♪ hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i'm kim brunhuber live at the cnn center in atlanta. one of the stories we're following, the national archives has confirmed it's found classified documents in books and records. one that president trump took with him to mar-a-lago. new satellite images show a buildup of russian helicopters near the border as president biden says vladimir putin has made up his mind to invade

ukraine. welcome, everyone, u.s. president joe biden says he is convinced that the russian president vladimir putin has made a final decision on ukraine. >> as of this moment, i'm convinced he's made the decision. we have reason to believe that. >> to be clear, you are convinced -- you are convinced to president putin is going to invade ukraine. is that what you just said a few moments ago? >> yes, i did. >> what reason do you have to believe that he's considering that option at all? >> we have significant intelligence capability. >> now, friday's comments mark the first time the white house has said definitively that they believe mr. putin has made his

decision. mr. biden also adding that he is revealing russia's tactics to try to shut down every reason russia made to justify. and it come as as intel consequence officials say russia has massed up 190,000 personnel around ukraine. the russian troops now surround ukraine on three sides. new satellite images also show how quickly russian helicopter forces are amassing near eastern ukraine's eastern border and in the south in russian-held crimea. the u.s. also says that russia is already engaging in so-called false flag operations, in the eastern city of donetsk. u.s. and ukrainian officials have both warned that russia could use false flag operations to create a pretext for invasion. and in just the last few hours, the pro-russian leader of donetsk ordered a general

mobilization calling on, quote, men of the republic, who are able to hold weapons to prepare to fight. now, it comes one day after he urged women, children and the elderly to evacuate to russia. claiming that a ukrainian offensive is imminent. something ukraine denies and there appears to be no evidence of. meanwhile, putin is preparing for what could be russia's most dramatic show of force yet, a series of military drills where ballistic and cruise missiles will be launched. now vice president kamala harris will take center stage at the munich security conference. we will, of course, bring you those remarks as soon as they happen. a short time ago, though, the eu commission president and nato chief jens stoltenberg addressed the conference in munich and had

strong words for russia. >> the world has been watching in disbelief, as we face the largest buildup of troops on european soil since the darkest days of the cold war. because the events of these days could reshape the entire international order. this is what the kremlin's policies mean and practice. to instill fear and call it security demands. to deny 44 million ukrainians from deciding freely about their own future. to deny a free country's right to independence and self-determination. >> we call on russia to do what it says and wwithdraw its bordes

from ukraine. this will be the first step towards a peaceful solution. it is not too late for russia to change course, to step back from the blink, stop preparing for war, and start working for a peaceful solution. nato remains ready to engage in a substantive dialogue with moscow. to take meaningful reciprocal steps that can improve security for all of europe and for russia, too. >> now, cnn is covering this story from every angle, our alex marquardt standing by in eastern ukraine. but first, let's dough to our senior diplomatic editor nic robertson. as we heard, nic, from the munich security conference, strong condemnation of russia? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, we heard over the last days is

jens stoldenberg talking about russia and it remains listening to what he defined what that new normal is, essentially saying that russia is extorting by threat, what it wants to achieve practically, politically. this is how he framed it. >> their demand that we should leave our enshrined commitment at the door. and the demand that we to remove all nato troops and forces from almost half the member states. and then they said if we don't meet those demands, they have repeatedly said this, they will do what they call military technical consequences. so now the danger is now the combination of this massive inter build up, with threatening rhetoric putting force demands that we we can't meet and say if

we don't meet them there will be military consequences. >> reporter: and what we've heard from russian officials today, the ministry of foreign affairs spokeswoman, saying what she is hearing, what russia is hearings from nato at the munich security conference, is what she says essentially nato's same old tactics. that on the one hand, nato is ramping up, ready to withdraw a little. it doesn't quite make sense. but there is a growing sense of frustration, anger, emerging, it appears from the ministry of foreign affairs, you know, pushing back on what president biden said last night about being convinced president putin has taken a position of invading ukraine. saying that is not true. we've heard from the minister of foreign affairs, what they said in the united states, pushing back on the u.s. assessment that

russia was responsible for the cyber attacks in ukraine in the past couple of days. there is, you know, a sis a growing sense here that russia officials are ramping up the way they are pushing back against the rhetoric that they're hearing coming from the west. and a sense of frustration about it as swwell, michael. >> indeed, great analysis, nic robertson. to alex marquardt, warning signs near the donbas region where you are, and what could and might happen be used to precipitate what might happen in russia. >> reporter: that's right, michael, obviously, russia could invade ukraine, given the buildup that they've done in the north, in belarus, and the east, and the their own territory on

the water. and there is a sense of what is happening in eastern ukraine. overnight, we saw satellite imagery of more helicopters, tankses, troops on that side. but just on the other side of the ukrainian border about 16 kilometers away, from one of the breakaway enclaves that had been out of control of the government for years, but backed by russia. but really in the past 24 hours, michael, we have seen what a lot are warning about in terms of spike in disinformation. false flag operations. we have these two breakaway subjects, donetsk and luhansk. russia is claiming, we have no way of verifying this, but they are reporting about 10,000 citizens of the donbas region as its known have crossed in russia. and they're willing to accept

them. but the leaders of these breakaway enclaves are claiming that there is a ukrainian operation that has been planned. an offensive operation of those areas. of course, there's absolutely no sense that that is true. these leaders have also called on their men, the male population, to take up arms and defend their territory. again, defend themselves against what, it is wholly unclear. but there has been a real spike in the level of violence here in eastern ukraine in the past few days. we have seen a significant increase in the number of crease-fire violations along that line of contact, so this is an area we're watching very closely, michael. >> all right, alex marquardt, appreciate it. and nic robertson as well. thanks to you both. a host and news director at russia's pv one of the country's

last independent stations she joins me live from moscow. thanks for doing so. >> thank you, michael. >> we've seen the separatists in the eastern donbas region evacuating women and children to russia. they're blaming ukraine for escalations. what is your read on the tactics there? and what do you think putin's plan is? >> it is not easy to understand what this person actually plans. and what is he doing, and when he actually sends this invasion, if ever invasion will be accomplished. the problem is when putin is trying to get his what you call goals achieved at the moment, we can see that the escalation of the situation is heightened from a week ago, and really several months ago. even in the spring of 2021, there was an estimation that actually finished with the meeting of vladimir putin and president joe biden in geneva in

2021. but now it's happening again. there are goals that he's trying to achieve -- this is actually apparent -- he is really trying to make sure that nato will not be on the ground in ukraine. he is afraid. and he's assured, i believe, he's convinced that nato's planning to put some weapons, strategic weapons, heavy weapons on the ground in ukraine. and he thinks this is an especial threat for russia but, you know -- >> right. >> the problem is ukraine is not getting into nato. no one is inviting ukraine to nato. so, in my opinion, he is now in the middle of his -- you know, achieving his big huge goals of rebuilding. >> right. >> an empire, if you can say so. >> i was going to ask you exactly about that. i mean, how do you think putin views himself, in terms of his

role in the post soviet matter, do you think he sees his agreement in the 1990s as the mistakes that he needs to correct? >> yeah, he has called it several time, the biggest geopolitical mistake, catastrophe of the century. of course, he thinks it is necessary to rebuild the empire. and he thinks that his mission after 20 years, in his chair, that he has been here in russia for 20 years already. and he thinks it's time to, you know, write his names in the books of history. the main goal is to rebuild this big russia, mother russia, in which ukraine is one of the main -- the biggest part. and one of the biggest, you know, one of the biggest territories. because actually he doesn't think that ukraine is a state at all. he thinks that ukraine is some

kind of a ridiculous territory which should be back to russia's hands and under russia's wings. so, on this stage, we understand that there really is a huge threat of the war, a big war. but the question is what is he going to do? is he going to take over -- you know, to conquer -- for example, is he going to like make a huge mess in the middle of europe? or he will stay in the -- you know in the borders of this eastern part of the country. >> right. >> his main idea, as i understand it, michael, is to make sure that the west takes him seriously. with the threat, with nato and the united states waiting for some -- you know, some guarantees from russia saying that nato will not open its doors to ukraine, georgia and other states.

and that's where he has caught this -- on all of his, you know, guarantees requests. >> right. >> after that, he needs to feel that he is really serious so it depends on how -- >> right. i don't -- i want to ask you this before we run out of time. because you do, as we said, work in one of the last bastions of independent media. so much of russia media is you state-controlled. too, the narrative. are ordinary russians able to get a broader view outside of their government's view? >> no. it is really a huge problem, michael, because the millions of people in russia, 140 million people living in the country, the main part of them, you know in the regions outside of the big cities, they don't watch anything except the television, state propaganda. and they got the information that there is a genocide going

on in donbas that people were killed. russian people were killed. and this idea, this propaganda, it's disturbing, it's annoying and people are trying to leave. and i believe they believed it previously, too, that there is a huge problem for the russian people in this region. you know, it's different friend what is happening in crimea in 2014, when the patriotic wave was so huge that putin was the most popular in the world for russians. but in this, it's still very strong, propaganda is very strong. of course at my station doors, we have viewers, but mainly they watch us online. on other platforms, not in cable networks because we were banned back in 2014. >> right. >> and we don't have this kind of huge audience as state television stations have. and this is really, really serious. unfortunately. >> yeah. that is a fascinating

perspective and great analysis. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i wish we had more time, appreciate it. >> sure. all right. we're going to have more in the program, for now, though, let's go back to kim brunhuber in atlanta. back to you, kim, my friend. >> all right. thanks so much, michael. revelation from the national archives could spell more trouble for former president donald trump. the agency confirmed classified documenteds were among the items retrieved from former president trump's mar-a-lago estate last month. cnn's paula reid has the details. >> reporter: the national archives says it's still combing through the 15 boxes of materials that it received from former president trump's mar-a-lago residence last month. now, among the items that the former president took with him when he moved to florida are items that are marked classifies national security information. and the archives said it has shared this discovery with the

justice department. but it's not clear if they have made a referral. now, the archives says it hopes to be done with its inventory process next week. but in this letter, the archives says it has had concerns about trump destroying documents for years. in their letter to the house oversight committee friday, the archives says it reached out to the trump white house in 2018. and spoke with the deputy counsel about this habit that they had read about in the media that the president had of tearing. documents. deputy counsel said it would be addressed. the the archives said based on what they received it was clearly not. and the former president continues to destroy documents that were to be preserved in the presidential records act. the members of trump team were tasked with trying to find other records that may not have been turned over. these are pieces of history that are clearly not in the archives where they should be for the

law. now, more bad legal news for the former president, a judge on friday ruling that plaintiffs in three civil suits can move forward trying to seek information from the former president about his role in the attack on the capitol. now, the suit accused former president trump with conspiring with people like rudy giuliani, did donald trump jr., even extremist like the oath keepers and proud boys to undermine the insur rukz in the capitol. this is an effort to hold him accountable. an trump lawyers have previously tried to argue he's immune from suits like this. they argued when he spoke in pursuit of the capitol he was acting in official capacity and should be protected. but the judge in this case rejected that argument. and that is no small thing to say that a former president could potentially be liable here. now, the biggest consequence,ed

me consequence for the former president in these civil suits is that he may have to provide documents and even a deposition in these lawsuits, that, of course, comes a day after a judge ruled that he will have to sit with for a deposition along with two of his children for the new york attorney general's civil investigation into his business practices. a difficult legal week for the former president. paula reid, cnn, washington. all right. still ahead, we're entering the final days of the beijing olympics. but there's still plenty of competition left at these winter games. i'll bring you the upcoming events we're keeping our eyes on next. stay with us. igraine strikes. without worrying if it's too late o or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within 2 hoursrs. unlike older medicines, ubrelvy is a pill ththat directly blocks cgrprp protein, believed to be a cause of migraine. do not take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects

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♪ welcome back, everyone. i'm michael holmes, coming to you live from lyiv in eastern ukraine. going live to kamala harris who is expected to address the munich security conference any moment now. she's expected to emphasize the

cost that russia will face when she invades eastern ukraine. when they starts, we will bring that to you live. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is attending the conference in munich, before returning later today. that was in doubt until just recently. u.s. president joe biden meanwhile said friday that he is convinced that the russian president vladimir putin has decided to invade ukraine. mr. biden adding that the attack will likely come in a matter of days. and will target the capital kyiv. now moscow later responded, categorically denying russia is planning any such peak. the russian foreign ministry also suggesting that the u.s. is ig dror eastern conflicts in the donbas region of eastern ukraine. that's where russian-backed separatists have started evacuating residents claiming a ukrainian invasion is imminent. and the russian leader of

donetsk called for a general military mobilization. a potential russian invasion weighs heavily on the ukrainian city of mariupol near the front lines with the russian separatists. fighting has ramped up in ukraine for recent days, but, of course, it's been going on for years, eight years, and the city has suffered major losses. cnn's alex marquardt reports on the toll this has all of this has taken on the people of mariupol. >> reporter: the old crimea cemetery stretches outside of the hills of mariupol in eastern ukraine. in section 21, the ukrainian flags whipping in the wind mark the graves of ukrainian troops, mostly young men who have died fighting russian-backed forces in the past year that stilled 14,000, including 3,000 civilians. he was a soldier, but now he fights with a right wing

nationalist group called right sector. >> translator: putin is a pathetic small man. everyone is ready to tear russia with their own hands. >> reporter: he says he knows over 200 people killed. he shows us the grave of a friend, one etched in stone. >> translator: too many people have died. too many civilians, too many children. >> reporter: a priest, prays at the grave of a friend, one of the first to die in the fighting, but he is quiet, understated has two sides. dividing his duties as an army chaplin in his solid green frock which he says is his calling and tending to a civilian congregation in a small mariupol capital. >> we're losing our best people, the church gives people comfort. if they ask what happens next, we say it's god's will. we prepare for the worst and

hope for the best. >> reporter: people who can't go to church ask him to pray for them. he says their names at the altar. among the handful who came this morning is this man who had one thing on his mind. >> translator: peace. >> translator: we pray for peace for all. thank god it's peaceful now. we're taking one day at a time. we'll see what happens next. >> reporter: the people of ukraine have shown extraordinary calm in the face of this threat but it's clearly taken a toll. >> translator: they tell to us be calm, we would love to live peacefully to raise children, go to work and raise command grirn. we're worried. >> reporter: that worrying growing here in the donbas region, those incidents that the u.s. and ukraine say were false, staged, the kind of false flag operations that russia could use to justify an invasion of ukraine. this city, this area, of great interest to vladimir putin which

he could use to connect russia to crimea which he seized the last time he invaded ukraine. alex marquardt, cnn, mariupol, ukraine. >> and just to show the line of separatists which separates the russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, and the ukraine along the line in donbas, we just received information that one ukrainian serviceman was killed with shrapnel to the head when several rounds of artillery fireat ukrainian positions. this was early on saturday. and it just goes to show how delicate things are, how anything can start off a bad outcome. now, earlier i spoke to military analyst mark hertling, he explained when in iraq in 2004 he was asked to hook up with ukrainian forces in the south and he says they were very

disorganized but have improved markededly since then. >> linked up with ukrainian forces and truthfully, they were the most disorganized, dysfunctional, undisciplined and corrupt forces i had ever seen. i drew an initial bias against the ukrainian forces. they were terribly led by their generals and their colonels, it was just a force we could not depend on. they were actually coordinating with some of the enemy in iraq because they were being paid to be there. over the years, though, when i continued to serve in europe, we saw the leadership within ukraine attempting to build a more professional force. and starting in about the 2008 time frame, they really got serious. there was a colonel -- excuse me, a colonel general who was the chief of land forces, and he put a great deal of effort into turning his military into a professional force. he told me one time when we were having a session that the

biggest concern he had was the corruption of the senior leaders that had all been trained in the old soviet union. he said once we disavowed those individuals and they left we would have a much stronger army. >> when it comes to intent, putin knows as well, as do you, invading is one thing, holding territory among a hostile population is quite another. in that sense, what do you think putin is calculating, weighing up, as he thinks about invasion? >> he's not calculating very well, michael, from a force perspective standpoint. there have been various studies talking about troop relationships. what are the things that soldiers are expected to do on the ground. it's one thing to invade. it's another thing to hold territory and to be amongst the people and to build a new society. if you're taught -- if mr. putin is thinking he's going to achieve regime change through the use of force, he doesn't have enough forces in my view to do that.

just as a calculation, you're talking, the numbers are staggering. the 190,000 forces around the border. but ukraine is an extremely large country with about 41 million people in its population. in order to control the major cities, like kyiv like kharkiv, like lyiv trained in more than just combat activity. what i mean, civil affairs government officials extending it's economy. unless putin wants to completely destroy ukraine, and that may be his intent, he's going to need a different kind of force. and they're going to have to stay for a very long time to get ukraine under their influence. >> lieutenant general mark hertling speaking to me earlier there. meanwhile, thanks for company from here, in lyiv in ukraine.

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a former minnesota police officer was sentenced to two years in prison friday. in the fatal shooting of daunte wright. kim potter was convicted of first and second degree manslaughter in in connection with wright's traffic stop last year. according to a statement from the lawyer, wright's family was completely stunned by the sentence. cnn's adrienne broaddus has the story. >> daunt e we will continue to fight. >> reporter: tears filled the

courtroom when kim potter was sentence. potter was convicted of first and second three manslaughter for fatally shooting 20-year-old daunte wright, when potter said he pulled her gun instead of her taser. >> gaunty's life was cut short by kim potter who thought she had a taser. she pointed a gun into my son's chest and pulled the trigger. all right. we want to bring you live to the munich security conference where u.s. vice president kamala harris is giving the keynote address. let's listen. >> in my introduction in your years of dedicated leadership. and thank you, also, chancellor scholz for your kind words. so it is an honor to join all of these distinguished leaders from around the world this morning. i am certain we all recognize this year's gathering is unlike those of the recent past. not since the end of the cold

war has this forum convened under such dire circumstances. today, as we are all well aware, the foundation of european security is under direct threat in ukraine. let us remember, from the wreckage of two world wars, a consensus emerged in europe and the united states. a consensus in favor of order. not chaos. security, not conflict. so, by forging relationships and bonds, forging organizations and the institutions, laws and treaties, we together established a set of rules. norms, that have governed ever

since. and europe has enjoyed unprecedented peace, security and prosperity through a commitment to a set of defining principles. the united states is equally committed to these principles. that people have a right to choose their own form of government. that nations have a right to choose their own alliances. that there are enalienable rights which governments must protect, and that the rule of law should be cherished. that sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states must be respected. and that national borders should not be changed by force.

we are here in munich together to reaffirm our commitment to these principles. these principles have brought us peace and security. the backbone of this, of course, is nato, the greatest military alliance the world has ever seen. as a defensive alliance, we have deterred acts of aggression against nato territory for the past 75 years. and today, let me be clear, america's commitment to article 5 is ironclad. this commitment is sacrosanct to me, to president biden, and to

our entire nation. in fact, i am joined here in munich by a bipartisan delegation, from the united states senate and the united states house of representatives. they are democrats and republicans. they have a wide range of political views. but they stand together in recognition of the value and the importance of our nato alliance. now, even in the most difficult times, for our transatlantic community, and even when our system has been tried and tested, we, the united states and europe, have come together and demonstrated our strength and our unity. just as we do today. as we stand in this decisive moment with all eyes on ukraine.

as we have set all along, there is a playbook of russian aggression. and this playbook is too familiar to us all. russia will plead ignorance and innocence. it will create false pretext for invasion. and it will amass troops and fire power in plain sight. we now received reports of what appears to be provocations. and we see russia spreading disinformation, lies and p prop propaganda. nonetheless, in a deliberate and coordinated effort, we together, are, one, exposing the truth, and, two, speaking with a

unified voice. as president joe biden has made clear, the united states, our nato allies and our partners have been and remain open to serious diplomacy. we have put concrete proposals on the table. we have encouraged and engaged russia through nato. the organization for security and cooperation in europe. the united nations. and bilateral dialogue. we have engaged in good faith. russia continues to claim it is ready for talks. while at the same time, it narrows the avenues for diplomacy. their actions simply do not

match their words. and let me be clear, i can say with absolute certainty, if russia further invades ukraine, the united states, together with our allies and partners, will impose. significant and unprecedented economic costs. we have worked intensively with many of you in this room, to ensure we are prepared to move forward with consequences. we have prepared, together, economic measures that will be swift, severe and united. we will impose far-reaching financial sanctions and export controls.

we will target russia's financial institutions and key industries. and we will target those who are complicit and those who aid and abet this unprovoked invasion. make no mistake, the imposition of these sweeping and coordinated measures will inflict great damage on those who must be held accountable. and we will not stop with economic measures. will we will further reinforce our nato allies on the eastern flank. in fact, together, we have already taken steps to strengthen our deterrence and collective defense. we have deployed an additional 6,000 american service members to romania, poland and germany.

we have put another 8,500 service members in the united states on a heightened sense of readiness. as president biden has said, our forces will not be deployed to fight inside ukraine, but they will defend every inch of nato territory. since russia launched its proxy war against ukraine, nearly eight years ago, the people of ukraine have suffered immensely. nearly 14,000 people killed. more than 1 million displaced. and nearly 3 million in need of aid. the united states has provided significant support to ukraine, security assistance, humanitarian assistance and economic assistance. and we will continue to support

the people of ukraine. i believe it is important for us, all of us, as leaders to never forget the cost of this type of aggression. on human lives and livelihoods. so, the united states, our allies and our partners, together we have achieved remarkable unity. it is evident in our shared acknowledgement of the threats. our united response. and our determination to uphold international rules and norms. in the face of russian aggression, i have been reassured and heartened by the widespread agreement across the transatlantic community from

these rules and norms will be defended. and we should not lose sight of how rare it is in history to have a prolonged period of relative peace and stability. so, let the past few months be a reminder to us all, defending the rules and norms, upholding our principles, this is the vital work of each generation. in recent years, some have questioned whether the west is up to the task. some have wondered whether this system can endure. some have done so even on this very stage. indeed, the theme of this conference two years ago questioned the staying power of

the west. whether or not the transatlantic community was losing its cohesion, its influence, its appeal. so, i will answer the skeptics and those seeking to test us. today, the united states, our allies and our partners are closer together. today, we are clear in our purpose, and today, we are even more confident in our vision. our strength must not be underestimated. because after all, it lies in our unity. and as we have always shown, it takes a lot more strength to build something up than it takes to tear something down. thank you, all.

>> and we were listening to u.s. vice president kamala harris addressing the munich security conference. the subject, of course, was the thread of a russian invasion of ukraine. we heard a warning that the security of europe is under threat. she said, quote, national borders should not be changed by force, which was roundly applauded by the audience there. she warned how russia was massing forces. and she warned that if russia further invaded ukraine, the response would be, quote, swift, severe and united. i want to bring in diplomatic editor nic robertson. nic, what did you make of what kamala harris had to say there? >> reporter: you know, one of the points she made at the end was very striking. i've come to the munich security conference over a number of years, two years ago, just before covid hit was the last one in person. and she is absolutely right.

that security conference, the question there was about the unity of essentially western allies and partners. and the theme of her message was one of unity, again, you know, reaching out to the partners and allies in that room. around her. very clear why president biden sent her there. you know, vice president of the united states carries such a strong message to allies and partners. and this is a moment where the united states wants to make sure it's strong. whether nato wants to make sure it's strong. where the european union wants to make sure it's strong. that was the force of her things playing out on television here, the call for people to evacuate and leave donbas, one of those points, she called it disinformation. >> thank you so much, nick robertson. i really appreciate your

insights there. that wraps up this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brum huber. . ♪ buenos dias, good morning, and welcome to your "new day." it's saturday, february 19th. i'm boris sanchez. >> good to be with you. i'm amara walker in for christi paul. we have a lot to get to. the threat of a russian invasion has reached a boiling point. president joe biden says he is convinced based on u.s.