fred pleitgen joins us live from ukraine.e might not know how this has actually all worked and how important it's been. how much of a game changer are these sea drones? >> reporter: well, i think for the ukrainians it could be a real game changer. i just got numbers from the ukrainian military earlier today. and they say they believe that they have taken about -- taken out about 33% of russia's black sea fleet, either damaged or destroyed vessels. obviously not only using the sea drones but the sea drones are a very important part of that. now we met a really secretive unit of ukraine's defense intelligence director. they had just taken out a russian warship a couple days ago and they showed us exactly how they did it. here is what we learned. >> reporter: it was one of the most brazen and most successful operations by ukraine's military intelligence service. sea drones attacking and the ukrainians say sinking a russian warship inside occupied crimea. and he was one of those involved. his call sign is 13 from the elite sea dr

fred pleitgen is in kyiv for us and you reported on how rapidly russia is burning through troops and equipment in those so calls meet assaults. bigger picture. what does the possible loss of that town signal in ukraine's larger fight? >> well i think it certainly is a difficult one for the ukrainians when they've trying to defend that town but it's becoming harder by the day. especially in light of the fact that ukrainians are running low on ammunition. the one thing that's difficult for them to defend against is these so-called meet assaults. essentially what the russians do is send small units of assault troops that continuously assault stations. what we're hearing is that apparently in the south of the city and to the north of the city as well, there are some places where the russians have now gained a foothold but they did lose a lot of people in the process of being able to do that. i was in one command center with the ukrainians where you could literally see the ground in those areas littered with the bodies of dead russians and there were some who were still out there who had

fred pleitgen, kharkiv, ukraine. >> they have a lot of heart. >>> coming up on the program, democratic strategist simon rosenberg says don't believe the hype about that red wave in november. >> good luck trying to run on that platform in this country at this point. i'm daniel lurie and i've spent my career fighting poverty, helping people right here in san francisco. i'm also a father raising two kids in the city. deeply concerned that city hall is allowing crime and lawlessness to spread. now we can do something about it by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. >>> welcome back to the program. now, if you look at the polls, america's political landscape appears to be a balancing act, right on the knife's edge. in some trump is more popular, in others biden is. in some democracy is top of mind, others say it isn't. my next guest is waving a red flag. simon rosenberg is a veteran war room stat gist for democrats but tells me it's because from the economy to crime and

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but as fred pleitgen reports, its military is desperate for more troops. >> reporter: explosions are dangerously close as the drone team from the 92nd assault brigade set up their bird, attached the bombs, and head off into battle. while drone technology is often seen as the realm of tech savvy youngsters, one of the pilots here is over 50. one way or another, everyone should serve, he says. it is our duty to defend our land, our families, our motherland. if you do not want to fight, what kind of citizen are you? ukraine is badly outgunned by the russians. but the reality is they are also outmanned. unable to recruit enough soldiers willing to join the military especially younger ones. decimated and exhausted, ukraine's top general has called for a new mobilization drive, maybe including up to half a million people. president zelenskyy is unconvinced and sources tell cnn he has informed zaluzhnyi he will be fired. mobilization is unpopular and in front of ukraine's parliament, some are protesting for their spouses to be demobilized. this woman says her husband is too old to be servin

fred pleitgen explains why. >> reporter: the explosions are dangerously close as the drone team from the 92nd assault brigade set up their third, attach the bombs, and head off into battle. while drone technology is often seen as the realm of tech-savvy youngsters, one of the pilots here is over 50. one way or another everyone should serve, it is our duty to defend our land, our families, our motherhood. if you do not want a fight, what kind of citizen are you? ukraine is badly outgunned by the russians, but the reality is they're also outmanned. unable to recruit enough soldiers willing to join the military especially younger ones. mobilization is unpopular, and in front of ukraine's parliament some are protesting for their spouses to be demobilized. this woman says her husband is too old to be served in long. "my husband is had 3 years old. it is difficult for him to endure all this time on the ground jumping from shells and performing all those tasks at the front line. and there are many people like him. kw ""i'm here for my dad to come back," her son says. on the front lines some

let's go to fred pleitgen, live for us in kyiv. the biggest question on the u.s. side is, what's going to happen if aid stops? he starts to dig into that a little bit. what did you take away from it? >> yeah, he certainly does. i think he's recognizing the bigger reality. the ukrainians are both out-manned and out-gunned and they probably are going to remain outgunned in the future as well. that's somewhere the top general in ukraine says, that's the reality we have to cope with. he says the only way to get out of that is by using modern technology. he refers to unmanned systems, sea drones, land drones, air drones. he said that could be the big equalizer on the battlefield. i want to read you a quote from a fascinating essay who i urge everyone watching to go to our website and read. he says, quote, our goal must be to seize the moment, to maximize our accumulation of the latest combat capabilities, which will allow the -- us to commit fewer resources to inflicting maximum damage on the enemy to end the aggression and protect ukraine from the future. essentially

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. >> joining us now sara fischer and fred pleitgen who is in ukraine. fred, i want to start with you. for two years western media outlets including cnn have been asking for sit-down interviews with president putin. when you watch this why do you think putin and his team agreed to it? >> reporter: well, i think they agreed to it because they thought it would be beneficial for them. that's something that the kremlin did say before this interview took place. they say they feel there is no benefit for them for communicating as they put it with as they call us traditional western media. they say they believe that western media is biased against russia. some of the reactions we've been getting this morning from the kremlin they seem pretty pleased with what happened there in that interview, what transpired in that interview. they say, the spokesman for the kremlin, they believe this interview will be studied in the future, they say other media outlets are jealous of this interview. there's been reaction from the ukrainians, they say this is little more than a

fred pleitgen is outfront live in berlin tonight. fred, >> what more we learning >> about these restrictions that russia is placing on navalny's family just to have a funeral hi there >> jim, yet is actually quite remarkable in all this, of course, comes from the director of the anti-corruption foundation even ashdon off there were really three main restrictions we could see you mentioned one of them and that is that special plane that's supposed to bring the body to moscow or one of the conditions on that is that alexei navalny's mother is not allowed to but nouns when the body is to arrive before it has arrived. so obviously they're trying to keep all that under wraps allegedly so that people won't show up at the airport. another thing that we also discerned is that at the whole time on the ground until the funeral. a member of the investigative committee and employee of russia's investigative committee has to be with the family of alexey navalny's. so obviously, trying to keep the family under wraps as well. also, allegedly, the bo

fred pleitgen explains a german-made leopard, two tank hitting russian positions on the eastern front. this video provided by the 20 mechanized brigade, showing they say, how effective western weapons are on the battlefield. but because it's a tanyka, every infinite tree scared of a tank. thanks. go out and work and they fire frightfully they fire straight into their faces. they don't even have time to think about what to do >> the ukrainian say they need a lot more western arms and ammo, but republicans have blocked us military aid and congress and their likely nominee for president donald trump even suggested instead he might encourage russia to attack nato members didn't meet military spending guidelines >> i would not protect you. in fact, i would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. you got to pay those comments literally have europeans up in arms now ramping up weapons production for ukraine and for themselves. germany's chancellor visiting a major arms plant with denmark's prime minister trying to downplay trump's comments my job is of essence voting united states

fred pleitgen, cnn wouldn't tell this germany you secretary state antony blinken has spoken with paul former marine detained in russia for more than five years. now, reassuring him of efforts which continue to bring him home our intensive efforts to bring paul home continue every single day and they will until he and evan gershkovich >> and every other american wrongfully detained it's back with their loved ones. >> this is at least the third time blinken has spoken with whelan who was detained in moscow in 2018 on espionage charges the state department says whelan has been wrongfully detained state department says the us also been trying to secure the release of whelan and gershkovich, a wall street journal reporter who is also detained in russia on spying charges. ahead here on cnn, word of a coalition government in pakistan. why supporters of former prime minister imran khan will not be pleased to be a headliner. was vegas. that's what i want to do >> vegas, the story of sin city premieres sunday, february 25, day ten cnn from need the dot >> didn't need it. now so many ways to sav

ukrainians took when they conducted their counter offensive last year, brianna. >> all right, fred pleitgen. thank you. out now, retired brigadier general mark kimmitt, a former assistant secretary of state for political military affairs under president george w bush. general ukraine has lost abdivka, which has been a key city in the fight in the east since 2014. do you think that russia has the upper hand right now on the battlefield? >> well, i don't know if that's the upper hand. i don't even know if it has momentum, but it's certainly is the case that they are advancing even incrementally far more than they have in the past. and certainly looks like the ukrainian forces have lost the initiative in there now reacting to the russian tactics, rather than forcing their will on the battlefield against the russians. >> general, if congress still hasn't passed new funding for ukraine within a few months, army officials are saying that they will actually have to start making some pretty hard decisions. there'll be diverting money from some less critical projects. but these are still things that

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cnn's senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is following all these developments, is joining us live from berlin right now, fred, how big of a blow is this to ukraine? >> well, it's a huge blow to the ukrainians because this town that you're talking about, aviv in the east of the country was actually held by the ukrainians, uh, since 2014, it was one of the best fortified towns that the ukrainians had. and now the russians have managed to take that town and the ukrainians wolf also fear that these could indicate that the russians are willing to press in other areas as well. the ukrainian say that there are certain other areas in the front lines where the russians are already gaining the upper hand because they simply have overwhelming firepower and ukrainians don't have enough ammunition. now, the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy visited one of those areas where the ukrainians believe the russians could start another major push soon. and certainly there as well, the ukrainians voice their concerns current about a lack of military aid that's making it difficult for the

cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgen is following the story. fred, what more are you learning about? why she was detained? >> hi there, jessica. yeah. we are learning that her name is zae-in yet karolina. and what we have learned from us sources, but also from russian sources as well as that apparently she entered russia on february the second and the us learned of her detention on february 8th. now, apparently, all this happened in the town of you that's a rain bird which is about, say, about a two-and-a-half hour flight east of moscow. and that's also where she's supposed to go on trial, actually, in the next coming days, the trial was supposed to happen today, but it's apparently now been pushed back to february 29 while she remains in custody. and as you've already mentioned so far, there's no chance to get any consular services because the russians don't recognize dual citizenship. now i've read some of the sources from the russians that came out about all of this. and they say that she donated to a ukrainian organization that provided as t

cnn's fred pleitgen it is joining us live from tehran right now. fred, you're there, it's not often we get a live report from tehran. what are you seeing and how our tensions between the us and iran right now playing into all of this? >> hi there well, first of all, you're absolutely right. it's been two-and-a-half years since we've actually been on the ground here in iran. and i think, first of all, it is absolutely correct to say that the current tensions between the united states and around in the greater middle eastern region are having a massive effect on the election campaign here in iran. and i would say it certainly has emboldened the hard liners and fordjour margin the lies the moderate forces here on the ground. one of the things that we have to keep in mind though as far as the parliamentary election is concerned, but also the election for the assembly of experts that is so important because it does pick the next supreme leader. is that right now, some of the moderate candidates have indeed been disqualified from running for either of tho

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trying to give it another run potentially today as cnn's eva mckend live for us on capitol hill, fred pleitgen is live for us in london. ivonne, start with you to the senate. this a big vote. it's a big bipartisan vote. 22 republicans in favor despite donald trump's protestations. do we have any idea what happens next? house? >> you know, phil speaker johnson has made it clear that he has no appetite to take up this foreign aid package in the house. and this really underscores the large divide in the republican party on this issue. you have senator mcconnell's celebrating this passage saying in a statement that history will record heard that the senate did not blink will a much different response from speaker johnson, who says national security begins at our border and he sort of chastised i'm members arguing that congress has been silent on the border. those are his words. but listen speaker johnson had the opportunity to take up some of the border priorities that he has long championed. that's the problem with that argument. of course, there was a bipartisan effort the speaker johnson, other

fred pleitgen is live in odesa tonight. what are you ledge tonight? >> reporter: zelenskyy also said he himself is trying to work through the process of what he wants to do. he says the government is a big machine, as he put it. it depends on not just one person, but many processes, and everything needs to be geared towards victory. one of the things the ukrainians sea they have achieved, in light of overwhelming russian firepower, they're going to have to depend more on things like drones. we managed to film with a secretive unit using sea drones. here's how they did it. >> one of the most braving and successful operations. scene drowse attacks, and the ukrainians say sinks a warship. he was one of those involved. his call sign is 13, from the elite sea drone unit. so secretive, we had to hide hi face and change his voight. video provided by the intelligence agency seems to show the mini sea drones evading machine gun fire from the war warship, and then massive explosions. their weapons are not designed to deal with sea drones. in most cases they use

commander and also the young ambitious head of the defense intelligence directorate who spoke to fred pleitgen. >> translator: i believe the plan includes all major critical infrastructure facilities and military infrastructure facilities of the russian federation. >> reporter: according to the "post," his plans made u.s. officials nervous. ukrainian officials say russians have tried to assassinate him at least ten times and wife and bodyguard became ill from what ukrainian officials said was a poisoning. >> i think russians see him as a capable military leader, as a threat, and they have tried to take him out. >> reporter: one of the biggest most immediate concerns for the next army chief, analysts we spoke to say he will have to make crucial decisions regarding the upcoming springtime phase of the war. he will have to inspire confidence among the ukrainian people and he will have to not be seen as a political plant of volodymyr zelenskyy's. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> coming up, the mother of michigan's school shooter ethan crumbley about to face cross-examination from prosecutors. what

fred pleitgen, cnn, ukraine. >>> north korea's welcoming tourists since the pandemic. it says a lot when you learn where they are from. >>> this year, it's more than just bad blood between the chiefs and 49ers could that could bring in millions more viewers. >>> tonight, 100 russian tourists -- the group there touching down in north korea. believed to be the first to enter the reclusive nation since the pandemic. their arrival underscores the ties between the two countries. two countries, of course, at odds with the u.s. this comes as we are getting a rare look at life inside north korea in a remarkable secretly recorded footage from the critically acclaimed documentary "beyond oohutopia." listen to the man who survived, losing 91 pounds a matter of a few months there. >> featured in the film, a north korea defector. >> i'm grateful to be with you and to see you again. madeleine, let me start with you. we looked at that satellite images. you were able to obtain those. no one has seen those before. you have havevideos of defector leaving, brokered on the border are work

commander and also the young ambitious head of the defense intelligence directorate who spoke to fred pleitgen. >> translator: i believe the plan includes all major critical infrastructure facilities and military infrastructure facilities of the russian federation. >> reporter: according to the "post," his plans made u.s. officials nervous. ukrainian officials say russians have tried to assassinate him at least ten times and wife and bodyguard became ill from what ukrainian officials said was a poisoning. >> i think russians see him as a capable military leader, as a threat, and they have tried to take him out. >> reporter: one of the biggest most immediate concerns for the next army chief, analysts we spoke to say he will have to make crucial decisions regarding the upcoming springtime phase of the war. he will have to inspire confidence among the ukrainian people and he will have to not be seen as a political plant of volodymyr zelenskyy's. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> coming up, wall street shakes off the mid week blues. we'll see what investors are expecting today from the january jobs

he is just sitting down for an exclusive interview with cnn with our fred pleitgen, who is "outfront. reporter: with ukraine facing a russian onslaught in many frontline areas, kyiv says continued u.s. military aid is more important than ever, ukraine's military intel chief tells me. >> shells are one of the most decisive factors in this war. it's about quantity, not so much the quality as the quantity. next, there are assault aircraft. these are aircraft of the type the united states has, like the a-10 thunderbolt and so on. this is what can really help inflict a military defeat. >> reporter: but further military aid to ukraine hangs in the balance as democrats accuse former president trump as derailing a possible compromise. budanov says he is not concerned about trump. >> he is an experienced person. he has fallen many times and gotten back up again. and that is a very serious trait. to say that he and the republican party are lovers of the russian federation is complete nonsense. >> reporter: but the russians are currently on the offense of the front lines we've seen kyiv's force

they are fighting well into their 50s and a draft has been at the core of this fred pleitgen is "out front" with this story you'll see first "out front". >> reporter: the explosions are dangerously close as the drone from the 92nd assault brigade set up their bird, attached the bombs and head off into battle. while drone technology is the realm of tech savvy youngsters, one of the pilots here is over 50. one way or another, everyone should serve. if you have do not want to fight, what kind of citizen are you? ukraine is badly outgunned by the russians but the reality is they're also outmanned. unable to recruit enough soldiers willing to join the military, especially younger ones. decimated and exhausted, ukraine's top general has called for a new mobilization drive maybe including up to half a million people. president volodymyr zelenskyy is unconvinced and sources tell cnn he has informed zelusny he will be fired with differences over troop numbers. mobilization is unpopular and some are protesting for their spouses to be demobilized. antonina says her husband is too old to be serv

fred pleitgen has the story. >> reporter: extra-special is what 6-year-old elmira wants for school, becausey going to school is special in kharkiv. it's dangerous, so dangerous they had to move classes underground. for many children in kharkiv, this is the reality of their school day. they go into the subway, because everywhere else in the city is unsafe. the city built classrooms here. they call it the metro school. >> how are you this morning? >> i'm fine, how are you? >> reporter: here we won't hear anything, she says. "hear what?" i ask. "the bangs," she says. "bangs" happen nearly every day in kharkiv, russia's army shelling the city, killing and wounding hundreds since the beginning of the invasion. but down here, kids can be kids. the classrooms are soundproof, blocking out not just the noise of the subway, that's still running, but also the thunder of the war that has already affected these youngsters so much. "on my birthday, for some reason, a war broke out," she tells me. february 24th, 2022. all elmira wanted was to celebrate her 5th birthday. but vladimir putin's troops were st

fred pleitgen begins our coverage in kyiv. this is an incredible moment. you've been there in kyiv when all this is going on. what more are you learning? >> you're right. it is certainly a critical moment now in kyiv and all this has been going on behind the scenes really since monday. that's the first time that we heard that there was this disagreement between the top general and zelenskyy. there was a meeting apparently between the two men where zelenskyy cold him he would be fired. now apparently, he offered him a different position, ambassador in another country. we know he said he would decline that offer and zelenskyy told him he's still going to fire him. now, since then, all of political kyiv has been waiting for some sort of decree from the ukrainian president saying if he was really going to fire him and also, who the possible successor could be. there has not been a decree issued by zelenskyy so as you can imagine, there's a lot of speculation going on here at what is, you're absolutely right, an extremely critical moment for the ukrainians on t

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here's fred pleitgen taking us to an underground school in ukraine. >> reporter: extra braids is what-old wants for school because simply going to school is special here, and it's dangerous. so dangerous they had to move classes underground. for many children here, this is the reality of their school day. they go down into the subway because everybody else in the city is simply unsafe. the city built classrooms here, they call it the metro school. ow are you this morning? o i'm fine. how are you? >> reporter: here we won't hear anything. hear what, i say. bangs, she says. bangs happen every day, shelling and killing and wounding hundreds since the beginning of the invasion. but down here kids can be kids. the classrooms are sound-proof, knocking out not just the noise of the subway still running but the thunder of the war that has already affected these youngsters so much. on my birkdthday a war broke ou for some reason. all she wanted to do was celebrate her fifth birthday, but vladimir putin's troops were already firing. reporting from the russian side of the border, i saw the invas

incredibly difficult bit rich for lavrov to say that the us is the executioner in this situation, fred pleitgen for us in berlin, fred, thanks very much. and here in the us, voters are going to cast ballots tomorrow in south carolina's republican primary, the former south carolina governor, nikki haley trails front runner donald trump by double digits in most polls there. but haley has remained defiant. she's making her final pitch in offering a warning to voters in her home state i don't care about a political future. if i did, i would've been out by now. but if donald trump is the nominee, you can mark my words. he will not win a general election. and what i say to everybody is, don't complain about what happens in a general election. if you don't really think about that in this primary okay. >> let's bring in just big good. she's senior national political reporter from the boston globe and she joins us now from south carolina, where she's on the campaign trail. jess, good morning. it's always wonderful to have you honestly, i'm just interested to know what you're hearing, what you're picking

let's get the very latest that we can joining us right now is fred pleitgen. he's got much more on this. fred, what is been the response >> what more are you hearing? >> other >> response from russian officials about alexei navalny's death and the demands we're hearing from his widow oh, and family >> yeah. you know what? one of the interesting things about it is, is that you're going navalnaya. obviously, it takes somewhat strength and courage at this point in time to then remain in the public sphere. in fact, she right now, as we speak, is actually already meeting with european leaders, with european officials. right now too. obviously had to drum up some of that support for the anti-corruption foundation of alexei navalny, which she now says she is going to be the head of the foreign policy chief of the european union also saying, as he put it, that vladimir putin will pay for the death of alexei navalny. so she apparently already is getting into that role of trying to continue his work as she's pretty out and about here in europe trying to drum up that supp

ministers, trying to continue his work, which is what she has vowed to do, guys all right. >> fred pleitgen. thank you so much, kate >> joining me now to talk much more about this, is juliya founding partner washington correspondent for puck julie. it's good to see you. you were there at the munich conference when the news came out of that news came out and alexei's why yulia, made that remarkable appearance just after learning that her husband was dead. what do you make of what we're now hearing today from yulia? she does. she believes is that alexei was poisoned once again do you think the world will get a clear answer? i don't think the world will get a clear answer. in fact, i, alexei navalny spoke about this in an interview after he he had made a long way on his recovery from the first time he was poisoned with novichok. and the interviewer asked him, if you die if if something happens to you, will we ever get an answer? well, we know what killed you and he actually said, this is what will happen if i die the kremlin is going to say was he died of some kind of cardiac failure everybody

as ukraine supplies dry up and additional ukrainian aid is hung up in washington, we have cnn's fred pleitgen with more on this. fred explain that the significance of this russian advance >> either brianna well, i think there's several things that are really significant about this town that we're talking about right now is called adiivka, which is in the east of the country. it's very close to where the main towns are called a donetsk and the ukrainians have held this town since 2014. so it was one of the best four to five by places that the ukrainians had. and now the russians were able to overrun the place after a massive assault that literally took months. the ukrainian saying since about september or october of last year, the russians have been going at this town and the ukrainian say that the russians suffered huge losses in trying to take this town. but there's other things that are significant about it as well, because there's two things that frontline soldiers tell us are big problems for them and big reasons why they lost this town. one of them is a lack of manpower on the frontline,

maintains power through corruption and violence and quote cnn senior international correspondent fred pleitgengermany's defense minister in an exclusive interview about the threats facing europe and the future of nato could be made completely clear yesterday, once more that he is willing and able to provoke us. he is willing and able to do everything to get us challenged. and we have to accept that challenger. we do it. >> so you think that the death of alexey navalny is a direct provocation of what western nations, at least the message is certainly came on suddenly young pups, one of the things that the ukrainians are saying is there on the defensive now in places like avdiivka, they've had to retreat, retreat from that town because they don't have enough arms what does germany need to do? what does nato need to do to help gemma is now but only now are already for some month as a second biggest supporter of ukraine after united states of america was a long, long distance to others we do only germany who more than double as all the other european countries. only this year we will spend more th

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our fred pleitgen's reported because they don't have ammo i know you mentioned the word emboldened and i. know you believe putin is feeling significantly emboldened right now, but actually, you've been saying for multiple reasons >> yes. for multiple reasons. there's battlefield activity i mean, it's a little bit of an odd decision on his part of sweden. sweden has just been now let into nato. so the strategic picture isn't great the number of casualties were hearing from avdiivka, russian casualties upwards of 15 to 17,000. so it's embolden, but there is a propaganda element to this. i think the reality is that his forces have suffered in a strategic position. is more problematic than it was several months ago. >> seth jones. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next, our kfile has an exclusive investigation and what it reveals as a secret twitter account belonging to canada chesebro, an alleged architect of the trump fake electors plot. >> but here's the thing. >> here's what chesebro told investigators >> you any social media presence, facebook >> i mean no >> and don't vote for bi

hi, there >> i'm fred pleitgen in teheran and this is cnn the supreme court will now decide whether donald trump may claim immunity in special >> counsel jack smith's election subversion case. arguments are set to begin on april 22. it's frankly just what trump wanted saying this on truth social tonight, quote, legal scholars are extremely thankful for the supreme court's decision today >> i want to bring >> in trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, is also a principal at crisis x, host of podcast mea culpa and political beatdown. and of course, the new york times bestselling author of revenge, how donald trump weaponized the united states department of justice this against his critics, michael, thank you so much for being here today. i have to get your reaction initially to this announcement from scotus. he thinks it's a win. many believe in fact, is for him just having the delay do you think trump is nervous at all though, about why he wanted this kicked down the road >> yeah, he's nervous about everything and he has the right to feel so i mean, think about, i mean, here in new york, that

way to save a pre-puberty percent over real stone and even more during our winter sale >> i'm fred pleitgen in teheran and this is cnn our top story tonight, donald trump's claims of presidential immunity. we'll get a hearing before the united states supreme court in april. a blow to special counsel jack smith that could significantly delayed trump's criminal trial i want to bring in cnn's brian todd right now. he's a closer look at trump's immunity claims. brian, update our viewers, wolf, that term presidential immunity is a lightning rod phrase which some people believe implies that a president could be above the law. but experts say that's really not the case. former president trump's arguments center on the idea that a president should not be sued for an act committed during their time in the white house >> philosophically, the heart of the argument on this immunity is that a president has to be able to move forward, make decisions and a pretty rapid pace. and he can't be subject to loss suits for any act that he takes, whatever act that is that he can't be tied up in court rather than

you've mccann fred pleitgen greatly appreciate you guys expertise. thank you. >> and there is no end in sight for donald trump legal battles, the former president, once again, pressing the supreme court to resolve an issue that could undermine his presidential campaign, trump asked the high court yesterday to block a unanimous decision from the dc circuit last week that rejected his claims of presidential immunity in the january 6 cases attorneys right to the high court, folk conducting a months-long criminal trial of president trump at the height of election season will radically disrupt president trump's ability to campaign against president biden. >> now the request thrust once again, the supreme court in the middle of a presidential election, this would be the second time i'm in how the justices respond. could influence whether the likely gop nominee, it will be put on trial in the midst of his campaign. let's bring in cnn, senior legal analyst, elie honig. let's ask you the most obvious question. first wins the supreme court going to decide what

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you guys know of course, look, you can't shoot if you don't have bullets, frederik pleitgen for us this morning, fred, great to see you at the white house this morning. president biden has made his position clear. he is blaming vladimir putin for navalny's death make no, mistake. putin is responsible for navalny's debt. putin is responsible what has happened in evolving is yet more proof approves, pretalks, it president also says the us is looking at a number of options to punish russia is also calling on republican lawmakers to do more to help ukraine. cnn's mj lee is at the white house, mj. what more details are you learning about the white house is talking about navalny's death and also ukraine's need for aid well, president biden certainly repeatedly making clear that there's no question in his mind that it is vladmir putin that is directly >> responsible for alexey navalny's death and that it is just one more sign of the putin regimes at brutality. and here in washington, the news of navalny's death has injected even more urgency to the debate that is ongoing over us support for ukraine as you k