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adding, quote, fuel to the fire. this as russian forces have gained ground in eastern ukraine, leaving a key city on the brink. >> we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." for the first time in a week, we're now hearing from the man who led the widely criticized police response to the texas school massacre. cnn confronting the uvalde school district police chief and pressing hip about his decision not to immediately engage the gunman. listen to cnn's exclusive one-on-one with that police chief, ...

You. >> brit: you bet. >> bret: up next, california wants to pay huge sums of money to black residentss reparations for slavery. who gets the money and where will it come from? we'll bring to you california. first, beyond our borders tonight, ukrainian air defenses shoot down 35 iranian made drones over kyiv and russia's latest nighttime assault. this comes tacks across ukraine by kremlin forces killed four civilians; the bombardments came as moscow enforced tight security on the eve of red square commemorations marking the defeat of nazi germany in world war ii. french president emmanuel macr...

Note how russia essentially failed to accomplish the early goals, like taking kyiv where you are, but it still does control about a fifth of ukraine's territory after one year of the invasion. if you had to summarize it, what is the state of the war right now? >> yeah, well, it could be an inflection point one year into the war because we're expecting, any time now, both sides, ukrainian forces and then kremlin forces, to launch their spring offensives. the goal for each side is to move these front lines that have essentially been hardened and haven't moved much since november. each side is ho...

>> reporter: yeah, they are getting worn down, john, and, you know, still ukrainian forces are fighting street to street there, but there's been a stark message this morning from kremlin forces in and around that city to ukrainian troops, basically saying leave, surrender or face death or die. that's the message coming from these rebel groups backed by russia as well as the russian military of course as russia continues to make slow but definite progress in that key city. there's no end in sight to this war, but it's horror is plain to see. an old woman crosses herself in prayer as troops figh...

Have fired him. so he is part of establishing how the white house was pushing sort of the legal apparatus and the forces of government to push this. it wasn't just messaging to supporters, they were also trying to sort of subvert our legal process and really subvert democracy to push these claims forward. that this was about not only defrauding people but also maintaining power and that's a really important point here. >> laura, you covered the justice department. >> yeah. >> it really does seem as if the justice department may be the key audience for these hearings, will merrick garland or at...