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the administration now believes russia could move. >> so you now believe that russia has all the forces it needs to mount a full-scale invasion of ukraine? >> what i'm saying is that russia has means to conduct a major military action. i'm not sure exactly what you mean by, quote, full-scale invasion, but russia could choose in very short order to commence a major military action against ukraine. >> he went onto warn any americans in ukraine to leave in his words as soon as possible and in any event in the next 24

to 48 hours. shortly after he spoke we learned that defense secretary lloyd austin has ordered 3,000 more troops from the army's 82nd airborne division through poland. and late today we got a better sense of the tension within ukraine. an official told cnn the situation is, quote, really serious and uncertain which could be significant because you might recall earlier this week ukrainian officers were going out of their way to tamp down fears of a russian attack. we'll go live momentarily to a strategic ukrainian city that could be directly at a possible invasion route. now, as for the kremlin the russian foreign ministry complained western media is conducting what it calls is a large scale disinformation campaign on the imminence of any attack. we will go live to moskow as well. but because we're now getting word president biden and vladimir putin will be talking tomorrow, we begin our coverage tonight at the white house. cnn's m.j. lee is there for us now. what more are you learning about

this phone call? >> reporter: well, john, we know tomorrow morning this phone call is set to take place between president biden and vladimir putin, and notably a white house official telling us tonight initially the kremlin suggested the phone call take place on monday. but the white house countered with saturday, so that's why the phone call is now happening tomorrow. this certainly seems to suggest the u.s.' perspective is that they would prefer the phone call happy sooner rather than later, and it really does show that despite all of this going on and the dire warnings we heard from jake sullivan today, that the u.s. is still trying to go the diplomacy route, but i think it is very much worth emphasizing to our viewers when president biden and his top advisers have in the past talked about diplomacy with vladimir putin, they've essentially said, look, this is a very unpredictable person. this was not someone whose mind we're even trying to pretend to read, so this is a going to be an interesting dynamic, that yes

on the one hand there's dynamic still at play. >> a little more than a week ago the white house changed its wording of the russian invasion threat no longer using the word "imminent." so why are they now characterizing it so strongly again? yeah, that's right. earlier this month prospress secretary jen psaki took the podium and she said, look, we're not going to use the word imminent anymore because we don't want to wrongly suggest that we know whether putin has made a decision on whether to invade ukraine or not. to be clear what jake sullivan said today is actually the same thing he said on that point, that they still don't know whether putin has made a decision. but clearly the information tr they're trying to present today is one of increased urgency. one on the time line. now the intelligence is this kind of invasion could actually happen before the olympic games

ended. prior to this the intelligence coming out of the u.s. was that it was unlikely russia would invade ukraine while the olympic games was happening, and then we heard the dire warnings from jake sullivan direct at americans still in ukraine. they essentially said, look, you need to get outright now because we cannot guarantee your safety. we're certainly not going to be sending in american troops to rescue you if you're still stuck there. so we have certainly seen here from the white house over the last 24 or 36 hours or so, a very, very increased sort of urgency in the tone that we have heard from all levels of the government. >> m.j. lee for us at the white house. m.j., please keep us posted. next to ukraine and cnn's alex marquart, and a city that could be in the path of a russian invasion. we touched on this at the very top. tell us what these ukrainian officials have bane saying about these latest concerns. >> reporter: that urgency is not

yet being echoed by ukrainian officials. we're not seeing that level of alarm we're seeing out of washington, d.c., and that does keep with what we've seen between differentiates between kyiv and washington over the course of the past few weeks as this crisis has grown. that's not to say ukraine is not taking this seriously. they are very aware of the potential harm that russia could do, but they've also been making a concerted effort not to spook or panic their population. we are hearing from a ukrainian official close to the zelensky government saying this a careful situation. the mayor saying that they're through great lengths to protect critical infrastructure.

he said evacuation plans have been put into place, that there are some 5,000 bunkers and shelters that people could use if there were a bombering or air campaign which would be expected. that number has grown in recent years. but, john, there is still that daylight. we have seen the u.s. and u.k. and other embassies starting to warn their citizens to get out, to draw down some of their nonessential staff. and a spokesman for president you lensky says the security situation hat not reached a level yet where that is necessary. but jake sullivan today again reflecting what president joe biden has said to american citizens here in ukraine and that is simply get out. >> so, where's the move where you are? >> reporter: it really is remarkable, john. the lack of urgency among officials is reflect in the population. as i noted they have been trying to keep the population calm, and if it was the goal they've done

a pretty good job of it. both in kyiv where many of our colleagues have been for many weeks. i'm told the streets are calm, people are out and about. i'm here in central ukraine. it is 3:00 in the morning, but this was friday night. and all night long, john, people were out. they were in the shops. they were in the cafes. they were walking around. people are acting as if everything is normal. i spoke to a number of folks who said that they are not thinking about russia. they asked me why would i even be thinking about something like that. so it is not top of mind. but, john, that could, of course, change very quickly the moment russia crosses ukraine's borders. >> alex, stay safe, my friend. thank you so much for being with us tonight. perspective now from cnn military analyst and retired army lieutenant general mark hurtling and also steve hall who served as the cia's director of russia operations. general, you've heard our reporting. the united states is sending more troops to poland and continuing efforts for a

diplomatic solution at the same time. is there anything you think at this point that the biden administration could do here, or is this just a waiting game? >> you know, john, i tell you i watched the presser and you were just talking with alex. and i thought sullivan's use of the words "could happen" seem to be the prevalent tone of what he was attempting to message. that's a prudent approach from our government and the nations of nato to take. what's more important to me and what i read is the white house is providing a sense of urgency in messaging. for the first time i see russia is failing to in their attempt to control the dialogue. as i mentioned a couple of times there are four elements of national power. the diplomacy is working. the west is not divided. that's a goal of russia. nato has for the first time in many years a sense of purpose, and they are stronger now than they were just a few months ago. russia is subjugated to china.

the diplomacy amongst several european nations is extremely strong. secondly, information. russia has failed for the first time in my memory to control the information environment. they're on their back flip. the u.s. has taken a different approach. they're putting more information out to the public. they're having these press conferences, and that's pretty important to counter the russian propaganda. finally, i'd say the economic piece. the resolve and the unity on what the economic cost will be, allies are on the same page on the sanctions and export controls. in fact, we're seeing some reflections -- anne had a great tweet this morning talking about the oligarchs and what they were experiencing in u.k. and switzerland from what they believe the potential economic sanctions will be. finally you mentioned the military, and the last thing i'll say that's the rest of the ready brigade. they sent the first traunches out to poland a few days ago.

now the rest of the brigade is following, so that's a military guise to be expect. >> so steve, now to you. look, what type of intelligence is it that you think the united states must have received in order for them to increase the level of their public urgency in order for these other countries, u.k., and japan, to issue these warnings to get out of ukraine the next 24 to 48 hours. >> there's a couple of things, john. the intelligence could have come from anywhere. there's a wide different variety of things the united states can do. i don't want to get too much into that to give away the good stuff to the bad guys. but i do think we need to be careful here with regard to the numbers game we're playing. for example, american citizens 24, 48 hours to get out. does that mean there's going to be an invasion or do we have intelligence there's going to be an invasion in 24 to 48 hours? i'm not privy to the intelligence any longer, but i don't think those two things coincide together. it's just a reflection of u.s. government trying to do what

it's supposed to do for american citizens abroad which is protect them and get them out of harms way, which is what they'd like to do. from my experience serving in embassies abroad, when americans go a lot of embassies stand up and take notice and say, gee, if americans go, we better get our people out of here, too. so does it mean there's this broad sense of everybody needs to get out because there's an invasion coming? no, not necessarily and lastly the china angle and olympics angle there was an early analytical thought that perhaps putin wouldn't do anything during the olympics because it would embarrass xi, the chinese premiere or detract from his big thing, the olympics. but does it mean that nine days is when the attack is going to happen in ukraine and there's going to be an invasion before then? no. could it happen tonight? could we all wake up tomorrow morning and they might be in? yeah, it could. over 100,000 troops on the border look like a lot. so i just don't think we know,

and i don't think vladimir putin has made up his mind either. >> lightening round. steve, first to you. president biden speaks to vladimir putin tomorrow. is there anything biden can say to putin at this point to change the trajectory of where this is going wherever that might be? >> it's a great question. it'll be interesting to see how that conversation goes and the feedback we get from it. i think the point mark made initially is a really good one. putin did not expect to be in this position. he did not expect the type of unity he now sees from the united states and all of our allies across the world. so i think a lot of it is going to be how do you get out of this now we got ourselves into it? >> you know the russian military well. does the world have a good sense of what their current capability is? >> no, they do not. they're looking at numbers, john, and that's a great question. yeah, i was thinking about it today. during desert storm -- and yes, i'm that old. i was a young major. and when seventh core which i

was a part of they had 140,000 troops in saudi arabia, a bunch of cavalry regiments and some artillery, the crew commander put those troops in all their vehicles in an attack formation and reversed the attack into iraq. we have not seen that with the russian forces. and truthfully they have not maneuvered as a large scale force. now, that's not saying as steve just said, that's not saying they can't do it. but i've got to tell you, if they do attack writ large with 100,000 plus troops into ukraine, a large country with 40 million people, it's going to be ugly not for the ukrainians although certainly it would be for them, too, but for the russians. they will be dysfunctional and a disaster. >> general mark hurt llg, steve hall, thank you both for being with us tonight. we're going to have a live report from moskow later in the hour. next, though, looking at a live shot between the bridge between detroit and windsor,

ontario after a judge tries to put the hammer down on the protests of truckers blocking it. and then later again with russia, the russian olympic doping controversy, the teen skating sensation caught in the middle of it after testing positive for a banned substance, and the question should she be allowed to compete next week? sportswriter christine brennen has some strong thoughts on that. she'll join us ahead on 360.

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ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. we are looking here at the windsor ontario side of the ambassador bridge, which as you know is a busy link with detroit and a vitelal one to the automotive industry on both sides of the border. under a judge's order

demonstrators blocking the bridge, and again you can see them there, were supposed to clear out. windsor police are now warning that violators will face criminal charges, but no sign yet as you can see the order is being complied with. the protesters right there remain. the same goes for the canadian capital, ottawa. that's despite premier doug ford declaring a state of emergency and ottawans generally losing patience with the idle trucks and honking horns for the past two weeks. mayor watson, as we mentioned you've declared a state of emergency in ottawa and called this protest, quote, the most serious emergency our city has ever faced. what's the situation looking like as you head into the weekend? >> well, unfortunately, the weekends tend to draw more people to the site where the protest is taking place, which is right in front of our parliament buildings. they're both 400 trucks still in and around our downtown core,

and unfortunately the protesters have turned this into a bit of a carnival where they bring in bouncy castles and saunas and whirlpools and does a great disservice and very insensitive to the residents who live in and around the area. they've had their peace and quiet disrupted for almost two weeks now where they were blaring truck horns. and that stopped, but it tends to build up on the weekends and then go back to a more reasonable number of protesters on the weekdays. >> so the premiere of ontario which the province ottawa is located in, has declared a state of emergency and promised severe consequences for those taking part in the block aids. do you know what those severe k consequences might be? >> they include fines, jail time up to one year, session of a

vehicle. some of them have moved. it's actually gone down from what it was two weeks uh-uh go, but it's still disrupting commerce and tourism and certainly deserving the people who live in that particular neighborhood in and around parliament hill, and my message to the drivers and the truck industry, these are not really the mainstream truck drivers. these are a whole series of people who have gripes and grievances with government and politics and so on, but the bottom line is they've had their peace. they were listened to and i agreed with them, and now it's time for them to go home to their provincial capital and lobby their provincial government. >> so in a letter to the prime minister and the premier of ontario you wrote, quote, we must do everything in our power to take back the streets of ottawa. that's something the prime minister echoed by declaring this afternoon that everything is on the table to end

blockades. if they refuse to go will these people be forcibly removed? >> well, that's one of the things that's on the table. that's what we don't want to do. our police service have been trying to negotiate with the leaders. our leadership is a bit scattered as you can well imagine in these kinds of protests. but the bottom line we would like to see a deescalation and a -- you know, a civil way of leaving, a safe way of leaving the site because we have to go in and cleanup. it's turned into a bit of a dump where they've got porta potties and bonfires and everything else. the time is in my opinion and many people in our city, and you've made your point, it's time to move on. >> does the city even have enough law enforcement for an operation to move them or would it require the military? >> no, we have put in requests, formal requests with the provincial and federal governments and have a lot of

municipal police forces around ontario who have come in and helped us out. i've been in touch with the prime minister and the premiere. those requests are going in. this weekend, for instance, we'll have a significant increase in the number of police officers and get that presence on the street and particularly in the neighborhoods where some of the protesters are going into restaurants, refusing to wear a mask and harassing staff and really being belligerent to the residents of our city. and it's completely unacceptable. you know, i've told some of the -- the media i said how would you like a message to the truck drivers, how would you like these big trucks to come into your neighborhood, blasting their horns at all hours, keeping their diesel engines running where you wake up in the morning and it's the stench of diesel all through the neighborhood? you wouldn't tolerate that for a minute. you come to our city which happens to be the capital of our country not realizing there's vibrant neighborhoods that are just down the street from

parliament hill. and you're hurting them. you're not hurting the government. >> mayor watson, wish you the best of luck. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for asking. take care. more now on the potential spill over here. the department of homeland security warned law enforcement a protest convoy could take shape in the u.s. and potentially effect sunday's super bowl in los angeles. here to talk about it, jay johnson, secretary of homeland security in the obama administration. secretary, thanks so much for being with us. how concerned are you about this dhs bulletin and the possibility of some kind of trucker convoy spreading to the united states and potentially disrupting the super bowl? >> it's a possibility, and i think i haven't seen the bulletin. there have been public reports about the bulletin. those types of bulletins are issued to state and local law enforcement. i suspect that this is the department of homeland security trying to anticipate all possibilities that are more than remote given what's happening in

detroit, in canada. and so the key is to alert local law enforcement, state and local law enforcement to be vigilant to the possibility. i've seen no real indications that these type of convoys are moving into the western united states and to california, but there must be an indication somewhere on social media so state and local and federal law enforcement should be vigilant. when i was secretary of homeland security and i issued a public statement like this i would put out -- i would describe the threat. i would describe what we are doing about it, and then i would tell the public particularly those who might be going to the super bowl, we're not discouraging you from going, but be vigilant, be careful. and always if you see something, say something. i have a lot of confidence in california law enforcement, in the california highway patrol. i'm personally acquainted with

them and their ability to anticipate something like this. >> what would they do in theory if a threat like this did materialize? how could they stop it or how could they surm cocomvent it. >> as you know, john, southwest l.a., southern california is highways, interstate. the california highway patrol i've seen one biker stop a five-lane highway, shutdown a five-lane highway when it was necessary. they're very astute. they're very good at what they do, and i'm sure that they are anticipating the possibility of something like this. i'm not a transportation expert, but i know -- i know those who are who are probably focused on this right now. >> mr. secretary, i don't know if you can see it but we're looking at pictures right now of the ambassador bridge connecting windsor ontario to detroit here. a white house official told cnn

today dhs is working with canada at all levels and preparing for potential copycat scenarios here. you know, you've been there. you were dhs secretary. what do you think is going on behind had scenes right now in the united states writ large to prevent this? >> well, unfortunately, the ambassador bridge in particular has been the potential for a choke hold on our commerce between the united states and canada for some time. 25% of commerce between our two countries passes over the four-lane ambassador bridge and feeds into city streets in windsor. imagine, for example, the george washington bridge in new york city feeding into west 178th street rather than i-95. fortunately there's a second bridge being built a few blocks there in detroit. can't happen soon enough. it's incumbent on at the federal level, state and local officials

to plan for the possibility of some sort of blockade on key choke holds around the united states, in new york, in california and elsewhere. and i'm quite shush, you know, that the nypd, for example, is doing that. i'm sure that the california highway patrol is doing that. and we need to be sure that we've got all bases covered across this country. >> when you were dhs secretary you oversaw several super bowls and the security around them. i think we have a picture of you inspecting one of them, super bowl 50 in santa clara. there it is right there. how is the threat this year compare to what you experienced? >> i never got to go to a game, by the way. >> maybe if you knew something. >> right. maybe if i knew somebody. with each super bowl and i've covered three of them, the threat picture was different min 2015, 2016, for example, we were

focused on small scale potential attacks by the so-called lone wolf at a super bowl event. the threat picture today is different. super bowls are called special event assessment level rating ones. and the planning for these begin months if not an there tire year in advance of each game, and it's a combination of federal, state and local law enforcement that over the course of that year learn to work effectively together to protect the event. so i have a lot of confidence in our law enforcement, in our officials to think about every possibility here. and i look forward to a safe and secure super bowl. >> secretary jay johnson if the patriots are there next year you and i can go there together. just ahead the other major controversy on the world stage involving russia. new details about a star of its figure skating team, the

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also getting blow back on the olympic stage and demands for accountability over its latest doping scandal. this time involving russian teenage figure skating kamila valiyeva scheduled to compete in a few days. she was allowed to ketoby russia despite failing a drug test in december before the winter olympics. the u.s. could prosecute russians who are actually or allegedly involved in her case. this comes as global athlete and international athlete led movement released a statement saying in part russian athletes have no choice but to conform to the system. they either fall in line or out of sport. falling in line sometimes means doping. joining us now in beijing cnn sports analyst christine brennen. and so many developments here. what's the latest on the controversy, and any sense of when it could be resolved? >> john, i'll go with that last question first. it has to be resolved by

6:00 p.m. beijing time tuesday. that's when the women's short program begins. and kamila valiyeva is supposed to be in it. so i cannot imagine that the court of arbitration for sport would go any letter than that, although who knows with this drama. to me the big news over the last 24 hours has been that the international olympic committee has finally piped up, finally said it's against doping and finally said it's joined in this case the appeal against the russian and the russian decision to let her keep skating, and it wants to have her thrown out of the olympics. that is the news. the ioc is obviously saying enough is enough. now, they should have said this eight years ago with the rush russians who have been cheating their brains out and getting away with it and keep coming to the olympics even though, of course, they're supposed to not be at the olympics or at least their flag, their anthem or the name of the country. this is what the ioc deserves, john. when you keep letting russia get away with things you have this

explosion now threatening to take over the entire olympic games, but the ioc is saying what it believes that she should not compete, and that is a very big deal. >> it is a huge deal. during the olympics to say the biggest star of the entire games shouldn't get to compete. how are other athletes reacting at this point and the fact it is a minor involved here? how does that impact the investigation? >> right, john. i'm sure people are saying, yeah, but she's 15. i'm saying that as i'm reporting this and trying to break the news, she is 15. and that's sad, almost tragic the sport says that no one believes she is doing this on her own. her coaches, her team, the adults around her. again, it's part of the russian state sponsored doping system which, again, has been going on for quite a while. that's a shame. but if you believe in clean sport and you have to have

kamila valiyeva out of the games. you've covered olympic games. we've covered them together, and, you know, nathan chen was asked several times about the team situation, the team medal because obviously this impacts that. if valiyeva is thrown out of the olympics we can presume the united states will get the gold medal in the team because russia would be disqualified from the team. i've asked nathan chen about that a couple imtimes and he said whatever should happen will happen, but they certainly want a fair playing field. i also think the u.s. is smart. the united states does not want to be out front on this. obviously u.s. versus russia is tantalizing, but the united states is really hoping now that the ioc takes control and u.s. does not have to lead the way. >> yeah, look, i don't think for a second it's disconnected also from the diplomacy happening in other places, too. this is not an area where the united states necessarily needs to be involve in that sense. christine brennen, this is

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become a lightening rod across the country. at its core the theory holds that racism is systemic and institutional in u.s. society. school boards across the country have taken to banning the teaching of it even though it's rarely as part of any grade school curriculum. the latest in mississippi where lawmakers are trying to ban it, but it turns out the teaching of it it is getting support from an unlikely source. nick valencia has the story. >> reporter: this is mississippi state senator chris mcdaniel, and if he gets his way critical race theory will be banned from being taught in the state, which rarely happens anyway, but we'll get to that in a second. critical race theory is the concept of seeking to understand and address inequality and racism in the united states. >> the namework of crt. >> reporter: mcdaniel recently coauthored senate bill 2113 which says no schools should direct or compel any students to affirm race, sex, ethnicity or national origin is inherently

superior but individuals should be adversely treated based on such characteristics. >> systemtic racism should not be taught to our children. >> reporter: last month on the senate floor mcdaniel and his coauthor argued for the legislation and watched as black lawmakers walked out in protest before the vote. it passed 32-2 and now goes to the house chamber. >> if you'll look at the plain language and again i'll have to go back to that, it clearly states that we won't allowed people to be taught they're inferior. >> i thought the whole class would be criticizing white people, but we didn't even mention white people. >> reporter: republican law student brittney murphy believes senator mcdaniel and his colleagues may not understand what they're talking about. admittedly she says she didn't either until this semester when

the second year law student enrolled in law 743. it's actually the only class in the state that teaches critical race theory according to the university. murphy says her own conservative friends and family discouraged her from taking the elective worried as one of only a handful of white students enrolled she would be made to feel guilty about being white. has this made you feel white guilt? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: what has it made you feel? >> empowered to change the republican party. >> reporter: it's the reason why the 27-year-old wrote this letter to the mississippi house education committee asking republicans to reconsider their legislation. the class she says takes a criticalvule of decisions of civil rights advocates who are mostly black, not white people. to date this has been the most impactful and lightening course i've taken throughout my entire graduate and graduate education, she writes. not only has this course furthered by understanding of race and the law, but the prohibition of courses and

teaching such as these is taking away the opportunity for people from every background and race to come together and discuss very important topics which would otherwise go undiscussed. >> it's just like any other theory based task we take in law school. i don't want people to think it's like this completely different class than all the other classes we're taking. it's just another class, and this academic freedom and people are taking that away from me. >> reporter: critical race theory has been around since the 1980s. it's been taught here for over ten years. the assistant professor who teaches the class now says the focus that's been placed on crt is a direct backlash to the perceived racial reckoning in the u.s. after the summer of 2020. >> we're not focused on things like guilt and shame. my focus as a legal educator is to get them to think like lawyers. and in order to be an effective lawyer you have to be able to think critically. you have to be able to consider multiple sides of an issue. >> reporter: senator mcdaniel disagrees.

he says crt doesn't make better lawyers but rather teaches them victim hood and blame. while the title of his bill is critical race theory, the main text does not define what it is. and when you hear a student say this limits their academic freedom -- >> it doesn't. i mean it's only so many hours in the day. we're not talking about sensoring books or thoughts and ideasch she's perfectly able to continue her course of study the same way many of us do outside a professor or outside of taxpayers having to subsidize the message. >> is the bill expected to pass as is or when could it go into effect? >> reporter: right now it's in the hands of the mississippi house. and according to senator mcdaniel he believes the bill will pass with minimal changes, though he adds he's been wrong before. we've spoken to a lot of educators here in mississippi especially the university. they say it would be a disservice to mississippi if crt

is banned from the state. they point to the fact it's already being taught across the country which would put mississippi lawyers, future lawyers here in the state at a disadvantage to not have similar education. >> thank you so much. in a moment we turn to our breaking news on ukraine with a live report from moskow, and with the u.s. on high alert what will vladimir putin's next move be? a comprehensive wealth plan for your full financial picture. with the right balance of risk and d reward. so you can enjoy morore of...this. this is the planning e effect.

. >> more now about a potential invague of ukraine that white house said could come within days, president biden and valdimir putin are supposed to talk tomorrow. they called it hysteria, something they does again today, on the part of the media. what are you hearing from the

kremlin tonight. >> reporter: the kremlin came up quickly after the announcements coming from the white house, to say, look, we repeatedly get this accusations that we intend to invade ukraine, we see it as a prove kag, ukranian forces are going to attack the ministry of foreign affair, the spokeswoman there, tends to be a little bit stronger, if you will in the criticism. was again tonight. saying this was hysteria from the white house. this is provocation disinformation and threats from the united states. anglo saxins that want a war, with too many problems at home. we have heard this language from russian officials, keeping with

the fact that president putin did not respond to what he will do, not getting his ways over demands about nato. his senior officials seek stuck on the same track of their message. they don't intend to invade. everybody is looking at it closely, saying this is the two things don't match up at the moment. >> as far as valdimir putip, is it working out the way he wanted it to? >> reporter: what we are hearing from the united states, and ally, nato allies is the sort of information that is designed to get into president putin's thinking, to disrupt his thinking, push him off track he came to this by bringing his armies to the border of ukraine. making this a huge international issue, demanding that he got a positive response to his calls

for nato not to sent ukraine, and for nato to go back to 1997 borders, he brought it about. he was hoping, by pressure, to shake consegs loose. those consegs haven't been coming. indeed, in a way, can you see how it is wrong footed. he is being pushed off his narrative here. in a position, where it is made public that he might trigger an invasion through a operation, that he might have body bags going back to moscow, that ukranians are better armed than they were six months ago. it gives him a bigger problem than he was expecting to deal with. he is not showing how he will get around it. that is a conundrum here, john. >> keep us posted. >> there is joy in this world don't. he shares a name with anderson cooper. more on the newest member of the

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one moment tonight that is not about crisis and chaos. there is nothing more joyful than what anderson broadcast last night, that he is a father for the second time. this is the photo he posted this morning of him with his new son, sebastian luke maisani-cooper. it's from the day after young sebastian's birth. and he with hear everyone is doing great at home. and that's how we'll leave you this friday, with joy and peace. the news continues. so let's happened it over to laura coates and "cnn tonight." >> that's such a sweet picture. aw. it's so nice to see him so happy. and the second time around. it's very cute, john. seriously. >> have a great weekend. >> thank you. you too.