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>> nothing that they can do can bring our son back. but the best thing that they can do at this point with no-knock warrants and prosecuting the officer who decided to play god, what they can do is fire him, prosecute him, and just tell the truth. we messed up. we messed up. >> this is -- this is just sad. i -- my son is a hashtag. >> reporter: but i will say they remember him as more than that. they remember him as a talkative, curious about the world, son whose smile still brings comfort to hi...

Assessment of just how imminent a potential invasion is. >> so, we have the same facts but a different perception or a different estimation. >> reporter: the difference is on the question of intention. you dont believe they intend to invade? >> i hope that in kremlin they didnt make their decision still. >> reporter: but chernobyl is only ten miles from the border with belarus, where russia has been holding joint military exercises. these, just some of the 30,000 russian combat troops that nato ...

Air force colonel, cedric layton, a former member of the joint chiefs of staff, and former cia intelligence officer. colonel leighton, you saw melissas report there. getting prepared if russia does attack. what do you think an invasion could look like in your view? >> well, john, good evening. i think it would be a mess. it would be a horrible situation that one person that was interviewed by melissa kind of hit it on the head, that nobody would win in the end, a war like this. so what you would...

>> there was a lengthy city council meeting today to discuss this, and the mayor wanted to speak as well? >> reporter: yeah, john. so the mayor was invited and no one was sure if he actually was going to accept it. and he did. and as part of it, he admitted that some of the language around his re-election campaign and no-knock warrants was a bit too casual about what their policies actually were. and that was in response to criticism that he was giving the impression that they had banned no-knoc...

Uncover whether anything criminal occurred after he narrowly lost the state to president biden. cnns sara murray has the interview and the story. >> reporter: the atlanta area district attorney investigating donald trump said as soon as she has a special grand jury seated in may, shell start firing off subpoenas. >> most of them will start to come in heavier in june and later months. but well certainly start to do some in may. >> fulton county district attorney fani willis said she isnt worried ...

Together," features captions that only trump could write and did, a source familiar with the publishing of the book tells cnn. along with grandiose crowd shots, important events, trump taking shots at his enemies with his version of their interactions. of the late senator john mccain, trump writes, quote, asking for a job for his wife, i am smiling but didnt like him even a little bit. on facebook founder mark zuckerberg, mark zuckerberg would come to the white house and kiss my ass. and thought...

To russia in a few weeks. theyre hoping that will help the situation. but its anyones guess. what they do know is he has the ability to do it any day now according to the presidents national security adviser, jake sullivan. >> kaitlan collins, thank you very much. so from the diplomacy to what things could look like on the ground if there is an invasion. cnns melissa bell got an up close look and she joins me now. melissa, one are the most worrying aspects is whats been happening on the ukrain...

Security threat at the courthouse. willis was already on high alert. after trump took aim on her and other prosecutors at his rally. >> i hope we are going to have in this country the biggest protest we have ever had in washington, d.c., in new york, in atlanta. >> reporter: after those comments, willis asked the fbi for help assessing potential security deficiencies and sharing intelligence on potential threats. >> i dont want to pretend like i didnt hear what i heard. it would be just crazy fo...

That are around ukraine right now. so it would be a combination of all those things. and that would then serve to move forward the russians interests and potentially allow them to take kyiv very quickly. >> were looking at the intelligence that u.s. officials say they have on russia. they say 70% of their military capabilities are in place for a full-scale invasion. what does that tell you just in terms of the amount of resources that russia has put in place there? >> well, john, i think you hav...

Withdraw, to lose face, or to do anything that would show him to be weak. >> so cnn has some really interesting reporting today that according to communications intercepted by u.s. intelligence, some russian officials may have doubts about the success of a large scale invasion of ukraine. what do you think that means? >> well, john, i think it means there are rational people in russia. from a military perspective, this is by no means an easy endeavor, particularly if they go on a large scale inv...