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welcome to this special 8:00 hour of the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington and we begin this hour with an emotional anniversary of a pivotal moment in american history. on a busy weekend when the race for the white house was taking shape. president joe biden was in selma, alabama, today for the anniversary of bloody sunday, and a speech before some of the country's most prominent civil rights leaders. while outside washington, a very different scene in a very different speech, as former president donald trump spoke to the conservative political action conference, vowing re...

In selma, alabama, was trying to push for voting rights legislation and also remind the country that this is a moment, bloody sunday, that should not be erased from american history and that it is something that people can still tllearn from. jim? >> arlette, thank you very much. turning to donald trump's speech last night at the conservative political action conference, as is often the case with the former president, the speech was full of half-truths, lies, and some absolute whoppers. cnn's daniel dale joins me now. the speech lasted almost two hours and you've been sifting through it. we ...

Like we were seeing today. clarissa ward, thanks very much. listen to this story. the u.n. warned the human rights commissioner that russia has as part of its plans to invade this country identify dissidents and particular leaders to be killed or sent to camps if it further invades or occupies country. the kremlin calls that, quote, absolute fiction. cnn international correspondent kylie atwood is with us now, speaking to empeople at the sta department. they've been describing the political side, attempts to take over institutions here if they were to invade. what did this letter say? >> rep...

Ukraine. meanwhile, the u.s. is sitting a stark warning to the un about alleged atrocities that could occur if russia carries out an invasion of ukraine. nbc news has confirmed reports that quote, the u.s. has warned the united nations that it believes russia has plans to kill large numbers of critics, dissidents and vulnerable populations in ukraine, or send them to camps. the kremlin is denying that report, calling the allegation quote, absolute fiction. with that, let's bring in our lead off guests tonight. chief correspondent for pbs, and political contributor, former u.s. ambassador to uk...

Report, calling the allegation quote, absolute fiction. with that, let's bring in our lead off guests tonight. chief correspondent for pbs, and political contributor, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. the united states institute of peace vice president for russia and europe. and retired four star u.s. general army, mr. carefree. a veteran -- in vietnam. he's a former cabinet member and former member of the national security council. good to see all of you here. ambassador taylor, why do we need to understand about putin 's focus on these two separatist big area in eastern ukra...