Unstoppable. the u. s officials say there s no reason to adjust america s nuclear posture. at least not yet. we ve insect, in fact, seen no indication that he has any intention to use nuclear weapons period inside ukraine. but putin has every intention of tightening his grip on belarus, whose own autocratic leader is already propped up by the kremlin strongman. to avoid nuclear proliferation, putin says command and control of the tactical weapons will be kept with moscow. belarus already a reluctant military ally, will now host even more russian troops on its source. it is unclear what the belarusian leadership thinks about hosting these russian tactical nuclear missiles on it on its soil, because they ve been very tight lipped about it. i spoke to them tonight, and they re not even
Issuing a statement at this stage in ukraine, officials there saying there s going to be a lot of people against the inside inside belarus and it could destabilize the country. european leaders are calling on belarus to push back and to resist the kremlin s embrace. pan back to you, matthew chance in moscow. thank you, attorney to our politics lead now. a bombshell witness before the manhattan grand jury investigating donald trump s alleged role in a scheme to pay hush money to adult film actress stormy daniels before the 2016 election. former national inquirer publisher david pecker , a key player in the hush money payments scheme, met with the grand jury. today we ve learned cnn s paula reid is live outside the new york courtroom for us, paula how does having pecker as a witness? add to our understanding of where this investigation stands and the timing of any potential indictment? well pamela this was an appearance that was shrouded in secrecy. pecker entered the court and exited in
Brutal. even ukrainian towns with little strategic value, locking both sides into a bloody stagnant standoff. one reason the kremlin is again upping the ante. it was on state television that president putin dropped his nuclear bombshell. tactical nuclear weapons will soon be deployed to neighboring belarus . he announced that for decades has russia stationed these powerful battlefield weapons outside its own borders. the united states has done it for decades, they have placed their tactical nuclear weapons and their allied countries, and we had an agreement as allies do the same. these are the iskander missile systems capable of delivering a nuclear payload that putin says are already deployed in belarus. silo for
Haven t gotten since that s going to change anytime soon. perhaps the president will weigh in if he s asked about it. in a different setting over the course of the next couple of days, but i think what you re hearing from us officials behind the scenes. obviously there is very real concern. they ve amped up the level of that concern and very diplomatic speak kind of ways in the last several days, but they want to ensure that there is space to reach some kind of different pathway here at least to pursue some kind of different pathway here. keep in mind that long standing relationship between the prime minister and the president. at some point that is going to lead to another call, and another urge by the president to go a different way. pamela alright phil mattingly at the white house for us today. thank you. also in our world lead allies are warning russian president vladimir putin over his pledge to put tactical nuclear weapons and neighboring belarus so far, national security spokesm
People at the court, which also happens to her political colleagues. a lot of pollutions work abroad, politically active, despising the government and could be deprived of their citizenship in the upcoming months, and i think the european countries with pollution exile should be ready for that. she countries with pollution exile should be ready for that. she is in exile from should be ready for that. she is in exile from there, should be ready for that. she is in exile from there, but should be ready for that. she is in exile from there, but inside - exile from there, but inside belarus, is there any kind of organised opposition any more? you are riaht, organised opposition any more? want are right, most of the democrat he forces, while not all of them, are actually in exile. it is a new form of opposition in belarus of an exile position, and that is why the influence within the country is really very limited. of course there is communication between the cabinet of tsikhanouskaya