air force colonel cedric leighton are working the story for us. brian. >> right.of mariupol. it's the only part of the city, colonel, that is not in russian hands tonight. as we look at some of the images of the constant bombardment of the azovstal steel planti. as we look at this, what makes mariupol so strategically crucial for both the russians and ukrainians. >> in one word it's the land bridge. it's the land bridge from crimea all the way through the donbas into rusrussia. this allows the russians to move most of their forces from mariupol into the donbas area and fight the ukrainians. they can also potentially move forces to kherson and eventually potentially to odesa so that's why mariupol is critical. >> the russians have only two battalion tactical groups left in mariupol so they're doing that big shift northward. let's look at the donbas area with a more finite detailed look at the map here. where are the russians -- excuse me, the ukrainians making their biggest gains? we do know the ukrainians have recently captured the town of moldova. where are the u

leighton. >> i want to talk about what president biden said today. it sounded clear, and it's not the first time he has said this. at a cnn town hall in november he said something very similar. let me play this for you. >> i just want to make china understand that we are not going to step back, we are not going to change any of our views. >> so are you saying that the united states would come to taiwan's defense if china attacked? >> yes, we have a commitment to do that. >> susan, does it sound to you like he is saying direct military intervention? >> well, look, alison, yes is not a very ambiguous word, is it? it's hard to say you have a policy of that, when the answer to whether you're going to have military defense is yes. however, there are so many unclear details that it may be ambiguous in terms of the actual meaning of what this policy is right now. i think what you're seeing from president biden is a reflection of the fact that in this sort of post-ukraine invasion by russia, both china and the united states are giving another very serious lo

earlier i spoke with cnn military analyst colonel cedric leighton about how this formidable weapon couldtically alter the battlefield in eastern ukraine. listen. >> they could range up to 300 kilometers, or 186 miles. they could potentially get the ukrainians into territory that is russia proper and beyond the area that the russians occupied in ukraine. so that may have some political and geopolitical ramifications. but from a weapons and tactics standpoint these weapons are highly significant and quite frankly necessary for the ukrainians to have in order for them to regain the advantage in the east. >> you can watch more of my interview with colonel leighton coming up in about two hours from now. i'm paula newton. i want to thank you for watching. our international viewers "african voices changemakers" is next. but viewers in the u.s. and canada don't go anywhere. i will have much more news right after a break. you look just like blue. is she your mother? [ screeching ] do you remember the first time you saw a dinosaur? first time you see them, it's like a miracle. [ ominous music play

successful in doing that, but i think that that is what they want to do. >> our thanks to cedric leightonhere. >>> the u.s. may be falling behind russia and china in developing hypersonic missiles. coming up, the bottleneck of testing a weapon that could be the future of warfare. llons of . let's end this habit. skip the rinse... with finish quantum. its activelift tecechnology has the power to tacackle 24 hour dried on food stains- without pre-rinsing- for an unbeatable clean. together we can help save america 150 billion gallons of water in just one year. skip the rinse with finish to save our water. this is xfinity rewards. our way of saying thanks, with rewards for the whole family! from epic trips... to jurassic-themed at-home activities. join over 3 million members and start enjoying rewards like these, and so much more in the xfinity app! and don't miss jurassic world:dominion in theaters june 10th. dad! a dinosaur! it's just a movie. no dad, a real dinosaur! show doorbell camera. the new xfinity video doorbell works with your xfinity home system for real-time alerts no matter what

retired colonel leighton, good evening to you.ing many wounded. they have fulfilled their mission, calling them heroes of our time. if it is over there, how important was it to the battle that they held out for so long. >> well, don, good evening. there are so many aspects to this, but i think the most important thing is this, that they held out for so long. those words that you just said are the key thing here. the fact that they held out in this particular area for this amount of time, for the weeks, and really months that we saw them do this, that took away from what the russians were trying to do in other areas. russians had to bring their troops, their russians, their bombs into this area in an effort to subjugate it to completely obliterated. that was the main goal, to tie up the russians, and for a large part of this period, they were actually able to do that. in that sense the ukranian have gained a bit of a victory here, although the russians, of course, will now have this area. it's fairly clear they're going to take ove

let's bring in retired air force colonel cedric leighton, our cnn military analyst.upper hand in this war? >> well, alisyn, the answer is kind of a mixed bag, actually, when you look at how this is actually working. you do see russian advances in the northeast, and they of course are keeping ground in the south. however, the ukrainians are holding territory over in this northeastern corner, so not yet, i think, is the answer to your question. but when you look at the eastern part of the country, the donbas area, the detailed map gets a little bit questionable because the russians have taken the town of fapausna, which is right here, and also challenging the ukrainians right here. this area is critical, major road junctions, and also critical to the control of the lieu hans k, that's part of the donbas, if the russians get that, they get one of their war aims, and that's one of the critical areas the russians will claim a partial victory. >> let's talk about the southern part of the country. the ukrainians have begun their counter offensive. have pushed back russians

. >>> cnn military analyst, cedric leighton with us now. colonel, thank you very much for taking time to be with us. i want to jump off on something jasmine was talking about, the fact that sanctions will be discussed on the call today with g7 leaders and with president zelenskyy. at what point, when you look at these sanctions, i think a lot of people are looking and thinking what addition al sanctions would be effective by now. >> yeah. good morning. i think that's a really good question to ask because, you know, what we're looking at is a series of sanctions that have a medium to long-term effect. going after oil exports, gas exports, going after the personal assets of various oligarchs, including those who are close to president putin. possibly the girlfriend, alleged girlfriend. so those are things that important and necessary but they don't necessarily have a tactical effect on the battlefield. in fact, they really don't have a tactical effect on the battlefield but for a few months from now or a year from now. that's too late to affe

. >>> let's bring in retired air force colonel cedric leighton, and amazon william taylor, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. thank you so much for being here. ambassador, let me start with you about what's happening in mariupol, because there's no guarantee that the people, even the people who are lucky enough to get on a bus from that steel factory are going to make it to safety. in fact, a mariupol official says tens of thousands of ukrainian citizens have been forcibly deported to russia. so even when they make it out of mariupol, sometimes they are going to places they don't want to go. what will become of these people? >> it's the right question, alison, exactly the right question. this is another war crime that the russians are committing. the forced relocation of people out of their homes, out of their country to do the kinds of things they're talking about, re-education, filtration, this is just unbelievable that we are hearing this kind of talk, this kind of action at this time. so it is another war crime and it will be tracked down. >> it's just a living hell. imagine t

. >> i want to bring in cnn military analyst and retired air force colonel cedric leighton, thank youn for joining us. sources are saying tonight that the u.s. provided the intel that allowed ukrainian forces to target and sink the musculomeniscus coe va last month. is that information more deadly than giving ukraine more fighter jets? >> it can be, and let's go take a look at the muskova. this was the big command ship that the russians had for the black sea fleet, and when you see the result of exactly what happened this was intelligence at work and whether it was us that provided it as the reports indicate or they got it from some other sources or they combined it this still had major results. intelligence can be deadly, especially if used in this way. >> the news from defenders still inside mariupol harrowing with the plant under significant shelling. will shelling alone be enough to force them out? >> i don't think so directly, of course it really depends, don, on how much food they have left, how much ammunition they have left and when you look at the plant right here, you see so

air force colonel cedric leighton, a cnn military analyst. gentlemen, welcome back. i believe this question is more of a diplomatic question than a military one. let me start with you on this acknowledgment by the pentagon that's seeing indications that russians are taking ukrainians and moving them to russia against their will. first, what do you do to stop it and how do you get those by the ukrainian estimate, more than a million people back to ukraine? >> so victor, this is just another of the things that you just talked about. it's a war crime. to deport people out of the war zone into the occupying country, that's a war crime. that's another war crime that the russians are committing. number one. number two, these ukrainians, they don't want to go to russia. they want to go to ukraine. that's their home. that's their land. that's their nation, and to forcibly push them into russia, again, is unconscionable, it's a war crime, and it is something that should not be tolerated. number three, we should do exactly what you're doing, and that is point it out, let the w

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air force colonel cedric leighton. hello, colonel. >> hello, john. good to be with you. >> how did they hold off the russians for 82 days and how would describe what the ukrainians managed to do in military terms? >> this is interesting, because what the ukrainians ended up doing, john, was delaying a whole bunch of tactical grums, the main russian unit of force, to mariupol. they withstood a large, long, 82-day-long siege, and that very fact diverted enough troops, thousands of russian troops, from other areas, and it may have delayed the russian offensive into the donbas by a considerable amount. and it may have delayed it so long that it won't be as successful as it was originally intended to be. so from a military standpoint, this delaying tactic was something that not only bought the ukrainians time, but it also bought the ukrainians sympathy from the world at large. that, i think, is one of the bug guest things. this is kind of an empiric victory for the russians. yes, they ever the territory, yes, they ever the plant, but it's a bombed-out cit

let's bring in cnn military analyst current cedric leighton. explosions hitting the key port city of odesa tonight. witnesses say a large shopping center was struck. is this a sign of further escalation? >> it should could be, don. good evening. when you look at odesa right here, they are saying that about seven surface vessels arrayed in the black sea, plus the submarines. that coupled with possibly airborne-launched missiles could provide for some pretty tough days ahead for odesa if the ukrainians are not careful. so this is something that could happen and it would be very logical because this is the area that the russians control right now and they just need a little bit to move further westward so that they can threaten odesa and it would be normal for them to do that given their previous tactics. >> colonel, ukrainian officials say that the russians built platoon bridges to cross the donetsk river but new satellite images show they are being destroyed. what does that mean about what is happening on the battlefield? >> this is the pontoon

. >> military analyst cedric leighton breaks down why they are so hard to detect. >> the key thing here, it really is something that we don't have very many defenses against at the present time because it is possible that it cannot only be difficult to detect, but once it is, it can evade the missile systems that are looking at it. and also the fact that it can go at a far lower trajectory than what is normal for missiles. so when you see an aircraft like this one launch a missile like this and we'll see this in just a second, there is the missile right there underneath this mig, and once it comes around, it will acquire a target but it can fire like it does right here and it will go after the target in 00 way that is an earth navigation capability. and when it comes out from under the aircraft, the missile takes off and it finds the target, in this case this ship and it goes right in there and actually takes that target out. so it is very difficult to mel in lviv. and reminder that russia is more willing to use lethal weapons and it has those weapons. >> reporter: and the nature of the

let's get to colonel cedric leighton, the star of the show.inging your praises everywhere because i really love the information that we've been getting from you. so thank you and good evening. >> good evening, don. >> so cnn has just obtained this video from the azov regiment, sho. we can assume the video isn't recent because russian forces have largely pulled out from that area. but what are you seeing when you look at this fight? >> don, talk about close combat. this is one of the most impressive, real combat pieces of video that i've seen in a long time. what you're looking at here is an industrial site. you see this right here? that's a grenade launcher that is being used directly against enemy combatants, which are right over to the edge right there. they were kind of in this smoky area right there. and you see remnants of some of the rockets that have hit. it is, you know, clearly a scene of complete devastation. there's a manhole cover, what looks like a manhole cover there, where they probably quo d -- go into the tunnels below the azo

joining me now to discuss cnn military analyst, and retired air force colonel, cedric leighton, goode you. so ukrainians keep claiming successes in the northeast as they push russia further from kharkiv. what risks pop up as they get closer to the russian border? >> this is going to be really interesting, don, because right here. this is kharkiv, russian border is right there. it's basic 30 miles away, and if we look at a closer map here of the donbas region, we can see kharkiv right here in this area and what the ukrainians are at risk of here is being encircled by the russians in these areas. these are the pockets where they're at, but if they move in this direction, the russians could conceivably go after them this way. however, the ukrainians also have the capacity to potentially go around this way with extra forces and take out the russians that are right here, so it could be a battle where they take each other out in this area. the ukrainians generally have the upper hand at this point, but it's all about momentum, and if the russians regain momentum, the ukrainians are at risk

i want to bring in cnn military analyst, and retired air force colonel, cedric leighton.to you. ukrainian forces have pushed the russians back roughly 25 miles east of kharkiv in the last two days. we know this battlefield is fluid, will ukraine be able to hold until these gains in the northeast and build on them? >> they might be able to do so, don, it's really interesting to be able to see this because when you look at what has happened here, this is the area in which the ukrainians have been able to push the russians back a bit. now, there's some danger for these ukrainian forces because they have russians on three sides of them, but they may be able to bring this out this way and move the russians back. we'll see what they do, of course the russian border is right here. so it's going to be difficult for them. but it's certainly possible for them to move the russians back, especially from kharkiv. >> so colonel, we're getting this new video of a missile attack on odesa tonight that officials there say killed at least one person, according to the regional head, this was

so some good here as well, many events happening in mill valley, including a veteran ceremony at leighton square. there's also a parade after party and that's going to be at the mill valley recreation center at one 80 commune all tow. this place is going to be packed with people all gearing up to celebrate these heroes of ours and our country who died for our freedom and a lot of people say they wanted to have these parades for a while, but the pandemic kind of postponed them. so this is a big day for mill valley to finally host another parade in honor of memorial day. again, the mpparade valley starts at 10 30 we're hoping to see some action soon. you want to catch up with people and see what type of flute we can here. but for now, i'll send it back to you, stephanie. >> and thanks so much for that live update. we look forward to seeing hopefully some of the festivities start to pick up later this morning. and police have arrested speaker nancy pelosi's husband, paul pelosi this weekend on suspicion of dui. >> it happened in napa county saturday night after a minor 2 car crash officers b

joining me now to discuss, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. a colonel, thank you so much for joining us. good evening to you. the attack in odesa tonight included three hypersonic missiles. that's according to ukrainian officials. so walk us through what this missile can do and why russia might be using more of them now. >> yeah. this is really interesting, don, because it's really not a weapon that you would expect to use in a situation like this. so this is a very, very fast missile. it travels at five times the species of sound or mach 5 or greater. the other thing is it can maneuver and evade missile defense systems. this is really key because the key thing here is it really is something that we don't have very many defenses against at the present time because it's possible that it can not only be difficult to detect, but once it is detected, it can evade the missile systems that are looking at it. it's also the fact that it can go at a far lower trajectory than what is normal for missiles. so when you see an aircraft like this one launch

there's also a veterans ceremony that's at leighton square. and then at noon they're going to have a parade after party at mill valley recreate. >> okay. so we just lost era's audio there. but again, they're going to be honoring those who have lost their lives today and that event is going to run through the day. so again, if you guys want to go out the air, we're going to have that full story posted online over at kron 4 dot com. well, a red flag warning is going to go into effect for a few hours and it's going to include parts of the north bay. so you want to be very careful if you're out there because of that. fire officials are asking people to be careful, especially if you're planning on going to any barbecues. kron four's amanda hari has that story. >> i spoke to a woman that was a firefighter for decades. she says when you could pick up a leaf like this one here and just crush it into dust, you know, just how little moisture there is in the air and how high the fire risk in its own. tell you been in front of it and tell you experience t

that's also good to hear many events happening in mill valley today, including a veterans ceremony at leighton square. and then at noon after the parade, there's a parade after party that's going to be at mill valley recreation center. that's at one 80 come, you know, also so a lot of different things for people to do in mill valley to honor our fallen heroes. and today is that day to take in that moment and do anything you can big or small to honor our fallet soldiers. stephanie. >> not very lively out here right now, but we expect it will be soon. at least people are starting to wake up and you can see there's like all the signs you don't want to park downtown just heads up because this is going to be the whole parade route right here. >> for now on stinson reporting live, know send it back to you, stephanie. some good advice this morning and it's so nice to see people also coming together to help support and provide aid to what's happening overseas. >> thank you, sarah. a red flag warning goes into effect in just a few hoers. it includes parts of the north bay and that warning sticks around

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sure leighton villain upper lake are also in the thirties, so there are a few thirties popping up moren it starts to back off system comes in thursday friday that will start the cooling trend that coastal water temps being so cold and really russian, some of that fog and low clouds. and i think we get maybe some light rain north late sunday into monday, santa rosa, north sacramento north and maybe some high elevation. snow sunday looks from windy and cooler as of right now, 60 seventies eighties tomorrow i want some operators. okay, if you're far enough inland, you'll get them. will start to cool down thursday. and then it continues that trend of cooler and windy as we go into the weekend. hamilton. thank you, stephen. there may soon be a new school in the bay area coming up the historically black college that's considering a satellite campus in the east bay. and bear jumping, backyard fences and climbing trees. the bay area city where officials are searching for that neighborhood invader. when big tobacco's products were found out to be killers, they promised smokers safety. they call

attempt, see if we can find there's a couple of thirties up towards middletown, upper lake also leighton ville windsor rohnert park. more forties, though, so we definitely bottomed out on the low temps, the lowest kicking east once that comes out of the rockies. that will be a big weather producer. high pressure will build in. we'll get some warmer temps today, similar to yesterday fifties for a few sixties upper sixties to near 70 tomorrow, we warm it up. the warmest day will be saturday. but then it looks like we come right back down sunday, then nice cooler into monday. all right. thank you, steve and effort to recall and east bay mayor will not make the ballot will tell you why people who wanted to remove lamar thorpe say they are victims of fraud. and history made by workers and two bay area starbucks. their reaction after becoming the first starbucks employees to first starbucks employees to unionize here in california. pre-rinsing your dishes? you could be using the wrong detergent. and wasting up to 20 gallons of water. skip the rinse with finish quantum. its activelift technolog