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>> well, good morning to you. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm pamela brown in washington, and we begin this hour with russia's war in ukraine. the u.s. efforts to end it and new signs of a disintegrating relationship between washington and kyiv. this morning in ukraine's capital, president volodymyr zelenskyy met with the u.s. envoy to his country. the two were expected to speak with journalists afterward. but a short time ago we learned that is not happening. overshadowing the meeting, president trump has repeatedly called zelenskyy a dictator and blamed him for the war. those are russian talking points and simply not true. cnn's nick paton walsh is in kyiv. nick, what are you learning there? >> yeah, look, it's a fast moving day here between the ukraine and russia. envoy for the trump administration, general keith kellogg, and his long awaited meeting with ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy. many waiting this to happen for weeks. finally, it gets underway. they briefly

appear in front of the cameras. journalists gathered, i think, in the expectation that you would normally expect later, potentially some sort of press availability. but we are then told by an aide to the ukrainian president that at the crest of the american side, there won't be press statements after that particular meeting. at this point, we don't know if that talk is still ongoing. we are, of course, we understand from an aide to the ukrainian president that kellogg will still be in town towards the end of tomorrow as planned. and there's been no change to his schedule. but clearly, the desire for the american side to not have this public moment between both men that may be simply down to diplomatic protocol, but it is most likely a reflection of the increased tension between washington and kyiv that we've seen, frankly, explode in the simple not even 20 hours that general kellogg has been in town. he stepped off a train

yesterday morning. it feels like an age ago now. confident, he said, saying he was here to listen, wanting to hear what ukraine needed in terms of security guarantees. but we've had the back and forth, the relentless, uh, at times i think, uh, onslaught of mistruths from president donald trump against president zelenskyy that really has changed the tone of this conversation. and now i think there are large questions as to the future of the u.s. ukraine relationship, period. >> nick paton walsh, thank you so much. let's discuss all of this with democratic senator jacky rosen of nevada. she is on the foreign relations committee. senator, thank you for being here with us. i'm wondering how you are viewing this. do you see this as a leverage move to pressure zelenskyy, or are we witnessing the beginning of a new world order here? >> well, i frankly think it's embarrassing that donald trump, president trump called zelenskyy a dictator when clearly this war was started by the real dictator, who is vladimir putin,

brutally invading a democratic sovereign nation. this war could stop tomorrow if putin stops it. he started it. he can stop it. and so what's going on right now? this is good that they're at least talking to zelenskyy. but the president, others having meetings with vladimir putin without bringing ukraine to the table. this is unacceptable. we wouldn't have any negotiations with any other countries like this. they need to be involved and they need to agree to any kind of deal that may go forward. >> our national security team here at cnn has some new reporting that the u.s. intel is assessing that vladimir putin isn't really serious about reaching a peace deal, and that he's just focused on his maximalist views when it comes to ukraine. what do you know about that? >> well, what i can tell you is what we all know is that vladimir putin's dream is to put together a russia from another century, and he will stop at nothing to do that. and how he is working, or maybe using the

united states in this moment with donald trump. donald trump now trying to flip the script on what happened in this war. frankly, it's embarrassing. it's disappointing. and we need to be sure that we strengthen our ties with our democratic allies and partners around the world against brutal dictators like vladimir putin, like china, like north korea. and that is what will keep us safe. ultimately, all around the world. >> vice president jd vance was just speaking on u.s. negotiations with russia, on ukraine at cpac. i want to listen to that. mhm. >> why are you talking. >> to russia? >> well, how are you going to. end the war? unless you're talking to russia, you've got to talk to everybody involved in the fighting. if you actually want to bring the conflict to a close, and i know the president does, but. i'll tell you the goals that animate president trump's policy. it's really simple. he wants the killing to stop. he wants to bring lasting peace to europe. he doesn't

just want to stop it now and have the war restart a month from now. he wants to bring lasting peace to europe because the president believes this and he's absolutely right. peace is in the interest of russia. it's in the interest of ukraine. it's in the interest of europe. but most importantly, peace is in the interest of the american people, and he's going to fight for it for the remainder of his administration. >> do you believe, as the vice president says, that trump's actions will bring lasting peace to europe? >> well, i can tell you what will bring lasting peace to europe is pushing vladimir putin back, is not giving in to what he wants. this was his goal the whole time is to keep pushing, pushing more towards putting back together a russia from another century. he's not going to stop at that. so what's actually going to make us safer, more safety and peaceful peace around the world is for us to strengthen our partnership with our nato allies and other partners and allies around the world. democratic nations really

pushing back on bullies and dictators who think that they can march in, kill people, bomb hospitals, do all of these things, and then they're going to get what they want. we shouldn't be giving in to a bully. and i'm going to stand tall for that. and i hope my republican colleagues will recognize the truth on that and stand with us on the armed services committee and the foreign relations committee. >> some have been outspoken. some, you know, you have senator wicker, you have senator graham. um, but others have stayed quiet. others who we know what their views are on russia because they've said it previously. what are you hearing from your republican colleagues? would you like to see more of them speak out publicly? >> i would love for more of them to speak up publicly. you know, we know what they said in the past, before donald trump was reelected president. we know what they think. we know what they stood for. and so they need to stand tall and stand up for democracy. stand up for our allies. stand up for what we

created post-world war two during the cold war that has kept us safe for so many years. how do we build on that? how do we strengthen that? they know the answer to that. they need to come forward. i can't speak for them, but i will say it's disappointing to see their lack of engagement on this in the public arena. >> you mentioned the lack of engagement there. um, there are many democratic voters out there who are frustrated with your party's response to everything, response to trump. so far, they think that there has been a lack of engagement from democrats on really critical issues. are you satisfied with democratic leadership right now? >> well, i can tell you that it's not even been 100 days of the trump presidency, and there's been a lot of chaos, to say the least. we're trying to get a handle on what's going on. we're starting with our committees. we're trying to be sure that the senate stands for

what we do, that we stand up and that we assert ourselves as a separate but equal branch of government. and so it is important that we continue to move forward with our hearings with transparency. we think about all the things that are going on. president fires all the inspector generals. he wants transparency in government. you don't fire the watchdogs who help you do that. we have things going on in europe and ukraine and the middle east. you don't go through and eliminate everything that will make us safer. and so we're trying to get a handle on what's going on so that we can move forward in a productive way. and i'm willing to work with anyone to get that done. >> and certainly there's been a lot coming out of everyone since president trump took office. i think he would admit that himself. but but it just circled back to the initial question, are you satisfied with with democratic leadership right now? do you think democratic leadership is doing enough, or would you like to see them do more? >> well, i think that we have to realize that we're in the minority. they have the white

house, they have the house, and they have the senate. so the tools that are available to us here as legislators, certainly as senators and members of congress, they are limited. so what can we do? we can use litigation. we can use some legislation. we can use hearings. we can speak out, we can speak up, we can highlight. we can do everything we can to push back and show the transparency of what is really going on behind the scenes, maybe what the trump administration doesn't want you to see to push back on. um, frankly, uh, the, the, the lies that vladimir putin didn't start this war, that somehow ukrainians started this war. it's not true. and so we just need to be sure that we push back and we're visible. i'm grateful for coming on the show and having a chance to talk about these things. we have to really show what's going on so the american people have an opportunity to see it. >> i want to ask you about something else. axios is reporting that you are leading a democratic effort that would cut

off funding to enforce trump's order to end birthright citizenship. tell me more about that. are any of your republican colleagues supportive of this? >> well, i hope that they would be, because we passed the 14th amendment in the 1800s that has been settled law. if you're born in america, you are an american citizen. period. period. and so the bill that we, uh, put in born in the usa act, what it does is it doesn't allow for any resources, funding or manpower for trump to to kind of strip this the rights of this amendment away from any of us. we don't know what he's going to do, but we're trying to be proactive. because if you're born in america, you're an american citizen. i'm going to fight to be sure that everybody who is born here gets to retain that citizenship. >> sandra, jackie rosen, thank you so much for coming on the show. >> thank you for having me, i appreciate it. >> and at any moment now on capitol hill, senators could begin voting to break a filibuster on kash patel

nomination for fbi director. it could mean a confirmation vote happens this afternoon. cnn's evan perez joins us. and manu raju is on capitol hill. all right, manu, does it look like patel could get enough support? >> yes, it really does. in fact, the vote is happening right now to break a democratic filibuster. this effort by democrats has been mounting for weeks, trying to delay trying to derail kash patel nomination, but they simply do not have the votes unless four republicans break ranks to stop this nomination from advancing. and right now, no republican senators have said that they would vote no. lisa murkowski of alaska, a key swing vote. i just asked her how she would vote on kash patel. she said that she would vote to advance the nomination, meaning that she would vote yes on this first procedural vote, and then it would move to a final confirmation vote. she did not say how she would vote, then another vote to watch senator susan collins of maine. just moments ago, she told me that she would issue a statement shortly about how she would ultimately vote on this critical

nomination. but even if she were to vote no, and even if lisa murkowski on the final confirmation vote were to vote no. there simply are not four republicans who are expected to break ranks, which means that he is very likely to get confirmed on a straight party line vote or a largely party line vote. despite major concerns voiced by democrats like kash patel, in their view, would carry out donald trump's agenda of retaliation and the like, and their concerns that christopher wray, the how he was essentially pushed out of this position. typically, fbi directors serve ten year terms. new administrations typically don't install an fbi director right off the bat. but that's what trump did here with kash patel. but republicans say he is a needed voice to reform this this investigative body. and their support is all that he needs to get confirmed, which is why we expect the votes to ultimately be there this afternoon, pamela. >> i'm going to bring in evan, who just talked about democratic concerns. they pressed him on that during the hearing. and

what promises did patel make in response? >> well. >> one of the things that really. >> was, remarkable about the kash patel hearings, the hearing that was held for his nomination, is that he denied that there was any plans to go out to. >> do to do. >> retribution against so-called enemies. he has in the past, as you know, spoken very, very publicly about an enemies list. if you remember, there was i think we could put up some of the graphics here, show showing people, notable people on his list from his book government gangsters. you see people like hillary clinton. you see people like joe biden, bill barr, for whatever reason. um, some of these are enemies that go back to 2016. and the first mueller investigation, the fbi investigation into trump and russia, his campaign ties to russia, and and, of course, now, more recently, the fbi and the justice department, investigations of trump related to january 6th and, of course, the classified documents case, which patel was one of the

people who had to provide grand jury testimony. so he does have a clear record of saying what he wants to do. but during the hearings, he has more recently said, i'm not coming in with a, with a with an enemies list. i'm going to refocus the fbi on fighting crime. the agents inside that i talked to don't really believe that that is the case. >> hmm. interesting. evan perez manu raju. thank you both. and still ahead, one of the president's handpicked prosecutors threatens anyone who threatens trump allies. that comes after democratic congressman robert garcia said his party needs to, quote, bring actual weapons in the fight for democracy. he'll join us next. and trump's first month in office has been full of action and full of proven lies. we are fact checking the biggest ones ahead in the cnn newsroom.

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podcast. just before hegseth was nominated to be secretary of defense, he actually said that cq brown should be fired because of his focus on dei and his, you know, focus on diversity in the military. and he also took aim at franchetti, saying in a book that she essentially was only hired for the job because she is a woman. so this all comes amid this broader promise that hegseth made before he was, you know, put in a secretary of defense to purge generals and admirals from the u.s. military that are perceived as woke, too focused on diversity initiatives in the military and also too close to the former secretary of defense, lloyd austin. so it remains unclear whether these firings are actually going to happen. this is just a list that has been briefed to republicans, we are told, on capitol hill. but still, rumors about these potential firings have been circulating in the pentagon for weeks and weeks. and it seems now they could be more imminent

because of this list that has gone to capitol hill. >> and cq brown is a minority, right? yes. all right. natasha bertrand, thank you. the top federal prosecutor in washington, dc, is vowing to investigate anyone who threatens the president or his political allies. donald trump appointed interim attorney ed martin says that he is launching, quote, operation whirlwind to protect federal workers, including elon musk and staffers, on his government efficiency team. the washington post reports that martin wants congressman robert garcia to clarify these remarks that he made on cnn, saying, i think he's also harming the american public in an enormous way. and what i think is really important and what the american public wants is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. this is an actual fight for democracy, for the future of the country. and it's important to push back on the chairperson of this committee. all right. congressman garcia joins us now. congressman, first of all, did you receive a letter from ed martin? >> well, what's. >> really interesting, of course, is we actually our

office has not yet received the letter. the washington post sent us the letter. and so we have the we have the letter. because the. washington post sent it to us. it's really unfortunate that they chose to take that avenue versus actually directly sending us the letter. but we have a copy of this letter that supposedly is coming to to our office. >> i want to clarify what you meant when you said or have you respond to it. i should say, quote, what the american people want is for us to bring actual weapons to this bar fight. was that meant to be taken as a threat? >> well, i don't think there's a reasonable person that would watch the clip, that interview on cnn or listen to those words and think that was threatening in any way. um, obviously we all use metaphors and figures of speech. i think what's really important is that we're very clear. we've always been violence, of course, is never the answer. but this is a country that also people have a right to be able to push back

and oppose whatever government is in power. and this idea that members of congress shouldn't have the ability to oppose the trump administration with figures of speech, i think is quite dangerous. and so i think, broadly speaking, i sit on the doge committee. that interview was given the same day that we had the committee, just a couple hours after. and it's important that we are able to, in the halls of congress to have an actual debate and oppose the issues in front of us. we are in a very dangerous moment in our country with the social safety net like social security and medicaid being debated, uh, people losing benefits, people losing jobs. we should be allowed to oppose elon musk. and so i'm not going to be silenced. i think it's important for people to be able to push back forcefully. >> you're right. i mean, this opens up a conversation about, you know, where is the line here when it comes to free speech and a legitimate threat of federal

employees? um, and i do wonder, though, in light of the threat environment that that we're in and we've seen threats to politicians and so forth. um, do you regret your language at all or would you just double down on it? >> well, i don't regret using metaphors and figures of speech, and clearly anyone that would watch the interview, um, would would, you know, there's there's there's clearly it was a it's a figure of speech. and people use this all the time. i think what's, what's what's dangerous is trying to silence members of congress from actually opposing, the administration. we have, um, the richest person on the planet right now. uh, dismantling much of our federal institutions. we have people that are losing jobs across this country. we have medicaid on the chopping block. we have the department of public education seeing huge possible cuts in front of it that are going to impact real families across this country. what is important, and what i've been trying to say, is that democrats

need to be in this fight. we need to be in this fight for democracy. and that's exactly what i said in that interview. and so what shouldn't happen in this country is, um, not allowing members of congress to oppose, uh, policies that, um, that we strongly disagree with. so i think that, um, it's again, uh, we would love to see this letter officially that apparently has been sent to the press before it was sent to us. um, but make no mistake about it, we will not back down in defending our country and defending the programs that people depend on for their own livelihoods. >> in this letter. ed martin also said that those who help free the january 6th prisoners have also been receiving threats that will be investigated. what do you think about that? should they deserve? do they deserve protection? >> i mean, look, i first i know that, um, uh, mr. martin, i think, um, was involved in defending some of the january

6th, uh, folks. um, obviously, i've been very clear. i think that the folks that attacked our capitol and try to overthrow our government should have been held accountable to the law. i should have been held accountable and responsible for the actions they took and the harm that they caused. um, and i think that's really important that members of congress this is not this is not about about me. this is about attacking our institutions. it's about ensuring that we have, um, loyal opposition and that we're able to speak freely, particularly within our own congress. i made we made those remarks, of course, moments after we had left the committee hearing. and so, uh, what's what's really critical at this moment, i think for all of us to understand is that we should be allowed to speak freely, and we certainly should be allowed to use figures of speech. and anyone that watches that can say that was a figure of speech or a metaphor, um, in, in the way we're describing this fight. and it is a fight. this is a fight for democracy. >> as we wrap up, i do want to go to the fact that, as you mentioned, you're on the doge

committee oversight. um, i'm just wondering, bring us behind the scenes of the conversations going on. are you talking to republican colleagues? what do you want to see happen with holding elon musk and his doge staffers accountable? what what do you think needs to happen? because while he's posting, you know, quote, unquote, receipts and so forth, there's not a lot of transparency about what he is actually doing in these government agencies that he has contracts before. >> that's right. i think, look, that the democrats on on oversight have been pretty clear. we have voted, uh, unanimously. we want to have elon musk in front of our oversight committee, in front of the doge committee to actually answer these questions that republicans have refused to do, that, uh, elon musk, the doge, the doge committee, certainly those involved, they have a responsibility to the american public to explain exactly what's going on. what we do know is we are hearing from hundreds and thousands of people across this country who are losing jobs, with no explanation as to why they just received a promotion, but are being fired.

we have, you know, over 400 technicians from the faa who helped patrol our skies and help keep our skies safe, being let go while we're seeing, of course, some serious accidents happen in our skies. we have people in universities across this country being told that they're losing funding for programs. um, this is incredibly serious. and so i think at this moment, we have got to be able to push back and be very clear that we do not support this dismantling of the very programs that protect people. and now we know that there's a there's a strong support within the republican party to take on medicaid. i mean, the amount of people that are dependent on medicaid across this country, uh, is, is staggering that they are going to take this program on that literally provides the ability for people to live, um, in this country. so these are very. we should all be very concerned. um, and we're going to continue to speak out. i think it's really important that we're not silent. this is this is for a party that loves to talk about free speech. i mean,

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bullying situation. in her story, according to the mother, she was told by an investigator with the school district that there had been one student who was telling joselyn that ice was going to deport her family members and that she was going to be left alone here in the united states. and her mother believes that it was that fear of being left alone that might have been behind the suicide attempt here in gainesville. we also spoke, as i mentioned, with several other family members and one of jocelyn's friends, with the permission of this young student's mother, who told us that she adored her friend and she is just heartbroken over what has happened. >> she was very nice and pretty. i loved her. basically, when i heard that she was gone, i. i don't know, it just shattered my heart. it hurt me really bad. >> did you hear kids talking about immigration and ice and all these words that you guys probably don't know. >> what it means? yeah, but not to her. i've only heard it

about people that are saying that ice was coming and stuff, but that's all i heard. >> did you know that people had been bothering her and being mean to her? >> i didn't know that. all right. if i knew, i would have told them to stop, i promise you. but. >> pamela, that's also one of the things we also heard from jocelyn's mother that she had not been. she said she had not been told by school district officials that her daughter had been seeking counseling at the school because of the bullying that she was facing there at the school that her mother had no idea, didn't see any changes in her daughter's behavior. in the days leading up to her death. we have reached out to the school district there in gainesville, texas, for a response to these these allegations and this talk of the immigration and ice chatter that was happening at the school. we have not heard back, but the school district did put out a statement saying that they take allegations of

bullying very seriously, and they have a zero tolerance policy on bullying situations. but as for the specific allegations of what we've learned here in the last day or so, we have not heard a specific response on that. pamela. >> all right. ed lavandera, thank you so much. and if you or someone you know has thoughts of suicide, help is available. speak with someone anytime by calling 988. >> ah. >> it's. >> a good. >> day to cough. >> oh., no. >> bye bye. >> cough later. >> chest congestion. >> hello, 12 hours. >> of relief. >> 12 hours. mhm. >> okay. not coughing at yoga and taking. not coughing. >> not coughing at the movies. >> still not coughing. >> ah. >> mucinex dm gives you 12 hours of relief from chest congestion in any type of cough day or night. it's not cough season. it's always comeback season.

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senators are voting to break a filibuster on kash patel nomination for fbi director. it could mean a confirmation vote happens this afternoon. cnn's manu raju is on capitol hill. so what are you hearing about manu? >> yeah, he is on his way to getting enough votes to advance to the final confirmation vote. and we do expect ultimately he will get the votes to be confirmed. but there was a bit of a hiccup. in fact, the senate. one senate republican has announced her opposition. that is senator susan collins of maine, someone we have been watching about how ultimately she would come down. she put out a statement raising concerns about his nomination, saying that mr. patel has made numerous politically charged statements in his book and elsewhere discrediting the work of the fbi, the very institutions he has been nominated to lead. she said that his last several years have been characterized by aggressive political activity. and she said while she supports, she strongly supports efforts to ensure all federal employees perform their responsibilities

ethically and in accordance with the law. she said his recent political profile undermines his ability to serve as the fbi director, and she will vote against confirming him to this position. but in order to get denied the position, pamela, that means four republicans would have to break ranks, because this is expected to be largely along party lines. and we don't expect four republicans to break ranks. so despite her opposition here, we do expect ultimately patel will get the votes this afternoon to get confirmed to this critical position. >> interesting. so gop collins votes against the senator, a republican senator collins votes against breaking the filibuster. you say that we don't expect other republicans to join in. it comes at a time mitch mcconnell, who, as we know, has voted against other trump nominees, is announcing that he is not going to seek reelection. gaetz. yeah, yeah. >> this is not a surprise. in fact, this is was widely expected in the united states senate, given the fact that he did step down from his

leadership position at the beginning of this congress. he has been the longest serving party leader of any for any party in the history of the united states senate. and really a tenure that has been considered one of the really the one of most consequential figures in the senate in his time. he's been serving in the senate since 1984. he's been the republican leader up until this past year, and has had a hand in almost all major policy decisions in his time as republican leader and helped usher through a very conservative supreme court as well. so this decision by mcconnell, not unexpected, but also very significant as someone who has been really at the forefront of some of the big political battles within his party, but really been out of step with the trump and maga wing of his party in the last couple of years. trump, of course, and him have had a row in the aftermath of january 6th. mitch mcconnell in this congress has voted against three trump nominees so far. the only republican senator to vote

against that many republican nominees. but no question about it. this will open up a competitive primary to fill his seat in 2026. but a very significant announcement, even if it was expected. >> pamela manu raju, thank you so much. and breaking news just coming in. the dow is down more than 600 points right now. on the heels of walmart announcing its sales and profit growth will slow this year. i want to go to cnn's vanessa yurkevich. what are we learning about this? vanessa? >> yeah, the dow dropping more than 600 points right now. you can see it right there. this is on the news that walmart put out its forecast, saying that sales growth was going to be about 4% and profit would grow about 5.5%. that was much slower, much slower growth than analysts were expecting. and you see the dow responding and you see walmart stock dropping about 6% there. essentially, the company is saying that they're not going to be immune from tariffs. proposed tariffs that the president has put out there. we know that there's a 10% right now on anything coming in from

china. and we're waiting to see what reciprocal tariffs could look like from the president on many other countries. now walmart will be able to weather the tariff storm a little bit better. but they're also looking at what consumers may be doing in this environment. we know that retail sales dropped last month. we also know that consumers are more concerned about rising inflation and concerned about what tariffs may mean for their bottom line. and i just want to tell you what the chief financial officer of walmart said in this call to investors. he said that walmart's outlook assumes a relatively stable macro economic environment, but acknowledges that there will be still uncertainties related to consumer behavior and global economic and geopolitical conditions. so you have the biggest retailer saying that they are not going to be immune from these economic conditions. that could be changing under president trump's policies. and you see the market not really liking that news. they were

expecting stronger sales growth and profits from walmart, walmart pulling back saying it's going to be a lot slower this year because of these conditions. pam. >> now the uncertainty. vanessa yurkevich. thank you so much. well, the measles outbreak is growing. the warning signs to watch for, even if you are vaccinated. doctor sanjay gupta has more ahead in the cnn newsroom.

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already the largest measles outbreak in 30 years in texas. so, you know, everyone's sort of grappling with this. i had a chance to talk to the state health commissioner as soon as i arrived. here's how she put things. have you ever seen measles before? >> no. and i'm an infectious. disease physician. i've never diagnosed a case. >> that's incredible. >> it's because, you know, measles was declared eliminated from the united states back in the year 2000 because of the effectiveness of that vaccine. and it's only now with falling immunization rates, not just here in texas, but across the country and around the world, that we're starting to see more of these outbreaks. >> so, pamela, you can sense that source of frustration in her voice. i mean, she's she's obviously very concerned. i'm at covenant children's. most of the patients we're talking about are children. 11 of them have been hospitalized here. six more are in the hospital suspected to have measles. and that characteristic rash. they have to send the samples to austin to

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