vaccines as soon as four months after their first booster. cdc is expected to approve the authorization but is not expected to officially recommend those shots. big day here in the cnn family. cnn+ is here. live news, supreme exclusive films and original series and participate in interactive interviews. learn more today at cnnplus.com. we'll see you back here again tomorrow. ana cabrera and don lemon pick up our coverage right now. this is cnn breaking news. >> hello. thanks for joining us. i'm ana cabrera in new york. don lemon is with us in lviv, ukraine. today a major shift in strategies. senior u.s. officials tell cnn the russians are withdrawing some forces from the kyiv area. that yellow on the map are areas around the capital where ukraine says they've pushed the russians

back. we're learning those russian forces may be moving out, not to regroup, but to intensify their focus elsewhere on gains in the south and eastern parts of the country. we are also learning of a potential diplomatic shift after face-to-face negotiations between ukraine and russia this morning. both sides say today's talks may have set the stage for a meeting between russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. and russia is vowing to, quote, drastically reduce hostilities in kyiv and another key city. but u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is not about to trust russian promises at this stage. >> what i can say is this. there is what russia says, and there's what russia does. we're focused on the latter. >> there is a lot of skepticism. just today a russian strike demolished a government building in the southern city of mykolaiv

killing at least nine. it's an incredibly fluid situation. we're covering all the angles with our reporters in ukraine, turkey and washington. >> let's start with cnn chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. it's always a question whether you can take russia at its word. it does seem significant that u.s. intel officials are telling you that they are seeing russia pull back in parts of the battlefield, right? >> that's right. this is, according to my reporting, the latest u.s. intelligence assessment. and that is that russian forces that had been here in chernihiv and attempting to encircle kyiv are now moving away to the south and the east. the intention had been for russian forces to encircle the capital and take it over. in f in fact, remove the government of volodymyr zelenskyy. they've met swift resistance. to be clear, these russian forces not going home. it's the belief of the u.s. that

they will then be reallocated down here to the eastern part of the country, parts of which russia has held via russian-backed separatists, really going back to 2014. but they want to expand that area and down here. of course, they invaded and annexed crimea in 2014. and the idea has been they'd like to establish some sort of land bridge between the east and crimea here. but to be clear, ana, the intention of russia had been, really, to take over the entire country or much of the countryt reality on the ground that ukrainian forces supplied with weapons from the u.s. and nato, have been able to exact enormous losses on russia and hold back. so this is a russian recognition of, frankly, losses on the ground. >> and you did a great job laying it out on the map for us. russian defense official now saying their main focus is to control the donbas region on the right. explain why that region is different from the rest of

ukraine and how they're viewing this. >> well, basically because this russian invasion of ukraine, it didn't start just last month. it started in 2014. they successfully took crimea and then later, i illegally annexed it but have been backing pro-russian separatists in parts of the eastern part of ukraine for, you know, you're coming up on eight years now. so the idea would be, okay, if we can't take the whole country because the russian military has run into this, frankly, meat grinder of the ukrainian resistance, then let's solidify our control here and possibly take more territory in the east but then stop there, at least for now. then, of course, that becomes a subject of negotiations. is that a reality that ukrainian leaders are willing to work with and live with going forward? and also there's always this ca caveat. is putin satisfied with this? does he stay here or say i'll be here a few months and attack again. you have to factor that out

because russian pronouncements have not always borne out to be true. >> it's their actions, not always their words. jim sciutto, thank you for your reporting. and you mentioned negotiations. i want to dig into that with arwa damon in istanbul. turkey's foreign minister hailing today's talks as the most meaningful progress yet, arwa. what progress was made? >> well, ana, let's keep in mind that it's a very, very low bar when it comes to any sort of meaningful progress, but that being said, any progress better than no progress at all. when it comes to things like the highly contentious issue of the fate of crimea, what the ukrainians are proposing is basically kicking the can down the line. and so they are saying, we will spend the next 15 years in bilateral talks with russia to try to decide the fate of crimea. when it comes to the fate of the

donbas region, that is not at this stage anything that both sides are even close to reaching an agreement on. and then you have the issue of what ukraine is willing to do and then what ukraine wants to see take place. so ukraine is, in fact, willing to take on the status of being a non-nuclear neutral state. but only with security guarantees. and those security guarantees will be laid out and adhered to by guarantor countries which include a number of western nations and russia as well. and this is going to potentially be very tricky moving forward. and then, if we go back to the issue of agreements and any sort of longer term security agreement, that does seem to be quite a ways off because, today, both sides did, for example, talk about the need for a humanitarian ceasefair, something that as we all now know is beyond the point of being extremely urgent.

they weren't even able to agree on a mechanism or a time frame or anything specific to have to do with that. so progress, yes. tiny, incremental and still so much at stake at this stage. >> so that brings us to this potential meeting. ukrainian president zelenskyy has been calling for with vladimir putin. he's been asking for it for some time. so is it significant that both countries are now suggesting it could happen sooner rather than later? >> i think the word could is what really should be underlined in that because before either party will actually sit down to any sort of a meeting, both sides do have certain things they want to see take place. before any kind of agreement can be signed, there are all these issues that need to be addressed.

the presence of russian troops inside ukraine. our understanding from the way this sproes said to be playing out, some kind of agreement would, in theory, be reached. this agreement would then, in theory, be signed by both foreign ministers. and then at that stage, the understanding is that both leaders would, in fact, end up sitting down face-to-face. and so there is this undertone of optimism. again, all things being relative when it comes to the negotiations between both parties. but i think a lot of observers would really caution against reading too much into some of the rhetoric coming out of it, given the reality on the ground. >> yeah, nobody is calling it a breakthrough just yet. in fact, it was a ukrainian adviser who was saying the talks will still continue 24/7 in an online forum as they continue to work through key sticking points. arwa damon, thank you. over to don in lviv. >> let's talk about the white house strategy now because as this russian strategy shifts and ukraine unfolds, president joe

biden has been speaking with european allies. i want to get to kaitlan collins at the white house for us. hello to you. what do we know about the president's conversations today? >> yeah, this is a call that president biden held this morning with the leaders of germany, france, italy and the united kingdom. of course, centered on ukraine. they've been regularly having these calls where they all get on the phone to talk about this. but today is notable, of course, because it comes amid new russian claims and ukrainian assessments of what's happening on the ground with russian forces. and don, it also comes as the french president was scheduled to speak to president putin following this fall. president biden is one of the leaders on the phone with the leaders for about an hour and president macron was expected to speak to president putin for what was the first time since president biden's first trip to europe. president macron has spoken to putin several times since the invasion started. he's tried to pursue this diplomatic route here, trying to find out what it is that could get the russian leader to back off in ukraine. but also it comes after he was a

little bit critical of what president biden had said about president putin in that lengthy, forceful speech in warsaw where at the end he said president putin cannot remain in power. those are words the french leader said he'd not use given the conversations he's continuing to have with president putin. but it does speak to this time of where u.s. officials you are seeing are very skeptical about these claims of pulling back their forces. they believe any time they're pulling back their forces they could be just trying to redeploy them somewhere else. the white house says they are not looking at what russia is saying. they are sitting back and waiting to see what it is that russia actually does here, don. >> actions, not just words. has the biden administration said what it will need to see to lift sanctions? >> they haven't clearly articulated what that would look like. they made the argument that they're not even close to doing something like that until russia starts to pull back. obviously, we have not seen that in a real way. they haven't laid out what the

threshold needs to be to change any of those actions. basically the reason for that, don, when we talked to not just spokespeople of these briefings but also to sources behind the scenes on this is they are waiting to see what it is that russia does. because they approach anything that russia says with a healthy amount of skepticism. maybe even more than that. given russia has said all along it's not invading ukraine. they said they weren't going to invade ukraine. though, obviously, they did. and so i think that they feel like they're not even close to that measure because they're watching and waiting to see how the talks progress and whether or not russia follows through on what it's saying or whether russia is just making claims and then do the opposite. >> yeah, so many pieces have to fit. if this happens and this happens. yeah, so there's a lot to deal with here. kaitlan collins at the white house for us this afternoon. thank you very much. ana, back to you in new york. >> talk to you again soon, don. also on the heels of russia saying it will dial back attacks, this is happening.

oil prices are dropping. so what does that mean as far as pain at the pump? and how soon will that follow suit? also, these new images out of the southern port of mariupol or what's left of it. we've said the word apocalyptic before. but somehow that just doesn't feel strong enough anymore. take a look at this. these apartment buildings just shells of what they were. one man carries what's left of his belongings out of his destroyed home. nothing is left, he says. we'll be right back. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...the itching... the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. emergeremfyant®. with tremfya®... ...most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years.

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done that. so we see oil go down. what does it mean for the gas? >> the war in ukraine is krael why americans are paying near record prices at the pump. it's going to impact just about everyone. it's startling to see this morning, as soon as headlines came out about russia signaling that maybe it's going to dial back its assault on ukraine, we saw oil prices drop like a rock. u.s. crude fell about 7% down to around $98.50. but as you can see it's actually bounced back, now down about 3%. trading at $103 a barrel. this back and forth shows that oil traders, like the rest of us, they're just trying to make sense of these fast-moving developments here. the hope, of course, is that there could be a cease-fire that would not only be amazing news from a human standpoint but also minimize some of the economic shockwaves here. i also think there's a healthy dose of skepticism from people in the market about believing anything that's coming out of the mouths of officials from russia.

after all, they were the ones who said they weren't going to invade ukraine in the first place. from a gasoline standpoint, prices at the pump remain high. national average $4.24 a gallon, down just 9 cents from the record high set earlier this month. the analysts i'm talking to say that maybe we can see gas price comes down by another nickel, but it's hard to see gas going below $4 a gallon nationally while this war is still raging. >> thanks for the update in terms of the state of play. not the news we're all hoping for which we'd love to see gas prices plummet. but we're all here for it. thank you. more now on russia's claim that it's going to scale back attacks and reduce troops in northern ukraine. cnn military analyst colonel cedric leighton is joining us. what's your take on this reporting that russia is withdrawing forces around kyiv as part of a major strategy shift? >> color me skeptical at this particular point. so, you know, if you look at what's going on here, the russians are, you know, obviously around kyiv but we

also have significant ukrainian areas that are just starting to show up on our maps. i'll talk more about that in detail. but what you're seeing also is the possibility that the russians are going to be moving their forces around to other areas of the country. and we can't forget about what's happening down here in the south because in effect, ukraine is actually undergoing a blockade and that is a major issue, you know, from a standpoint of an economics as well as resupplying from a military standpoint. >> russia saying now its primary focus is, quote, the liberation of donbas. and we talked about where that is and its significance with jim earlier. but what would you expect in terms of the change in this battle on the ground? >> so in terms of the battle on the ground, what could happen in this case, ana, is what we will see here is instead of going around kyiv, we may see more emphasis in this area right here. the russians have occupied this

part right here. but they haven't occupied these areas right in here, beyond the line of demarcation that they've been observing since 2014. so they could move forces in this way. this is mariupol, the apocalyptic area that you just talked about. and then you have the crimea and you have the areas that they've occupied coming out from crimea. so this is an area where things have also stalled out for them, though, so if they do that, if they move forces from, let's say, up here, and bring them down this way, that is a possibility. but it remains to be seen if they're going to follow through with that or if this is just a pause in their efforts to go after kyiv. and that, i think, still remains russia's main strategic goal and that i think is going to be a critical juncture for us in the next few days and weeks. >> so just to be clear, do you think kyiv is in the clear at this point? >> i do not.

this is how we see kyiv at the moment. now it's -- we have seen some major developments here around irpin. they say that irpin is now in ukrainian hands, more or less. we also have a significant ukrainian force here to the east of kyiv which has the possibility of cutting off the russians this way. but by no means does this mean that kyiv is in the clear because the russians are using artillery, both medium range and long-range artillery to pummel kyiv. we've had reports from people on the ground there saying that they are still getting a lot of shelling. there are also aerial attacks being mounted in the region. so by no means is this a let-up at all and we have to be very careful believing what the russians are telling us, either from their folks in moscow or from their diplomats negotiating with the ukrainians in turkey. >> right. ukrainian officials actually said not only have they made, you know, progress around kyiv, but that they're actually

clawing back territory in the southern part of that country as well with the russian forces retreating from kyiv. does that now free up ukrainian troops to move toward the south? so could they reinforce their own support down there? >> they have to be very careful, ana, if they're going to do something like that. yes, it's possible if the russians are actually stopping their movements on kyiv. but i don't think they really are. but, you know, that's something that we'll have to wait and see. that's where the tactical intelligence picture is going to become an absolute key in determining what the ukrainians do next. but what you see here in the southern part, of course, mariupol, which we've just talked about. that area is basically gone for the ukrainians. at the very least in terms of the infrastructure that's left there. around kherson, we have reports of ukrainians moving in and taking over parts of that area, but again, it's still contested. mykolaiv on the other hand seems to be faring better from a ukrainian standpoint. of course, what the ukrainians want to do is they want to keep

this. they want to keep odesa because odesa is their port city. the third largest city in their country and an economic lifeline for them. so these are all key elements in the ukrainian strategy, if they can. they'll try reinforce odesa and try to move down this way and try to box the russians in down here and bring them back to align -- basically like this where they're close to the crimean line they had earlier. >> thank you, colonel leighton. good to have you here. on the same day we're learning about this new strategy shift, a russian attack kills nine in mykolaiv. we're there, next. it can be a smaller house,e, but a bigger nest egg. a goal to work towarard, or the freedom to walk away. with 200 years of experience, personalized advice, and commission free trades on an award-winning app, we are working for you. planning. investing. advice.

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...there's always something new to discover. and right now, you can get 3 months of apple tv+ free when you sign up. just say “try apple tv+” to get started. it's a movement. with xfinity, it's a way better way to watch. i'm don lemon in lviv. the headline, russia says it will drastically reduce military operations near kyiv and chernihiv. senior u.s. officials tell cnn the russians are undertaking a major shift in their strategy after failing to take the capital kyiv. talks between russia and ukraine in turkey have wrapped up for today with some signs of diplomatic progress. both sides are even discussing the possibility of a meeting between russian president

vladimir putin and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. we will go to the president now. the president is speaking at the white house now. let's listen in. >> welcome the prime minister li to the white house today. and i'm proud and i mean this sincerely. i'm really proud of the partnership that -- between singapore and the united states. it's as close and as strong as it's ever been. together we're work ing to uphod a rules-based order. the principles of the united nations and advance a future for the indo-pacific that is both free and open. as we look forward the future, prime minister li and i share a commitment to asean and a centrality in all of what we do. i'm looking forward to hosting asean leaders here in washington, d.c., for a special summit this spring.

we also discussed a wide range of concerns for peace and stability in the indo-pacific. that includes that all nations in the region uphold the principles that enable a free and open region. singapore and the united states are open to freedom of navigation as well as unimpeded flow of maritime commerce in the south china sea. we shared our concerns about the democratic people's republic of korea and their destabilizing ballistic missile launches. and in clear -- which are clearly in violation of multiple u.n. council resolutions -- security council resolutions. we both urged north korea to refrain from further provocations and return to the negotiation table for serious and sustained diplomacy. we are deeply concerned by the continued suffering and violence in burma following last year's

military coup. the coup that caused a humanitarian crisis and reversed a decade of democratic and economic progress for the people of burma. singapore and the united states agree that the military regime must urgently implement the asean five-point consensus and return burma to its path to democratic transition. we also discussed the war in ukraine. last week in europe, the world saw the strong unit -- unified response among the nato alliance. the g7 and the european union. to answer putin's brutal and unjustified assault on ukraine. today with the prime minister's visit and singapore's strong leadership on this issue, it's clear that putin's war -- not just in europe but in every part of the world.

it's an attack on core principles that underpin peace and security and prosperity everywhere, including in the indo-pacific. today, singapore and the united states are united and sending the message to all nations, to all nations, regardless of their size or population, they are equal in the right -- in their rights on the global stage. they have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity. and to determine their own future, free from violence and intim intimidation. mr. prime minister, our nations cooperate closely on security and counterterrorism. we have for some time. and we have deep commercial and economic ties. we've also developed deep personal ties, i must acknowledge, and i -- we're going to continue to deepen our partnership and seize the opportunities to meet the challenges of the moment and to meet them together. fighting covid-19, making sure we're prepared for the next pandemic, increasing our climate

ambitions and working to decarbonize the shipping sector, cooperating in everything from cybersecurity to space exploration. promoting a broad-based economic growth throughout the indo-pacific, including by working together to develop an indo-pacific economic framework that will drive enduring prosperity across the region. so, we have a large agenda, mr. prime minister, an important agenda, a shared vision that we are jointly pursuing. a free and open indo-pacific, an indo-pacific that is connected, prosperous and more secure and more resilient. and the u.s./singapore partnership is essential, i believe, to realize that future. so thank you, again, prime minister lee. i always appreciate consulting with you. as i told you, both you and singapore punch way above your weight. way above your weight. and i value the time we spend together and look forward to many more meetings.

the floor is yours. >> thank you, president biden. thank you for those warm remarks. >> all right. that is the president of the united states, joe biden, meeting with singapore's president. they are holding a joint news conference there. if they take questions, we will get back to it, but the president saying that in any nation, putin's war is unacceptable. let's get back to what's happening in the region. before we went to the president and singapore's prime minister, i was getting ready to go to ben wedeman in mykolaiv, a city hit hard by russian attacks. back with us now. let's talk about the strikes that continue there. more people were killed there. what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, don, that at 8:45 this morning, local time, this city was shaken by a large blast, a russian air strike on the regional governor's headquarters. in fact, very much on his office

itself. now if -- we went to the scene of the blast and it was reminiscent from the shock and awe campaign of the united states. according to local officials at this point, and this is new, the death toll from that strike was nine people -- excuse me, 12 people, 33 people wounded. now the governor himself apparently was sleeping late and that's why he was not at the -- his office at the time. but this -- his office is literally right in the middle of this city. it seems to have been a precision strike, but what happened was that windows in all the surrounding buildings shattered, don. >> ben wedeman, thank you very much. we'll check back with ben. i want to hone in on what's happening in mariupol. we have new images. take a look at this apartment building. it's been reduced to a shell of

itself. its former self, after an attack. 90% of the residential buildings in the city have either been damaged or outright just demolished. just destroyed by the russian attacks. cnn's international correspondent phil black is live here with me in lviv to talk about that. phil, russia's now focusing on shifting to southern ukraine. is there much hope left for mariupol? >> there doesn't seem to be. you can see the scale of the damage. the extent of it is extraordinary. so little of the city left. and what we understand is that the pro-russian fighters in that city are making progress day by day by day. the ukrainians say that their forces, what's left of them, are still defending. they call it a circular defense. circular because they're surronded. but the territory they're defending gets smaller every day. so it does seem that there's a sense of inevitability to this. it's difficult to see how the fall of mariupol can be prevented. >> you've covered moscow for a very long time.

why is mariupol, why is the strategy here so significant, so strategically important for putin? >> ever since russia annexed the crimean peninsula in 2014, there's been speculation that russia would launch an operation to charge down the coast of the sea of azov from its southern border in order to create this land corridor connecting the border of the russian federation to the crimean peninsula because, up until now, they have separate from one another, connected over a bridge that's been built recently. but that's it. and so in that sense, i think the expectation is that seizing and maintaining that land corridor is one of the bare minimum military goals of putin and russia in this campaign. and they've established it so far except for one piece. the only missing piece so far is mariupol. we've shown as we've covered this for some weeks now what they have been prepared to do in order to capture this city. and that is turn it to rubble. >> rubble. it's sad. the more pictures we see, the worse it gets every single day.

>> mariupol is gone. >> thank you, phil black. appreciate it. ana, i don't know if you can hear that. we're hearing air raid sirens going off. they've been going off a couple of times today. picking up in the background. we'll see what's happening and let you know. >> yeah, please stay safe. we know that lviv has been a place that's been targeted in the past over the weekend with some shelling. so do stay safe and keep us posted on what takes place there. we'll be right back. rapid wrinkle e repair® smooooths the look of fine lines in 1-week, deep wrinkles in 4. so you can kiss wrinkles goodbye!! neutrogena®

we're back. let's go back live right now to the white house and president biden in his press conference with the prime minister of singapore. >> -- near kyiv and another northern city in ukraine. do you see this as possibly the

war beginning to come to an end, or do you see this as russia trying to byeuy time and recalibrate for a new military effort? >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. we'll see if they follow through on what they are suggesting. there are negotiations that have begun today, or not begun, continued today. one in turkey and others. i had a meet with the heads of state of four allies in nato. france, germany, the united states and -- and great britain. and there seems to be consensus that, let's just see what they have to offer. we'll find out what they do. but in the meantime, we're going to continue to keep strong sanctions. we're going to continue to provide the ukrainian military with their capacity to defend themselves. and we're going to continue to keep a close eye on what's going on.

thank you. >> good afternoon, mr. president. good afternoon, prime minister. prime minister, you've advocated the benefits for the united states to develop a bipartisan consensus on asia. asia depends upon a predictable u.s. policy towards the region. how assured are you, though, that the momentum that you've seen with asean/u.s. engagement has the ability to move the needle on shared objectives in the asia pacific toward the fundamentals that we all need to live by, peace, prosperity and economic development and basically, how well is president biden doing in this regard? >> i think you put it at a broad level there is consensus in the united states on the direction

of their policy in the asia-pacific. they want to engage china. they are developing -- trying to develop a stable, predictable relationship with china. and at the same time, engaging other countries in the region not just on strategic and security issues but also on economic cooperation and trade and other investment and environmental and sustainabilities. so at the very broad level, i think the consensus is there. at a level of specific policies, each administration launches new initiatives. i'm quite convinced, having seen several administrations, that this one -- >> okay. we wanted to give you a taste of some of the questions and answers taking place at this joint press conference. that's the prime minister of singapore meeting with president biden today at the white house. and they called this a critical meeting leading up to it and they discussed what's happening in ukraine with putin's war as the president called it. let's go to our barbara starr at the pentagon now.

the president's expressing extreme caution or what was, you know, progress as it was described by the turkish officials today. >> he is being very cautious, and i think it's very fair to say the state department, the pentagon lining up behind him with that note of caution. all indications, at least for today, are some russian forces are backing away from the capital kyiv, repositioning, withdrawing from the capital, if you will. and that the russians are now focusing on their military operations more in the south and the east in the so-called donbas region. that is something that the russians want to take full control of beyond what they already have. but look, that's where the battlefield is today. and that's why you're seeing the caution. nobody can really be sure if this is a long-term move by the russians if it really signals progress on the road to some kind of agreement or if the russians are simply buying time

and they may circle back at some point. remember, you know, russian ground forces are very slow on the battlefield. they have not been making significant progress. the destruction, the over overwhelming destruction you're seeing is coming from russia's air force. it's the launching of missiles by their aircraft which are finding safe haven back across the border in russia and launching from there out of the range of ukraine surface to air missiles, ukraine air defense. so there's a lot of reason for caution. look, they hope it's a signal in the right direction, but this is a real situation where they're going to have to see how it plays out over the next several days. president biden very much making the point he wants the coalition to hold together and he wants to continue providing defensive military equipment to the ukrainians so they can continue to prosecute their campaign. the biggest risk right now would be if the coalition were to falter. >> barbara starr, thank you very

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new details are emerging about an unexplained gap in president trump's phone records on the day of the insurrection. cnn reported back in february that several hours of phone records were missing from the official white house documents turned over to the select committee. according to the "washington post" and cbs news, that gap in which no calls are shown, going to or from trump, is actually seven hours and 37 minutes from 11:17 a.m. to 6:54 p.m. on the

day of the insurrection. that is the entirety of the capitol attack. i want to bring in cnn's senior legal analyst, former federal prosecutor, ellie honing. tell us about this gap. >> there is a lot we know and some important things we don't know. during the morning of january 6th, donald trump was using the official white house phone, the one on the log, to make a series of calls, every few minutes. he was calling important people, advisers, some of whom had been involved in the plot to try to steal the election and then seven hours and 37 minutes later he picked up that phone again. there's that gap. who is he talking to before and after the gap? that gives us some important indications. people like steve bannon who we knew was crucial in plotting to steal this election. rudy giuliani, who was leading the effort to pressure mike pence, your state legislators. jim jordan, mark meadows, really important people. people in on that plot.

we know donald trump was in contact with them until 11:17 and then he stopped. that leaves us with a gap. the trick now is figuring out what was going on, who was he talking to during that gap in time? >> how do investigators, lawmakers on the house committee get to the bottom of it? >> there's ways to do this. you have to do a bit of investigative reverse engineering. there's things the committee knows from testimony that they got from other witnesses. we know that in that seven and a half hour gap, donald trump spoke with kevin mccarthy. this is the call where mccarthy is in the capitol while it's under siege and he begs donald trump to call off his followers. he was on the phone with senator lee. so you subpoena the recorder for mccarthy, for lee, and you look at every phone call, every phone call has two ends to it, what phone is on the other end. look at that number, then you can subpoena those records and that will fill in what phone was

donald trump using during that key period. then the other question is was he in contact with other people? again, by reverse engineering t you look at those phone records, who else was this phone in contact with? >> the committee has had some challenges in getting people to talk or getting people to hand over records. one of the people they've been trying to get to cooperate is dan scavino, who they held in contempt of congress just last night. now it has to go to the full house for a vote on that. the question is what is he potentially -- what role does he have? what role does he have to hide? if he is held in contempt, do you think the doj will do anything about it? >> he was a key player here. he was one of donald trump's right-hand man. others have reported that donald trump would use frequently dan scavino's phone to tweet and talk on the phone. we know he talked to trump several times throughout january 6th. interestingly he was in the first batch of subpoenas that

the committee served way back in september, only now are they getting him maybe being held in contempt. only doj gets to make the decision on whether to charge him criminally. they charged steve bannon criminally, but where on earth is doj on mark meadows. it's 105 days since congress, since the committee sent over a con tempt referral on mark meadows. if they've not decided yet on mark meadows, i don't know how long it will take for dan scavino. if they don't charge them, te w they will undermine the ability for people to testify. >> when they voted for contempt for scavino and navarro, they said do your job. do your job. that was the chant almost or the cheer. they were directing it to the

doj. there was a level of frustration expressed on their behalf, 105 days for mark meadows. he was in the white house, which could complicate things in terms of identifying what is executive privilege and is he covered by it? what do you think the holdup is here? >> it's a great question. there was a palatable sense of frustration yesterday. they kept saying doj do your job so we can do ours. there's only three possibilities with meadows. one, the doj has not decided yet on whether or not to charge him. it took 22 days to charge steve bannon. two is perhaps doj decided we're not charging meadows but we don't want to announce it. the third is maybe doj is putting this on hold and hoping that the committee and meadows with come to a negotiated agreement and having the doj to take on a difficult, politically charged prosecution. >> even if the doj moves to hold meadows in contempt, to prosecute that, even if they move to follow up on these

additional contempt of congress refe referrals, would it get done any time soon? what is that process? >> there's no way that the process of an indictment, a trial will happen before the midterms at this point with mark meadows. this law that -- the criminal law for contempt of congress, that is not meant to force someone to testify. it won't force steve bannon to testify even if he's convicted. it's just meant to punish. >> thank you very much. that does it for us today. i'll be back tomorrow same time same place. until then, catch me on twitter. the news continues after a quick break.

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talks between ukraine and russia in istanbul. for the first time after multiple rounds of meetings, top government officials from both sides say there is enough progress to potentially warrant a meeting between ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and vladimir putin. despite these positive signs, words of caution from president biden and his secretary of state. >> we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. let's see what they have to offer. we'll find out what they do >> what i can say is this -- there is what russia says, and there's what russia does. we're focused on the latter. >> so, while russian troops may be pulling back in spots, russian air strikes continue. at least 12 people were killed when a missile strike hit the office of the regional military governor of mykolayiv.

the attack blasted open a giant hole in the building. don lemon joins us from lviv. we hear there was another strike on a fuel depot there? >> that is correct. it was one in lviv that happened last weekend. yes, another one today. a russian missile hit a fuel depot, this time in region which is northwest from where i am now. over the weekend, the russian forces launched a series of missile strikes against a depot in lviv while president biden was not far away. he was over the border in poland. let's focus on ukraine's capital. christiane amanpour joins us now from kyiv. hello to you. russia signaled two steps to deescalate here. a plan to drastically reduce pos untilities in kyiv and chernihiv and the possibility of a

putin/zelenskyy meeting. how significant is this? >> you'll know better than me because the better of lviv said trust but verify. right now we don't trust anything because nothing they said has come true. you mentioned some further attacks there. we had air raid sirens throughout the day and there is still combat activity in the suburbs elsewhere. however, the u.s. is saying that what they've noticed over the last several days, which we've been reporting, is that there's not been an advance on kyiv. they don't think that it is any kind of strategic move, but it's something based on the fact that as the u.s. says, you know, reflects russia's failure on the ground. but whatever they said today, the most important thing they also said is that this does not mean that there is a cease-fire. so they're basically saying we'll pull away from here maybe and concentrate on there. and there is eastern ukraine, donbas, which they're out and out saying they want to go and

solidify and conquer and get and occupy and they hope they will be able to get international recognition for that and crimea. that poses a massive dilemma for the international community because it's against the law and also for ukraine which does not want to give up it's territory. the other big thing for ukraine that is a massive problem to be resolved for the future is the idea of its security guarantees. so president zelenskyy has said, okay, neutrality, okay, no nato. but we need to be backed up by our allies in case this happens to us again. that is going to be difficult to resolve. will russia agree to it? will the west, ie, nato agree to do what they won't do for ukraine right now -- in other words, protect it on the ground, in the air from russia. this is very, very tricky before any kind of peace deal or cease-fire can be enacted. >> look, we know that there's plenty of fighting still happening as we both are talking

about here. what are the concerns of fighting resuming in kyiv if these talks break down? >> well, the concerns are, but they don't think it's likely here. today i was speaking to an mp and others who just do not believe that this city will fall. it has not done it, in 34 days of this war. but on the outskirts they are seeing horrible casualties and horrible destruction of towns and other areas, residential areas that are on the way to kyiv. as the russians had been trying to basically, you know, get their way through to here. it hasn't happened. and they have been stalled for the last several days. some were saying that they had dug in defensively, potentially to get resupplied, reinforced and to fight another day. we'll see if that actually happens. it will be really interesting to see if what the russians have said today manifestly occurs on

the ground. then you'll start seeing, presumably, troops pulling back and getting out of their dugout positions and defensive positions and pulling back. that's when we'll know something is afoot. >> i've been watching you do these incredible interviews with people like demetri peskov and others and being around the region you travel you were with the president as he was meeting across the border. i want to know, your journey into kyiv, what has it been like for you? what are you seeing on the ground there in the city especially having been in many war zones before? >> you're right, i was covering the nato summit, the president was there. i spoke to the secretary-general of nato. i'm just prefacing that because i think that meeting, which reinforced solidarity, which reinforced universityunity and e to give more weaponry to

ukraine, but it can't come soon enough, that probably had an effect as well as the battleground failures on what is happening and coming out of the kremlin now. it's always worse when you're on the outside. when you start the journey, you know, all the old instincts kick in. and the old observations, and, you know, it's muscle memory. once you've done it so much, you tend to get a gut instinct and you tend to be careful when you have to, push the envelope when you can. just try to really get on the ground and do story telling, which all of our colleagues have been doing so fantastically for the last more than a month here. it's really great to be here because i believe that this is more than just about ukraine, though it is ukraine. but it is about all of our futures and everything that we have been raised to believe and to believe in. that's what the ukrainians tell me all the time, this is about freedom, about the rule of law,

this is about the international world order, and that they are being our soldiers. they are being our soldiers. that's why they want our help. they certainly are getting a lot more help than, for instance, bosnia did which went through the same exact pattern of aggression but got no help from the international community, none. the victims were not believed, they were considered a bit of a nuisance. until the massacre. very fortunately the ukrainians have impressed the world with their heart, with their will, with their fighting spirit. and i think that's clear >> yeah. people who want to be in charge of their own destiny. we'll be watching your reports from the region here in ukraine. thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you. now to that deadly strike in mykolayiv. 12 were killed and 34 injured on

a government building. ben wedeman is near there. what more are you learning about this attack? >> this was an attack that happened at 8:45 this morning. in the very center of this city on the headquarters of the regional governor. a large building. when we went to see the site of the blast, it really just took an entire hole out of that structure. now, according to local authorities at this point, the death toll is at least 12. at least 33 wounded. we saw there were rescue personnel there going through the rubble, trying to find if there are any more casualties in this incident. the regional governor himself on his telegram channel said that he had slept late, that's why he was not there at the time. he has been very vocal

condemning the russian invasion and has been very active in trying to keep the moral of this city up through difficult days. this was a strike that happened at a time when russian forces have been significantly pushed back from the outskirts of the city. we were near the front line today where we saw much more outgoing ukrainian artillery than we did in terms of on the battlefield incoming russian fire. don? >> ben, the mayor of mariupol is calling for a complete evacuation of its remaining citizens. how dire is the situation there? i'm asking knowing that the mayor and others have said that there may still be people buried under rubble and that all of the routes to get people out, the humanitarian corridors or whatever are being cut off by russian soldiers. what gives here?

>> in fact, he did say yesterday that the death toll, the last reported death toll from that city was around 2,100. but likely to be much higher because given the shelling, the intense russian shelling of that city, obviously it's very difficult for rescue personnel to actually go out and help people. what we've seen is it is a city that for weeks has had no water, no electricity, no gas. their communications connections have been spotty at best, almost completely wiped out. keep in mind that mariupol is completely encircled by russian forces. to evacuate, whether it's military personnel or civilians, they depend entirely upon the good will of russian forces. for some sort of local cease-fire to allow for these

humanitarian corridors to function. but as we've seen time and time again, russian forces have opened fire while people are either gathering to go through their way out of mariupol. it's a dire situation. and there doesn't seem to be any bright spot, any light at the end of the tunnel for the remaining inhabitants of that city. >> ben wedeman on the ground in the region for us, thank you. alisyn, that's the latest from ukraine. back to you now in new york. >> don, thank you very much. we'll check back with you soon. cnn has now learned that u.s. intelligence believes russia's movement away from kyiv constitutes a major strategy shift. u.s. officials tell cnn that putin's army is already starting to withdraw troops from around the ukrainian capital. >> we have seen over the last few days that the russian stopped advancing on kyiv, they

certainly were trying to encircle it, couldn't do it, got pushed back to the east by some 55 kilometers by the ukrainians and dug in to the north and northwest of kyiv. certainly they've got reprioritization in the east and they have stalled in the south. that's really interesting because in the early days, that's where they were making the most progress. now the ukrainians are clawing back territory in the south as well. >> so, our colleague, jim sciutto broke this story and he joins us now for more on his reporting. what more have you learned about this major strategy shift? >> what the u.s. is seeing in its latest intelligence assessments is that russian forces that had been attempting to come in from the north and encircle kyiv and take it over and then decapitate the ukrainian government, that's remove volodymyr zelenskyy and put in a friendly puppet regime, those forces have not been able to accomplish that. they met enormous resistance from the ukrainian military that in recent days has not just been

holding off the russian advance but forcing them back, they've been making gains on counterattack. in response to that, russian forces have begun to withdrawal. the u.s. has observed the main russian combat unit moving back. and the u.s. assessment is that russia has in effect given up for now on that original goal of taking the capital along with large parts of the country to then focus those forces -- they're not going home or on vacation, they won't rebuild any houses that they bulldozed, they'll go down to the south and east where russia hopes to focus its military attention for less ambitious territorial gains down there. that doesn't mean that putin or the military might knot change their mind if coming weeks or months if they see an opportunity, but for now they've had to pull back. >> that's fascinating. ukrainian soldiers are still being trained and the u.s. military is helping with that. what do we know?

>> it shows you a couple things, we've been aware of and reporting for weeks now about the enormous number of weapons that the u.s. and nato have sent to the ukrainian military. weapons that had effect on the battlefield. those shoulder fired stinger missiles that take down aircraft, javelin missiles that go at armor tanks. they turned basically individual men and women into fighting units to take out much larger pieces of equipment and the soldiers that come with them. that's had a big impact, as has air defenses had a big impact against russia. what we're learning is that we're not just sort of sending them via u.p.s. into ukraine, but that first of all getting them to those units, using intelligence to get them to the right units, but also training, making sure that there's training in those weapons systems before they go in because you need those. you need that sort of training to operate them correctly. it shows a level of u.s. support for the ukrainian resistance

that we had not known really before. >> jim, really interesting reporting, thank you very much for sharing all of that. >> thank you. despite signs of progress and peace talks between russia and ukraine, secretary of state tony blinken warns the u.s. has seen no signs of real seriousness by the kremlin to stop their aggression. a spokesperson for putin says the dialogue between russia and the u.s. is necessary for next steps. that's next. i had been giving koli kibble. it never looked like real food. with the farmer's dog you can see the pieces of turkey. it smells like actual food.

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they also committed to supply more security assistance to ukraine. also today, a spokesman for the kremlin talked about the damaged relations between the u.s. and russia but said dialogue between the two nations is still necessary and in the best interest of the entire world. joining us now is former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, john herbst, senior director of the atlanta council's eurasia center. let's start with the deescalation talks. the ukrainian officials have suggested that some progress was actually made. from what you've read and heard, do you see some hopeful signs that the end of this war might be near? >> i've been highly skeptical of these talks, but based upon developments today, i'm a bit less skeptical. the things laid out are interesting. the notion of a neutral ukraine, but a neutral ukraine whose

security is guaranteed is an interesting one. of the fact that russian ministry of defense as well as the russian negotiators have said that as these ideas develop, they will be turning their attention away from kyiv, in other words, they won't be attacking kyiv so much, and chernihiv, a city truly under siege and devote their attentions to the east still committing aggression but limiting their aggression is also interesting. a third interesting thing is that a senior kremlin official, someone has spoken out in the same vain. that's the first time a truly senior official close to putin has spoken in this vain. all these things are interesting and suggests something may be happening that's positive. but it's very important to point out that so far we've heard nothing, no real terms on the russian side. these are only ukrainian proposals. this is a famous russian

negotiating tactic to insist only your opponent offers things, then you pick and choose. but still this is interesting, for the first time. >> agreed. agreed. those things seem noteworthy and maybe they're moving the needle somehow. let's dive into the security guarantees that ukraine is asking for. so they're basically saying, okay, we won't join nato, but we want security guarantees from the eu. you know, and the u.n. security council. is this just nato by another name? >> they've mentioned a whole host of possible guarantors. they mentioned china, poland, the united states, they mentioned nato, they mentioned india and israel. of course russia as well. we know the russian guarantees are worthless because they violated the budapest memorandum guarantees, but the key, the only guarantee that matters would be a u.s. or a nato, which includes u.s. guarantee.

it's not so clear that moscow would be willing to accept it. of course, it's still not clear if u.s. and nato would be willing to offer it. but this is something which needs to be discussed. >> here's something else interesting that's happening today. the russian defense minister says the main tasks of their operation have been completed and "the main goal of liberating the donbas" and there are also reports as we heard from our correspondents, that the russian units and troops are withdrawing from around kyiv. so what does that tell us? >> well, that's another reason why i'm not as skeptical today as i was yesterday. that announcement from our government, our intelligence sees russian troops moving away from kyiv makes it seem as if the statement coming from the russian ministry of defense, in this case happens to be true, at least temporarily. that's consistent with what the russian negotiators were saying. it does appear that perhaps -- i stress perhaps -- that the russians are moving to

concentrate their military aggression just on ukraine's east. that's still bad, but better than what we have today. they could turn that around on a dime. but right now we're looking for signs, this is a sign that things may be heading in the right direction. >> doesn't also sound like a sign that they've fastened on a face-saving measure that vladimir putin could live with if they liberated the donbas? >> that's correct. that's correct. so they may be willing to accept something less than controlling the entire country, changing the government of the country. still aggression, still nasty, but not as dangerous and not as nasty as the original objectives. >> so all of this would have to be put to a referendum to the ukrainian people by president zelenskyy and so is neutrality a possibility? this is something he's floated. is that the direction that ukraine is heading in? >> certainly zelenskyy seems to

be comfortable with this under certain conditions. again, provided his people are comfortable with. keep in mind, what we heard today, even if it turns out to be true, suggests that it's going to be a war going on in ukraine's east and i suspect that also includes ukraine's south, because the russian see the battles around mykolayiv all the way to odesa which has been attacked but not threatened as part of the east. >> ambassador john herbst, great to get your insights. thank you. >> thank you. the situation on the ground in ukraine is still dire, of course, despite some of these positive signs that we're talking about from today's talks. so there are new images out of kharkiv, buildings charred, windows blown out after the russian attacks. we'll speak to a resident there about what it's really like next. and back here, the fda authorized a second covid booster shot for adults 50 and older does that mean the last

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i'm don lemon in lviv, ukraine. a senior u.s. defense official says russian troops are stalled in several areas of ukraine

including kharkiv in the east. video shows devastated images of destroyed buildings and streets all across kharkiv. viktoria joins me now. you said you won't leave until ukraine wins the war. what is it like in your city today? >> hi, don. first, it's an honor for me to be your guest now, and to have the opportunity to share my experience with you. so, living in kharkiv now is absolutely different compared to our previous life, how we call it now. so it's terrifying. it's terrible. living in shelling, in air strikes, that's nothing i want to have in my life. >> yeah, we understand your

husband was injured while fighting, your brother-in-law was captured by the russians for 24 hours. how are they doing? >> it's true. now they are well, i can say. my husband is a warrior in territorial defense, and he was wounded would be more correct to say wounded. 2 1/2 weeks ago during the air strike that happened in the city center, of course i heard this pl blast and at this time i felt anxious at that moment. my husband fractured his chin and tore his ligaments. another story of my brother-in-law, my husband's brother, he was captured by

occupants when he was heading to a small town close to the border of the russian federation. so he headed a humanitarian convoy to deliver humanitarian aid to people in this occupied town. the green corridor was discussed and agreed with russians. and nevertheless, they stopped six cars, including the ambulance car, and drivers and doctors, they were kept in cold basement for 24 hours and then released because no military signs were found. it's very important to be civilian in humanitarian convoy. so all guys were released.

>> so, listen, i want to know about what you're experiencing as well. let me add this, yesterday the u.n. said they were able to deliver food and supplies to kharkiv. do you have enough supplies? do you have enough food? we're looking at these horrific pictures. tell us about what you need and what you're experiencing. >> now at the moment, we don't need -- of course we need, but we are provided with food, with medicine because there is delivery by post, by humanitarian convoys to kharkiv, exactly kharkiv. so we have enough medicine and everything else, very important for living, for surviving. now we turn to the survival mode. it's crazy to say, it's a real

hell. i still want someone to wake me up, just to wake me up. kharkiv is now provided with food, fortunately. thank you. thank you for all of the help, from all over the world. we do appreciate it. >> victoria, i can feel how hard this is for you and every word clear and we feel your emotions and we are thinking about you. you be well and be safe and thank you so much for coming on to cnn, okay? appreciate it. >> thank you very much. thank you. alisyn, like she said, ef day they wake up to a living hell. can you imagine? the pictures there. she said she is not leaving until they win this war, you know that won't be any time

soon. quite frankly, you know, these things take time. they're not even at the negotiating table yet. there's still explosions and bombardment. oh, boy. >> don, i -- what i took away is what victoria said about how quickly you have to change into survival mode. she said she can barely believe it, but now they're just in survival mode and they're so grateful they're being provided for with humanitarian care, medications and the food supplies they need. how quickly your life can be turned upside down like that. don, thank you very much. we'll check back with you momentarily. the fda is authorizing a second booster shot for adults of 50. does that mean the immunity has waned? how often will we need to be boosted? we'll speak with the white house covid-19 coordinator next.

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. the fda expanding the emergency use authorization of pfizer and moderna's covid vaccines to allow for a second booster shot for adults aged 50 and older. also today, the cdc said the highly contagious omicron subvariant, ba.2, is now the dominant strain in the u.s. let's bring in jeff zeints. i'm interested in this second booster recommendation.

i got my booster four months ago. does that mean my booster, the protection has now worn off? >> it has not worn off, alisyn. thank you for having me here from chilly washington, d.c. it is an important day on boosters. the boosters work and americans should get their booster. there is waning across time, so it's important that people take advantage of the extra protection of a booster shot. so booster shots are good for all americans and those over age 50 have just been authorized for an additional shot. >> how often do you think we'll have to get additional boosters? >> that -- for that we turn to the science and medical experts. what the fda has determined today and the cdc will recommend is that those over 50 are now eligible for a fourth shot after four months. we'll continue to follow the science and what's important is that americans take advantage of the extra protection of a booster and get their booster

shot as soon as possible. >> is it fair to say we don't know yet how often we'll have to be boosted? >> we're learning through the science. the scientists follow the clinical trials, the effectiveness of vaccines. vaccines continue to be very effective, particularly against hospitalizations. those who are vaccinated and boosted are much, much less likely to end up in the hospital. what we do know is that people should get boosted, we do know the fda and cdc are the gold standard and we'll track the science and data and make recommendations off of that information. >> let's talk about something else significant happening today. today, i think, is the end of the final military medical deployment, for the military personnel helping out with covid. what does that mean? >> it's an important day, you're right, alisyn. the team from utah is coming home. that's the final team in this deployment. let me step back for a second. the president on day one of his

administration instructed the team to deploy every resource, pull every lever, leave no stone unturned. deploying the military for the first time ever against a public health crisis has been critical to the progress we made. the men and women in uniform, there's no one better than that group to handle a crisis. they stepped up initially to set up vaccination sites across the country. 5,000 military personnel. that led to 220 million shots in the first 100 days in office. then during the omicron surge, 1100 medical -- military medical personnel were deployed to hospitals across the country to help care for patients, help save lives. these are true heroes, they join the health care heroes on the front lines across the country and other front line workers. we welcome them back as true heroes who have made a real difference and saved countless lives. >> that's so true.

we've seen so much heroism in all of this. let's talk about the money for whatever will happen next. congress is trying to figure out how much more to allocate to fight covid-19. senator mitch mcconnell was saying today all the past money that's been allocated has not yet been spent and he doesn't want more until all of that in the pipeline has been spent. do we have enough for whatever will happen next? >> no, we need funding right away. there was 1$160 million directl allocated to fighting covid, the medical countermeasures. we are out of money. we're now cutting back supplies of monoclonal antibodies, we're not able to order more treatments. we're going to jeopardize our capacity we built of tests across the country, at-home tests. we're at the point now where we need the money and there are immediate consequences. congress needs to move quickly. congress has known about this for months. we're out of money. we risk being prepared, we have

the tools to be prepared and protect the american people and get ready if there's ever a new variant that we need to fight in addition to omicron. we can be ready. but we need the resources to do it. this virus is not waiting on congress. congress needs to act. >> is it true what senator mcconnell is saying that there is money that hasn't been spent yet? >> that's not the case. i don't know what money he's referring to but it's not the money for the direct covid response and the american rescue money is spent at this point. >> your tenure as the covid-19 coordinator in the white house is coming to an end. you'll be replaced by dr. ashish jha who we know well. what advice do you have for your successor? >> i can't imagine a better choice. as you know, he is a world-renowned public health expert. he's been on the case of covid since the beginning. he's a practicing doc. he's the right person to lead

the next phase of staying prepared, making sure americans have the tools and that we're protected against covid going forward. my advice to him is to continue to do what this team has done, which is a whole of government effort to make sure we're pulling every lever we can to protect the american people. as i said earlier, congress needs to do its part and provide the resources, then we can continue to execute on the president's plan. >> jeff zients, thank you very much for your time. >> thank you. thank you. we're following breaking news out of israel. there's been a deadly attack near tel aviv. we have the latest for you next. throughout history i've observed markets shapeded by the intentional and unforeseseeable. for investors who can navigate this landscape, leveraging gold, a strategic and sustainable asset... the path is gilded with the potential

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mplgt we have breaking news out of israel. it's opiniobeen a shooting attar tel aviv that killed four people. the total death toll in the past week is now 11 people. >> reporter: we know four, now five civilians were killed by one attacker. police say there may have been

more attackers. the may yor of-- mayor says all residents should stay inside. it's the third such attack against israelis just in the past week. on sunday, there was a shooting attack that killed two and wounded six which is a city about 30 miles north of tel aviv. last tuesday it was a stab and ramming attack that killed four. there's a concern about rising

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it's to top to have hour on cnn news room. we're awaiting a briefing from the pentagon at any moment. this as the u.s. sees a major strategy shift by russia its invasion of ukraine. both the u.s. and ukraine see signs of russian forces starting to withdraw troops away from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. the russian ministry of defense confirmed that moscow will now quote drasticall