is a partial mobilization. putin also made an ominous pledge to use all means to, in his words, defend his country. translator: this is not a bluff. the citizens of russia can be sure that the territorial integrity of our homeland, independence and freedom will be ensured and those that try to black mail us with nuclear weapons should know that the prevailing winds can turn in their direction. reporter: putin s rare national address comes amid a fierce counter offensive from ukraine s forces and the kremlin-backed push for referendums that could lead to moscow annexing occupied parts of ukraine. let s go to cnn s international security editor nick peyton walsh. nick, a partial mobilization. i mean, this sounds pretty drastic but could putin have gone even further? reporter: yes, certainly could have. this is not the mass mobilization which many during the 12-hour delay before the speech came out this morning were thinking might have been on the cards. he is, it seems,
watch it, at least you and i, phil, athe fact is americans ar like whatever. maybe there is an american right here that doesn t watch it very often. but i do know there is an all-star game tonight. and i guess one of the questions is, do you think that it is because there is not a lot of well-known stars that could be feeding into baseball s problems? i think it absolutely could. take a look at this. americans who can identify yankee greats. back in 1949, 74% could name joe dimaggio. 1 1964, 80% could name mickey mantle. now just 29% know who aaron judge is. so baseball has a lack of stars. no, it doesn t. that is ohtani is one of the greatest players in history. mike trout. aaron judge. okay, i have to ask this. i m angry.
league record. when you talk about ruth and maris and mantle and all these, you know, yankee greats, you know, there s so many great things in this game. you never imagine as a kid getting mentioned with them. you know, it s an incredible honor, you know? something i don t take lightly at all. now judge s home run made it 8-5. the yankees loaded the bases and carlos stanton hit an absolute laser for a walk-off grand slam. they win in dramatic fashion, 9-8. judge has 15 more games to break maris s record. family of 12-year-old little leaguer easton oliver is suing the little league world series and the company that made the bed. the lawsuit was filed one month after he suffered a fractured skull. his family claims the beds at the little league world series
pair of yankee greats, hall of famer yogi berra and star pitcher. and then van jones. but first, bill karins with a check on the forecast. yankees here on the opening day for the red sox? that s incredible. barnicle didn t allow that one. we are watching severe weather this morning once again. strong storms in louisiana are now pushing in mississippi and will work their way into alabama, florida, and georgia, including the golf masters later on this afternoon. southern louisiana, lots of reports of hail with those storms this morning. as we go through the day, yellow, you re under a slight risk of severe storms including damaging wind and large hail. i don t think we ll see too many tornadoes today. just isolated chances. we ll watch out for you late today in atlanta. also, the cool morning. great lakes up to new england. frost and freeze in some areas of the great lakes and the ohio river valley. so once again, that growing season started very early, but now we have stalled out.
would kick a field goal. don t leave any time for drew brees, he ll beat you. cubs outfielder tyler colvin remains in the hospital after having his chest punctured by a shattered bat much the rookie is being treated with a chest tube to prevent his lung from collapsing. finally in new york, the yankees honor their former owner before last night s game against the rays in new york. former manager joe torre along with yankee greats don mattingly, the yogi berra and the steinbrenner monument is placed behind the center field wall and the yankees went out and won lengthening their lead in the east to a game and a half. curtis granderson was really good. two homers. final score was 8-6. now expand my world, steve. all right, brian. i certainly will. it s your land. we re talking about crazy things happening across this country. it s his land but owner bob