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What is the latest from there? >> reporter: yeah, russia would consider that to be a legitimate military target because they warned about that the day before launching those very, very deadly, catastrophic air strikes against lviv, a western city that a lot of our staff is in lviv. i can tell you, alex. seen up to now a very safe place. it is the point of departure for almost all displaced people coming from eastern ukraine and from the capital of kyiv. en the jumping off point heading to poland...

Primaries starting today, what do they look like, what do they sound like, how much do they tack toward trump? their goal is to get through a primary and theyre less concerned about how they send to a general electorate thats sitting there watching the primary unfold. youngkin showed, and youngkin was lucky in this regard, joe, that he did not have to run through that primary gauntlet. the party picked him at a state convention. so he did not have to run against a hard-edged trumper. they effect...

With the texas governor, other high-ranking officials. you look at this video and everything theyre trying to create this image that hes on a presidential visit, hes still president. i dont think theres any question at this point in time hes the head of the republican party, the leader of the republican party. him being in this position at this point heading into the midterms, is it good or bad for republicans as they try to regain control of the senate and the house? >> i think its terrible for...

Weve spent the last year plus, right, thankfully speaking with you and youve been so helpful over the course of the pandemic. as we look at where were at, as you point out, the second half of the adult population is going to be a little more work to get them vaccinated. but looking where we are as a country right now, im just curious youre thoughts on being at this point heading into memorial day weekend much different than what we saw in 2020. >> absolutely. you see me smiling. im all excited a...

Presidential candidate since bill clinton in the 90s has used, its the economy, stupid. well, that phrase is still big news if you want to call the white house home. the u.s. president donald trump gets that. but even as he continues to publicly tout the strength of the u.s. economy, sources tell cnn he is privately concerned about his strongest political asset. our sarah westwood has this report from the white house. >> reporter: president trump has been pushing aides to come up with plans to m...

Interested in achieving that mission right there. but at the end of the day its going to be very hard to actually achieve any progress here when it comes to beating him in a gop primary. i would also point out that the white house is clearly nervous about the economy which is supposed to be their strongest selling point heading into the election. publicly, theyre expressing confidence but privately, theyre talking about ways to shore up the economy through a number of proposals. and so i think y...

New years eve but making it about voters is a really wise idea. >> one thing that also characterizes this field is you have folks thinking about it, howard schultz among them. there was talk about how trump was an unconventional candidate. what is the potential of the success of an unconventional democratic candidate? >> if youre talking business men, i just dont think there is room for that in the democratic party at this particular point heading into 2020. if you look at schultz and bloomberg ...

Unfortunate unfortunately, kislayak didnt give us his version or any insights there. it was interesting to watch his back and forth. i thought it was most sort of telling that hes upset about the sanctions bill. hes upset about the sanctions bill. trumps upset about the sanctions bill. and i cant imagine mitch mcconnell is happy to be at this point heading into the midterms, having passed no other legislation, other than a sanctions bill that handcuffs his own president. >> in north korea, it se...

Congress were able to do, the one thing the president has been able to accomplish is signing that tax cut, legislation right before christmas time. he described it as a christmas gift to the american people. and weve really seen the economy improving under his watch. you know, people as they filed their tax returns, you know, americans across the country did see that bump in their returns. thats the kind of thing that really matters to people. that said, youve got the mueller investigation. youv...

I am told at the moment senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is not considering that. there is a house pass bill, it is four-year extension, six year extension of the children -- that hasnt been negotiable. how has that shifted, it is somewhat of an open question. at this point heading into this vote, doesnt appear to be an alternative. and by all accounts right now, things are very much headed to a shutdown at midnight. >> i want to go quickly to the white house and cnn jim acosta. what are y...