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East. if theyre able to do that, is that potentially influential, impactful on the fight in the east? >> not significantly. they dont have that many forces they can redirect. also even though theyll be able to redirect forces, they dont have these fighters at the steel plant, i think theyre going to have to see guerrilla warfare and some of the volunteers that will evemerge not necessarily i mariupol but in the area. there are always some that remain in the city after conflict. as many as 10% or...

We have eight weeks left probably and probably about once a week well be seeing opinions from the court. today they issued one. but were awaiting very important opinions, especially on abortion rights that can radically change the way rights are in this country when it comes to abortion. also on the second amendment. and another religious liberty case out of maine dealing with tuition assistance. so lots to come in the weeks ahead. >> we do know there could be religious freedom issues. interesti...

Victory day. they have a giant parade in red square celebrating their victory in world war ii. there are a lot of people who thought initially that putin wanted to use that day to be able to declare some kind of victory in ukraine. now its shifted a little bit. there is some concern he might be using it to reframe what he sees as the terms of this conflict. >> by the way, it was the u.s. intel assessment that there was an intent or at least a hope in moscow to declare something on may 9th. the p...

Forces. that humanitarian corridor secured by the united nations and the red cross. president zelenskyy expressing hope there will be more evacuations of civilians today, chuck. >> erin mclaughlin, excellent reporting from kyiv and i am glad you made note of the fact the missile strikes came when the head of the united nations was visiting under a supposed peacekeeping mission. erin, thank you. joining me, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, welcome back to meet the press. senato...

Airport. so my father-in-law gives few minutes drive from the airport and he watched the missile strike from his window, watched the black smoke rise above the airport, and it caused tremendous stress on the city right before the anniversary of the trade union fire when pro russian and pro kyiv activists fought each other in 2014 for control of the city. also may 9th, victory day for russians in europe is coming up and theres a lot of tension in the city as the russians try to-free net kelley cr...

If they could jump to maybe 50,000 or so troops and it is worth noting, of course, that moldova is not a member of nato. it is not a member of the european union. its constitution declares it a neutral state. >> randi kaye, thank you for joining us. now james clampper. thank you for joining us. russia has been calling the ukraine war a, quote, special military operation. u.s. and western officials believe putin could move very soon to formally declare war on ukraine. as soon as maybe may 9th. wh...

Particular emotional or spiritual value, i suppose, for the russians marking the defeat of the germans in world war ii. so this would be, i think, a natural milestone if putin is going to try to embroil or engage more of the russian population. i will say that i dont think that, if this means mobilization of reservists, i really wonder about their military competence. and i doubt that they have any more will to fight than the troops that the russians already have in the ukraine. >> general clapp...

Considering, that vladimir putin would use the occasion of may 9th, a holiday, a victory day for russia to declare war. this goes from a special military operation focused on the donbas region, luhansk and donetsk, to something much broader. a declaration of war. the ability for putin to declare a mass mobilization, draft more conscripts. he was careful in terms of what to speck here. it would be putin trying to ride on the popularity that if the polls are to be believed he has now, what he has ...

Control how the conflict in ukraine is described and the information that it regards as false. our senior international correspondent matthew chance is in moscow for us right now. hes joining us live. russian foreign minister lavrov made this comment while attempting to justify russias claim that it is trying denazify ukraine. tell us what he said and the reaction. >> reporter: well, its a kind of justification that has been used from the outset of what russia calls the special military operatio...

Could turn into much more repression at home, and a complete mobilization of society. i mean, you could pull up every single you know male from the age of 18 on. he could. >> and to continue to have troops on the ground, but also to maintain support for a military operation? >> yes. i mean, i think, you know, if you look at whats happening in russia, i think his temptation now is to say that this is a fight for the mother land, and to really extend it, and to bring everybody into the fight. may ...