keeping cnn humming along. when this deal closes, probably april or may, discovery will name a new boss, a new head of cnn. i'm told by sources that discovery views this as a fresh start for cnn. and maybe in a year people will look back and say this was a good thing for cnn, new leadership, but it's not what the staffers here wanted and certainly not like this. now, that's my report from the inside and, let's face it, i work here. so i decided to bring in three outsiders, three media reporters and analysts who are looking at this from outside cnn so they can bring their perspectives and you can hear independent views of this situation. let's bring them in now. claire atkinson for insider, mara schiavocampo former abc and nbc correspondent now the host of a podcast and joanne lipman who wrote a guest essay about this topic. she is the former editor and chief of "usa today" and author of "that's what she said." thank you for assembling this morning. claire, your 30-second assessment of what this week was for cnn

david, welcome to cnn officially. i keep hearing after listening to important reporting from folks like clarissa, i hear these twitter critics and trolls saying the media is rooting for war. the media wants war. how do you feel? how do you react to that? >> brian, that out rages me and especially after hearing clarissa's report right now. i don't think the correspondents that cnn has out in the field and i think cnn has more of them than anybody else at that front line, i will tell you what, i don't think they're wishing for war when there's mortar fire coming in on them. it's outrageous. it's the wannabe journalists the wannabe critics sitting back here saying we're rooting for war. do you know what, war is not that great a financial inducement at least in the television industry. a lot of sponsors don't want their product being shown during war, for one thing, it's like a natural disaster. and the other thing, to cover war hon ranly cost a lot of money. for hotdog critics to say, oh, television wants war, the media

cnn is gone. if i didn't know better, i think cnn, before every broadcast says, what can we say? that is so fundamentally stupid. so, and so unbelievable that people will talk about it. because we're not getting audience audiences from doing what we're doing. we have to get audiences by having people comment, how stupid we are. many people expect expect there to be fairness. many people believe that c, n n always them a duty of fairness. people will say, this isn't fair. cnn. there, journalist, they're supposed to be journalist. this isn't fair. how can you say this? how can you get away with this? how can they do this if you can't do well on your show, say something stupid and hope somehow that, you know, social media picks up on. if social media pick up on your story, maybe that will help because that's the 2nd tier of their worth. not truth, that journalistic in charity go. no, no, no they don't care about that. did you notice us how to be doing the clicks on the metrics or we get like are we being re tweeting? what are people saying? are we viral? that's all they care about.

but cnn's branch covidians told you panic and lies. they filled them by a public b health sectory that hated trump and love the idea of using covid to create a new normal,er a medical superstate to controlt the little people. so if all of zucker's transgressions, his hiring of arrogant, sanctimonious anchors and contributors was among his worst and of all their covid blowhards pushing the lockdowns, one particular host really enjoyed his leadingd role at these fools fools. i know they want to be oute. there for things will get worse. i don't care how you reopen. what are we rushing back to think aboutut what you are so t anxious to get back to in terms of normal and what lose that we've gained in this pandemic? thinkt about it. be w careful what you wish for the time of the family, the time together, pictures of what we see in venice of clearwater and clearer skies that they're showing us all t over the world. i know we can't do nothingng forever, but we can think about how to bebo together better. >>>> of course, night after nig, zuck

seen and says -- cnn says there's an undisclosed office romance. he should have been forced out for a different affair. ressa gate, the smearing of figures in the fearmongering. he did not just let with damaging lockdowns. they fought for them. >> a lot of people are frightened about this. it is far too early to look down our guards right now. far too early for estates to be reopening. >> it seems premature and even dangerous to open the country. >> laura: jeff zucker send his audience a daily menu of fraudulent covid narrative. they complete repeated as gospel whatever fauci said, rarely questioning his logic or challenging his conclusions, relishing every contradict between him and president trump. >> reporter: dr. fauci is undercover of time magazine. 100 most influential people of 2020. he does amazing work. >> they are worried about you. i'm sure you are exhausted. they appreciate you taking your time. >> laura: and zucker oversaw cnn coverage and the doctors who worked successfully using them with patients. republican governors who rejected t

"cnn newsroom" continues right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world live from lviv in ukraine. i'm michael holmes, appreciate your company. and our breaking news this hour as fighting in ukraine enters a fourth day, the capital remains a city under siege. kyiv is now under a strict curfew until at least monday morning, and the death toll is already starting to mount. the u.n. reporting more than five dozen civilians killed in it fighting, and cnn has now learned a 6-year-old boy is among the dead. now, this was the scene in kyiv overnight. cnn cameras capturing the moment an explosion lit the sky above ukraine's capital. one of two massive explosions on the city's outskirts. let's take a closer view now. this area just southeast of kyiv is home to a large military airfield. the town's mayor says a petroleum storage depot was hit, adding, quote, the enemy wants to destroy everything but we will stand our ground and we will win. similar words from the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy who has so far

phil mattingly, cnn, the white house. >>> cnn's scott mcclain is live this hour in london with more of the diplomatic efforts in europe. first inning robertson is in london. what do we expect to come of this? >> reporter: alexander lukashenko arrived a very short time ago going to meet with president putin. both joined up in a massive military exercise that's been going since the 10th of february. initially the belarus authorities said they would expect this joint military exercise to last until the 20th of february so this weekend. however, in an interview with cnn's fred pleitgen yesterday lukashenko indicated that these joint military exercises would continue as long as they were needed to continue before the troops would go back to base. then he said they would go back to base. but it's unclear precisely what we'll hear from president putin and president lukashenko. today they're expected to talk about the military exercises, the position in europe, economic ties between the two countries as well. it does seem to be a meeting to watch to see if they would watch the joint military e

. >>> ahead on cnn m"cnn newsroo, signs of letting up. russia continues to add military assets near ukraine's border ahead of one european leader's and a push for diplomatic solution. >>> and the british queen dropping major news while celebrating her platinum jubilee. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. >>> u.s. officials now believe russia has assembled about 70% of the military force it needs to launch a full-scale invasion of ukraine. the latest satellite images show russian forces gathering strength in belarus. some are positioned less than 50 kilometers from ukraine's northern border. in neighboring poland, senior u.s. military members arrived on saturday, as nato looks to reinforce its eastern flank. this as the head of nato is due to meet with the polish president. french president emmanuel macron heads to moscow on monday in part to try to revive negotiations between kyiv and pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine. russia's chief negotiator recently offered this dismal assessment. >>

apparently from inside cnn, they're asking him to leave cnn. >> i feel like we become espn o that cable >> you just get a small little highchair, you just have them sit there and every once in a while you just smack him in the back of the head. can get you could be my little doctor evil, kat, did you see the new york post they said tha there is new information that him and his girl were helping the governor appear on his brother show great that's not surprising. what piques your curiosity? >> i just think there is so muc more, there has to be. i actually don't believe that everyone knew right i think mos people did, but the one reason think maybe everyone didn't is because it is so boring. light gossip is supposed to be interesting. if people came up to me and sai these two people at my work mother both divorced. >> that is actually like if somebody came to you with a can of gossip you would say get out of here. to give their adults, they're i their 50s and they are seen each other. >> consensually. >> that's not gossip, that's boring to gait they had a preservation lawyer of text messa

cnn commentator kat rosenfeld. she compared jo grogan's audience, so the podcast or joe rogan, who's been at the center of some controversy recently. she compared his audience to people that are overweight and made some other comments that many did not appreciate about the audience of joe rogan. here's what she said. here's people who, you know, they like something that we consider ourselves more enlightened. don't think it's good for them. you know, we think that they're internalizing this information that they're using it to make bad decision. many found these remarks to be somewhat ironic because the listenership and viewership of joe rogan's podcast is roughly 11000000 people. now it's important to know that the viewership of cnn has been significantly decreasing . last year. in the 1st week of january, viewership of cnn was 2700000. but now in the 1st week of this year, it was only $548000.00 and many have looked on at this. and they've noticed that trust for mainstream media in the united states is certainly

cnn boss. jessica has fallen on his own sword for lying about an affair with a colleague joining an investigation into another scandal at the channel that involved former host chris cuomo. there's already been skating reaction to the resignation. jeff sucker, a world class lee bag, who was headed ratings in real news challenge. cnn for far too long has been terminated for numerous reasons. but predominantly because c n n has lost its way with viewers and everybody else. it had been a few weeks since someone had cnn resigned over some sexual deviancy. but jeff booker came through today and made sure we didn't forget what a band of thick perverts that entire news channel is. jeff zocker surprised his employees with an email announcing that he had been having an affair, consensual affair with an employee, one of his colleagues, and he did not disclose it under cnn's policies. what started out as a friendship, evolved into a romantic relationship. and because of that, he is stepping down from cnn.

cnn has not independently confirmed that report.st of kyiv overnight. a petroleum storage depot were hit. clashes also reported in kyiv on saturday night. several people wounded, we're told, and a 6-year-old boy killed. in kharkiv, ukraine's state emergency service says a nine. story residential building was hit by what they're calling enemy artillery, a female civilian killed there. all of this coming as british and american defense officials say russian troops are facing stiff resistance and not making the progress they had planned on. and to keep internet service up amid the russian attacks, elon musk says his company satellite based star link internet service is now active over ukraine. now, for ukrainian civilians the conflict growing increasingly desperate as you might imagine. more than 150,000 people have now been forced to flee across international borders. the displaced people are heading to hungary, maldova, romania. but the largest group, more than half of them, have headed to poland. and that's where cnn's arawa damon i

that does it here for me on "cnn newsroom." i i'm isa soares. mask mandate on "cnn newsroom" with christine romans and laura jarrett. bye-bye. one prilosec otc in the morning blocks heartburn all day and all night. prilosec otc prevents s exces acid production that can causese heartburn. so don't fight heartburnrn, blok it wiwith prilosec ot . liz, you nererd, cough if you're in here! shh! i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. what about rob's dry cough? works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that lg? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs. >>> good morning, everyone. it's wednesday, february 9th. 5 a.m. here in new york. thanks for getting an "early start" with us. i'm christine romans, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. we begin with a turning point in the two-year struggle with covid. new york's governor kathy hochul is expected to end the state's indoor mask mandate for businesses today. that's according to "the new york times." >> new york would join a number of other blue states, new

cnn is gone. many people, if they're expected to be fairness, many people believe that c n n owes them a duty of fairness, people will say, this isn't fair. cnn. there, journalist, they're supposed to be journalist, this isn't fair. how can you say this? how can you get away with this? how can they do this? first, this is american media, where you can say anything you want kind of, number 2, dare dying. they have nothing to lose. they're hoping somebody notice is that if, if they were to exhibit unfairness and non journalistic tendencies, you know what, what happened in it? nothing. or there were any independent sources for journalistic review? no. well, that's the latest news from around the world. my name is peter scott, and i'll be back again to the top of the rundown of the headlines, which had over to r t dot com. if you can't wait that long, ah ah, ah. that long ago open public debate was considered a good thing even essential for a stable and functioning society. today. if you do not follow

cnn is gone. many people, if they're expected to be fairness, many people believe that c n n owes them a duty of fairness, people will say, this isn't fair. cnn. there, journalist, they're supposed to be journalist, this isn't fair. how can you say this? how can you get away with this? how can they do this? first, this is a matter again, media where you can say anything you want kind of, number 2, dare dying. they have nothing to lose. they're hoping somebody notices now if, if they were to exhibit unfairness and non journalistic tendencies, you know, what would happen to them? nothing. are there any independent sources for journalistic review? no. in the news, natural gas and nuclear power could soon be classed as green energy. in the u. european commission supports the idea which has been slammed by environmental groups as green washing or your correspondent pizza oliver takes of the story when you entered. she's been in focus for quite a while with energy prices across year of being through the

cnn . back in december, john griffin, a producer at cnn, was arrested by the f. b. i on rather serious charges. he was taken to federal prison where he waits trial. ah, and john griffin was charged with setting up a facility to run interstate commerce for the purpose of learning in young, under age girls and their parents and training these under age girls to be sexually submissive. i mean quite a serious allegation and he's awaiting trial. now this is not a low level employee, john griffin, this is a high ranking producer. this is someone who rubbed shoulders with chris cuomo and you'll recall that chris cuomo also stepped down because it was proven that he was colluding with his brother andrew cuomo when he was facing scandals and eventually stepped down as governor of new york. now there's been another recent dust, kate rosenfeld. cnn commentator kat rosenfeld. she compared jo grogan's audience, so the podcast or joe rogan, who's been at the center of some controversy recently. she compared his audience to people that are overweight and made some other comments t

tough spot for cnn right now. >> but again, cnn has managed to pull off some ratings, although they'veor the very fact that they were the foil to donald trump. if they move in a straight news direction, probably be right back where they were when i worked there. you get the peaks and valleys of breaking news and then no breaking news. howard: john roberts, thanks very much. >> i don't think it'll be any one of those three people, and i would bet it's going to be a woman. howard: you have it on tape. >> we'll see. thanks, howie. howard: after the break, joe rogan under fire from the pundits again after apologizing for his past use of the n-word. glenn greenwald weighs in next. ♪ ♪ ex. we still have 12 hours to australia. mucinex lasts 12 hours, so i'm good. now move! kim, no! mucinex lasts 3x longer for 12 hours. we just moved. so there's millions of - dahlias in bloom. over nine acres. when we started, we grew a quarter of an acre. now i'm taking on new projects on the regular. we always dreamed of having this property, so - i want to make my yard look as beautiful as butters, here. bu

those people are not watching cnn. they are not watching cnn. they are watching complaints about cnn on other chance that don't know what they are talking about. that's the truth. we lost our leader this week, but we are not going anywhere. see you back here next week. >> sean: they are not watching cnn. first time he stumbled on the truth. what do you expect from jeff zucker stenographer. they are all opinion hosts. talk show hosts just like me except i am honest. they are members of the press. not fair and balanced journalists. if you are one of the few that watch cnn, you know it's true. look at jeffrey toobin masturbating on a zoom call if front of co-workers. and jim acosta called them a soviet style hate because they ended mask mandates. they are members of the press and talk show hosts. they occasionally do straight news but give a lot of opinions. and another person joined fake news cnn. the anti-trump pundit is so desperate he joined cnn after treating this meme right there. straight news has been extinct for a long time. all hosts givi

for more let's bring in cnn's beta ka sue live from new delhi. take us through how hong kong is trying to get a handle on this surge, leaving some patients outside in the cold. >> reporter: according to officials early this week, public hospitals were over overwhelmed because of this fifth wave, the most intense wave hong kong is experiencing, with 90% capacity full at these public hospitals. that is indeed a reason to be concerned. we've just heard from two representatives from the hong kong administration, the first is the chief secretary who said that hong kong has entered a state of full-scale combat. strong words coming from the leadership there. he's the number two in the leadership as far as hong kong's authority is concerned. and he's come out and said this is full-scale combat. there are a lot of medical teams that have come into hong kong to help not only curb the escalating numbers when it comes to covid-19, but also to treat and test people in hong kong. testing will be intensified. remember, hong kong has 7 million people plus, and i

cnn's krischristy lu stout join live from hong kong.listic tests? >> well, you have the world's attention fixed on the russian invasion of ukraine and earlier today north korea fires this ballistic missile, the first such test since january. this is the eighth time north korea has fired a ballistic missile so far this year. this is what we're learning fum the south korean military. they're saying this test took place 7:52 a.m. local time. it was launched from the sunan area near pyeongyang, obviously the capital of north korea. and the south korean military, they're closely monitoring the situation and they are in a state of readiness. the united states has also issued a statement. they said the missile test that took place and landed into the sea east of the korean peninsula, does not pose any threat to the united states or its allies. it also urged north korea to refrain from any further destabilizing action. the timing of today's ballistic missile test by north korea is very significant. it takes place after the beijing winter olympi

center, this is "cnn newsroom."ith kim brunhuber. >>> the u.s. and other countries have a dire warning for their citizens, still inside ukraine, leave the country immediately. this comes as the u.s. military directs 3,000 additional forces to poland to assist american evacuations from ukraine. u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan says the latest intelligence suggests a russian invasion is more likely than ever. >> we are not saying that a decision has been taken. a final decision has been taken by president putin. what we are saying is that we have a sufficient level of concern based on what we are seeing on the ground and what our intelligence analysts have picked up that we are sending this clear message. yes, it is an urgent message because we are in a urgent situation. russia needs all the forces it needs to conduct a major military action. >> russia has deployed about 30,000 troops in belarus along ukraine's northern border. the u.s. fears they could launch a capital assault on the capital of kyiv relat

made here on cnn on sunday. have a listen to this. >> we have to ensure that we continue to raise these concerns that are occurring in china at the moment. >> how do you interpret the fact that one of the two athletes that lit the torch was from, at least according to the chinese government, the uighur community? >> well, this is an effort by the chinese to distract us from the real issue here at hand, that uighurs are being tortured, and uighurs are the victims of human rights violations by the chinese. and we have to keep that front and center. >> the u.s. ambassador, she also addressed concerns, rather, over the safety of the u.s. athletes in beijing. have a listen. >> i can reassure u.s. athletes that the united states government will be standing with them in china, and we will be there to protect them. >> well, those concerns aren't the only things casting a shadow over this year's games. china's tennis star peng shuai is in the spotlight after sitting down for a rare interview with french journalists in be

c for the coverage was cnn simply to biased. the networks hatred for former president donald trump was no secret exchanges like this at the white house news conferences seemed to be the norm. when you report fake news, which cnn does a lot, you are the enemy of the people, but even during its prime year of 2020 things weren't perfect for that. oh, in 2020, during the george floyd protest, there was a demonstration outside of the scene in headquarters in atlanta, protesters vandalized the giant cnn sign and smashed window. oh, most recently lost december in los angeles, demonstrators in support of the ethiopian government claimed c. and i was providing viewers false narrative about the great war. now cnn's international station is considered to be well known. 79 percent of people pulled. have you heard of it, but the popularity of it ranking only 27 percent. according to you. gov. reporting for news news hughes and hush sweets r t. so how much did the falling ratings have to do with jeff suckers resignation? or is it purely about

and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin.t this quest to receive missing trump documents from the white house escalated into this apparently months-long struggle involving multiple lawyers, even a threat from the national archives. typically, a mild-mannered bunch. to go through congress of the justice department. >> well it says to me that it wasn't as amicable, as the former president and his aides wanted to portray it. donald trump had he believes at the white house and then, he packed up and left and moved, he decided he could take anything he wanted with him. maybe, he wanted to sell some of it on ebay. i mean, who knows? but, you know, this is not a good situation. um, and we are going to see how this unwinds. >> it is always him selling something, jeff toobin. and a source tells cnn the document turnover has not been fully resolved. that is another thing cnn reporting is picking up on. and that trump is still in possession of documents that the archives wants. um, how do you predict this playing out, jeffrey? because,

this is "cnn newsroom."eat of a russian invasion of ukraine has been build for months, but the u.s. and its allies fear it could happen very soon, as diplomatic efforts stall. the uk foreign office says british observers with the organization for security and cooperation in europe are being withdrawn from ukraine for their own safety. u.s. observers have also been told to leave. both countries are among the dozens telling their citizens to get out of ukraine and the u.s. is drawing down its embassy staff. heavily armed russian forces surround ukraine on three sides. the u.s. says poland will allow americans to cross ukraine's western border into poland without prior approval. >>> russian president vladimir putin spoke with president biden on saturday, and separately with french president emmanuel macron, the top diplomats from russia and the u.s. also had a call. cnn's nic robertson explains what came out of the flurry of high-stakes diplomacy. >> well, from any of these three big phone calls today, presiden

celina wang with david culver, cnn, beijing. >>> u.s.vice is putting its plan for new facial recognition software on hold after objections from lawmakers and privacy groups. the new system would have required taxpayers to take a picture of a photo i.d. to sign on to its website. the software would compare that with a selfie from the user. the irs says it's working on other ways to authenticate taxpayers' identities online. >>> good news looking for cheap u.s. flights. spirit and frontier airlines have a deal worth $6.5 billion. it will be the fifth largest airline in the united states. two budget airlines have both taken significant hits since the pandemic began. both registering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. spirit ceo says the plan is to create an aggressive ultra low fare competitor. >>> here in the u.k. a pub that claims to be the oldest in brittain has been forced to close down after more than 1200 years of business. you're looking at ye old fighting cocks. it may not be the end of the road. the owner says they're worki

cnn's selma abdel azeez has been on this from day one. selma, he was completely savaged yesterday in the comments, even from those within his own party. i'm thinking of theresa may, the former prime minister. what does this tell us about whether he can hang on? is he starting to lose support? >> bigger numbers saying they don't have the support. i think what we saw yesterday was another half apology from prime minister boris johnson. the kind of sorry you say when you get caught but you're not sorry about the actions that caused you to get caught. to many people in this country saying i'm sorry means taking accountability, i'm sorry means taking responsibility and i'm sorry means resigning. that's not what he's doing. he still has, as you said, the support of his own party. yes, there is growing rebellion. yes, he's taking jabs from his own party like theresa may, the former prime minister. after that he met with his own party and he was able to woo them and buy himself one more day. >> how does he woo them. if they're listening, he didn'

cnn commentator kat rosenfeld. she compared jo grogan's audience podcast joe rogan, who's been at the center of some controversy recently. she compared his audience to people that are overweight and made some other comments that many did not appreciate about the audience of joe rogan. here's what she said. here's people who you know. they like something that we consider ourselves more enlightened. don't think it's good for them. you know, we think that they're internalizing this misinformation that they're using it to make bad decisions. now, many found these remarks to be somewhat ironic because the listenership and viewership of joe rogan's podcast is roughly 11000000 people regularly, 11000000 people. listen to what joe rogan has to say, whereas cnn, despite being the primary news network in the united states, they struggled to get 700000 people to watch them. many times, despite the fact that they're on the air and airports, they're broadcast regardless. you know, you know, 700000 eyes, sometimes the numbers th

cnn struggles to get over 700000 viewers. so not a good year for the major major primary news network in the united states. they're viewership is in decline. skepticism of mainstream media is rising in the united states according to polls. so cnn is not really having the best time these days. thanks for taking us through all of us or us corresponding caleb and the natural gas and nuclear power could soon be classed as green energy. in the e u. the european commission supports the idea which has been slammed by environmental groups as green washing or europe correspondent peter oliver takes on story for you, entered, she's been in focus for quite a while with energy prices across year of being through the roof. but what we've seen on wednesday was the commission outline their plans to reclassify some natural gas projects and nuclear power projects on green energy investments. what the u commission hope that this would do is that it would well take a couple of boxes, really, one that it would get investment cash flowing into en

matthew chance, cnn, kyiv. >> reporter: now as to the timing of all of this, cnn military analyst markes mr. putin may have been planning this for a long time but was surprised with the nato and u.s. support. >>> nato was struggling with people like merkel leaving the alliance. she was -- changed the election in germany. so a lot of things were happening then that aren't happening now but what we don't know is what is putin's next move? he wants to have plausible deniability if he decides to attack, he's going to attack. if he doesn't, he can say, hey, i was just there for an exercise, what the hell is nato all concerned about? >> reporter: and a former ambassador says if there is a war there will be significant costs for putin at home. >> the russian people are not particularly angry at the ukrainians. the russian people have a good attitude towards the ukrainians. they're going to wonder why president putin is sending their sons, daughters, fathers, brothers into combat and are getting killed and going back to be buried in russian towns. that is not a -- that could have -- that could

we are covering all this hour here on cnn. right now we want to go live to beijing where could y wire is standing by. i know you have covered so many olympics. how does this one compare? is there still a sense of excitement despite the stringent restrictions? >> reporter: isa, that's a great question. it has been a frustrating juxtaposition. you want to get excited but it's difficult to do so. sport can be the greatest unifier. that's especially the case for the olympics. the opening ceremony just hours away is all about celebrating cultures from nations around the world via their athletes. we're learning we won't be seeing one of the names biggest games, nathan chen told me earlier today that he's not participating in part because he would be in such close proximity to so many other people just days before his individual competition begins and it makes you wonder, isa, how many other athletes might follow suit. but for those who decide to walk, this spectacle celebrates years of dedication and sacrifice over overcoming obstac

. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> you are live in the "cnn newsroom," jim acosta in washington, last-ditch efforts to avoid a russian invasion of ukraine officials in the u.s. say could begin at any time. president biden could be one of the most consequential phone calls of his presidency, a 62-minute phone conversation warning vladimir putin about sparking a war that could produce widespread human suffering in europe. a senior administration official tells cnn russia may attack anyway. other worrying signs the u.s. believes diplomatic efforts could be in vain. the u.s. secretary of defense has taken some u.s. forces out of ukraine moving them elsewhere in europe. the state department has ordered all non-emergency staff to leave the u.s. embassy in kyev and making personal phone calls to other americans in the country warning it is past time to get out and no one is coming to rescue you if ukraine becomes a combat zone. russia has ukraine surrounded on three sides, the white house has an invasion likely begin with aerial bombing, missile attacks and a rapid assault on kyev, pot

the viewership of cnn is in significant decline. but regardless, the official stated reason is this relationship. cnn's been under fire recently, caleb over several other scandals. can you just remind us about some of those oh, sure, i mean in december the f b, i arrested a cnn producer by the name of john griffin. john griffin was arrested and the charges are pretty serious. apparently, john griffin is charged for setting up a facility for interstate commerce, in which he would lower miners and their parents, so that he could train these under age women. he could train them in the art of being sexually submissive, quite a serious, serious charge. he's now in custody awaiting trial. now this is an individual john griffin, this cnn producer who worked with chris cuomo, the former very prominent cnn individual who also stepped down over allegations of colluding with his brother, the new york governor, who resigned. now, more recently, we saw kat rosenfeld who is a cnn commentator. she compared the audience of us podcast or joe rogan,

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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> hello and welcome to cnn. i'm michael holmes coming to you live from lviv, ukraine. major breaking news this hour as ukrainian government leaders say the russian invasion has begun. and just a few minutes ago for the second time this hour, we have heard air raid sirens, loud sirens here in lviv. this is in the west of the country. they persisted for some time and from multiple parts of the city. they've only just ended. that's twice this hour. and one of our local producers messaged me just now and said that on the local television, government officials are asking people to turn off the lights, gather their documents, and take cover. also asking people not to panic, a pretty tall order as what we're seeing unfold around this country continues. okay. now, an adviser to the interior minister is reporting missile strikes in the capital, kyiv. the shelling of airfields and military headquarters in car kyiv. cnn has obtained video from ukrainian border guards which also shows a column of military vehicles entering

cnn has learned the latest u.s. intel according to these officials says russia has poured 75% of its conventional forces within striking distance of ukraine. it is surrounded on three sides and now a disturbing new development from belarus to the north. russia is extending its military drills there. they were supposed to end today. the kremlin cites a weakened spike in violence in eastern ukraine. ukraine says russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country violated the ceasefire at least 74 times just today. moscow, in the meantime, continues to encourage ukrainian citizens to evacuate from the east and cross over into russia. the u.s. and its allies fear the rising tensions in eastern ukraine will be used as a pretext for russia to launch an attack. cnn is mobilizing its people around the world to follow all of these latest developments. let's start at the white house. what can you tell us about president biden's meeting with his national security council? >> reporter: pamela, president biden met wit

> you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm fit mattingly in for jim acosta. we begin with breaking news. u.s. officials have new intelligence adding to u.s. fears russia is readying for military action, this as president biden convened his national security council as the u.s. continues to war moscow could strike against ukraine at any moment and holds out hope diplomatic efforts will prevail. violence continues to escalate in parts of ukraine. more than 100 troop violations in the eastern part of the country recorded jut this weekend. stoking even more fears an invasion could be imminent. right now an estimated 190,000 russian personnel are in and around ukraine, including the breakaway regions in country's east. today top biden administration officials including vice president kamala harris warned europe hasn't faced this kind of threat since world war ii. >> we're talking about the potential for war in europe. i mean, let's really take a moment to understand the significance of what we're talking about. it's been over 7

here is cnn's nick payton walsh.ve to warn you this report contains graphic images that may be disturbing. >> reporter: the blast tore into the dense crowd. >> the very high bomb blast sound and then i saw a lot of hands, legs without their bodies. >> at least 170 afghans and 13 u.s. troops died after an isis suicide bomber struck outside kabul airport. the pentagon investigation of the attack released friday said everyone died in the blast. >> the single explosive device killed at least 170 afghan civilians and 13 u.s. service members. by explosively directing ball bearings through a packed crowd. >> reporter: a review unearthed this brief glimpse of the bomber. cnn spent four months investigating the incident reviewing medical records and analyzing video, photos, and audio of the scene and speaking to over 70 witnesses or families of the dead, doctors, hospitals staff and survivors who insist some of the dead and wounded were shot. the analysis and testimonies raise hard questions as to whether the bomb can explain

what ted turner started at cnn was needed and new. then jeff zucker showed up and drove it right into the dirt and down into the ground to the point the only people watching this are the poor people that cnn paid those airports to run them there. that's the only people watching cnn at this point. their numbers are so abysmal. for allison to suggest what is wrong with two consenting adults? you can't manipulate someone who works for you. it's not complicated. >> laura: from zucker to covid hysteria. here is the msnbc medical contributor with the usual fear longering. >> with the omicron variant kids will get the vaccine or will get a serious condition of omicron. i am confused about the parent's attitude. 5 and above is a no brainer. >> laura: lisa, your thoughts on the insane push for the jab for these little kids. >> he is always on pfizer's payroll. why push vaccines on children who don't need them? kids have a near 100% survival against covid. even my age has 97% chance of survival against covid. it's bizarre. you are allowed to pu