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while jim anderson as a technology expert on the social media sector, lead for glass wing ventures, he says twitter executives have been forced to react to elan mosques, comments. it's a very uncomfortable position when the world's richest man says he doesn't have confidence in the management team. at the ceo specifically that's probably a pretty uncomfortable position for the ceo to, to be and, but he's, i think done a nice job, at least in his messaging to twitter employee saying look, there are a lot of distractions. but our day to day job hasn't changed. we have customers, we have a product, we need to keep doing what we're doing. and it's that's easier said than done for sure. but ultimately, you know, this is a little bit of a side show. it's an enormously consequential sideshow, depending on how it turns out, or it could just turn out to be nothing. and you know, one thing we have definitely seen about you on mosque is he loves the spotlight and he's shown an ability to effectively hijacked the new cycle by doing these things, making these tweets, making these offers. and i thin

jim anderson, he has talked to masters, talked a lot about they said that the take of the bid being purely for the good of society for the good of humanity almost. what would, what would lead him to make both sorts of statements? what is it that is going on behind the scenes at twitter in terms of algorithms that is become such an issue? while the funny, you know a lot, musk is one of the most consequential entrepreneurs of our generation, probably the past 50 years. so i will certainly give him that, but trying to understand what's going on in his mind. he is an exercise in frustration. you said he tweeted, love me tender he did i. if any of us think he was tweeting about a song, you know, let's not kid ourselves, we know he's playing a game. right. and he's, he's clever. he, i think enjoys being difficult and unpredictable. and he lapsed onto, you mentioned the algorithms in the free speech. those are the 2 things he's latched onto and for such a smart, brilliant, really, man, he's been maddeningly non specific about what he really wants to accomplish in and around free speech. other tha

jim? >> anderson, thanks so much. this is "cnn tonight." i'm jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin's commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. >> translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. >> in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol earlier. an estimated 100,000 people still remain stranded in that war zone. and

jim anderson's of social media and technology expert, he says, must has forced twitter executives into taking action. it's a very uncomfortable position when the world's richest man says he doesn't have confidence in the management team that specifically, that's probably a pretty uncomfortable position for the theo to, to be. and, but he's, i think done a nice job, at least in his messaging to twitter, employee. thank look, there are a lot of distractions, but our day to day job hasn't changed. we have customers, we have a product, we need to keep doing what we're doing. and it's easier said than done for sure. but ultimately, you know, this is a little bit of a slide show. it's an enormously consequential slide show, depending on how it turns out. or it could just turn out to be nothing. and you know, one thing we have definitely seen about 11 months because he loves the spotlight and he's shown the ability to effectively hijacked the new cycle by doing these things, making the tweet, making these offers. and i think you very much enjoy being provocative or in that regard and twitter

well, jim anderson's a technology expert and the social media sector, lead for glossary ventures. he's joining us now from new york. thank you very much indeed for being with us on this response by twitter. how much is this about protecting the values of twitter and how much of it is just trying to get you on last to pay a lot more money? well there's a 3rd element i, i think it is certainly a mix of both the certainty or maybe more aptly stated, the uncertainty associated with anything to do with elan, moscow. even if you just look at the stock price, i think the stock market itself is quite uncertain as to whether even mosque is, is serious about this deal and really can drive it to the finish line. or will he just wake up one day and decide, hey, i was just kidding. this wasn't serious at all. so i think it's a combination of things on the board. very much wants to understand. of course they want the highest value they can get. they also want to see a degree of seriousness. yeah, let's talk about the seriousness because the lawn mosque of course, is notorious for, for you. so w

jim will. we'll hear from professor anderson in just a minute, but i wanted to ask you are you a gun owner jim? yes, sir. and and i haven't been a gun safe. and i hunt once a year or twice a year. and they don't hurt anybody. it's just like having multiple cars in your garage. the human has to be an agent of action to hurt someone whether it's with a gun or with a knife or a hammer or a stick. so, you know, the disarming of america is just in strategy of the radical left like we've seen past history to pacify the populace and unfortunately, we'll leave it there and will hear from professor anderson now, thank you. so there were several components in there one. i have to say that a hammer has another function a car has another function a knife has another function a gun has one function and the the sense of it's the way that dylan roof is basically. who has gone down nine nine folk in bible study? and he is captured alive. he has demonstrated that he is willing to commit mass murder and he is captured alive, but tamir rice who was a 12 year old boy in cleveland playing in the park in an open car

i want to hand it over to laura coates and jim sciutto, who is in ukraine. >> thanks so much, anderson my good friend laura coates, back in the u.s. and there is tonight very dire news out of the besieged city of mariupol in the south of this country. hundreds of ukrainian civilians including women and children as well as soldiers surrounded by russian forces and fearing for their lives. a ukrainian marine commander is now pleading with the world for help, calling for an international evacuation effort there. he says and i'm quoting, it may be his very last statement because ukrainian forces have in his words a few days or even a few hours left there. he said "we are surrounded." you're about to see that desperate plea in just a moment. we do know there is a, quote, unprecedented effort by the u.s. as we speak to race yet more weapons to ukraine in a critical new phase of theug

i'm jim sciutto. as anderson said, live from lviv, ukraine. along with my good friend laura coates, back in the u.s. and there is tonight very dire news out of the besieged city of mariupol in the south of this country. hundreds of ukrainian civilians including women and children as well as soldiers surrounded by russian forces and fearing for their lives. a ukrainian marine commander is now pleading with the world for help, calling for an international evacuation effort there. he says and i'm quoting, it may be his very last statement because ukrainian forces have in his words a few days or even a few hours left there. he said "we are surrounded." you're about to see that desperate plea in just a moment. we do know there is a, quote, unprecedented effort by the u.s. as we speak to race yet more weapons to ukraine in a critical new phase of the nugs invasion and we're learning tonight that president biden is likely to announce another $800 million in security assistance, that means weapons, to ukraine soon to add to some $800 million he approv

jim sciutto in ukraine. >>> thanks so much, anderson. i'm jim sciutto live from lviv along with laura coates in the u.s. so, when you liberate a war-torn city, you are freeing it from its oppressors. that is not what vladimir putin has done in the southeastern city of mariupol, as he twistedly, outrageously is claiming tonight. not only are his forces still surrounding and trapping hundreds of ukrainian civilians and soldiers who have been sheltering in the steel plant, he has now ordered his forces to blockade the area so tight so as not even to let a fly get through. pay attention to how he uses that word fly. he's done it before, dismissing his opponents as insects to be swatted away or force. fact is russian forces are slaughtering people, not liberating them. there is brand-new evidence tonight of more potential russian war crimes. new satellite images from just outside mariupol in ma nush, they appear to show more than 200 new graves, rows and rows, in fact, of mass graves. one ukrainian official in mariupol says that russians are driving truck loads of corpses to the site and dumping them. this o

jim sciutto in ukraine. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anderson, thank you. this is cnn tonight. i'm jim sciutto, along with laura coates. there is big news this evening. the state department is considering labelling russia a state sponsor of terrorism, a designation reserved only for north korea, iran, cuba, and syria until now. it would be a significant development and a sea change in relations between two superpowers if that were to happen. we will take that to a key administration official in just a moment. >>> meanwhile, a new phase of this ruthless invasion has begun. president volodymyr zelenskyy announced to his nation tonight that russian forces have started the long-expected and expanded battle for donbas in the east of this country. he told cnn friday what happens in donbas could then set the course for the rest of the war. russia has completed regrouping troops for this new major offensive, according to ukrainian officials. and although the fiercest battles are in the east and south, lviv here in the west, got hit by at least four different missile strikes today. you c

jim sciutto in ukraine. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> anderson, thank you. this is cnn tonight. russia a state sponsor of terrorism, a

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jim sciutto, thank you very much. let's go live right now to kyiv still reeling from the first russian strikes on the city in weeks. cnn's anderson cooper is in the ukrainian capital for us. ar anderson, you are joining us now live. i know you interviewed the mayor of kyiv earlier today. what did he tell you about yesterday's strikes by the russians? and the continuing threat to the ukrainian capital? >> he was a little less diplomatic than the ukrainian official whose tweet you just showed there. he said that the strike that took place here in kyiv yesterday, while the secretary here, was essentially a middle finger by vladimir putin to to the not only the secretary general but to the international community and to ukraine. as you knowers as jim was reporting, one person was killed in that strike. as many as ten were -- were injured. it hit near an apartment complex. the first two stories of that bui building engulfed in flames. it took rescuers about an hour to -- to put out. but it is a reminder i think to everybody here in kyiv that the danger even though so-called phase two of russia's invasion is happening really in the eas