get on marine one and you take your last flight flying over the capitol where there weren't that many people there. we saw it. by the way. and then we went to andrews air force base, said good-bye to the military, got on air force one. when those doors shut, i cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that's how much we were holding it together for eight years. >> some very candid words. i'm brianna keilar in the situation room. up front next, a russian retreat. new video into putin's forces on the run as we're learning mu det new details about the lavish

life putin and his reported girlfriend are leading now. plus, breaking news. new court filings in the defamation case against fox news have been released. you'll see the message tucker carlson spent to trump lawyer sidney powell, calling her out for conspiracy theoriestheories. and two americans kidnapped in mexico now back in the u.s. for treatment, the other two killed as the search for the killers ramps up. out front tonight on the run. here's the new video of russian soldiers appearing to abandon their posts just south of bakhmut, a shell of a city, the scene of the most vicious fighting of the past months. ukraine's president made it clear that when it comes to bakhmut, ukraine is not about to retreat. >> translator: this is tactical for us. we understand that after bakhmut they could go further.

they could go to an open road for the russians after bakhmut to other towns in the ukraine in the donetsk direction in the east of ukraine. >> sticking by that. we've got new video of the run road that could make all the difference when it comes to who ultimately controls bakhmut, a town russians thought they would topple easily in two weeks. this road is the only supply route for ukraine's troops, a crucial route, now covered in mud. cars and trucks have been blown to pieces and they line that muddy pathway. this is what's keeping ukraine going and allowing it to push back against russian soldiers, who have been in continual disarray. even tonight, new videos of them lashing out at their superiors. >> translator: i am refusing to obey orders after we took on losses in just three days, one

reason being that our troops are not trained properly, yet sent to the front lines. it's completely [ bleep ]ed up. we are dying left and right. here's what's left of our country. >> you can see only about a dozen men left there. i am refusing to obey orders. it is not clear whether putin is listening to this for he's rarely seen in public and rarely acknowledges the horrible struggle his forces are facing on the front line. in a moment i'm going to speak to a reporter with exclusive new reporting on putin's whereabouts. this luxury mansion is where putin often stays. it's a home he can often get to by armored train roreportedly h preferred way of travel. now we have images of the interior. the home is decked out in gold from putin's office to his

bedroom, which you can see here, to his so-called night cellar with gold dining chairs. as for his reported girlfriend, a mansion was constructed about half a mile from putin's home where she apparently resides. cnn can't independently verify these are images of putin's homes because the kremlin guards every detail of putin's private life. publicly the kremlin is struggling to silence criticism over the invasion and putin's role. melissa bell is in kyiv to begin our coverage. what is the latest on the ground tonight? >> reporter: ukrainian forces continuing to hold onto bakhmut despite the huge losses in infantry to both sides as russian forces move ever closer to the city center. ukrainian attention tonight very much fixed on one soldier in particular, a ukrainian man who went missing in early february. glory to ukraine were his last

words. his courage and his silhouette made iconic overnight by his brutal execution. an officer from his brigade tells cnn his death will not go unpunished. [ speaking non-english ] >> reporter: the fate of bakhmut still in the balance. with dozens more attacked to the north of the besieged city and heavy losses to the russian side, say ukrainian authorities. but efforts to encircle bakhmut praised by the russian defense minister after an unusual trip to his soldiers in the occupied territories of ukraine. >> translator: this city is an important defense hub for ukrainian troops in donbas.

taking it under control will allow further offensive actions deep into the defense of the armed forces of ukraine. >> reporter: the town also at the heart of a tussle between the russian army and wagner, the mercenary group planting its flag closer to bakhmut. much of the fighting now is street to street, soldier to soldier. as civilians cower in their basements, fewer than 4,000 now, say ukrainian authorities, including 38 children. the ferocity of the artillery and mortar fire that continue to pound the city making it hard even for soldiers to get out. as moscow closes in, more claims of so-called ukrainian terrorist activity with staunch moscow ally alexander lukashenko announcing the capture of a ukrainian national accused of trying to sabotage a russian surveillance plane, without presenting further evidence.

>> translator: we identified and detained him. to date, more than 20 acomp po accomplices have been detained. >> reporter: moscow accused ukrainian saboteurs of opening fire on civilians inside russia earlier this week. even as the war of words widens, all eyes are very much on bakhmut and whether the symbol of ukrainian resilience will finally fall even as a new one is born. however long ukrainian forces manage to hold onto bakhmut, whether hours or days, kyiv says it has already achieved its strategic ambitions. they were twofold, first of all, degrading the russian war machine, but also buying time as they prepare for a counter offensive this spring. >> melissa, thank you very much live from kyiv tonight. i want to go to roman bedanan, a

russian journalist. he left russia after facing the threat of a prison sentence. roman, i really appreciate your time. i mentioned your new investigation at the top of our program. your look inside putin's real estate empire personally inside russia and that of his reported girlfriend with whom he apparently has multiple children. to what extent does putin go through to keep that relationship and all that property and lifestyle secret? >> based on the facts that we discovered, i can say that putin is absolutely 100% crazy about secrecy around his personal life, antbout his relatives and specifically his girlfriend. probably i would say she is the biggest in russia.

>> you have talked to his inner circle. they all know this is what's happening. >> yeah. they all are sure that putin and she are a family, but at the same time none of them have ever seen them together. i can give you three short brief examples about the secrecy around putin's personal life. as we reported and as you mentioned, there is an armored secret train which is used by putin to get to the secret villas in northern russia. second, in 2008 the secret affair was first reported. this newspaper was forced to stop operation just in one day after the story was released.

you can imagine in one day. and the third example, we found a story about top professionals from switzerland, gynecologists who assisted his girlfriend to deliver her babies. they were secretly transported to russia in 2019 just to help her to deliver her babies. >> we're showing their picture there. you were able to even get pictures of them. you shared these never-before- seen photos of what you say is the interior of putin's house, the night room, the bedroom, the gold and opulence on display everywhere, an incredible amount of gold and gaudiness. you say this actually tells you something about putin and the war in ukraine. [ laughter ]

>> yeah. it's my main personal conclusion after this story was made. we have a 70-year-old man. he has a young girlfriend and small kids. this man loves gold ma niacally and his rich life very much. does anyone believe this man is ready to start a global nuclear catastrophe? >> very interesting. you think he's got too much at stake personally. thank you very much. i appreciate you taking the time and sharing this with us, roman. it's incredible to see these images. let me go to steve hall now, the former cia chief of russia operations. if you look anot these images, it's incredible to see them and imagine that's where he's living and spending his time.

if he's able to hide that lifestyle and hide the mother of multiple of his children so completely, it makes you wonder what else he's able to hide. >> yeah. this is completely consistent with everything i've ever heard or seen written about vladimir putin and the oligarch class in russia. they love their riches and yachts and all of these things. putin goes to a very long extent to make sure the russian people are not aware of this. this is the precise thing he's doing with the war in ukraine. he doesn't want the real story to get out to russians. that was a lot easier 10 or 15 years ago than today when people are getting more access to the reporting by roman and his group, which is incredibly brave because they put themselves at direct risk. it's great work, but it's harder and harder for putin to hide the personal stuff about him as well as to try to hide the bad direction russian is going in general.

>> one soldier tonight saying they're defying orders. we've heard the complaints, but to come out and say that at least from what we've heard in this incredible volume of upset, angry soldiers was different. >> yeah. also very brave move. i'm not sure it's good for one's longevity. it continues to be clear. i think the most recent numbers are that for every ukrainian casualty, they're paying five, six, seven russian lives for that one ukrainian life. the russians do have a lot more people, so that works in their favor. the other thing that works in their favor is there's a long history in russia of these blocking brigades, which is basically professional soldiers often times with security and intelligence background ready to shoot deserters, russians shooting russians to ensure they

obey orders. it's a horrific situation for the russians on the battlefields there in bakhmut. >> to take that risk, what that means those two choices are. steve, thank you. >> sure. next, breaking news from the dominion lawsuit against fox news. first, rupert murdoch rejecting election conspiracy theories and more incredible text messages between anchors and trump lawyers about the lies. plus, kevin mccarthy dodging questions about why he gave thousands of hours of footage of january 6th to fox's tucker carlson, who then downplayed the insurrection. it does not match with what mccarthy himself has said. and surrounded by security,

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carlson, calling out sidney powell for her baseless election fraud lies. carlson says, i e-mailed you an affidavit earlier today, have evidence pouring in. carlson said, you keep telling our viewers millions of votes were changed by the software. i hope you'll prove that soon. if you don't have conclusive evidence of fraud, it's a cruel and reckless thing to keep saying. tucker carlson continues to fuel the fire by pushing election lies to this day. rupert murdoch himself admitted in an e-mail to the president of fox news that hosts of his network went too far in pushing trump's lies. what more can you tell us? >> that's exactly right. i have that e-mail right here. this is an e-mail from rupert h murdoch. he describes a meeting with gop

lawmakers, mcconnell, graham and other anti-impeachers but still getting mud thrown at us, inferring they're not happy with him. is it unarguable that high profile fox voices fed the story that the election was stolen and that january 6th an important chance to have the result overturned? maybe sean and laura went too far. all very well for sean to tell you he was in despair about trump, but what did he tell his viewers? today, fox has been arguing that the review of additional documents, that that would help their case. when you see things like this, e-mails like this, it's clear this is not necessarily helpful to their case. >> he himself saying for sean to tell you he was in despair about trump, but what did he tell his viewers? that's the core of this whole thing in black and white from rupert murdoch.

we're also seeing transcripts of murdoch's deposition where he repeatedly denies any evidence exists that dominion was behind any election fraud loud and clear. >> i have one of the excerpts right here. led m he is asked, have you ever seen evidence to suggest that dominion was engaged in an effort to steal the 2020 presidential election? he says no. he is asked, have you ever believed dominion was engaged in an effort to steal the 2020 presidential election? he says no. he's asked, you've never believed dominion was involved in an effort to destroy votes for donald trump, correct? he replies, i'm open to persuasion, but no, i've never seen it. truly remarkable. right now both sides of this historic case are asking a judge to resolve it in their favor without a trial. if that doesn't happen, this will go to trial in delaware april 17th. it will be a historic case.

there's really never been anything like this. it will absolutely be one to watch. evidence like this, again, not helpful for fox. >> doesn't seem that way. paula, thank you very much. let's go now to long time republican election lawyer ben ginsberg. ben, when you hear rupert murdoch's e-mail, all very well for sean to tell you he was in despair about trump, but what did he tell his viewers? it's like he's making the legal argument for the other side in that e-mail. what do you take away from this? >> it probably increases the chance of a settlement in the next few days. the legal standard of reckless disregard of the information you're putting out is met by many of these statements that have come out today. that in and of itself puts them in a really weak position. if this case does go to trial, then the fox people, including

rupert hmurdoch and their anchos will have to read their very words you've been quoting tonight in court out loud. one of the questions will be whether this case is actually televised or if there are live audio recordings of it. there's a huge not only legal risk for what fox has said about dominion, but the continued reputational risk of what they're doing as an alleged news organization. >> right. so on that front, you heard tucker carlson say and he texted this to sidney powell, come up with the goods or else, right? you're cruel and reckless to push these baseless election fraud claims. that's in black and white, he said it privately. and yet even within the last few weeks, we're talking years after this, even last night, carlson still fuelled the fire with election deniers. here's just a few clips.

>> in retrospect, it is clear the 2020 election was a grave betrayal of american democracy. it is galling to be lectured about democracy by a man who took power in an election so sketchy that many americans don't believe it was real. how did senile hermit joe biden get 15 million more votes than his former boss rock star crowd surfer barack obama? results like that would seem to defy the laws of known physics and qualify instead as a miracle. was the 2020 election a miracle? honestly, we don't know. >> i want to be clear. the first things out of his mouth, in retrospect it is clear that the election was a grave betrayal of american democracy. that was last night, 23 hours ago. what do you make of that in the light of this lawsuit? >> what i make of it is sort of a crass decision that fox was worried that if they told the truth, that would be financially damaging, if not ruinous to

them. by spreading the falsehoods, they were appealing to their audience and making money. that also plays into the dominion lawsuit and the larger reputational issues and what they've been saying about the election. there is still no credible evidence that there was any fraud that could have possibly overturned the results of the election. this case emphasizes that fox knew it, that the country has gotten in a far worse place by the divisive nature of it. what fox is saying in these behind-the-scenes communications versus wa hat they were saying the air is the epitome of the really problematic polarized position we're in as a country right now. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. next, republicans outraged over tucker carlson's attempt to down play the violence on january 6th when he cher ree

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dominion lawsuit, tucker carlson is facing criticism for cherry picking the video footage. he accused democrats and the media of lying about the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick, who was assaulted by rioters and died the next day. his former partner told us, quote, i'm appalled this new footage was shown on tucker carlson's show and he is downplaying the significance of brian's death. he is not a doctor or mental health plrofessional. for him to act as an expert is laughable. sara murray is out front. >> reporter: after fox news attempts to whitewash the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol, even some republicans are setting the record straight. >> i think it was yeah, an attack on the capitol. >> i think that breaking through glass windows and doors to get

into the united states capitol against the orders of police is a crime. to somehow put that in the same category as a permitted peaceful protest is just a lie. >> i think it's bullshit. >> reporter: tucker carlson using curated clips of the attack to claim there was no insurrection. >> these were not insurrectionists, they were sight seers. >> reporter: kevin mccarthy gave carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of video from january 6th. >> speaker mccarthy is every bit as culpable as mr. carlson. >> reporter: the program conveniently cherry picked from the calmer moments of our 41,000 hours of video. the commentary fails to provide context about the chaos and violence that happened before or during these less tense moments.

>> it was a mistake, in my view, for fox news to depict this in a way that's completely at variance with what our chief law enforcement official here at the capitol thinks. >> reporter: the chief also defending fallen officer brian sicknick, who was attacked with chemical spray and physically fought members of the mob after carlson questioned links between his death and the insurrection. >> here is surveillance footage of sicknick walking in the capitol. >> reporter: a day after the attack sicknick dies from a series of strokes. the medical examiner said he dies of natural causes, but all that transpired january 6th played a role in his condition. sicknick's family slammed fox, saying every time the pain of that day seems to have ebbed a bit, organizations like fox rip our wounds wide open again and we are frankly sick of it. they claimed the qanon shaman walked through the capitol without pushback from police, but officers repeatedly tried to

get him and others to leave, but officers feltout outnumbered. >> we have charged more than a thousand people with crimes on that day and more than 500 have been convicted already. i think it's very clear what happened on january 6th. >> reporter: former president donald trump proclaimed let the january 6th prisoners go and offered his thanks to carlson and mccarthy. now, there are plenty of republicans who welcome this effort to rewrite history. house republicans even tweeting a clip, calling it a must watch. as for kevin mccarthy, he said tonight he has no regrets about releasing his footage to tucker carlson saying it was in the interest of transparency. >> so kevin mccarthy defending his decision to give all this footage to tucker carlson. but in comments unearthed by cnn from the days after january 6th,

mccarthy was very clear about how he saw the violence. he described it this way. >> they scaled walls, they brought ropes. a couple of protesters died because they scaled. they were scaling the scaffolding. they overtook the place. >> the senior editor of k-file is out front along with harry eno en enton. >> this was not just wone comment. this is a whole range of comments speaking in such starkly different terms than that tucker carlson narrative that this was no big deal. mccarthy is talking about protesters breaking windows in his own office. he said thai stole they stole t. he's talking about the mob fighting with capitol police officers, even sounding

desperate saying this mob could have kidnapped or even possibly hung members of congress. take a listen to this clip. >> one officer got killed. you don't understand what was transpiring at that moment at that time, people hanging. people brought ropes. when i got back into my building, i found the straps they had. i don't know if they were trying to kidnap somebody or whatever, but they were well planned for it. >> you hear that intensity in his voice, sounding almost desp desperate. >> he sounds almost desperate about these people showing up with ropes. he was asked in this interview which was pretty contentious and he says anyone involved should go to jail. he didn't say anyone who committed violence. he said anyone who broke into the capitol should go to jail. >> so this whole narrative that tucker carlson is putting out, this footage to defend the mob and say it was not an insurrection and not violent, it

doesn't square at all with anything mccarthy said. >> he said they should be in prison, it's his own words. we did reach out to his office and asked if he gave this footage to tucker, look what's being put out there, how does that track with his own words. we never heard back. >> it is amazing. you've got this narrative being put out today in audio. when you look at this doubt that tucker carlson is trying to sow now about january 6th, what do the numbers show? >> monmouth asked do you believe january 6th can be described as a riot? the majority of republicans and independents said yes. look what happened in 2022. after you had all this press out

there arguing maybe it wasn't that big of a deal, the independent percentage stayed steady, identical. look at the republican percentage. the republican percentage dropped by nearly 20 points, but nearly 20 points. now only a minority of them believe it is a riot. >> it was fuelled through the midterm elections. kari lake, one of the most notorious election deniers, she says trump is president. axios reports she's now on his short list to be possible vp. so when you look at the impact of that on the republican primary voters, what do you see? >> it may work in a republican primary electorate. they might believe anything given what they believe happened with the 2020 election despite all the evidence suggesting otherwise. in a general election it is a bad idea to put carry kari lakee

ticket. why? she underperformed by about four points. that means the republican state senate candidates won the statewide vote wile she lost. i will put this in perspective. if donald trump wants to pick somebody who can help him on the ticket, there are four republican candidates who actually won governor races in states biden won. there are far better picks. maybe he'll go with her because she tells him what he likes to hear>> next, new details into the investigation into the four americans kidnapped in mexico. plus, from covid tests to a mandatory quarantine, how china is now relying on special covid protocols to limit how reporters cover one of the largest meetings of communist leaders in the world.

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with the kidnapping. the group of four friends traveled to mexico for a cosmetic surgery appointment. they got lost on their way to the medical clinic in mexico's cartel country. josh campbell is out front. >> we extend our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. >> reporter: the search for four americans kidnapped in mexico ending in tragedy. all four have been located but only two alive. >> the two survivors have been repatriated back to the united states. that occurred with the assistance of our mexican partners, with the assistance of our officials in mexico. we are in the process of working to repatriate the remains of the two americans killed in this incident. >> reporter: they have been ide identified. just days after this terrifying video appeared to show one of those americans being shoved into the bided of a pickup truc and taken from the scene. the four americans were found in

central matamoros. >> translator: the four persons kidnapped were taken to different places, one of them to a clinic. in an effort to make this more confusing and avoid rescue. >> reporter: washington, mcgee and williams have survived the incident, while woodard and brown did not. williams was reportedly shot in the leg. the two survivors are back in the u.s. receiving medical care. >> translator: we condemn what happened and feel sorry for the loss. >> reporter: mexican authorities will process the bodies of brown and woodard before returning them to the united states. as for the investigation -- >> translator: the investigation is ongoing to find who is responsible. >> reporter: family members tell cnn the group of friends traveled by car from south carolina so washington mcgee, a mother of six, could undergo a medical procedure. investigators believe after they crossed the border, they came under gunfire and crashed their

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abandoned its zero covid policy. but reporters covering the event are still stuck in a covid bubble required to stay overnight at a quarantine hotel and get an on-site pcr test. >> we just left the quarantine hotel. we're now headed to the venue, everything is highly controlled. >> reporter: the foreign media bus gets dropped off attie enmen square. it's very rare for journalists to get access. there is heavy security, guards everywhere. normally the two sessions is the rare chance for media to get up and close to china's top leadership. right here on the steps of the great hall of the people this is normally where you will see media trying to doorstop the top leadership but as you can see, this year we, the media, were completely separate from the rest of the leaders. the two sessions is a carefully choreographed event. the new government shake-ups that the rubber stamp parliament will vote on have one unifying goal, to strengthen xi jinping

and the ruling communist's power and the covid restrictions are the perfect tool for beijing to control the message. so media has to apply to get access to specific events. we're not granted approval to all of them and this is the media area inside the great hall of the people. as you can see it's pretty empty so it's clearly not an issue of capacity. some of the events during the week long meeting allow select questions including the first press conference for the new foreign minister and said the conflict with the u.s. is inevitable if washington does not change course. he called washington's approach a reckless gamble accused the u.s. of creating a crisis overtaiwan, defended china's partnership with russia as imperative and said it has not supplied weapons to russia or ukraine. meanwhile, chinese state media is portraying the legislative meeting as an open event where

journalists can freely operate. >> sri lanka. >> i'm from luke news. it's an amazing current. >> it offers journalists the opportunity to put questions to the chinese primmiemier and ministers. >> reporter: like the premier and ministers are out of reach. we had a few minutes to approach some delegates which are a curated group of local representatives. this delegate is from the southwestern province. she says she feels happy seeing the motherland get stronger. the question, is how much of these covid controls will remain in post-pandemic china. it limits access even more to china's already extremely opaque political machine. this much is clear, the

communist leadership only wants the world to see one narrative from china, that is the image of unity, strength and victory. >> just amazing to watch that then the one woman you were able to even get to say anything to you, it's incredible footage. those images. now, you know, the warning from china's foreign minister that we were talking about, what else did he have to say regarding taiwan? >> yeah, well, that was a combative press conference. the foreign minister said taiwan is the first red line that must not be crossed and at one point during the presser he made a show of reading from a copy of china's constitution to emphasize beijing's claims that taiwan is a part of its sacred territory. now, that conference came amid oreos of a potential meeting between taiwan's president and u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy in april that could be held in the u.s. but, look, regardless of location, this will anger beijing. it shows that plus the fiery press conference that there

isn't going to be an easy off-ramp to tensions any time soon. i want to point out the whole report, our conversation is being censored on china's air wave, all this begs the question were the controls we faced because of health and safety now that zero covid dropped or was it just an excuse to control the press. >> pretty incredible and so important what she says so what you're watching now is blacked out in china. thanks so much to selina. michelle obama fact checking trump's repeated claims about his inauguration crowd. >> there weren't that many people there. we saw it. [ laughter ] by the way. ♪ get direrectv with a two year price guarantee. i was born here, i'm from here, and i'm never leaving here. i'm a new york hotel. yeah, i'm tall - 563 feet inches.

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tonight, uncontrollable sobbing, the former first lady michelle obama revealing how she really felt after the inauguration of trend president trump in her new podcast.

>> there were tears, there was that emotion but then to sit on that stage and watch the opposite of what we represented on display, there was no diversity. there was no color on that stage. there was no reflection of the broader sense of america. i cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing. >> the former first lady also weighed in on the crowd size at the event. >> you get on marine one and you take your last flight off flying over the capitol where there weren't that many people there. [ laughter ] we saw it. by the way. >> and that statement, of course, surely hitting a nerve with the former president. thanks so much for joijing us. "a.c. 360" begins now. good evening, we begin keeping them honest with a simple and obvious point, i would think. ou