the country is one of russia s closest allies in this war and has facilitated putin s initial invasion of ukraine. cnn sam kiley now joins us live from the capital of kyiv. sam, what are officials saying about these nuclear weapons? reporter: well, they say it is once again in their view, nuke blackmail being deployed even closer, even more threateningly going into belarus. now, remember, of course, ukraine has a long border with russia so tactical nuclear weapons in russia, tactical nuclear weapons in belarus doesn t make a great deal of difference to the ukraines. what is it does do is threaten baltic states and nato partners and it is that is really the purpose behind this. it is vladimir putin s way of saying, and he did spell it out today, saying if our territorial integrity, our sovereignty, or the future of the russian federation is threatened, they
reporter: well, what we re hearing from so many sudanese is that the u.s. could begin by using the correct language. until we shared our findings with the state department, they had been referring to these violent assaults and rapes as the action of armed acors and most of the testimony pointed directly to the rsf and that has been a real cause of fear for so many sudanese because they believe it shows that world doesn t have the appetite to hold the necessary actors accountable and you saw that in our reporting. that it is not just about what is happening in sudan, it is about how this will impact u.s. national and global interests. war in ukraine, wagner continues and russian mercenaries continue to sustain this fight to allow them to exploit in the future further sudan natural s resources. this is in no one s interest and i think that only further baffles so many sudanese. as to why the u.s. has not had a
past consent decrees? i think if you ask different people you get different answers. but the consistent answer is that we re not doing enough. if you look at decrees in the areas that you mentioned, it is hard not to say that we re not a place where we can t be better. it is an issue where police are stopping african americans and other people of color more readily. i think the answer would be yes. are we in a place where perhaps there is not as much restraint that could be used, i think the answer many people find is yes. could we make progress in areas of policing such that police could do a better job with communities, the answer would be yes. so ultimately it is a good first step and again, i don t want to poo poo that. it is important,ba i think we have to see what the effect it and what the commitment of the elected officials and the communities are and see how it is implemented to see whether it has a desired effect. when we heard the attorney general merrick garland today,
caucus addresses. congressman jimmy gomez was doing two jobs at once, congressman and dad. gomez was looking for a changing table for his 4 month old son. during the speaker s vote i changed him on the floor and it was fine, but, you know, a lot of people don t have access to the cloak room. reporter: the congressional dads caucus was born. they say they ll push for policies that support working families, like family paid leave or making child care more affordable. the dad s caucus is creating a dialogue. what s the role of dads in the workplace, in the household? how do you combat those outdated
and then in texas, crews are cleaning up after devastating tornados. cnn s lucy kafanov is on the ground talking to storm victims. we have major damage in town. oh, my god. reporter: terrifying video of a deadly tornado captured by storm chasers. oh, my god. reporter: as the powerful twister leveled many of the small town of perryton, texas, killing three and sending a hundred to the hospital. it was barely sprirklings and then all of a sudden the toward formed and just dropped on us. and it came out of nowhere. and there was no sirens. no time to get to shelter. there was a time where i thought that i whats going to die. reporter: jamie james s home is still standing but nearly everything around it destroyed. community of 8,000 residents is lefts in shambles. and this is a powerful tornado. take a look.