something wrong alone. >> reporter: in their investigation, the world antidoping agency is scrutinizing valieva's entourage, including her coach, known as a power house behind russian figure skater with a reputation for brutal training regiments. >> cnn selina wang reporting from beijing, thanks for watching, erin burnett "outfront" live from ukraine starts right now. >> "outfront" next, a siege drone strike, an attack using chemical weapons, america's top diplomat lays out specific scenarios putin could use to justify a war. plus the war over money crushing ukraine's economy already, i'll talk to the ceo of one of the largest tech companies in ukraine, you'll find out something you probably never knew about an industry that could help save ukraine.

general now ordering former president and his two children to testify in an investigation. let's go "outfront." good evening, i'm erin burnett, "outfront" tonight on the ground in ukraine. concerns about a possible war here sending the dow down more than 600 points, worst day for the dow this year, and it was the specific details from the u.s. government that rattled the market. secretary of state antony blinken laying out a possible russian invasion saying it could start with a false flag from russia like a chemical weapons attack or terror attack, say putin would use this to justify war to the russian people. and then blinken says, comes the onslaught. >> russia's missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. communications will be jammed. cyber attacks will shut down ukrainian institutions. after that, russian tanks and colleges will advance on key

target that is have already been identified and mapped out in detailed plans. we believe these targets include russia -- ukraine's capital, kiev, a city of 2.8 million people. >> reporter: announcing that dire speech at the last second, after the u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield asked him to address the u.n. security counsel at this, quote, crucial moment. the ambassador will be my guest coming up, but this all comes as there is new evidence tonight of russia's military build-up, officials say almost half of russia's forces around ukraine are now within 30 miles of the border. biden and his secretary of defense believe putin is ready for war. >> we see them fly in more combat and support aircraft. we see them sharpen their readiness in the black sea. we even see them stocking up their blood supplies.

>> mr. president -- how high is the threat of a russian invade right now? >> it's very high. they have not moved any of their troops out, they moved more troops in. my sense is it will. in the next several days. >> now, again, to say such a thing is pretty stunning. biden did go on to say there's still a diplomatic path but so far, to be frank, meetings between russia and the united states have done nothing to stop the build-up, right? that's the reality. and tonight, adding to the tensions, a preschool in eastern ukraine was hit by shelling, 20 kids were in the building. no one seriously injured or killed but the images, the images up the ante. the incident happening in an area where ukrainians have been fighting russian-backed separatists since 2014, 14,000 people died in the fighting

there and this on going war with russia is very much a part of daily life here. i went to a ukrainian/greek catholic church here in laviv, crowded in the middle of the day, they're memorials to the men who died fighting in eastern ukraine in the donbas, a sobering site, person after person all dead displayed prominently as you enter the church and next to one of the memorials, i want to show you this, a really jarring sight, in a church, a pile of shrapnel with a prayer, the prayer of the warrer, it reads in short, be here, god, with me, in the middle of the world, middle of pain, in the eye of the enemy, by my watchman, god, my guard. i read this because i hope it makes clear how much war with russia is a part of life here. matthew chance is live tonight in kiev about 300 miles east of where i am tonight and matthew, i know you have new information from officials there, tell me

what you're learning. >> reporter: that's right, erin, senior ukrainian officials telling me that they've been briefed on the latest u.s. intelligence, suggesting there could be an attack of some kind from russia within the next couple of days. that's what the intelligence from the u.s. is assessing, and that, of course, totally tallies with what president biden is saying and what u.s. secretary of state is saying publicly. and so it shows that a strategic decision has been taken by u.s. officials to, you know, reveal the assessments they would normally keep private in the public sphere as well. i think that's quite significant, the ukrainian president volodomyr zelensky on the front lines close to where russian rebels are active in their on going war with government backed forces earlier today meeting troops there, that comes as it's been a huge up surge according to monitors of cease fire violations in that conflict zone, both sides, the rebels and ukrainian governments

accusing each other of exchanging artillery fire. we saw that, that preschool, kindergarten, and the devastation it was caused there. fortunately no injuries among the children. the rebels also accuse the government of firing artillery shells into residential areas on the other side of the front line and then there's this incredible video that was sent to me earlier this evening by the ukrainian defense ministry of the impact of more artillery strikes on residential areas the government says, from the rebel side. a burning building, a fuel pipe, obviously caught fire after an artillery strike so you can see, it's a very, very tense situation in that area, in eastern ukraine at the moment and it's easy to imagine how that can, you know, spark off into something much, much broader, much, much more dangerous, erin. >> all right, matthew, thank you

very much. in "outfront" now, u.s. ambassador to united nations, linda thomas greenfield and i appreciate your time, so president biden said today about an invasion and i quote him, my sense is it will. within the next several days. how convinced are you right now that putin actually plans to attack within the next several days? >> look, president putin, the russians have all of the forces on the ground that would suggest that they are prepared for an attack any day. 150,000 troops on the border with ukraine, troops in belarus, so everything is there to suggest that they are making preparations. now, when that attack will occur, i think only president putin himself can answer that question, but we see everything that shows that he is ready for such an attack.

>> so democratic senator tim cain pushed back a bit on president biden's comments on an invasion in the next cereal days. he noted and i quote senator cain, that's not necessarily the view held by some european allies and ambassador i will say, ukrainians i've spoken to here, regular people, they don't believe putin will launch a mas massive invasion. they're not panicking, folks on the eastern border report the same thing. what's the disconnect. >> i don't know that there's a disconnect, erin, i think we're all seeing the same things and how it's being interpreted may be different from others, but this is a russian way of operating. they have put these troops on the border. we saw them do this when they invaded crimea. we've seen them do it when they invaded other parts of eastern europe. so we're making every plan and

making sure we share very transparently with the world what we are seeing, how they interpret that moving forward, is up to them, but we want to make sure that we're transparent about what we see and what we are analyzing, taking place on the ground right now. you know that we had a security council meeting today and secretary blinken openly asked russian counterpart, tell us here, the security council, you do not intend to invade and they did not do that. so their intentions are very clear. when they do it, will be their decision. but we need to be ready when it happens. and if it doesn't. it means our diplomatic efforts have had an impact and that they are prepared to come to the negotiating table to find a solution to their security concerns. >> so you keep using the word when, and you're, it is true, you have been incredibly

detailed on what you've seen. i mean nothing if not transparent with the intelligence, but this idea of an imminent invasion is something, as you know, ambassador, that we have heard repeatedly over literally a month. >> we're now at a stage where russia could at any point launch an attack in ukraine. when we said imminent, it remains imminent. >> he could move imminently, at any time. >> my sense is it will. in the next several days. >> thankfully, ambassador, nothing has happened yet, but are you at all concerned that repeating this line that it's when, it's imminent, when nothing has happened, might cause people to lose faith in u.s. intelligence? >> if nothing happens, then that means a war didn't happen and that's what we are trying to prevent, secretary blinken said he was not there to make war. we're there to find a way forward to peace. and if the russians, if us exposing what the russians are

doing is successful in stopping them from taking an action, then that's success. we, you know, if we're wrong, then that's good as well, because none of us want to see a war happen. we don't want to see thousands of people die. we don't want to see the humanitarian crisis that will come as a result of a russian attack. so yes, we are going to continue to share with the world very openly what we're seeing, and what our analysis are of the situation on the ground, they still have 150,000 troops. they can move any day. but when they move, will be a decision that only president putin himself will make, but in the meantime, if we can get them to the negotiating table, then we feel that we have succeeded. >> so let me ask you about that. i know secretary blinken has asked, foreign minister lavrov

to meet next week in europe, but we also know russia finally submitted, took them three weeks, but just today understand you received the 11 page reply to the united states, you know, list of negotiating points. so russia, after three weeks has replied with an 11 page document. so secretary blinken today said that the united states is evaluating that document. ambassador, it's really important though to understand this. his speech was quite definitive on russia's plan to invade, but just got the 11 page response, said they hasn't evaluated it but then gave that speech so i'm wondering, has the united states already essentially dismissed russia's reply and accepted that diplomacy has failed? >> absolutely not. we will continue to aggressively lean in on diplomacy and hopefully succeed with a diplomatic solution. so we're, we received their response today. we're analyzing that response

and we hope we are sitting across the table from them next week to have a discussion on a way forward with their concerns on the table, our concerns on the table, and a way forward that does not lead to a confrontation. >> all right. ambassador, thank you so much, i appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you very much, erin. >> and next, we're going to take you inside belarus so you can see firsthand the russian forces that are now amassed along the northern border here and our own fred pleitgen challenges the president on his actions backing putin. plus, a major legal setback for trump and his two children, a judge now ordering them to testify in new york's investigation into their business and kevin mccarthy tonight, turning on one of his own, now officially endorsing a republican who is running against a member of congress from his own party.

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ukraine border. belarus and its dictator are crucial to any plan by putin to invade this country by mass. fred pleitgen spoke to the belarusen strong president today and he's out front. >> reporter: for the first time, we're getting a close-up view of some of the russian forces the u.s. says are threatening ukraine, conducting massive live fire drills with the belarus military inside belarus. the u.s. says it fears this could be one of the places where an attack on ukraine could be launched. belarusian strong man and staunch putin ally, shenko responds to the actions. >> translator: have you overcome this mental plauk. >> it's not about what i believe, it's about what the united states says, the united states says there's a very real

threat of an attack from russian territory or belarusian territory from ukraine. >> translator: we have an agreement here, we formed a united belarus group, a united army, and this is our official position, please take it into account as we are taking into account your position. >> the drills are called ally resolve 2022 and officially have the russian and belarusian military fend off enemies attacking them, includes russia's dangerous missile system that could easily hit ukraine's capitol kiev about 400 kilometers from here, the big question, where will all these russian troops go when this exercise ends? >> reporter: belarus and moscow say all russians will leave belarus when the exercises are finished, u.s. and nato says

they're sceptical and they'll believe withdrawal happening when they see it. biden administration says now more than 150,000 russian troops near ukraine's borders and that an attack will probably happen within days. lukashenko ripping into the u.s. assessment. >> you accuse belarus and russia that we would invade ukraine yesterday, we didn't. so your intelligence and billions of dollars you're spending on it are useless, at least admit this. >> reporter: russia says it has no intention of attacking ukraine but today also warned security demands it made to the u.s., if not met, will be an answer, as moscow puts it, military technical measures. and erin, while both russians and belarusians say they will be leaving after the exercises, there is a caveat there, when

asked how long it will take, he said could take a couple days, a month, could take longer, essentially saying belarus would be willing to host russian troops as long as vladimir putin wants and that is of course something that makes the situation on the border very dangerous and also the fact the quickest way for russian troops should they invade ukraine to get to kiev would actually be the route via belarus, not far at all, erin. >> for sure, thank you very much, fantastic that you were able to speak to lukashenko, out front now, former cia chief of operations now security analyst at cnn, so steve, the belarusian strong man lukashenko really important here, what do you make of what you heard from him. >> kudos to fred, not the kind of guy used to to be confronted by journalists, usually doesn't

end well for belarusian journalists who do that sort of thing. he is essentially a lap dog for putin, it's a vassal state of russia so lukashenko is on a short leash, he knows that, his job is to essentially make louder, to support russia and putin as best he can. his own position and his own country depends on it. there is no doubt, as he himself said, the integration between belarusian military forces and russian military forces is very tight, very close, almost like it's the same army so if there's going to know any military attack that involves the belarusian state and russian troops coming from it, it's already very well integrated. >> so, and this is a crucial point, i'll show everyone the border again of ukraine and belarus. the belarusian front is crucial for putin, if you come in the country east to west, you're looking at belarus. can putin count on lukashenko

100%, all in, for a full-scale invasion from the north of this country, from belarus? >> two points there, i think, erin. first, absolutely, lukashenko is going to do exactly what he's told because his position in power depends upon it. there is no meaningful resistance in belarus against his government, because his kgb which is still called the kgb pushes down and just simply kills people if they go against him. so the support for putin is pretty much complete from the belarusian angle but the other thing i think you have to remember is that the northern approach and kiev is very close to that border would be important if he were to do full-blown invasion of ukraine. if he were to do something smaller such as an eastern incursion, perhaps into the donbas region, the belarusians of course become a little less important. >> absolutely, right, you wouldn't need it at all, could

be for show because you're planning something else. these are the big questions. so let me ask you one other point though. yesterday, our viewers may remember, steve, we showed all of you watching, images of a bridge, satellite images, a bridge constructed right on the other side of the belarusian border from ukraine, essentially constructed overnight just a few miles from the border. sources now tell cnn that 24 hours later, so it's built overnight, 24 hours after we see it it's gone again. poof, gone overnight. what do you think happened? >> i think what's happening is the russians and putin are continuing to message by showing that they have these capabilities. they know very well, you know, there's a commercial overhead we've all seen that cnn is using to show what's going on, but of course the western intelligence services have much better intelligence and they can see these things as well. putin knows that and basically projecting power by saying look i can do this if i want to. of course, it's great for him because it's also got deniability, he can say i'm not

necessarily preparing to invade, i am doing, you know, maneuvers inside my own borders, doing training, and that deniability is always important to moscow to be able to say no, we're not necessarily doing it. >> yeah, thank you so much steve for your insight. always so important for us. and next, a judge tonight ordering trump and two of his children to testify after saying new york's attorney general unveiled, quote, copious evidence of financial fraud. plus, in texas, 143 congressional republican candidates, houston chronicle reached out to every single one of them and wait until you hear how many actually said that biden won the election.

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new tonight, a new york judge ruling that donald trump and two of his children, donald jr. and ivanka must sit for depositions within 21 days, this is part of an investigation into the trump organization, judge rejecting attempts by trump and lawyers to block subpoenas for testimony, calling arguments audacious and preposterous

something out of a george orwell book, a fivictory for attorney laticia james whether trump misled insurers on statements, a contentious hearing and didn't go trump's way. >> that's right, hour's long contentious hearing today and this fiery opinion this afternoon from a judge who ruled the state attorney general has a clear right to interview the principles of a business she has been investigating after she finds, quote, copious evidence of potential crimes. now erin, trump's lawyers tried to argue this investigation was politically motivated. they had pointed to statements that the new york attorney general made when campaigning for the job, but the judge rejected that. he said, first of all, trump is no stranger to the new york attorney general's office, he noted that trump had to enter into substantial sentiments following investigations into his foundation and university. he also said the attorney general has the same first amendment right that donald trump had on the campaign trail

to make these kinds of statements and he also noted that this investigation, erin, it doesn't start, didn't originate with personal animosity from the attorney general, it originated from statements that came from long-time trump associate michael cohen who suggested trump was, quote, cooking the books. attorneys say if trump was to sit for civil deposition could potentially expose himself in other on going criminal investigations. the judge said look, he has a fifth amendment right and in fact his other son eric invoked his fifth amendment right 500 times during his deposition. now the judge wants these depositions to be completed in the next three weeks but the trumps are expected to appeal, erin. >> wow. 500 times. but who's counting? all right, paula, thank you very much. i want to bring in former federal prosecutor, pulitzer-prize winning

investigative reporter, book cal called the big cheat, i'll start with you, the judge said he reviewed thousands of documents for this investigation laticia did uncover copious evidence of financial fraud, that's a significant thing to say, isn't it? >> it's very significant. frankly, with all these different legal cases that the trump legal team keeps losing, this one is unique because it's an example of a judge passing on what we talk about as the merits of the case. he has reviewed actual documents here and actually said that the evidence here is damning enough that if the new york a.g. didn't do anything at all, didn't have investigation, it would be a dareliction of duty so there's fire within the smoke. >> so david, you've been through

pretty much every deposition we know of that trump has ever given and as you talk about sometimes, subdued, other times very combative like during a tape deposition on trump university defrauding students, jones obtained the video, here's trump. >> how many more do you have? >> trump you're the one who wants to get through it quickly, answer the questions. >> you're not going to get anything through quickly, you don't want to get anything through quickly. let's just go to court and get through this. i'm dying to go to court on this case. >> he fought hard not to do this deposition. if it happens, what can we expect? >> well, if i were donald's lawyer and i'm not a lawyer, i just teach law, i would tell him to exercise his fifth amendment rights. the problem is that in new york, in civil case, doing that can be used to draw an adverse position

on it. you can say a judge can tell a jury the refusal to answer these questions suggests that the l litigant knows they've done bad things and that they're in trouble here on a civil level, but donald's facing at least two potential indictments, in atlanta and manhattan and so it's a real problem for him in terms of testifying in the laticia james' civil case. >> what's interesting you always say we hear trump talk about how people who took the fifth are mobsters or don't show guilt, maybe it's because he knows the new york law. saying he will appeal, do you think the deposition will ever happen. >> i think the deposition will happen, if the arguments they made are the ones they'll make on appeal.

these are weak arguments, particularly laughable, the idea that trump belongs to a protected class which is a specific term in federal laws. i mean the only protected class they're trying to create would be one for former presidents and that's just silly. so i think these argue wants are all very weak. i think they'll lose at the court of appeals. now, of course, to the points about the fifth amendment and any other privilege, compelling them to attend the deposition doesn't make them speak and that's part of the reason why the judge is upholding this. they can still invoke various privileges if they want at the time, but i think the depositions are going to happen. >> so david, why is trump fighting so hard against giving this specific deposition? >> well, donald doesn't want to be held accountable anywhere for anything in his whole life. remember, this is a man who said i've never done anything in my life for which i would ask for forgiveness, but this casine is troubling for him because the evidence already in the record

shows numerous violations of new york state law including business records law which is a serious matter in new york state. it exposes him to civil actions by others based on what else happens in this case. local governments coming after him for more taxes, banks looking at his testimony and saying, you know, we made a loan to you or opened a checking account for you and you lied to us and closing off business and there's a whole world of problems that will grow out of this for him. >> all right. thank you both very much, i appreciate your time tonight. next, it's out there. he's doing it, house leader kevin mccarthy wants to get rid of liz cheney, tonight, endorsing the woman running against the congresswoman, wait to hear what she has to say. and shocking loss, figure skater at the center of doping investigation falls to fourth place after stumbling in her routine, a former two time olympic figure skater is my guest.t.

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new tonight, house minority leader kevin mccarthy endorsing

liz cheney' primary challenger, following former president trump's lead in hageman, of course after trying to impeach trump continues to serve on the committee. hageman who previously supported cheney said she would trade wyoming, she betrayed this country, she betrayed me. former philadelphia city commissioner joining me who over saw in 2020. i want to start with this news though, congresswoman cheney in terms of what she stands for and as she votes, conservative as it comes, life-long voting republican, her record is p pristine, what's your reaction to her endorsing the trump-backed opponent? >> in fact, congresswoman cheney is probably more conservative than the speaker, than kevin mccarthy when you look at it. i don't think there's anything that illustrates the absurdity of this litmus test that

republicans are being judged by right now. even considered a rhino simply because you are telling the truth of the 2020 election and want to get to the bottom of what caused and who is behind and who participated in the insurrection of january 6th. >> you know, it's amazing, when you talk about this lit mus tes, i have an example for you that is dumb founding, the houston chronicle called all 143 congressional republican candidates in the primary, every one of them, spoke to them all. only 13 would say president biden legitimately beat donald trump, just to be clear, that is 9%. even if the face of threats against you and your family, you stood up for the truth, stood up for the reality of what happened and against the big lie. why is this so hard, in fact, impossible for 91% of the candidates running in the texas primary?

>> i think it's really showing the radicalization of the base of the republican party, of my party, when so many of them, an overwhelming majority of them, use this issue of whether 2020 election was stolen or not as a determination of whether they're going to support a candidate or not. all these candidates are clearly responding to their electorate in their primary and you see it not just in texas, but you're seeing it across the country. >> and across the country, in your state as well, i mean some of the top g.o.p. tancandidates the primary race for governor are major trump supporters, have pushed the big lie. here are two of them. >> believes that the election was stolen from president trump, half the nation, and i agree with that and that's a fact. >> here in pennsylvania, i think we saw a buffet of election

irregularities and we know there are people who are deceased who have been voting for years here in pennsylvania. >> okay. so that person is going to pick who serves a secretary of state in pennsylvania, right, who oversees the election. how concerned are you about a big lie believer being that person? >> i'm very concerned about that. the governor of pennsylvania as you said is going to choose the secretary of state responsible for overseeing our elections in pennsylvania in the 2024 pres presidential election coming up so what's going on now in the election cycle is going to have a big impact a few years from now when the presidential election comes up. in addition, these candidates are claiming to be responding to their electorate, but at the same time, are feeding it with

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new tonight, the russian figure skater kamila valieva failing to earn medal after falling multiple times during her route tine, easily favored win but several maistaked droppd her to fourth place, the medal ceremony, which was said wouldn't take place if she was in the top three will take place now. two-time olympic figure skater here, i appreciate you being here, i know you watched valieva's performance. what went through your mind as you saw rher struggle through hr routine which she obviously did

perfectly so many times in practice? >> the first thing that put through my mind was her heart break, she shouldn't have been in this position in the first place, i think she should have been removed from the event, but i've also be shocked, we never seen her make these kinds of mistakes ever, so i think the world for the first time got to see kamila valieva the 15-year-old girl and not necessarily only the athlete. >> so valieva will only be 19 at the enet olympics. given this situation and this scandal now surrounding it, will she be able to recover, do you think? >> i don't know. i can't even begin to imagine all of the steps that she needs to take to move on from this traumatic event and honestly, i don't even know or care if skating is in her future. i just look out for her as a person and it just seems unimaginable bouncing back from

this and i really, i really feel for her. >> i mean in a world where her entire world has been skating, the russian doping scandals are hurting the olympics, and i wonder what your thoughts are on how it can be stopped? >> it's systemic and this is now the third time that we're talking about this in 3 olympics and russia is already on probation. so for me, the answer is easy, we need to remove russia. they're not stopping. i don't think we would be in this position if the ioc had removed russia the first time after sochi, so i think that's a place to start, but seeing these athletes as humans awesome would be a great place to start as well. >> so well said, kaitlyn thank you very much, i appreciate you

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tonight, how does ukraine win? it cannot beat russia in military conflict, an insurgency is no victory either. victory is money in a free economy, today ukraine has to pay more than 20% interest rate to borrow money the next year, that is an economy in crisis. so we found out what victory could look like here in ukraine. as the power of russia's military inches closer to ukraine, many fear the first major strike will be digital. >> cyber attacks will shut down key ukrainian institutions. >> in fact, already seen the largest cyber attack everyo in banks and defense websites. i'm standing in the middle of a field, you see debris all around

me, trash pretty much anywhere you look but people here have a dream of transforming this place, turning it into a city where 1,500 people will work, will be hotels, kindergartens, sports fields, a city in the center of laviv and if they succeed, it will transform this country. transform from this, to this, because right now, ukraine's path to nato and the west is blocked not just by russia but by its own oligarchs, the richest man here, controls a media group with some of ukraine's top-rated television channels, igor controls one voice one media, where president zelensky starred in the tv comedy series. they have the billions, but it's people like vatali settler who founded his tech company 20 years ago here in telaviv, who

can fend off the oligarchs because they have something much more than iron ore or oil. >> no one can take that? >> you take that like you take a factory. >> intelligence engineers like these develop software including navigation systems for luxury german cars, saying his company is on track to grow 60% this year, insists he isn't changing growth plans yet because of the crisis. >> middle class will help more and more, also political power of what's happening in the country, that's very good for development for the company. so i'm very excited about the business. >> excited about these men and women who may be the future of ukraine. so vitali tells me he's proud of being part of creating a middle class. they didn't have a middle class here before and he points to the 300,000 tech workers here in ukraine, say they earn between

45 and $50,000 a year, more than six times the average income here in ukraine. and if that can grow, it could transform this country. thanks so much for joining us, you can always find the latest episode of our show and our podcast, you just have to go to cnn.com audio in your favorite podcast app, search for erin burnett "outfront." thanks for joining us, "anderson cooper 360" starts now. president biden says there is no every indication that russia is ready to attack ukraine. john berman here in for anderson, what's more, and far darker than that is this, his word suggests the administration now considers war a matter of when, not if. >> yes -- my sense is it will. in the next several days. >> secretary of state antony