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this. president biden is set to speak in a few hours and all of this is occupied and announced a referendum this week. . and its important to put some degree of qualification as to what russia says its going to do. 300,000 is a lot. it is as people with military experience and those and the manpower has been pretty bad and its likely the groups russia has called on have already been tapped to join the war. with it right equipment to actually be impactful because theyve really been str...

fierce fighting in key areas of the donbas. another big primary day from california to new jersey. we will have steve kornacki to break it all down. we begin with the january 6th hearings. ali vitali and ryan reilly and eugene daniels. ali, first to you. the company members have been projecting confidence, new evidence, things we havent seen or heard before. are they going to have a difficult task ahead with so much of the country distracted by inflation, gas prices, the gun issue,...

confirmations were pushed through today. that means for the first time since july, the joint chiefs do have a full slate of senate-confirmed officers. that includes admiral lisa frank kennedy, tuberville saying hes standing by the block cade we means they will have to continue to do them one one. thank you foror joininin us, cnn news with abby phillips starts right now. the gaza skylights up with rockets and flarest risks losing the war of public opinion. thats tonight on news night....

If we have that photo available, that would be great. i did talk to him just last year when he came to the u.s. i knew juice. i talked to him last year when he came to the u.s. to push for fighter jets and advanced air defense systems. heres a bit of that conversation. >> our need is to defend our cities against this threat. unfortunately, russians are taking not only military objects but civilian infrastructure. >> yeah, colonel vinman, what are your thoughts on the loss of a fighter pilot like...

Fearful, we must help ukraine. i was just talking to colonel vinman in the green room here. putin is not threatening. he made a mistake. he gambled that the west would lose interest, a divided interest in america, now you have the new u.k. prime minister. putins best is as he did 14 years ago when he took crimea, cry, complain, point at him for a new months and then walk away. johns conversation with the colonel just --

These people have no power, no water and no safe way of getting out. the other city, the other town that we are focusing on is lisitchans. >> thank you. joining us now is former director of european affairs in the national security council. colonel vinman, thank you very much. russia is making progress. they are making advance in the donbas. what more can ukraine or perhaps the u.s. and allies do to help them? >> thanks for having me back on. the most important thing that ukraine needs to do i...

Think it goes back to your earlier question that whether putin was material in the 2016 elections, donald trump seems to think that putin was material in the elections, and hes looking -- hes stretching out his hand asking for help. im going to be on your side, vladimir putin. i want you to help me in 2024. and i think that he thinks that he can get some help. hes an opportunist looking for aid from a like-minded individual, and thats one of the reasons it seems that hes not willing to be critic...

Saw, the most important person in the republican party, wants to run again, will not call vladimir putin a war criminal. those were images of dead civilians that sean hannity put up on the screen. and donald trump said this, "i rebuilt nato," started babble being trade and chevrolets and angela merkel and farmers, and then said, "i knew putin. i knew what he wanted to do." colonel vinman, your thoughts? >> honestly, it was word vomit is what that clip showed. its -- its shocking that he didnt ha...

"putin is a killer, putin is evil," that 95% of the american population agree with except for this man. and i have tremendous respect for alex and wish i could agree with him that donald trump isnt a viable candidate, but i dont know that i agree. i think he still wields extraordinary influence over the republican party. i dont know that even in the face of all these horrific atrocities that when peoples memories fade in two years from now and hes out there stumping that there isnt going to be a...

Relationship with him. so for him, he was acting on the notion that the cost of this operation was going to be low. his biggest mistake, frankly, was in part about the west and the resolve of the west to resist authoritarianism but his biggest mistake was on the resolve of the ukrainian people, their desire to live free and prosperous lives outside of his control. thats where his massive failure really is, where hell pay the price with regard to his own tenure and power. >> all right, colonel al...