney and someone who said i represent the president of the united states. what do you make of that? i think she s trying to dodge the question. i think she s trying to split hairs. the first question was whether she d advocated, and she didn t remember. maybe the word advocate, it s kind of like what is the meaning of the word is. she s dodging questions, she s obstructing, and she s avoiding answering that because to the extent that she did advocate violence, what there would be proof that there is a linkage between between what happened outside the capitol, breaking in to the capitol, and the violence there, and the words that she used and her plot to try to overturn a valid election. so she s trying to do everything she can to convince the fact finder here, which is this
law that essentially, if somebody commits an act, an intentional act that they were authorized to do on your behalf as an employer, that you may be personally liable. so, i think that s going to be another key turning point in this case. i wonder, harry, this is something i ve asked you about and want to show you now. trump did advocate violence. let me show you from our friends at rachel maddow. if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, seriously, would? i promise you, i will pay for the legal fees. i promise. i love the old days. you know what they used to do to guys like that when they were in a place like this? they d be carried out on a stretcher, folks. get out of here, out. oh, this is amazing. so much fun. i love it. i love it. we having a good time? usa, usa. usa, usa, usa. all right, get them out.