you're going to mcconnell who you haven't spoken to, and what upwards of three years, right. this is not the open of the snl skit. mcconnell has not been hanging out. he's not been genuflecting in mar-a-lago. allah mccarthy, he has been cold. here's what they are. mcconnell's very loud animal recognizes donald trump is a loser for the party. and he's got his senate on the line, right? he could actually win the senate. so there's nothing that he wants from donald trump other than for him to go away to some degree? yeah. >> i mean, look, i think the fundamental reality than, you mentioned what we're learning from these primaries is that if you're a republican, you cannot win a primary. if you don't support donald trump. but also, we are seeing with this 40% that is going to be next to impossible to win a general election under those circumstances. all right, audie jonah ashley was a really great conversation. i'm really grateful to have all of you as part of the show. i'm also grateful to have all of you watching with us. i do really appreciate you joining us. i'm kasie hunt. don't go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now

>> michigan, you are on the clock, polls open when they're literally seconds ago, and you might think, you know what will happen the primaries there tonight. but by the end of today, there will be key lessons learned that will matter all the way until november. >> the white house is now heading to alabama, sending in the nation's top health official after the alabama after alabama's ivf ruling and the that's it's created of uncertainty and fear about fertility treatments nationwide. how can the white house, what can the white house do about it? >> the nation's top health official joins us a $25 billion supermarket mega merger was just brought to a screeching halt. the brand new lawsuit claiming it could mean higher grocery prices for you. i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman, cnn news

central starts now so how important is michigan this morning? it's not just the birthplace of m&m, madonna and burt reynolds. it's not just word dumb and dumber star jeff daniels as the theater. it's not just for tom brady played college football >> know, tonight, michigan >> is the subject of a cnn special report starting at 07:00 p.m. it is that important? the michigan presidential primary, it used today in while you might think, you know what will happen do not fall victim to hubris, president biden faces a challenge from at least one sitting democratic member of congress urging people to vote uncommitted, to protest us support for israel in the war against hamas donald trump has been winning by large margins than states so far, but underperforming in some pre-election polls will that trend continue and can nikki

haley stay relevant for the long haul? she will make that case this morning right here on cnn news central tell that to jeff daniel's. see it as dianne gallagher is outside a polling place in waterford, michigan. how things look so far, dianne you know john right now, things do look quiet, but that's because polls just opened about two minutes ago. so we don't have any >> lines forming yet and we haven't actually seen any voters go and sign at this point. but the reason why we're at this particular location is because we have a very good mix of both registered republicans and democrats here. and both our goal going to the polls today in addition, according to the secretary of state, more than 1 million early and absentee ballots have already been cast here in michigan. many voters getting an opportunity for days on end to actually vote early in-person, something they had not had before. so we're seeing them take advantage of that and do expect still good what turnout today for those trying to cast their ballots in this

presidential primary. let's talk about the democrats. first of course, president joe biden on the ballot as well as several others because they went ahead and set those valid orders earlier, last or excuse me, late last year. but the real key that people are looking at here is that on committed vote and whether or not this campaign to try and get progressives, young voters are of americans to vote on committed sending a message to president biden about their frustration with his policy on israel's war in gaza. now, look, they say that they want about ten thousand they expect to get about 10,000 votes. it's important to note that everyone who vote uncommitted is not necessarily supporting that campaign, but they've been working for three weeks as of today to try and claim the uncommitted spot there to send that message to president biden. now what's key about michigan is of course this is a true swing state for president

trump won in 2016 with just under 11,000 votes over hillary clinton. and in 2020, president biden beat trump by about 150,000 votes. now, look, there are a total of 140 democratic delegates at stake including 23 unpledged superdelegates there are 55 republican delegates at stake, and the republicans are having some intra party issues. and so a lot of those are going to be pledged at a later sort of gathering a caucus of these republicans. but on the gop side, it's not necessarily just whether or not donald trump is going to win in michigan. but as you said, the nuance of what that victory might look at, nikki haley talked about her feelings on donald trump at a at an event she held in minnesota yesterday and look at what he's doing to the rnc itself. the rnc, the republican national committee was always about winning races up and down the ticket. now,

he's turning around before the primaries over. he's putting his daughter-in-law's chair. he's putting his campaign manager to run it now, those to have said, this is art the rnc is all for just donald trump. now he's turning the republican party into his own personal play pen now of course, haley, not here in michigan today, neither are president biden or donald trump >> for that matter, she was here yesterday. none of the candidates again, here in this state as wonderful as it isn't as great as we are expecting this primary to be john dianne gallagher in michigan. thank you very much, sara, michigan, nice swingiest of john. i'm going to let leave it there the swingingest of swing states. i think we have a new moniker for michigan. let's dive deeper

into this with david julio, political science professor at oakland university in michigan and todd spangler washington correspondent with the detroit free press. all right gentlemen, thank you for being here this morning, todd, i'm going to start with you, both trump and biden are facing a test and michigan today, what are you what do you watching for? what are you hearing from michigan voters because there are a lot of things going on that aren't particularly normal if you will >> sure. i >> mean, you touched on it already. i mean, the the uncommitted votes, what we're really paying the most attention to now, then committed votes got to get 15% to actually get a delegates and really have an effect, really sort of push it past that that mark of it's really going to be have an effect in november, which is what it really matters. 10,000 votes if they get uncommitted, is not going to be a large measure compared to past elections. >> so really >> they've got to get past that to really make an impact. we're

watching that video very, very carefully, clearly we know that president biden, former president trump, are going to win. they're going to win michigan tonight. i mean, there's, there's next to no chance of that not happening. >> the other side of >> that is, you say, does nikki haley overperform as she has done in new hampshire? obviously in south carolina, she did well relative to other states. but the real question is, she didn't campaign much in michigan. she hasn't spent a lot of time in michigan. it's a trump state. republican wise, just ken, she dig into that at all? >> today. i'm curious to get your your views on this as you talk to voters. and you look at what this might mean nationally. do you think that the parties will be looking at this very closely to see what happens here and how to maybe change their message or pushed forward the message they've been putting out there for super tuesday sure. >> yeah. i don't i don't know that it necessarily changes former president trump's

message. i think he's his messages has been consistent, will be consistent. he hits many of the same nodes. >> i think president >> biden has already been trying to change his message to some degree based on what he's seeing in michigan. i don't think it's i think he's been working towards some sort of pause in fighting in gaza for some time. >> but i >> don't think it's any accident that he goes on. seth meyers last night and says you know, we are hoping for a temporary ceasefire in the very near future with ramadan approaching ahead of a michigan primary >> i do think >> this depending on what this uncommitted vote comes in, depending on how this looks for, for, for president biden, michigan could very much change his message heading forward. >> great. i do want you just mentioned it and i do want to play what we heard from president biden last night and yesterday, both. let's listen to what he he talked about when it came to when it comes to the conflict in the middle east between israel and hamas in

gaza. here's what he said. >> my match security adviser tells me that we're close we're closer, not done yet. my hope is by next monday, we'll have a ceasefire ok. you see him hanging out there with seth meyers, what he was asked to really hard question and he answered it, hoping that there's going to be a ceasefire what are you hearing? is this going to matter if if a ceasefire is announced i mean, people are voting. so day well, it is. >> well, a lot of people are going to vote today, but a lot of people have already voted. i mean, as was mentioned earlier, there had been more than 1 million votes that either were voted absentee already or done during the nine day early voting period which ended on sunday those votes are cast. and so if there's a lot of uncommitted in there and if there's not it's unlikely we're going to see a lot of uncommitted today. there's gonna be a balance in this campaign has been going on for a while. so it really is up in the air whether or not that's

going to be an impact. and quite frankly, governor whitmer, who's co-chair of president biden's campaign nationally he said, it is, right? we don't know what uncommitted is going to what, how those numbers are going to look in michigan. tonight, we just it might be a lot. it might be a little and we're really just waiting like everybody else to see what that number is and what sort of impact it has on the president and his and his political future at michigan david i, want to, talk? >> to you about it, like a jump in there >> david, at the state level in the republican party. there's a power struggle as you point out who is going to actually be the party chair. trump's thrown out. a family member or to what's going on here, how might this affect election day? there? >> well, we've got a power struggle here in michigan at the, at the state party level. kristina karamo was elected as republican party chair in february of 2023, and then was

ousted not that excuse me, not that long ago. and replaced by former congressman pete hoekstra, a former ambassador to the netherlands, who has since been recognized by the rnc as the state party chair and even by former president trump as the state party chair. and the interesting thing about this for the primary season is that both chirano and hoekstra are hosting dueling caucuses conventions on saturday that are going to select the lion's share of the delegates to the convention over the summer. and it's going to be fascinating to see where folks to show up and in fact, what the rnc does with those results after south he today. >> yeah. there's a lot to look at in this and will be of course, watching as the numbers come in to see where things stand. but everyone agrees. i think you both agree that the two people that will be the nominee coming out of michigan will be president biden and

former president trump, david and todd. thank you so much for coming on and giving your expertise okay >> and heads up. there, isn't a couple of hours. nikki haley is going to be joining us here on cnn news central to talk about what sara was just going through today's primary and also the path ahead. you don't want to ms that would be joining us live at 09:00 a.m. eastern also, it's a big day at the white house. president biden is hosting the top four congressional leaders at the white house to focus on how to avoid triggering a government shutdown at the end of this week. and you can be sure the stalemate over ukraine aid and us border security is top of mind. these leaders find themselves in what has sadly become a very familiar spot divisions between parties and within at least one party is breaking breaking is breaking down the necessary action from congress and bringing it to a screeching halt. democratic senator jon tester, he seemed to sum it up very well, saying just yesterday we are doing this every six weeks, every six

months. rather, this is it's just cnn's arlette saenz is at the white house joining us now are let always eloquent as quite wild, your head is danny right next? so jon tester is choice words. regardless, what is going to happen at the white house in just a few hours >> well, kate, this is shaping up to be a consequential meeting on several fronts. and the most pressing issue is that partial government shutdown that is looming on friday. president biden will convene the top four congressional leaders here at the white house for an oval office meeting as negotiators are still working to try to hammer out a deal to avert that first shutdown, which is on march 1st, that would affect a departments like the department of veterans affairs and the food and drug administration. but it comes as lawmakers tops senate and house, a leaders had been working towards negotiations hoping to release some type of framework on sunday evening that hit a snag in those negotiations? are still

underway, but it's entirely unclear whether lawmakers will be able to reach an agreement before friday. now on the senate side, you have senate majority leader chuck schumer, and senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, who are really on the same page about trying to avert this government shutdown connell warning yesterday that it would be harmful for the country. but then on the house side, house speaker mike johnson is under incredible pressure from his right flank, who want him to push for? for more conservative priorities in these discussions. now the senate returned last evening, you heard those frustrations that were voiced by senators like senator jon tester. the house is now set to return until tomorrow. and even if they do reach an agreement, there are still the mechanics of getting this legislation written, getting it voted on really highlighting the time crunch that lawmakers are facing before friday. but on top of this partial government shutdown that that's looming right now, the biden administration also wants to press these congressional leaders on getting more aid to ukraine. biden has consistently for months now been calling for

house republicans to get on board with that $60 billion in funding that he's requested for ukraine. there's a belief within the white house that if this were to come up for a vote, that there would be a bipartisan majority jordi to support this additional assistance for ukraine over the weekend, the national security adviser, jake sullivan, was warning about the further detriments that this could give to ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield as they wage their fight. they've also argued not giving this hu create a simple we playing into putin's hands. so the president also tried to use this moment, especially to get in the ear of house speaker mike johnson are urging him to bring this up for a vote in the house >> arlette saenz at the white house. arlette, thank you so much. john. >> i didn't know we were doing swear words with these new hours. >> this morning. the >> white house sends a key administration official to alabama to protest the state supreme court ruling. there it's to parents nationwide. in all but stalled ivf treatment in the state fulton county

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determined terrence bradley must return to the stand to testify about willis's relationship with her top prosecutor, nathan wait, it's been nearly two weeks since we last heard from bradley who declared declined excuse me to answer certain questions, citing attorney-client privilege, as wade's divorce lawyer at the time the judge acknowledged that privilege and limited what lawyers could ask him. cnn's nick valencia is in atlanta for us watching this it's case nick, what's sort of changed. the judges might or what are they expecting to hear from wade's attorney on the stand >> yeah, good morning sara you. remember two weeks ago when terrence bradley was on the stand and there were some questions that he declined to comment, citing attorney-client privilege, but there was some sort of a stunning moment an earthquake moment at the end of day two of the hearing, when judge scott mcafee he turned to bradley and he said, i wonder if you've been misinterpreting privilege the entire it's time and as a result, he met with judge scott mcafee yesterday

behind closed doors and it was determined from that hearing that some of the questions that bradley was asked were not covered by this attorney-client privilege. so now he has to come back to be questioned again by defense attorneys and the state, and that will resume some later this afternoon. and to remind our viewers, mike roman, the former for trump campaign official, and his attorney, ashleigh merchant, were the first to surface these allegations of what they called an improper relationship between nathan wade and district attorney fani willis here and they alleged that the relationship started well before nathan wade was hired. in fact, nathan wade responded in a sworn affidavit that the relationship didn't begin until 2022, but they say that bradley can each that testimony and this is really important because if the court finds that nathan wade was not fully truthful while he was under oath. that could mean big problems for the district attorney's office so that hearing an emergency hearing, we didn't expect they're getting news until late last night that this would be underway today. we're expecting that happened just a few hours

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week's alabama supreme court ruling the court declared frozen embryos are children and someone who destroy them can be held liable for wrongful death. frozen embryos are used in ivf and now three alabama fertility clinics have paused ivf treatment hhs secretary javier becerra is in birmingham alabama and joins us now, mr. secretary. thank you so much for being with us. you said the supreme court ruling in alabama has heart wrenching consequences for alabama women in their families walk us through these consequences john, thanks for having me. >> and of course, if you're looking to have a family, all of a sudden, you're told that you could face prosecution. certainly you're facing confusion as to whether or not you can continue with your in vitro fertilization. and what are the consequences for you if they're not? successful, if you have embryos that you don't use, it's just a situation that would not have existed had roe versus wade

continued to be the law of the land which protecting everyone's rights to healthcare, including women's rights to reproductive health care. >> this is a state supreme court decision. what if anything, can the federal government do to alleviate this situation for families? there? >> well, remember the cause of concern is the undoing of the constitutional protections we had at the federal level by the dobbs decision and so this state court decision was made possible by the dobbs decision. so if you connect the dots from this decision, which is now putting the opportunity please for families to actually have a child to the dobbs decision. and dobbs, of course, is directly connected to roe versus wade. you can see what happens when you and do a 50 year constitutional protection that gave families, women these opportunities to have families and to plan out their families well possible impact. do you see beyond alabama's borders

>> john, it's unfortunate, but the confusion, the fear goes beyond alabama. lot of families are trying to figure out does does it make sense for them to try in vitro fertilization? house is the dollars it costs. will it go to result in nothing what happens to contraception is that next i think there are a lot of families, not just swimming, a lot of families who are asking, what does this mean when you have your rights taken away? when my three daughters have fewer rights than their mother something's going on and we've got to change it, but we've got to do it at the national level because it was dobbs at the national level which took away rights. these decisions as an alabama are hurting alabamians. but if we've got to do with this at the national level explained to me how though you plan to do it at the national level short of the supreme court reversing itself, which i don't think is on the verizon. what can you do to change the situation >> well, i think we have to go

in the opposite direction of what we see right now in the house of representatives, where i believe they're more than half of their republican members in the house of representatives have signed up. our aren't endorsing a law that would call the moment of conception as the point where a human life begins, which of course would make the decisions like this alabama supreme court decision more possible. and so what we have to do is go in the opposite direction and reestablish the protections that we had under roe versus wade because it's clear it's not just protections for abortion it's protections for health care for families that are in their reproductive stage of life. >> there are many republicans coming out now saying they do support in vitro fertilization. and you are seeing sort of a pause or rethinking of some measures around the country, including in florida overnight, where a republican effort that would have passed some new restaurant frictions in laws among unborn children has been put on pause. so what do you say to that

>> well, i hope the pause is real, not political. i hope the pause is making people understand the consequences of depriving families, women, of their rights during reproductive years and i hope what it means is that will move in a direction which provides protections, not takes them away because dodd's took away protections dobbs took away the rights to freedom, to autonomy dobbs has made it possible for politicians to now go into the home and into the family and make this decisions for them about their family in the future. well, hopefully, we're with these pauses are permanent while we're on the subject of florida, there's a little bit of a measles outbreak down there were at least eight students have come down with measles >> there are a number >> of unvaccinated students who were exposed to measles and the cdc recommendation is if you are unvaccinated and exposed, you're supposed to stay home for 21 days, but the florida

surgeon general says parents should make the decision on their own or if they want to send those unvaccinated kids to school, they can. >> what do you >> think the impact is of that? >> well, john, it's not just the recommendation of cdc the recommendation as scientists and medical professionals that for years to have known that these are very deadly diseases and to not get vaccinated when we've seen decades of proof that they work and they keep people safe and healthy and alive it's crazy, i'm not sure how else to say it. i'm not a medical professional, but i know enough and i'm married to them, but i know enough to know that if you're telling you you're you're keeping your child from being vaccinated from something that can be very contagious. you're not just hurting your child, you're hurting the children of your neighbors and your friends it's it's hard to understand why any medical professional in the state of florida would recommend that children not be vaccinated to stay safe. >> well, he's recommending he saying the parents should have the right to send those unvaccinated kids to school.

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some guy charles barkley, give out you a follow up and i will teach you how to read charles tomorrow. on cnn >> this morning, the largest supermarket merger in us history is in jeopardy. i should say, proposed merger, the ftc is suing to block a 25 billion deal between kroger and albertsons, the ftc says the deal would hurt customers already facing high food prices this is kroger and albertsons are gearing up for a fight. now, cnn's vanessa yurkevich is with the with the details on this. >> yeah. this was a deal that was announced in 2022. it would basically merge the number five in number ten supermarket chains here in the us but essentially the ftc is saying not so fast guys, this would have been the biggest supermarket supermarket merger in history. >> stepping on that all day, my >> supermarkets, supermarket, but worth $25 billion. but the ftc is essentially saying no, we're suing over this because it's going to essentially lead

to job losses store closures, and higher food prices, which is what americans have been struggling with for so long now, food prices are up 26% since 2020. and kroger on the other hand, is saying, well, wait a minute, guys were actually creating this merger to provide diversity in the market to compete with the walmarts, the amazon, the cost goes up the world. >> they say that because of this >> deal, they'll actually see $500 million in savings which they are going to then use to reduce food prices to provide promotions for customers. but the ftc isn't buying it, and that's why they are ultimately suing kroger says they're going to be appealing this it's deal. but the ftc is known to pick their battles and i think this is a battle that they're going to stick with. they really want to make sure that the american sumer is winning in the end. and they see this deal as a threat to that. it's a good point. the ftc tries to pick fights that it thinks they can win. yeah. finesse your kabore's. thank you very much.

>> also, on our radar this hour, the pentagon says an internal review of the defense secretary is delayed notification of being hospitalized for review, found no ill will or intent to obfuscate despite finding no bad intentions. the review did make several recommendations of how to avoid the situation from happening again, secretary austin, you remember he faced criticism last month for not disclosing his cancer diagnosis and the subsequent hospitalization that he had to the president. president biden, to come congress or the public for days. house republicans not satisfied with this review and the report promising to continue their own investigation. >> now >> taylor swift's father her dad, scott swift, is accused right now assaulting and australian photographer in-city. the photographer has filed a police report. >> he claims scott swift punched tim as the star in her entourage were leaving an afterparty and sydney harbor, a spokesperson for taylor swift claims that threats were being made against a member of her team to individuals were aggressive hopefully pushing

their way towards them. >> when >> this all happened, a former faculty member from a new york college is giving back in a major way students at the albert einstein college of medicine will receive free tuition thanks to a historic billion dollar donation the donor is ninety-three-year-old dr. ruth gottesman. she was a professor at the school for more than five decades she hopes the donation gives new doctors to chance to be getting their careers without debt hanging over them. >> unbelievable believable. one of the things we need so much in this country is doctors. so, wow, what a gift. all right. president biden poking funded himself and took some jabs at donald trump as well during a rare appearance on late-night tv last night with comedian seth meyers here's what he said about that. far right. taylor swift conspiracy theory >> can you confirm or deny that there is an active conspiracy

between you and ms swift? >> were you getting this information as classified >> joining us now, a cnn contributor, dean obeidallah. thank you so much for being here. that was funny and humor tends to do quite well with most people. give me some sense of though, seeing him show up there or a width seth meyers, there is a politics of late night television. does this work in his favor, being able to joke, being able to make people laugh i think president biden should only doing two views on late night going forward, have a live audience. it can get a great job. >> and it was funny if i get from the >> top the segment, he's very comparable except he's been on that show before he knows at polar who was a fellow guest, but he really wants, he was funny. he loved the energy to crowd. you've got a standing ovation and a younger audience there at, at tomorrow's show and he also tackle some really substantive issues. i think stef that a great job. but look what you're getting a terrace true? comedy isn't doing if you make people laugh, they tend to

like you more. that's why president obama was probably they king of late night going on show after show, even shows like ellen as a candidate all the way through his presidency with doing slow jam in the news with jimmy fallon. so i think it made the right choice. i honestly think i'm not kidding. i think he should do more of this. i think the state of union actually you should open with a joke and put the sunglasses on. bring the place down. that'll be huge lives, lots of headlines >> i do want to ask you though, because he has faced criticism for not sitting down with people who are less friendly. let's say with regular journalist who have very tough questions where jokes may not work. what, what do you make of that criticism? and is it fair >> well, i mean objectively, yes, he sat for less press conferences in any of the last two presidents. that's true. i think he's got to pick and choose where he's going to go right now. it's not about checking a box. he's running for reelection. we're about 200 50 days from the november 5 election. go on place. they're going to make it look good. that's like it is a political reelection campaign. biden is

funnier than people can credit for. he was very funny there right from the top, making part of his age, he did a joke about donald trump, which was a great joke. that's smart. and i hope his handler is people on his campaign and himself. >> we should do more this, >> go on, foulon, go on chemical on jon stewart show, show, americans are inside of who you are. i think that helps him. >> i do want to show people what he said about age because this is a big issue. it keeps coming up and both candidates right there, age keeps coming up, but his in particular here's how we dealt with a question about his age >> number one, you've got taken together guy, he's about as old as time, but he can't remember his wife's name yeah. >> it's about how old your ideas are. >> look, i >> mean, this is a guy wants to take us back. he wants to take his back. and roe v. wade, he wants to take us back on a whole range of issues that are 50, 60 years them is american physicians it's about how old

your ideas are. good strategy there >> yeah, >> what he just did there is what we've talked about. the listeners on my radio show all the time the last few months, you can't ignore an issue like age because polling shows is important, but you can pivot quickly the issues that are more important. so the issue of aid it gets pushed down the hierarchy of interests where people go. yeah, he's old, but he's going to fight for reproductive freedom. he's protecting our democracy. he's given us a strong economy. here's his vision for 2024. you can't run away from something that obvious. you can make it less important. and i think that's how he went. you've got to make it about the issues that move people like being forced against your will to carry a fetus term. this was some republicans want and certain states, these issues that move people and when not who's younger and older him or trump. i think a sense of humor and this at this context really, really helpful. think she did more and more of that dean. obeidallah thank you so much for coming on for your analysis. appreciate you. thanks, arjan. >> all right just in a dispute in public view this morning

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been swift from other western leaders, the german chancellor saying, just last hour this, there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on ukrainian soil sent there by european countries or nato states so while that plays out in washington, president biden is about to host the top leaders from congress to talk about us support for ukraine. cnn's nick paton walsh is on the ground in ukraine for us with how the fight is changing make flipped around fast, hiding each week in a new abandoned shell drone operators have been ukraine's secret weapon for months but now, but it's getting harder we saw this unit in december, but their base back then has been bombed. yet still, they hunt every day for a single mistake a russian who gets himself spotted, flee for.

>> they say the russians are better at hiding themselves. although sometimes obviously not, yes, or they're just wanted russian soldiers carrying groceries and the dog came out to greet him. so i think it's quite possible that's where some russians are hiding. so it begins the first strike on the window one drone watching the other flies into the target. >> well, after all, is russian and quickly, they prepare another the hunt is no game, but has the tools of one they lose about a quarter of their drones to russian jamming. >> this durable she lose know and what followed treasured. i should give me you muslim voters. but it's running into the blue house >> or its roof clearly hit

before a while ago kate becomes the next target and jogga that they go in again. it could be a mortar position. they think watch how small or explosion send fragments flying out no lunar fox to be less the russians often have to stay injured inside the damaged building to not draw in more drones and just throw it to show those diapers and he's liquid they go in again. >> it could be a mortar position. they think. then suddenly the power goes out the internet down and screens black. but remarkably, they barely ms a. beat. the commanders sparks up his cell phone, 5g, with the drone feet and a chat directing the entire attack just from an iphone >> the

>> smoke grows and intensity they think they might have hit a weapons store and a whole new bucha moola follows they never see russian faces or taste the smoke. the blast noise takes a few seconds to travel to them but this is still killing up close, yet far away. strike launch repeat all day but roule rule >> sometimes it's cheers here screams there other times the other way around >> water perspective. nick paton walsh. thank you so much for that. let's talk about where things stand. what is happening now, joining us right now to discuss as a former us ambassador to ukraine, william taylor ambassador, it is great to see you. there is i want to let's start with what we've

heard from the french president emmanuel macron, that i was talking about where he was saying that it's possible that western that putting western troops in to ukraine cannot be ruled out. the reaction today from world leaders has been very interesting, but before we get to the reaction what do you think of the statement coming from macron? he knows the stakes of what comes with a move like that >> you're exactly right. he knows those steaks. he also knows the stakes that are there in ukraine for the ukrainians to be able to stop the russians in ukraine is crucially important. for european security. the french know that the germans actually know that the people who know at the most, the most clearly are the ones, right on the border. so the polls and the slovaks the romanians, they understand the real stakes there. and so it's not surprising that all options for on the table to be able to stop the russians ideally by

the ukrainians a nato official responded this morning saying that there are no plans for nato to deploy combat troops on the ground. germany's chancellor responding is essentially saying that this is definitely not happening the prime minister of slovakia, it said a lot of the same. putin spokesperson this morning saying that conflict with russia is quote unquote, inevitable if the west sends troops into ukraine what do, what does this reaction? it came pretty quickly this morning. what does the reaction? say to you? >> well, it says that this is a surprise to some people's should not be a surprise to others. it's been discussed, you know, people have had low level conversations, quiet conversations about how important it is to stop the russians in ukraine and the possibility of troops. there are some allied troops already in ukraine this is not, is not new. there are some, some bilateral troops that are from

the west that are in ukraine right now. and so this is not a, not a new concept. it is not a surprise. it is a demonstration, an indication of the importance of this battle, of this fight, of this attempt to stop the russians, where they are right now. >> do you think of a crown made the mistake of speaking to honestly, you know, as we say, an often in politics or what do you think? behind it, ambassador >> so i think it's a recognition that he understands the possibility. he's going to get this into the public debate. this is, again, this is in the public debate. now there's conversations. the ukrainians have not asked for western troops. as i say, there are some now in an advisory roles. but the reclaims have not asked for combat troops. there and there's no indication from the us government that there are plans to do that. as i say, there are some conversations outside the government about that. and so for macron to put this on the

table, it gets the debate started i want to ask you about the debate is happening here in the united states about continued us funding and support of ukraine. president zelenskyy has made clear in his recent, in his new interview with cnn that ukraine cannot succeed without usa. and he says and cnn's stephen collinson, he frames this funding mess and a very interesting way today with a focus on the republican house speaker mike johnson. let me read this for you, ambassador, the quiet louisiana and is besieged by intensifying calls among republicans opposed to more ukraine aid especially from the pro-trump wing, wing of his conference as he seeks to cling to his job longer than its ill-fated predecessor, kevin mccarthy. but johnson's lonely dilemma is being sharpened as the administration singles him out, as the one man who can forte or enable putin's attempt to wipe ukraine off the map. it's down to one man to decide the fate of ukraine. essentially, that'no