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The latest news from around the world with host Fredricka Whitfield. Passed. A little better prioritization of spending. I certainly dont like playing shutdown politics. And how damaging would that be for republicans ahead of the november races . I dont think it would be helpful, so lets try and avoid it. Reporter now, fred, sources close to so mume of my cnn colleagues on capitol hill have heard from people close to the republican leadership. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader M...

Within a few weeks destroy every russian armored column in the whole of ukraine. in other words, the essentially destroy all russian troop formations. the ukrainians would then have essentially won the war. they would walk in, reoccupy their territories. general petraeus talked about sinking every ship in the back sea. this is quite doable for the american military. they own the skies. they know how to do this thing. this is like gulf war one. and i think something like that would be both a suff...

Needs to win on the battlefield and thats where we can help the ukrainians the most. >> since we have been speaking you have been saying, listen, this is how biden -- you said a warning shot. i dont want to misquote you. if you use a nuclear tactical weapon we will have to respond. so what happens if russia does use or putin uses a nuclear tactical weapon? how do you think the u.s. should respond then? >> i think the most sensible thing it do, and i think this is what my understanding is, is bei...

They discuss this. they dont appreciate the saber wet rattling. they warned against it. but they make clearly have not seen signs that we are moving closer to a nuclear element. that hasnt changed. ive talked to officials tonight, they say there has been no sign that putin is moving towards nuclear weapons, no new signal over the last 24 hours that he has decided to use nuclear weapons, and the u.s. has not changed its posture when it comes to nuclear weapons. thats an important note here. when ...

That puts them into a strong negotiating position, at which point putin has to decide, he can do one of two things. he can say, right, weve liberated this area, were not giving it back, but were prepared to negotiate and stop fighting, etc. thats a problem for ukraine and the west, because ukraine is not going to give up that territory. it may possibly give up crimea. its lost it, really. its lost, but they may give up the hope of trying to regain it is what im saying. but its a problem for nato...

You like, the russians are incrementally gaining ground. not very quickly. its causing enormous damage. theyre doing it with excessive use of artillery and missiles, with excessive damage to the civilian infrastructure. what do you think is russias aim? 0bviously, they want as much territory as they can get, but will they go on to attack other cities and towns? they havent yet decided. their current strategy is pretty clear. its to take as much territory as possible in the donbas. that puts them...

The conversations happen. lets get more tanks and ammunition. lets get more drones. okay. but then at the same time, what happened if putin crosses the line? >> this is the fascinating question is white house has been gaming out, the pentagon has been gaming out. i agree with congressman that it would certainly cross a line, a red line. we have not seen nuclear use since -- of a nuclear weapon being used in anger since august of 1945, and that was the second attack, the one on nagasaki. that sai...

From the americans, they do believe or at least aiming for the reopening of the american embassy here in kyiv which, of course, was shuttered toward the beginning of the war. they believe they can reopen it by the end of may. >> matt rivers live for us in the capital, kyiv. grateful for the reporting. lets get more from general marks. you hear matt rivers make the case that the russian progress in this part of the country is slow and incremental. but you still see it as significant, and you see ...

War, but you would understand that. an attack on a very important piece of economic infrastructure. the russians know there are people there. yes, some ukrainian fighters but also civilians. when you look at the pictures, what comes to mind? >> clearly the devastation thats taking place, the lack of the rules of land war fair are not being adhered to at all by the russians. they simply do not care. their objective is to wear down to morale of the ukrainian people, and to create a wasteland. puti...

Dissidents but there still is a vibrant dissident community in russia. will it stay? will it make a difference? >> well, all it takes is -- we dont know how this whole thing is going to play itself out, but what alexei navalny who is in jail, their calculation is that at some point putin is going to misstep, the whole country is going to rise up, theres going to be chaos and then there is going to be a need for a new leader. i can imagine if that happens and its happening in a lot of other count...