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sources telling cnn the peace talks to end the conflict in ukraine will take place on tuesday in saudi arabia. three top white house officials are set to meet with senior russian officials. but ukraine, the country whose future will be determined by these talks, will not be there. instead, u.s. special envoy to russia and ukraine general keith kellogg, says negotiations will be taking place in kyiv this coming week. cnn international correspondent fred pleitgen has more details from moscow. >> the russians remain very optimistic as far as those talks are concerned, that are set to take place in saudi arabia this coming week between russia and the united states, to try and hammer out an agreement to end the war in ukraine. but the russians seem to believe that in general relations between russia and the united states could go into a new era and get a completely new dynamic. the spokesman for the kremlin, dmitry peskov, on sunday said

that he believes in the future there is going to be dialog between the united states and russia rather than confrontation under the trump administration, and that also the two administrations will be speaking about peace, as he put it in the future. dmitry peskov also said that he believes that president trump's views on russia should be endorsed by every sound minded person. as he put it so clearly, the russians certainly putting a lot of stake into president trump and what he's done so far in trying to get u.s. russian relations back on track. now, the russians, though, have made no secret of the fact that they believe that negotiations to end the war in ukraine certainly won't be easy. they have said that they don't want to negotiate, for instance, about that pocket that the ukrainians control on russian territory in the kursk region. they say they want to take that territory back. and then, of course, there is the question of all the territory that the russians currently occupy on the ukrainian side of the border. at the same time, the russians also

after a phone call between secretary of state marco rubio and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on saturday, in a readout, seemed to indicate that all of this could be a larger reset between these two nations. they said that the secretary of state and the russian foreign minister spoke not only about a possible agreement to end the war in ukraine, but possible that there could also be talks about, for instance, sanctions relief and economic cooperation between the united states and russia in the future. so clearly, there's a lot of dynamic right now here in moscow, and certainly a lot of optimism that russia could be in a very good place with the united states fairly soon. fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. >> fred pleitgen, thank you for that report. joining me now to discuss this cnn contributor and former cnn moscow bureau chief, jill dougherty. thank you for being here. i want to ask, what do you see as the most important issue for the u.s. to raise during these talks with russia in saudi arabia on tuesday?

>> well, ultimately, i think the most important thing overall is long term security. i mean, they eventually will probably come up with some sort of immediate, uh, ceasefire or whatever you want to call it. but there. >> nobody really believes. >> that the ceasefire is going to last until you know where you're going after the ceasefire, or at least during the ceasefire, because the question is really, would russia be able to come back after some type of period and perhaps attack ukraine again, or as some of the countries in the region believe or fear that they might actually, you know, try to invade or move into another country in the region. now, the russians say we have no intention, but still this this really is a question, you know, short term. and obviously, paula, right now there's a lot of short term going on. i mean, the pace of this is very quick. there aren't a lot of details,

but the details have to be clear. if you're going to have long term security. >> what do you make of the fact that ukraine will not be present at these talks in saudi arabia, but instead will be part of dual negotiations in kyiv? >> uh, i think if you talk to president zelenskyy, probably off the record, he would be very concerned. um, i think the ukrainians, there's no question, feel that they are being at least put in second place at this point because a lot of the immediate dialog is between the united states and russia and specifically between putin and trump. and zelenskyy is feeling that he is, uh, somehow, you know, the second thought in the administration, not the first, so that that is a problem. but he does not have at this point, a really strong negotiating position. you know, the the war has been going very poorly at this point, or at least it's kind of in a a

situation of, uh, stasis and, and so, you know, what does he do? he has to make the best of a bad situation. and he was counting originally on the united states to really, you know, stand by them. now, the administration, there are a lot of, you know, as you can see, i'm saying now. but because there are a lot of sides to this, but the administration would say, no, no, they will be part of this, don't worry. but i think the ukrainians are worried. when do they come into the negotiations? when everything's already on the table and they don't get a way to define where everything's going? >> well, trump's special envoy to russia and ukraine says there will need to be concessions from russia. what do you think that could look like? >> i am not quite sure what that would be. at this point. it appears, uh, in public statements, at least initially by the administration and especially administration

officials. secretary hegseth, the defense secretary, especially, um, that russia is going to get a promise of no nato membership for, uh, ukraine. it will probably also get territorial concessions, meaning the territory that it has taken from ukraine will remain under russian control. um, uh, they are looking at economic sanctions. you just mentioned that that it would be huge for russia to get a lot of those economic sanctions rolled back, but so far, i truly don't see a lot that russia is being asked to give at this point. that said, there aren't a lot of specific concrete, uh, details of what we're talking about. there's a lot of talk. we've got to end it and end it quickly. but exactly how is still a big question. >> well, european leaders will be holding an emergency summit

tomorrow in response to the u.s. leaving them out from these peace talks. how do you think the kremlin views this push from europe to unify without the support of the u.s.? >> oh, well, i mean, if you look at the russian media, they're they're very happy about this because they feel that the europeans are panicking, that the europeans aren't quite sure. they feel that they, too, are being, um, let's see, left out of the initial, uh, negotiations or discussions, which they are. and they also feel that they are the people who will be called upon the europeans to carry out some type of ceasefire. so they are worried as well. and if europe is worried and they are concerned about the united states and they're trying to get their act together and be unified, that is exactly where vladimir putin wants them. he wants them divided, confused and

worried. and and so right now, i think putin probably feels very good about this. you can just hear in fred's report the quote from the kremlin, they're they're pretty happy about all of this. >> before i let you go, today marks one year since the death of russian opposition leader alexei navalny. his family down there to his grave earlier today. i want to play a clip of one of the last interviews he gave for the cnn film documentary navalny. >> my message. for the. situation when i'm killed is very simple. not give up. do me a favor. answer this one in russian. >> um. you. >> danielle sassoon. it is not to me in the.

>> what is the state of opposition in russia right now? jill. >> well, they are completely excluded from any type of public participation in russia at this point. nobody can go on on the streets to protest. although there were lines, uh, for the grave of alexei navalny in moscow today, and that, i think, is significant. but the problem with the opposition right now is they don't really have a leader who is as strong and charismatic as navalny was. and, you know, he is gone. his wife, valiantly, you know, speaks around the world. but she's not navalny. and so i think at this point, the, you know, the opposition would would really like to have somebody with that, um, you know, the, uh, sheer political force and, um, uh, public, uh,

influence that he had. but there really is no one at this point. so it's it's a, i would say a sad day on many levels for the opposition. >> jill, thank you so much for joining us. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is vowing to, quote, finish the job against iran with the support of president trump. his comments came during a news conference with secretary of state marco rubio in jerusalem. rubio linking iran to the major threats in the middle east, blaming tehran for troubles with hamas, hezbollah, syria and iraq. the secretary of state warned there must never be a nuclear iran. cnn's nic robertson has more from jerusalem. >> pull of that joint press conference with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and secretary of state marco rubio. very clear the two countries in lockstep. and on iran absolutely joined up in their thinking. the prime

minister of israel saying very clearly, the ayatollahs cannot be allowed to get a nuclear weapon. marco rubio, doubling down on that. >> the common theme in all of these challenges is iran. it is the single greatest source of instability in the region. behind every terrorist group, behind every act of violence, behind every destabilizing activity, behind everything that threatens peace and stability for the millions of people who call this region home is iran. and by iran, i mean the ayatollahs. by iran, i mean its regime, a regime who, by the way, its people don't support the people of iran are victims of that regime. >> they also spoke about syria, about lebanon, that neither of those two countries would be allowed to have a footing or a place for forces that would target israel's security. and on hamas and gaza, prime minister netanyahu saying the united states, israel in lockstep and

that hamas could be no more. >> i want to assure everyone who's now listening to us, president trump and i are working in full cooperation and coordination between us. we have a common strategy, and we can't always share the details of this strategy with the public, including when the gates of hell will be opened, as they surely will if all our hostages are not released until the last one of them, ie. israel is determined to achieve all the war objectives we set after the horrific attack on october 7th, the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. we will eliminate hamas's military capability and its political rule in gaza. we will bring all our hostages home. >> and on that key issue in what happens next in gaza, prime minister netanyahu sending his envoys to egypt to continue negotiations about phase one.

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>> luigi mangione. the suspect in the killing of united health care ceo brian thompson in manhattan is breaking his silence. his defense team has set up a website where he thanked people for their letters of support. he's received. uh, also, mangione has pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges. he's yet to enter a plea on his federal murder charges. now, attorney and legal commentator areva martin joins us now. areva, look, this is always fascinating to me, right? uh, suspects of really gruesome crimes that kind of attract a fan base in the general public. uh, do you think, though this luigi mangione is is a little bit different even than, you know, other notorious criminals that we know who have attracted this kind of attention. >> well, it's very different, paul. >> in. >> the sense that his attorneys. >> are leaning. into what. >> we'll call his celebrity status. >> i actually went. >> to the website that was set up. >> for mangione.

>> and not only. >> is. his statement there, you said. >> he broke his silence, his statement thanking. >> uh, his fans for reaching. >> out. to him, telling. >> the public. >> that he's. received letters and mail. from around the world. uh, but there's also. >> a. >> section on his website frequently asked. >> questions, where the. >> lawyers actually go. >> through and. >> answer questions. >> that people may have. >> about the status. >> of his case. >> they actually have. >> updates in. >> terms of what's. >> happening legally with. >> the case. >> the case is pending in new york, pennsylvania. >> and the federal. >> court case. and then, of course, there's an opportunity. >> to donate. >> on this website. so not. only is it an opportunity, uh, and provides a space for mangione to talk. >> to the public. >> but it also is an. >> opportunity for people. >> to donate. and apparently. >> he's already raised. >> several hundred. thousands of dollars. >> and that is wild. and of course, he's represented by probably the best defense attorney in the state of new york, karen friedman agnifilo. how do you think, though, these statements, this website could impact his case? >> well. >> let's be clear. the

evidence. >> against him. >> is incredible. >> he engaged in a. >> brazen act of violence. he shot brian thompson. >> this united. >> health ceo, in broad daylight in, you know, on the. >> busy streets of new york. uh, he has. >> a manifesto of sorts that was found. there's dna that was found also on items that he touched as he. >> was engaged. >> in this. >> violent act. so even. >> though there has. >> been this outpouring. >> this sickening, we should. >> call it, paula. >> outpouring of support for. this criminal. >> the facts. >> still remain. >> that his. acts have. >> been the evidence regarding his. >> acts are pretty powerful. >> and here we're seeing that really just unprecedented perp walk, uh, that they did in new york, something that, of course, his defense attorney has spoken out against, but also part of what has contributed to his fame. all right. areva martin. thank you. and the associated press is now banned from the oval office and air force one indefinitely for continuing to

call the body of water south of louisiana, the gulf of mexico. even though president trump signed an order changing the name to the gulf of america. the associated press is, of course, one of the world's biggest news organizations. the white house says it can ignore the name change, but it will no longer have unfettered access. cnn chief media analyst brian stelter joins us now. brian, i want to note here that while the associated press reporters are banned, its photographers are not. what do you make of that? >> that is a notable part of this. >> story, but it gets to something. >> that many. >> people had feared at the start of the trump presidency, his second term. and now we're actually seeing. happen real restrictions on the press. >> and the ap. >> is notable because the ap provides information to hundreds and thousands of other news outlets around the world. it serves in the so-called press pool on a daily basis. it is supposed to track the the track, the comings and goings of the

president every single day. and now it's being blocked from doing so because it can't travel with the president. so i expect the ap will file legal action in the days to come to try to get this reversed. but in the meantime, this is part of a broader administration effort against the media, removing some outlets from the pentagon, for example, having fcc investigations into several news outlets. we are seeing a variety of actions to try to downgrade the so-called traditional media and promote maga media outlets. >> trump has previously criticized the biden administration for censoring free speech. but isn't that what the trump administration is doing here? by banning the associated press from key spaces they need to be in to cover the president, air force one. >> instead of thinking about. yeah, yeah, it's not about free speech. it's about favored speech versus disfavored speech. and that's what we've seen sometimes in the past from democratic administrations. and so what we're seeing now from republican administration, it's not really about free speech. it's about speech that is

favored versus disfavored. and in the case of the president now it's kind of like old speak versus news speak, to borrow a phrase from george orwell's 1984. he wants to do away with old speak. he wants to to rid the word transgender, for example. he wants to get rid of the word woke. trump literally said earlier this week, quote, there's no more woke in this country. woke is an idea. it's a concept. it's a word. it's an idea with free speech predicates. so the point is, he is trying to erase certain language, and he's trying to promote and favor other language. i think this gulf of mexico versus gulf of america fight is related to that wider weaponization of language. >> that's a great point. and of course, we're seeing something similar at the pentagon, which has booted traditional media organizations from its workspace in favor of the smaller, pro-trump conservative outlets. this is exactly what we're talking about. favored speech. are you concerned, though, that it's spreading beyond the white house? >> i think it's in some cases, causing great reporting to happen outside the agencies, outside the press briefing rooms. you know, i've been watching this weekend, small outlets in arizona covering immigration, impacts of

deportations. big outlets in washington and beyond, covering the human toll of these government layoffs. a lot of great journalism can and is happening without access to trump or access to the pentagon, or access to other key places. in the case of the pentagon, by the way, it's about, you know, space work space in the pentagon. in the case of the white house and the ap, the ap is keeping its credentials. so the trump administration is figuring out ways to punish outlets that it doesn't like without being accused, without actually taking away credentials that may make the associated press legal challenge more difficult. we will find out in the days or weeks to come. >> and, brian, as you've reported, president trump's second term, it's been made for tv and social media. it's been a spectacle. i don't think people realize just how much attention trump pays to the tv aspect. i've been in rooms where he'll tell a cameraman, no, you move to the other end of the table. i mean, he's conscious of his angles and really is the consummate producer in chief. we've seen a flurry of oval office press events a few days ago, he gave that grand

patriotic welcome to marc fogel, the american teacher who was wrongfully detained in russia. what's the overall strategy here? what is he hoping to achieve? >> right. almost everything he's doing makes sense. if you view this as a made for tv and a made for x presidency. yes, trump has his own social media platform, truth social. but all the action when it comes to trump world is on x right now. his cabinet secretaries, his officials using x to push a message. his critics would say pushing propaganda, showing what they're doing. it's not just enough to implement these executive orders or to implement new policies. it has to be shown. it's being shown day by day by day, on tv and on x. frankly, i think some some democrats, some biden aides, they probably could learn a thing or two from the media strategy that's underway. it's a media manipulation that's underway, and it has proven to be quite effective in the first few weeks. it's as much for social media as it is for tv, but it's happening on parallel tracks. and the most recent example, earlier today, the president going to the daytona

500, you know, going on a lap around the track. those kind of images, those kinds of spectacles, those are seen far and wide. and they also reach people who might not be paying attention to the news every hour of every day. so i think we're going to continue to see president trump try to appeal to folks by going to the super bowl, by going to the daytona 500 to reach people in nontraditional ways. >> yeah, he's just like us, right? going to all these events. but it is an important point, i think you make. and i want to i want to echo it. we do hear from the leader of the free world roughly once a day, sometimes multiple times a day. he goes, he answers questions. and our challenge is, of course, to keep him honest and accurate and accountable in those answers. but the access to the leader of the free world when he's in the white house, i mean, it's unlike any other president we've ever seen. lastly, though, we're going to pivot a little. tonight is the 50th anniversary episode of saturday night live. it's expected to be a star studded event. what are you most looking forward to? >> yeah, personally, i cannot wait to see some of the stars

from the 80s, the 90s, the 2000, you know, the tina fey, you know, all of these alums who are coming back for skits and performances and appearances and surprises during this snl reunion. it also occurs to me what, you know, snl has been around 50 years. people have enjoyed criticizing it for as long as it's been on the air. people always joke about snl being better decades earlier, but just try to think in this fragmented media environment, it's all about tiktok. what, 50 years from now that's born this year will still exist, you know? will there be anything? will there be anything as lasting with the kind of impact as snl? uh, it's an interesting question, but it's remarkable to me that an institution like snl has been able to continue to innovate for so many years. >> so great point. i personally am hoping that we hear a little more cowbell. we'll see if they resurrect that one. brian stelter, thank you so much for joining us. more when we come back. >> thanks.

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be a great night here in san francisco. now we already had a fabulous weekend because of all star saturday night, where mac mcclung put on a show for the ages in the dunk contest. his first dunk. he jumped over a car and mac, he was just perfect. every single time he went out there. he got a perfect score of 50 in all four of his dunks, and he made each one of his dunks on the very first try, which was just super impressive. and mac became the first player ever to win back to back to back slam dunk contests. and i caught up with him on the court right after and asked him how that felt. i feel like an impostor, man. i don't know, it just blessed. i mean, like i was saying, this doesn't happen without all the help of my friends. people were letting me use their cars to try to jump over them. man. like, i just had a lot of help from chuck and everybody. like, it doesn't happen without standing on a lot of people's shoulders. and i'm. this is such an honor for me. are you now the greatest dunker of all time? that's not for me to say at all. i'm just. i'm just happy to be here, man. and however this story goes, uh, i

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>> you are in the cnn newsroom. jessica dean has the day off. i'm paula reid in washington. new tonight. president trump says he's pushing forward with talks on ending russia's war in ukraine. multiple sources telling cnn the talks will take place on tuesday in saudi arabia. three top white house officials are set to meet with senior russian officials. this has president trump is telling reporters today ukraine will be, quote, involved in the talks, but it's unclear what that involvement will mean. but ukraine will not be there physically. instead, u.s. special envoy to russia and ukraine general keith kellogg, says negotiations will be taking place in kyiv this coming week. cnn's betsy klein is covering the president tonight in west palm beach. betsy, what more can you tell us about what the president is saying tonight? >> well, paula, top trump

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