are you a christian author with a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! hello and a very warm welcome for our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm isa soares in london. >> reporter: and i'm michael holmes in ukraine. coming up on "cnn newsroom." >> more russian force, not fewer, are at the border. >> russia maintains a massive invasion force ready to attack. >> our goal has to be that he eventually comes to the conclusion that that was a

mistake. >> reporter: false claims and no sign of deescalation. the u.s. says moscow has added thousands more troops along ukraine's border. we're live here in brussels, moscow here this hour. severe flooding. more than a dozen u.s. states are in extreme weather alert as the cross-country storm packs a powerful punch. and a disappointing day for team u.s.a. at the beijing olympics. we'll have your gold medal winners. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >> welcome to the show, everyone. it is thursday, february 17th. we begin with what the u.s. and nato are calling false claims by russia that it's pulling back some of its troops from the border with ukraine.

one senior u.s. official says talks of diplomacy is just a guise that russia has added about 7,000 troops just in recent days. the biden administration is cranking up its informational warfare campaign against moscow keeping the world of course on high alert from a russian invaugs. we have reporters on the ground in the region. cnn's nic robertson is in moscow and will have information on a troop drawdown. melissa bell is in brussels. nick peyton walsh is in poland. we begin with michael holmes in leviv. >> russia insists more forces are heading back to the home bases today, but the u.s. state department finds the numbers are growing moving into fighting position. the prit tisch defense minister

says he sees no evidence of withdrawal. the buildup in several regions close to ukraine. this is a pontoon bridge in southern belarus four miles or six kilometers from ukraine's border. >> in fact, we have seen yachts in recent weeks and even in recent days. more russian forces, not fewer, are at the border. and they are moving concerningly into fighting positions. this is cause for profound concern. at the same time and as we've warned previously, over the past several weeks we've also seen russian officials and russian media plant numerous stories in the press any 1one of which can be set to serve as a pretexts. >> reporter: cnn's nick peyton

walsh is there. we'll have his report. don't miss that. the u.s. secretary of state antony blinken offering his assessment. >> we continue to see not only these forces amass, we continue to see critical units moving towards the border, not away from the border. what we need to see is exactly the opposite. we need to see the forces move away. we heard what the kremlin said about this. as president biden said yesterday, we'd welcome that, but we haven't seen it on the ground. bottom line is this, we're prepared to engage. we're prepared for renewed russian aggression. >> reporter: nato leaders are meeting again today in brussels to map out their strategy. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin and stoltenberg is going to be holding a news conference in an hour. melissa bell is live covering

that. let's go to nic robertson standing by in moscow. nic, what is your read on the supposed troop pull back by russia, small as they are? u.s. and ear nations say nonsense, troop numbers are going up, not down? >> reporter: yeah, british secretary of defense ben wallace has said they want to be out of the area is handling its information campaign here. it's accusing the russians directly of lying. what we heard from the russian embassy in washington yesterday was that this was more self-hypnosis. this was more his steer yeah, more disinformation coming from the united states. what the russian military is saying happened overnight last night, they're claiming more troops from the western region

of russia have left the training. they've been undergoing close to the border with ukraine and are now headed back to their bases saying some of them are heading back over 900 kilometers to their bases where they will go back and clean out their equipment and get ready for the next phase of winter training. that's what the ministry of defense is saying. the evidence are pieces of video but it's very hard to confirm where these pieces of video of troops moving and equipment are going. are they completing their journeys? so there is a credibility gap on the information that the ministry of defense here is presenting because it's a very incomplete picture. the analysis as we've heard from numerous western officials is that it just doesn't match the reality of what they're seeing on the ground.

again, what president putin and his officials, we know that the italian foreign minister right now is meeting with sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister. what all of them are being told by russian interlocutors, if you want to have a dialogue to continue dialogue about your issues and security concerns as russia says it does, then you need to de-escalate the forces around ukraine. is russia trying to create the impression it's de-escalating so they can have the diplomatic conversations? certainly on the face of it that appears to be what's happening. it's lacking in substance and russia certainly at the moment in the conversations it wants to have, they don't measure up to the conversations that the international community is prepared to have because they've already said no to russia's maximalist demands. michael? >> yeah. great analysis. nic robertson in moscow.

melissa bell in brussels. this nato summit continues today. ukraine also joining remotely. what can we expect? >> reporter: that's right. the ukrainian defense minister will be speaking remotely to his nato counterparts. at the heart of this, of course, beyond what nato had to say yesterday about its intelligence assessments regarding the russian buildup really agreeing with what we've heard over the last 24 hours. as far as it was concerned, there was no sign of deescalation on the ground and it was continuing to look at that. today really goes to the heart of now. since 2019 ukraine hoped to join not only the european union but also nato. that is the heart of the defense minister's conversation. ukraine and georgia are hoping

to take steps towards membership. we're going to be hearing from the american defense secretary. we're going to be hearing from stoltenberg and their assessments of what's happening. the message from nato in the last 24 and the end of the first day of its meetings was not only was it more unified than ever against russia with regard to what's been happening the last few weeks but also stronger with its determination to strengthen its eastern flank. and i think that was a message it wanted to send. far from being divided by recent events around ukraine and being united and that's something we're going to hear also coming from european leaders. we're expecting a press conference for their own summit but they will be speaking also about ukraine and the sanctions that they're preparing against russia, michael. >> yeah. melissa bell, busy day for you there in brussels and the same for nick robert sob in moscow.

thank you both for the reporting. a lot of moving parts in all of this, isa. we'll send it back to you. >> we'll touch base in 20 minutes or so. meanwhile, in washington, d.c., a bipartisan meeting to get a vote as soon as today. it comes as a group of u.s. senators traveled to germany for the munich security conference. vice president kamala harris will meet with the vice president. earlier in the tweak we talked about prices. on wednesday prices jumped to $95 a barrel until it settled at $93 a barrel. the uncertainty is already impacting some americans. in california the gas prices hit a record average of $4.72 a gallon. $5 a gallon could be the norm there in a matter of months.

americans are on alert the massive winter storm stretches across much of the country. we're talking about the whole nine yards of extreme weather including snow, ice, flooding and possible tornadoes. derek van dam is there with the details. good mornings to you. how bad are we expecting? >> good morning to you, isa. this is a very dynamic and multi-faceted storm. this will impact 1/3 of americans through today and through the early part of the weekend. we have the threat of severe weather and tornadoes. we have a full blown storm and on top of that a flood threat and icing threaten km pa-- threaten compasses that. where you see red, that's where we have the threat for severe storm. look at the storm prediction center and what they've

highlighted. shade of orange, heads up nashville, little rock all the way to birmingham as well as much of mississippi, that's where we have an enhanced risk of severe weather. it doesn't stop there, stretches all the way to texas, arkansas, and the shading of yellow and green is a less likely severe ev event, 40 million americans impacted by this winter storm from the colorado rockies right through the lower mississippi valley into the midwest and even into northern new england. that is for friday as the storm progresses eastward. 40 million americans impacted for the potential. flood a flerts place for places like new york, ohio, indiana, southern illinois and into missouri. this is the warm center of the

storm. it will be mainly rain where you see the shading of green. and to the self and we have the chance for wind gusts in excess of 50 to 60 miles per hour. it will take down branches and power. here's the evolution of the storm system. look at how many factors this is taking into consideration. we have rain on the warm side but also stronger storms that will advance through d.c., new york, boston by friday. it's our snowfall potential we're concerned about. travel disruptions detroit, chicago, st. louis all the way to oklahoma city. then there's the chance of icing as well. isa? >> then it comes with more problems, that ice. derek, thank you very much. >> right. >> i'm going to show you this. looking at homes and other buildings after flooding and

landslides ravage a city. brazilian officials say 94 people have been killed tuesday. that is when heavy rain sent water and turning streets into rivers. at the same time more than 250 landslides rolled down the mountains covering everything in its way. it was a big win for canada and a disappointing loss for a u.s. skier. it's the latest from day 13 of the beijing winter olympics. patrick? >> isa, yes. canada's winter hockey team celebration is in full swing. they celebrate sporting revenge and i'll be telling you about michaela's recent fall from grace. what the american skiing superstar is saying about it. all of that in a few moments when we return so do stay with us today.

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and it has been an action packed day at the beijing winter olympics full of highs and lows. canada's hockey team is celebrating after beating team u.s.a. after winning 3-2. michaela shiffrin's crash down the alpine slalom event. first, two events. the president of the international olympic committee met with the u.s. figure skating team to discuss the ongoing medal event. valiyeva is set to compete in the women's free skate event in the next hour. she's currently at the center of a doping scandal. team coverage all angles. first let's go to beijing where peter jiang has more on the russian doping scandal. steven, we are expecting wonders

from kamilia valiyeva once more. how is this expected to play out with the other athletes competing? >> reporter: isa, the thing is even though valiyeva is favored to win, she is halfway towards another gold medal because no medals will be awarded thursday night according to the ioc. she will see an asterisk appearing next to her results to indicate the ongoing investigations. no medal ceremonies for any event that she takes part in until the conclusion. so the whole saga affecting not just her, the russian team and other athletes alongside her. because age plays such a big factor in all of this whole controversy. the spotlight is back on the minimum age of skaters to compete. right now it's 15 which is why valiyeva is there. there have been moves to move it

to 17 or 18. if the adults are corrupt, then any change wouldn't mack a difference. here's what a former u.s. olympic figure skater has to say. >> kamila is an intermediary to a bigger problem and there are people who are supposed to be guiding her appropriately who are most likely saying, you know, this is what you need to take to be your best. so those are the people that we need to hold account aable. >> reporter: now there is an active investigation into valiyeva's entourage taking place right now. critics have also said another big issue here, the ioc for too long has been giving the russians a pass even though russians have been proven time and again for systemic doping.

>> let's get to patrick in atlanta. patrick, meantime on the slopes, i believe it's been a pretty rough day for mikaela shiffrin. disappointment for her no doubt? >> reporter: once again a winter olympic day to forget. the 26-year-old two-time olympic gold medalist. she did not finish the slalom of the alpine combined event sliding off course having entered that slalom portion in fifth place. looking good up to that point. then came from the fall. this was shiffrin's fifth ol olympic event. just to recap worldwide, what was a major shock the american did not finish either in her favorite disciplines, namely the giant slalom and slalom. she is expected to compete in the mixed team event, sixth and final event on saturday. the american describing what happened today as mind boggling adding 60% of her did not finish

rate. that stat absolutely incredible. you wonder now how much this will take a psychological event. eileen gu, she's already won gold remember in the big air event. then she got silver in the slopestyle. today the 18-year-old bursting with talent booking her space into the free ski halfpipe. the teen landing all of her jumps. of course she did. cheered on by the home fans there at the genting snow park. gu is far from done. why? because she has a few more tricks up her sleeve as she says for the final itself. can't wait for that. and a short while ago this thursday canada crowned women's olympic ice hockey champs as they went against their big, big rival the united states of

america after stealing a win 3-2. the u.s. won gold by beating, guess who, in the finals? canada on a penalty shootout. between them these two countries have won every olympic gold medal in this spors. it's canada who celebrates and our hearty congratulations to them. and a reminder at this hour, the controversy of the russian figure skater front and center. kamila valiyeva set to take the ice later in the free skate. the 15-year-old is comfortably leading the field. we're following all of the key developments through this day, isa. >> thank you, patrick snell. the nfl is boosting its legal fee in order to fight the suit against brian flores. loretta lynch who was the first black attorney general in u.s. history is joining the defense.

flores is suing the league alleging they interviewed him for coaching positions with no intent to hire him. u.s. troops are on the move and they're bringing along plenty of high powered equipment. the message from the allies as well as to moscow. plus, inside donald trump's white house. investigating the january 6th aggression. those are two stories after the break. you are watching cnn.

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom," everyone. i'm michael holmes in lyviv in western ukraine.

>> i'm isa soares. millions of americans are on alert for a cross-country storm threatening tornadoes, ice, snow and flooding. it was a disappointing day for team u.s.a. at the beijing olympics. canada celebrating after beating u.s.a. 3-2. meanwhile, michaela shiffrin crashed out and russian figure skater kamila valiyeva will compete in 30 minutes in the free skate despite a doping scandal. >> the latest on ukraine for you. a short time ago the russian defense ministry claimed it is moving more of its military units away from ukraine. earlier western allies said they don't believe russian troops

have withdrawn. they reject what they call russia's misinformation. >> they are moving into fighting positions. >> what we see is no meaningful pull back. >> if they continue the military buildup. >> we face the largest buildup of troops on european soil since the darkest days of the cold war. >> reporter: but the kremlin keeps insisting that it considers any nato expansion to the east a direct threat to them. you can see the countries there in the darker blue that are nato's newest additions right on the border with russia. the pentagon has argued in poland and romania are for defensive only. that's done little to soothe moscow's fears. nor will the latest forces to poland. nick peyton walsh has the details. >> reporter: i don't really want

you to see this, but it's hard to hide. these are u.s. troops landing near the polish border with ukraine. iron blackhawks, c-17 cargo planes, dozens in the past days. media haven't been given official access but they're pretty hard to miss. trucks, pallets, signs these 82nd airborne from fort brag are not here an hour's drive just overnight. they even came with a cessna light aircraft which seems to be innocently carrying top brass to get on to a nearby helicopter. moscow may point to these scenes as nato amassing troops on ukraine's border but these are here with the approval of poland, a nato member. in a standoff all about messaging, these americans troops are about assuring u.s. allies feel their presence. the unit we saw went to a nearby conference center. they're here just in case to help stranded americans in

ukraine if the need arises. these sort of movements in nato war games and drills have been practiced for years. they don't really want us to see this. the larger base where they are. >> the americans over here, this is their main base, yes? >> we can't talk about it. >> reporter: can we talk to somebody about this or -- >> no. >> reporter: they walk right by us. >> don't be afraid. it's all right. and the size of the operation, these are a lot of tents over a wide area is both what you might expect to support that many soldiers but also something that is almost definitely not for show and portrays a lot of readiness even if you hope they stay boarded and canvassed. the border with ukraine is normally busy. sasha is on his way back in as his visa has run out. >> translator: ukraine is my country.

i have to stay, he says, yes, in the army if need be but no running away. >> at another crossing ukrainians are pretty blunt. he won't get as far as kyiv, we won't let him, one says. we'll raise a resistance, fight him in the woods. it'll be like stalin. his own people will kill him. bravado running hot far, far away from a front line that is still mostly cold. nick peyton walsh, cnn, poland. >> reporter: and our thanks to nick peyton walsh for that report. let's throw it back to you, isa, in london. >> michael, let me ask you this. this is something we've been seeing quite a lot and hearing a false flag operation by russia. explain to our viewers what exactly this tactic means. it's not new. the west is very quick to call russia out now. >> reporter: yeah, quite right, isa.

it is a tried and tested tactic. it's staging an event to look like the other side is attacking you as a pretexts for escalation, an excuse. and the u.s. and others have accused russia of planning just that. they've accused them more than once. perhaps the most likely place for such a thing would be in the donbas region in the east where russian-backed separatists have been fighting ukrainians for years. there are alleged attacks of atrocities. that's happening already. none of that helped, by the way, by vladimir putin claiming a genocide was happening in the donbas. interesting few days ago russian lawmakers passed a resolution asking mr. putin to declare those areas in eastern ukraine independent states. what would that do? that would allow those quote, unquote independent states to say they're being invaded by ukraine and call on russia for

help and the pentagon is raising a specter like that. perhaps trying to put mr. putin off balance if that is, indeed, his plan. the russians deny it. >> the best way to put an end to it is to call it out. accusations that that didn't happen with crimea. seeing a very different tactic here. michael, great to see you. thank you very much. we'll have much more ahead on "early start." an american man detained for the past two years in russia says he's coughing up blood but hasn't gotten medical care. according to the u.s. embassy in moscow, trevor reed was exposed to another prisoner with tuberculosis. he was convicted without evidence and should be sent back to the u.s. cnn has reached out to russian foreign ministry and penitentiary service for

comment. more potential evidence is coming to the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection visitor logs that could show who former president trump saw that day. paula reid has the details. >> reporter: the house select committee investigating january 6th will soon get a new window into what was happening in the white house that day when the national archives turns over visitor logs from the trump era. president joe biden refusing a request from former president trump to keep those lost under wraps. trump has repeatedly railed against the committee's investigation. >> the unselect committee on january 6th. how about that committee? >> but in a letter to the national archives white house council dana reimus said biden determined shielding the visitor logs is not in the best interest of the united states and therefore is not justified as to these records and portions of records. the archives provided documents

to the current white house for review in late january. they include visitor logs showing appointment information for individuals who were processed to enter the white house complex including on january 6th. reimus notes that the current administration voluntarily discloses such visitor logs on a monthly basis with some exceptions. a practice also followed by the obama administration though both obama and biden excluded visitors who were purely personal guests of the first and second families. biden has instructed the archives to provide the documents 15 days after its notification to trump unless a court intervenes. trump could still sue but he lost a similar case at the supreme court earlier this year when he tried to use executive privilege to block the committee from accessing more than 750 pages of his white house records. >> i would say the supreme court decision is probably the single

biggest day of the investigation so far. >> reporter: now the committee appears poised to receive the lost logs which may tell who was visiting, who they were visiting with and the location. meetings down to the room number. these visitor logs can be limited. they only record people who don't have a permanent pass to access the white house and if you register to meet with one person and end up meeting with a different official or in a different location, like the oval office, that might not be reflected in the logs. while this will provide some information to the committee, it will not provide a complete picture of who was coming and going from the white house on the day of the insurrection. paula reid, cnn. coming up on "cnn newsroom," outrage after new jersey police break up a fight with new jersey teens but only one of them handcuffed. >> he was the hero in all of this but yet the police treated him like the menace.

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prosecutors presented new evidence on wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial of the killers of ahmaud arbery. an fbi intelligence analyst testified about racist text messages and social media posts found on the defendant's account as well as cell phones. listen to what arbery's mother said. my thoughts is true that travis killed ahmaud, not because he committed a crime, because he was black and because travis is truly a racist. just to noah maud was killed because he was black, it saddens my heart. he didn't know he was targeted and he had no clue.

this breaks my heart over and over again. >> arbery's mother calls the hate shame and added he didn't deserve it. the police response to a fight exclaims outrage. two teenagers are fighting, one is black and one is white. cnn's athena jones has the story. >> reporter: accusations of racial bias by police after they broke up a fight between a pair of teenagers, one black and one white at a new jersey mall. viral video shows the teens having a heated decision. the white teen pointing his finger in the face of a black teen who pushes his hand away. the two begin to tussle. at one point the white teen tackling the black teen and pinning him to a couch and then throwing him to the ground. when police arrived to break up

the fight a female officer pulls the white tina way and pushes him to the couch without handcuffs. while the other officer presses the black teen to the ground and nooels on his back. the female officer also coming over to neil on the teen's upper back while they place him and only him in handcuffs. >> oh, no. >> holy [ bleep ]. >> treatment some view as unequal, unfair and racially biased. one in surprise -- >> yeo, it's because he's black. >> wcbs spoke with one of the teens involved 14-year-old ky who asked that his name not be named. why they saw him as aggressive. >> eighth grader saying the fight began after he stood up for a friend, a seventh grader being picked on by the other team who the station identifies

as a high school student. the teen calling the encounter scary and frustrated. >> if they don't know how to treat the situation and deal with the situation equally and fairly, then they shouldn't be able to deal with the situation at all. >> reporter: new jersey governor phil murphy saying -- >> i'm deeply concerned. we are underscore with emphasis that we're committed to increasing the trust between law enforcement on the one hand and the communities they serve on the other. >> the naacp new jersey state conference calling for the officers involved to be removed from the force pending an investigation and saying despite years of talk about bias training and accountability, when bridgewater police found two youths fighting the immediate reaction was to aggressively throw the black child to the ground. at the same time, the white youth was carefully eased on to a couch and treated like a victim.

his mother ebony telling wcbs. >> maybe they could have broken up the fight and maybe set them aside and called their parents, no cuffs, no aggression, dealt with them like they were teenagers. >> reporter: asked what they want to see happen to the officers -- >> for them to be fired. >> i'm not happy about it and i do want those two cops to become unemployable. that's what i would like. >> reporter: the bridgewater police department says it knows the video of the incident has upset members of the community and is asking county prosecutors to conduct an internal affairs investigation. the summer set county officers union says it is investigating the fight and the police response to it. the police department says it has received additional videos from members of the community and both the department and the prosecutor's office are asking anyone who has a video of the incident to get in touch with them. >> thanks athena jones for the reporting. earlier ky's mother and the

family attorney spoke with cnn about how the teen was treated. >> i hate to say this, but if it wasn't for race, then what is it? what made them tackle my son, not the other kid, what made them be so aggressive with my son, not the other kid? why is the other kid sitting down looking at my son be humiliated and put into cuffs? it just doesn't make sense. that makes me angry. >> why was the black kid put in handcuffs, falsely detained and taken to the security facility while the white kid is allowed to leave scott free when we know now that he's the initial instigator? it really troubles us and we have to look at this. if we let this be swept under the rug it leads to what happened to ahmaud arbery and

trevon march fin where our kids are being profiled based on the color of their skin in the worst type of way. >> we will continue to cover the story and bring you the information. the cross examination got tense on wednesday. one of them snapped at the prosecutor when she asked him why he did not intervene. he said this is taught at the police academy and he assumed other officers were taking care of floyd while he was helping control the crowd. the three former officers are being tried on federal civil rights charges. they have pleaded not guilty. and still to come right here on the show, with a number of violent airline passengers increasing in the u.s., some say they need to be grounded permanently. the fight over who should fly and who should not when we return. hours, so i'm good. nonow move!

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passengers have been shown in the past year. pete muntean has the story. >> reporter: faced with the photo of a man trying to open the door of a flight, they turned to a coffee pot to assist. he was charged and this is as more unruly airline passengers are facing punishment. the faa is handing 43 charges to the department of justice. they want them to bring charges. if found guilty they could face jail time. >> the flight attendants who are working these flights have been punched, kicked, spit on, disrespected and constantly under assault. >> reporter: sarah nelson of the association of flight attendants says the numbers are off the charts. the now 80 total cases referred

to the justice department make up only 1% of 6,480 incidents reported by flight crews since the start of last year. >> until we have people landing in jail and understanding there's real consequences for acting out on a flight, we're not going to see the incidents go down. >> reporter: airlines have asked the justice department to keep unruly passengers from boarding, a move eight republican senators say should be up to congress to decide. in a new letter they insist most unruly incidents are because of the mask mandate. creating a no fly list would equate them to terrorists. transportation secretary pete buttigieg says a no fly list should be considered and more passengers should be put behind bars to keep numbers down. >> there is no acceptable level of unruly behavior on aircraft, especially when it is not only disrespectful but dangerous to

flight crews and other passengers. >> reporter: there has not been much movement on an unruly passenger no fly list. it is still consulting with other agencies which leaves airlines to ban unruly passengers on their own. by the way, while there's this push to ra cchet up those who sp on board, there is a move to end the transportation march 18th. pete muntean, cnn, ragan national airport. this in to cnn. the top story between russia and ukraine and russian troops amassing on the ukraine border. sergei lavrov says it will send

response on security guarantees today. that's thursday. that comes as a meeting he's had with his counterpart in moscow. we are finalizing our work and we hope to send the data back to the united states today. he goes on to say and i'm quoting lavrov here, we shall publicize and make this letter public because we believe the representative should understand. if they will not represent our point of view, then there will be lies and deception regarding the deception on the ukrainian and russian border. those words from sergei lavrov saying moscow will send its response to the u.s. on security guarantee today. that does it for us on "cnn newsroom." i'm ceasisa soares. the russian ukraine tensions continues on "early start" with

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good morning, everyone. it is thursday, february 17th. it is 5 a.m. here in new york. thanks so much for getting an "early start" with us. i'm laura jarrett. >> i'm christine romans. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with new doubts this morning about claims. those claims by russia that it is pulling back some of the forces now surrounding ukraine. senior u.s. officials say the kremlin has added more russian troops along the ukrainian border. another 7,000 in r