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news, the summit is off and biden's strike with sanctions. the u.s. cancels a summit between secretary of state blinken and the russian foreign minister as president biden lashes out at putin in what he calls the beginning the of putin's invasion of ukraine. >> this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. who in the lord's name does putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belong to his neighbors? this is a flagrant vials of intern violation of international law. >> the head of nato says additional russian troops crossed into the border in the eastern region of the donbas region. an ambassador told us today that there are now officials russian troops there. she said whether they crossed over or were already there and put on a uniform. putin again addressing the

camera, saying russia recognized the self-described republic than they opportunity u currently are. the yellow and red area is controlled by separatists. that's who declared independence. putin now says he supports them, taking the area that stretches all the way to the white border, more than double what they have, well into ukraine, pushing way farther into ukraine. putin says russian troops will go into that territory, if called upon. all day, we have seen russian images of militaries arriving at ukraine's boarder. you see truck after truck leaned up, thousands of borders of donetsk. in a moment, we will take you to that region. fred pleitgen is there. he saw those images. biden's sanctions are meaningful, mostly to be honest, he shows he will willing to go

where no u.s. president before, he is willing to go further, halting government delaware russia is prepared for those sanctions and biden can go a lot further. a senior administration official telling cnn tonight this is only the sharp edge of the pain we can inflict, suggesting giving himself more room to go farther should the invasion escalate. tonight sax antony blinken can selling his meeting with a russian foreign minister scheduled for thursday, saying the invasion means russia has ended diplomacy, but, he also said this. >> to the extent there is anything we can do to avert an even worst case scenario, an all-out assault on all of ukraine, including its capital, that would inflict horrific costs on the ukrainian people, we will always pursue that. >>. >> reporter: we will always pursue that.

amidst all this, we were seeing something, something off. is it communication gaps, disagreements between putin's inner circle? it's unclear. we are seeing something odd among those charged with representing him to the world. listen to what russia's ambassador to the united states said the day before putin said the donbas regions are independent countries and a part of ukraine. here's the day before. >> we are not trying to take any territory off of foreign countries. i would like to confirm donbas is a part of ukraine. >> reporter: a part of ukraine. well, then the next day it wasn't, according to putin. then there was this. putin's spy chiefs seemingly uncomfortable, closing the door with negotiations to the west. putin respond on camera by belittling him. he asked if he supported the

republic. let me play the exchange for you. >> i would agree that our western partners can be given one last chance to offer them to force kyiv to make peace and fulfill the minsk agreements as soon as possible. otherwise, we must make a decision we are talking about to today. >> what do you mean otherwise? do you propose to start the negotiation process? >> no i will recognize the sovereignty of the are republic. i -- i -- >> what are you saying? >> i -- i'll support the proposal on the commission. >> you will support or you support speak directly. >> i support the proposal to --

>> just say it, yes or no. >> so i am saying i support the proposal to admit donetsk and people's republics into the russian federation. >> we are not talking about it. we are not discussing it. we are talking about recognizing their independence or not. >>? yes, i support the proposal to recognize independence. >> good. please take a seat. thank you. >> reporter: there isn't a person who wouldn't feel resentful of being treated that way. it just all stands out, is it a sign of putin's state of mind, isolation, power? nobody knows. here in ukraine we asked people how they feel about the situation and vladimir putin. we talked to them in ukrainian. they were generous and bold and also speaking in english. >> it makes me feel very sad. >> it's very bad.

>> reporter: they say their army is not as big as russia's, but they will fight to the end. another says she believes putin is an angry man. a teenager yielded this thought. she says, russia is a big country. why can't putin be happy with what he has? >> he says ukraine and russia needs to be one country. it's the same. yeah. i mean. >> how do you feel? >> i speak in russian, ukrainian, for one. and, yes, really. >> you speak both? >> both. yeah. >> reporter: and one woman tonight was blunt. we all then she paused and looked at me, she want me to hear the emphasis, we all think putin is crazy. we are patriots. the facts we have heard from so many civilians here. mathew chance is "out front" tonight in kyiv. the president is calling up

reservists and seek ac diplomatic position. how optimistic is president zelenskyy? >> well, look. first off, president zelenskyy or other ukrainian officials have been really welcoming the sanctions imposed by the united states and by other western powers like britain, particularly germany, which went ahead and put a hold on the nord stream 2 gas pipeline from russia to germany, a big strategic project that was causing a lot of concern and the germans have gone out there and they've put a hold on it balls of what russia has done and recognized these two flagrant republics. that's one thing they have been dock. that's given the ukrainians some confidence. they are also stressing and volodymyr zelenskyy the president said stressing the diplomatic path, they are using every opportunity they have good to bring this crisis to an end through diplomatic means.

actually, president zelenskyy thanked the turkish government for suggesting they could arrange a meeting between the ukrainians and the russians to try and find some sort of compromised solutions, to try to find some diplomatic way forward on this. but, yes, you are right. there has also been that military preparedness as well, the president of ukraine saying that revists are called up for military training in the face of that russian threat. i think the ukraine foreign minister speaking in washington next to the secretary of state antony blinken earlier tonight put it succinctly. we have two plans, the first is pursue diplomacy, the second plan is to defend every inch of ukrainian territory if we have to. erin. >> mathew, thank you. and now i want to go to democratic congressman anthony brown of maryland, a member of the house armed services

committee and veteran who served in germany at the end of the cold war. i very much appreciate your time. i know you have been briefed in times. the white house says it's the beginning of a russian invasion in ukraine. i know you received an update from the white house today. how far do you think putin is going? >>'s, i think he's gone further than international war law with respect for the sovereignty of ukraine and its people would warrant. russia has invaded ukraine. they've increased their presence. putin has received authorization from his parliament to use military force outside of russia. this is an invasion in ukraine. i think the president's responsesed to imposing sanctions, his first tranche is appropriate. i think we need to be prepared to impose more bonus sanctions in the days and weeks to come.

>> yeah, as we pointed out, for the bank, they dade bank, it was something important. but, obviously, there are many, many more draconian things you can do if you chose to on that front. what are you learning, though, about russia's forces around the rest of ukraine that are still there, right? en circling this country as we speak? >> we've seen a gradual buildup of the russian forces over the last several weeks, if not months. in fact, the number today 190,000 or so is almost twice as much as we had anticipated. but when you look at the times of units, the support and logistical trainings that they put in place. russia is certainly preparing for, i think, a larger invasion than what we have seen. that's why i think these next rounds of sanctions are going to be very important. the further that putin wants to move russian forces into ukraine and towards the west, the more

stringent and painful these sanctions need to be to send a clear message not only to putin but to the russian people that this is going to be a painful operation or decision by president putin. >> so, part, of course, of what's happening here, a rise in militarization in general, russia is up, obviously, militarizing for the troops on the border, more weapons are coming to ukraine, hungary is mobilizing troops on the border of ukraine. you've got nato sending in more troops. president biden is saying authors are going to estonia, lithuania. look. he is clearly speaking to putin when he does that, though, and says this, let me play it for you. >> let me be clear, these are totally defensive modes on our part. we have no intention of fighting ru russia. >> do you fear, congressman, that more u.s. troops, as it

escalates the perception putin may have could pressure him to invade further? >> well, first of all, let me say this, putin has sort of brought this upon himself. his long-term interest is for a smaller nato footprintt in eastern europe for a smaller sort of exchange or sale of western weapons to ukraine. and he's going to get quite the opposite. i think it is important and i certainly support the president to move forces from germany to eastern europe, to deploy forces from bases in the united states to europe, to send a very clear message that any, any attack on a nato country will be met with a response from all nato countries, including the united states that's why i think we put forces in poland oto send that message there is a lean over

which he crosses where we are far from it now i think where u.s. forces would be engaged. >> well, it's unimaginable situation. you heard the ambassador to the united states. he said the exact opposite thing the day before. he wasn't being pressured on the question. it was just black and white opposites. then you saw putin humiliate his intelligence chief on camera and publicly and purposefully. are you getting briefings on what the u.s. government or u.s. intelligence believes about putin's inner circle or state of mind? >> you know, we are right now the house is in district workweek. so we haven't been in washington a number of days. so i haven't seen an updated briefing, classified briefing from the intelligence community or the defense department on that issue. but look, what we know about vladimir putin is that he is manipulative, given his background as in intelligence. he knows how to move people in the direction to get what he

wants. we saw that on the clip that you just showed. there are reservations, there are doubts within his -- if not his immediate leadership team, but certainly within the larger leadership team, perhaps in the parliament. at the end of the day, president putin is going to get what he wants. that's who he is. he is willing to use force to get it, both in russia and in ukraine. >> congressman, thanks so much for your time tonight. >> thank you, erin. >> and next, we travel to the russian side of this crisis, an area overflowing with russian soldiers and heavy armor. so what do folks there think about putin's order to invade ukraine? they are seeing the tanks coming through in real time, going to those republics. biden interviews and possible nominees for the supreme court. the president may have already made a decision. who is she? and the race for pennsylvania's u.s. senate seat.

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dozens of tents and vehicles less than 25 miles from the border appear in recent days. we will show you them in a moment, first i want to go to fred blight gen. pleitgen. on this border, i want to be clear. we are talking the border of the break-away separatists self declared republic putin has recognized now. he said troops will go if called upon. tell me what you are seeing, where they are? >> reporter: this is the first time we were able to see those large russian forces on russian territory in the field, but right at the boarder with ukraine with those break-away republics of donetsk and we saw on the ground russian soldiers in every town. also a lot of military vehicles as well. the posture of those forces appear to be, first of all, they're very strong also ready

to go at any time. here's what we saw. russian forces advancing towards ukraine's border, moving columns of artillery pieces and tanks towards the separatist-controlled areas called the donbas, recently recognized by vladimir putin. the russian leader coy when asked if his forces had already crossed the border and just how far they might advance? >> firstly, i didn't say that the troops would go there right after our meeting with you here. that's the first thing, he says, secondly, it's impossible to predict any specific outline of possible actions at all. it depends on the specific situation that is developing on the spot. we traveled to the russian region border donbas and saw soldiers all around, including long columns of troop carriers and heavy armor standing ready. we are close to the border with ukraine on the russian side is

teaming with military equipment. we've seen armour and self-propelled artillery as well, the u.s. says this could be a sign a larger offensive could be looming even as moscow says they have no plans. here a breach of international law nato says. >> most have moved from covert attempts to destabilize ukraine to overt military action. this is a serious escalation by russia. >> reporter: russian authorities say tens of thousands of donbas residents have been evacuated. some praised vladimir putin for intervening if you crane. "we are very grateful that this happened. if he helps us now, we will live normally and free," this woman says. she says, "of course, we are happy. the entire camp didn't sleep all

night. we watched it live. everyone was happy. we had a celebratory tea party in one of the camp buildings." but this enthusiasm could be short-lived as the u.s. says putin's moves to infringe on the territory could be the prelude to a bloody, december stating war. you saw those people in that report who had fled the donetsk republic. there was bad blood between them and the ukrainian authorities and military. but i didn't speak to a single one of those people who fled that area that wanted a wider war. they said the opposite is true. they want peace, erin. >> thank you so much. it's amazing to see those images, right near that border where they would approach to enter right in's more troops go in. right now, steve hall, cnn national security analyst and

former cia chief of operations and retired army major general and author of hunting the caliphate. let me start with you. you heard fred pleitgen over the border from the two break-away republics. i can see the images he had, the massive tanks along those dirt, muddy roads, he saw the massive military presence along that border. what do you think when you see his report? >> good evening, erin. it's very concerning. it's great that the russians are going to reenforce the two break away provinces of donetsk and lufthas. they have capable of a number of options, the openings of connecting crimea with those break away provinces along the shore of the sea, that's

certainly an option. they have the hopgs of taking all of eastern ukraine, they have also the optionf en circling kyiv. but the bigger deal with president putin is he has let us know that he doesn't respect the sovereignty of ukraine. he also has no respect for the military strength of europe and he has no respect for the will of america and europe to stop him. sanctions aren't going to stop him. he's done a cost analysis with his folks and he realizes that he can move forward and only sanctions. he believes that sanctions cannot stop him. sanctions are actually agreed upon that the russian people are tough enough to weather it. >> so, steve, those breaking images, i have them now, the satellite images we obtain i

ted -- obtained from a hospital in russia along with troops, vehicles and logistics infrastructure in belarus, the northern part. what do you make of these images? i should say we don't know when they were added? we know they were not there, february 4th, now these images are coming out. you can see all this infrastructure in place. >> well, i think what we need to start with is the premise that we were just discussing, which is that it's extremely doubtful as to whether or not sanctions are actually in and of themselves, regardless of how strong they are, are actually going to work. let's look at the recent past. we have sanctioned russia, the united states and other western allies have sanctions russia continuously. now, admittedly, these sanctions are much stronger. yet, even the threat of those much stronger sanction hasn't done that much. so what you are seeing is an increase in these troop

formations as far as belarus. so when you recognize these two little tiny statelets that putin decided he was going to confer upon them the status of his countries after putting his people in there. that's a long way away where you are which is closer to belarus, which is where those pictures are coming from. he has forces all over the place. i don't know he will simply stop at the donbas region. we haven't given him reason to. we said, we will not put forces on the ground. what is stopping him? he doesn't care if the russian people suffer, he will hang in there with those sanctions, i believe. >> major general, president zelenskyy here in ukraine announced he is calling up reservists. we met men signing up for the territorial defendantsive at the beginning of the year and the men i talked to who are. so, there is a lot of passion and enthusiasm for this.

but they're new, they're still untrained. a lot haven't started training yet. in the military to be frank, major general, they haven't welcomed us to come on to their bases and see preparations, maybe it's bureaucracy, certainly not, hey, come look what we are ready to do. let me ask you, is ukraine prepared for a full invasion? >> the simple answer is no president zelenskyy came off as cool, calm, collected, didt want to provoke russia or get his people excited. but now they haven't prepared. so, their defenses are woefully inadequate. they already have troops from ages of 20 to their 50s, young private who's barely have the training necessary. so their village has stopped a russian invasion is limited.

>> so, steve, two u.s. officials tell cnn the u.s. believes putin could be planning a full invasion. but again, president zelenskyy said today, quote, we understand there will not be war, an all out war against ukraine or a broad escalation from russia. that is belief and sentiment shared widely across this country, despite an increase in anxiety and concern and people from kyiv may be moving west. that is true. but there is still a disbelief. why is there such a divide between what we are hearing from president zelenskyy and u.s. officials? >> well, i don't envy the president zelenskyy, his position. i mean, he is right there in the shadow of the bear. they're in the process of invading his country. he is trying i think probably to keep his nation together and trying to make so it people aren't terrified, which is perhaps what you are seeing on the streets there in ukraine,

especially in the person portion. he's got some domestic politics that are involved in this. he's got to be careful with what he says, because there is pa lot of folks sniping about his handling of this. it's a tough position to be in. it doesn't surprise me he is trying to downplay it to say there is military in the face of a much, much larger russian force. >> yeah. thank you both. also, one other thing stand out here, it is amazing, people believe in their military. they do it's very old. they do believe in it. thank you both so much. next, the wealthy russian targeted by the united states, only actually three of them are. the rest, the ones that would need to be on the next list. wait nul see how they live, the yacht, the mansion, the luxury bank account. this could bring it all down. who are they? what do they stand to lose? plus, three investigators for three white men accused of chasing down and killing ahmaud

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. new tonight, three white then convicted of federal hate crimes in the killing of ahmaud aubrey. they were found guilty of interference of right, which is a federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping. they now could face life in prison in addition to the life sentences they received from their state trial. it could be significant, to, if those sentences are cut in anyway, they still get life because of these charges so this is crucial. attorney general merritt garland growing emotional today while he addressed the verdict. >> no one should fear that if they go out for a run, they will be targeted and killed because of the color of their skin. i cannot imagine the pain that a mother feels to have her son run down and then gunned down while taking a jog on a public street.

>> the verdict coming nearly two years after the three men chased aubrey through the streets of a georgia neighborhood and killed him. out front van jones special adviser to president obama and now capitol hpolitical commenta. he was broken up there. i watched that several times here today. it's just to cokind of, i don't know, catches you. were you surprised by his emotion? >> i really was. he is a poker player. he was going to be on the supreme court under president obama because he was a calm president. i have never seen that level of emotion from him. but it came out. this was a lynching. this was a lynching that the people who did the lynching were so proud of what they did, they videotaped it, themselves, because they were so minded by their racial hatred. they saw an innocent guy and

they thought it was great to run them down and film it, themselves, that lets you know the depraved set of mind or mindset is so important for the federal government to step in and ensure civilian rights are protected for everyone. >> so that's the point i mentioned in the introduction. the federal conviction makes it certain they will face incredibly long prison sentence, even if state convictions are proud or overturned, this ensures the punishment and here is ahmaud aubrey's mother reacting. >> what we got today, we would have gotten today if it wasn't for the fight that the family had fought. we got a victory today. but if so many families out there who don't get victories, because of people that we have fighting for us. >> how significant is the ruling? has anything changed? >> i think what's significant is

that she's not wrong. it takes a tremendous fight. this case is the exception. had they not videotaped themselves doing it, the local police weren't going to accept the charges. they were saying they were going to shoot him. it was a self-defense thing. there were to charges brought. so every step along the way, this family and their advocates have done a tremendous job of keeping this before the public eye and get to where they've gone. so i think it's a significant ruling. i think when people think about hate crimes and that kind of stuff, they don't understand often the federal government for a long time was missing in action on these kind of cases and i think it's the federal government stepping in on egregious cases making sure in case the state does the wrong thing, the federal government is ensuring civil rights, you can't be so small to the federal level you can get away with hate

crimes. >> i want to talk about the supreme court for a moment. there is a development there, president biden we understand met with three potential nominees. three of them. federal judges angie brown jackson, jamie michelle childs and leon dekruger. jackson was long considered to be the front-runner. we know at least three. where do you think we are? >> i think she is still the front runner. she should be. look, i think having a former federal prosecutor but public defender on the bench is important. it really when you go to law school, everybody knows this, you have two bunches of people, people that want to be prosecutors, people that want to be defenders. they're different. they have a different perspective. they spend more time with the prosecutors spend more time with the police. often the public defenders with the community people. there is a different perspective. again, if you talk about diversity, it's not the in fact

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>> reporter: the gop primary for pennsylvania's open senate seat has it all, star power, high stakes and a lot of money. with three months left to go, it's already shaping up to be the most expensive senate contest in pennsylvania's history, with wealthy candidates and outside groups all pouring money into the race. >> now i'm running for the u.s. senate to fight the wolf mob, hijacking america's future. >> reporter: dr. oz is a conservative outsider. >> i'm carla sands, a maga conservat conservative. >> reporter: the two candidates are celebrity dr. men et oz and army veteran and former hedge fund ceo dave mccormick. >> i will fight for the people of pennsylvania. >> reporter: both of whom are running for office for the first time and already hitting each other hard in attack ads.

>> ever since covid, then david mccormick's hedge fund gave billions. >> when them et oz poses my questions, he's crossed the line. >> reporter: pennsylvania could be the key to who controls the senate. former pennsylvania congressman and cnn contributor charlie dent says republicans will need independent voters and potential democrats to win. >> republicans have to be concerned they do not nominate somebody seen well outside the main stream. if they do, pennsylvania could easily go democrat. >> reporter: but first the candidates must win the republican primary. which means appealing to the former president's base. mccormick aired this ad during i during the super bowl. he is married to dina powell and alumni are a part of his campaign, carla sand emphasized

her ties to the trump administration. she served as ambassador to denmark. >> i am the only candidate in this race in the u.s. senate in pennsylvania who actually worked in the trump administration. >> reporter: meantime, oz donned a non-traditional path, recently taking time off to accept a star on the hollywood rock of fame. and using his celebrity and name i.d. to pull neil people into his campaign stops. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: oz, mccormick and sand skipped the debate monday night and were called out by the rival jev barter, the republican nominee for lt. gov. >> i don't understand how these political tourists, these out-of-staters don't show up for debates. >> reporter: oz went to medical school here. both men worked out of state until recently. >> with these guys, i will always remember where i came from. >> reporter: both are playing up their pennsylvania pedigrees. >> the values we have to have to

make wise decisions are found in places like erie, pennsylvania. >> reporter: sources tell me as of right now they do not anticipate former president donald trump will be weighing in with an endorsement. that can always change. that's the thinking right now. he had previously endorsed a candidate sean parnell who ended up dropping out in november when a judge ordered primary custody of his children to his estranged wife. erin. >> jessica, thank you very much. we have a ways to watch. next, the u.s. and the west taking on some of putin's wealthy friend, sending a very clear message to others, to russia's richest oligarchs, we'll see them next. more of our reporting from here in ukraine. you will see the steps they are forced to make because of the risk of a russian invasion. >> > new tonight, a few russi

elites getting hit with sanctions over putin's moves in ukraine, but it's a warning. russia's richest could be targeted soon. it's a warning to oligarchs like the owner of a soccer team and a whole lot of other things. you may remember, he docked his massiveuate in new york city in 2 2013, waiting for his then wife to give birth to their daughter in america. so who is getting hit with sanctions? and who needs to worry? tom foreman is "outfront." >> the west is hunting rich russians. their yachts, homes, and hidden bank accounts, all the assets of vladimir putin's billionaire boys club. >> we'll also impose sanctions on russia's elites and their family members. they share in the corrupt games of the kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well. >> many russian oligarchs who often spend a lot of time outside russia at their foreign properties have deep ties to putin. newly named to the u.s. sanctions list, dennis

bortnakof, an official at a russian bank and son of the director of the federal security service, the modern kgb. peter fratkof, with ties to the defense industry. vladimir kirianko, who has also been sanctioned, and the list could grow. >> other russian elites and their family members are on notice that additional actions could be taken against them. >> the brits have names too. >> we are sanctioning three very high worth individuals. >> tem chengo is one of the richest people in russia with forbes estimating his worth at $24 billion. the rhodenbergs have strong interest in gas and energy companies, and plenty of russian banks and businesses are also on the list.

edward fishman was formerly with the u.s. state department. >> these individuals have kind of a tacit agreement with the state. they support putin politically, as a result, they're allowed to benefit from kleptocratic practices. >> some were hit with sanctions when crimea fell in 2014. >> analysts believe that did slow russia's roll into ukraine. and this time, many say the economic consequences for putin should be steep. and for the oligarchs, their wives and mistresses, and their assets that they shelter abroad. >> they're not going to turn a russian billionaire into a pauper, but what they will do is create substantial frustration and annoyance in their lives. >> these sanctions could freeze accounts for these rich russians, it could limit their travel, stop investments. even keep their grown kids from attending universities in the west. what we don't know is if all

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it is 3:00 a.m. here in lviv, the u.s. embassy may have relocated to poland for the night because of a potential russian attack, but tonight is another silent one in the city. remember last week, we showed you this map of the bomb shelters left over from the cold war here. well, finding them wasn't easy, and using them seemed unthinkable then and now. but the city is now preparing the public over a potential russian invasion, they want to be prepared. in a few hours, the city will test their public emergency system. the sirens are going to start going off across the city, then emergency officials are going to

address the public over a loud speaker. they're testing that part, too, in case there's no internet, television, or radio. a scenario that could happen, of course, but still seems at odds with the reality here. thanks so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. >> president biden calls it the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine, as he levels the first round of sanctions against the money machine that keeps vladimir putin, his cronies, and their kleptocracy running. john berman in for anderson. tonight, unlike when we left you last night, there's no longer a question whether putin moving troops into ukraine would be considered an invasion. also, all to make the case that vladimir putin is not getting away with a slap on the wrist. >> who in the lord's name does