send diplomats back to ukraine for the first time they were withdrawn for safety. president biden will nominate a new ambassador to ukraine, the current ambassador of slovakia. also, we're hearing decidedly different language from the secretaries about the future of the war. >> in terms of our verability to win, the first step is believing you can win. they believe we can win. we believe that we can win -- they can win, if they have the right equipment, the right support, and we're going to do everything we can, continue to do everything we can to ensure that that gets done. >> we don't know how the rest of this war will unfold but we do know that a sovereign, independent ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. >> also notably, and i really do think for the first time, the senior u.s. official, secretary austin, said the u.s. wants to diminish russia's military power going forward so russia could not just do this again. >> we want to see russia weakened to a degree it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. and we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. breaking overnight, missile strikes in the lviv area. officials say russian forces struck five rail stations in the center of the country, all within an hour. there are casualties, we are learning. in the meantime, russian forces are bombarding the steel plant in mariupol, the last holdout where hundreds of civilians are sheltering. russia's ministry of defense issued a cease-fire to allow civilians to escape. this is a fire at an oil depot in the bryansk depot. you want to go to ramstein air force base where lloyd austin will be meeting with counterparts on ukraine. tell us what they're going to be discussing, what the goal is here? >> this is very much a follow-on to defense secretary lloyd austin and secretary of state blinken's visit where they met with ukraine's leaders in kyiv and had discussions about not only the situation on the ground but what they're looking for. now, that will follow on to this, what we're seal here tomorrow. discussions with 35 nations, including ukraine -- up to 35 or perhaps more than 35 nations about where this goes from here. the pentagon said late last week that there isn't a set agenda they have here, there's no decision they've already made. it's about following on to what ukraine needs for the fight ahead. that fight has already changed from what we've seen, the small arms -- to the more open fight of terrain. we've seen the thinking from the u.s. and allies shift from what was provided before to the howitzers, some of which have already arrived, and the fighting around the howitzer, the counter-fighting weapons. we'll see follow-on discussions about what the u.s. can provide and others can provide. you already saw the shift in what's being provided and now you are right to point out change in rhetoric, a more open ret rib from top u.s. officials from blinken, from austin saying not only do they believe ukraine can win, but blinken going even further there saying ukraine will be around a lot longer than putin. that is not rhetoric russia will like. as you also point out, the statement about the opening of the embassy in lviv. that in and of itself has security discussions around it, especially as you see russia striking railway stations in central and eastern ukraine. an embassy presence in lviv will require its own security even as ukraine has to provide some of that security. but it also comes with additional considerations because it remains an active war zone. do you need search and rescue capability? do you need a rapid response force? all of that goes into these deliberations. of course, the statement that the u.s. will try to open an embassy or diplomatic presence in kyiv sooner or later when the situation allows. it shows u.s. and partner allies remain engaged and we'll see more tomorrow with the discussion on what ukraine needs not only for the short-term fight, to stay in the fight, to beat back russia's offensive. in terms of longer-term capabilities to secure its own sovereignty. >> this will be a very important meeting. oren lieberman, thank you so much. let's go live to lviv and bring in cnn anchor and chief, jim, it's great to see you. i was struck by defense secretary lloyd austin saying a goal now is to weaken russia's military. not just in ukraine, but he's talking about weakening russia going forward. that seems to be a shift in u.s. strategy. >> in saying it out loud, he says explicitly he does not want the russian military to emerge from its invasion of ukraine capable of doing so again. he cites the losses russia has already suffered in terms of equipment and personnel, in no small part because of the kinds of weapons u.s. and allies have been sending in. there's a reason so many russian tanks have burned, armored personnel carriers and helicopters shot down, the javelins and stingers. and he's in effect saying that after this invasion ends, if it does, no matter when it does, they don't want russia to be able to do a repeat or maintain this. that is, to your point, john, a message that will not sit well with the kremlin. the u.s. seems to be perfectly fine with that. perhaps it's to be expected for the u.s. to say this out loud because they've already been providing an enormous amount of weaponry to the ukrainians and there would be a u.s. interest in russia not being able to do this immediately and resupply. but to say it publicly, and also that language, too, in effect, ukraine, an independent sovereign ukraine will outlive, outlast putin goes right to the core of this. you and i have talked so often about how this is personal for putin. putin has a view of the world, of his own place in history, of uniting mother russia, pushing back as what he sees as the u.s. undermining him, seeking regime change in russia. it's very personal for putin. so, by stating out loud the u.s. plans to weaken his ability to carry something like this in the future, it's important he hears and the biden administration is comfortable with him hearing this. >> seems like very specific chosen language. and it comes after we hear from ned price at the state department saying ukraine is winning this war. is that really the feeling or is this trying to paint a rosy picture? >> reporter: i speak to u.s. military officials all the time about where their assessment is of ukraine's fighting ability and the battle on the ground. for some time at least the u.s. military view has been that ukraine is not just holding its own but that russia has not made and perhaps cannot make the changes necessary to change the balance on the ground. the supply issues, the morale issues, the command issues, they can't be fixed in a couple of weeks, right, just by repositioning forces from the north to the east. that kind of thing. they never underestimate russia's enormous firepower, but their assessment -- i wouldn't say rosy. i would say it's positive, optimistic, but, you know, based on what they're seeing, right, of what russia's capabilities are and what changes they've been able to make. now, that is not a nunanimous view. you heard the british prime minister say it's possible russia can win this war. i don't think anybody eliminates that possibility. we're only two months in today. it is remarkable for them to say that publicly because that puts your marker down on the table in effect saying ukraine may have the upper hand. i think, frankly, that echoes what the ukrainian president says and what you hear from ukrainian commanders and ukrainian soldiers. we will fight, we will win. that's essential to the morale that everyone observing this has said has been so essential for ukraine's response so far. they have an enormous morale advantage. speaking in those terms, we will fight them on the beaches, is a way to add to that morale. >> great point. jim sciutto, great seeing you. >> great to see you, man. >> cnn's chief international correspondent clarissa ward joined us from kharkiv a short time ago. this is what she showed us. >> reporter: we are in what remains, john, of the regional state administration building. you know, you had just talked about defense secretary lloyd austin saying it's possible the ukrainians could win this if they have the right equipment. well, this is what they're up against. i want to take you around so you can get a feel for the full scale of the damage that was done here when two massive missiles landed in and around this building last month. you can see just out, what's left of the window there. that is freedom square. and this city has been getting pulverized day in, day out. just today we have heard a pretty much constant stream of bombardment since about 4:30 in the morning. often it goes on all night. and the mayor here says that 25% of the buildings in this city have been hit during strikes. 25%. just try to get your head around the enormity of that figure. 67 schools have been hit. look at this. this was once a palatial grand staircase. now completely destroyed. according to authorities, only ten people were killed here, which is extraordinary. although i've just been talking with one of the soldiers who's in charge of looking after this space. and he says they believe there are many more dead under the rubble. i'm going to show you what some of that rubble looks like over here. people were rescued as well. going back to those statistics that the mayor gave us, 67 schools, 54 kindergartens, 16 hospitals. that's just here in the city of kharkiv. you can see the defenses that they had tried to implement to protect themselves from attack. but obviously, sandbags no match for this. i don't know if you could hear that as well, bombardment again in the distance. you can see outside the scale of the devastation. cars completely scorched. there's actually an office over there to the side that we can't get into easily from this point, which we saw yesterday, where an entire car has literally been thrown into an office by the force of that blast. what people here fear in this city is that kharkiv could be the next mariupol, because of the amount of bombardment and the real intensification we've seen about bomb barardment in t last week. i want the cameraman and producer brent to be a little careful here. i want to show you this because it gives you a real feeling for just the enormity of that blast. i mean, absolutely astonishing. it literally took out six stories. and that's why, as you can probably imagine, we're hearing from authorities here that they do believe some people are still trapped under that rubble, but that it is just simply impossible for them at this stage with bombardment continuing day in and day out in this city, for them to try to dig down underneath that and get a sense of just how many people may have lost their lives here. one more thing, i think, that's important to context duualize t people feel this could be the next mariupol. kharkiv is 30 miles away from russia. it's in the northeast of the country. it's the second largest city. russian troops essentially have been launching this three-pronged offensive in the donbas region, pushing down from the north, up from the south, and in from the east. ukrainian forces have also been launching a series of counteroffensives, particularly around the strategic town of izim. kharkiv is very close to a lot of the action. there are a lot of important supply routes for the russians to get more ammunition and weaponry to places like izium. that's why it's strategically important, not just to mention the symbolic value. this is a place people came to pose for photographs. this is a place you would dress nicely to visit. now, this is what's left of it. john, brianna. >> clarissa ward with just phenomenal reporting there 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>> you're -- i'm not answering that question. it's speculation. >> you've said that, haven't you, miss greene, she's a traitor to the country? >> no, i haven't said that. >> okay. put up plaintiffs' exhibit 5, please. >> no, wait. hold on now. i believe by not upholding -- securing the border, that that violates her oath of office. >> fair enough. i'm not interested in her oath of office. i'm interested that you said that she's a traitor to our country. >> joining us is the attorney who questioned congresswoman taylor greene on the stand. do you believe the congresswoman committed perjury while you requ questioned her and do you plan to make a referral? >> the question is for perjury for others, and judge goodrow. this woman can make these kinds of statements, make them publicly on her facebook page, in front of her hundreds of thousands of facebook followers and the millions of people who view her comments all the time, and then claim she doesn't remember. it's shocking to me. >> let me play that. you're referring to something more than what i just referred to there. she used the i don't recall, i don't remember several times. let's listen. >> you didn't talk to anybody in government about the fact that there were going to be large protests in washington on january 6th? >> i don't remember. >> you spoke to representative biggs or his staff about that fact, didn't you? >> i do not remember. >> how about representative g goesar? >> i'm sorry, i don't remember. >> did anyone mention to you the possibility there might be violence in washington? >> i don't remember. >> now, i do hear you when you say it will be for the judge to decide, but what do you think, what's your take on how much she remembers? >> well, look, this is a developing situation, and our work in georgia was really just part of trying to enforce the constitution, the 14th amendment to the constitution forbids someone who engaged in insurrection, that's essentially what we were trying to do. there are other investigations. there's a federal investigation, there's a congressional investigation. and this story has not played out yet. in fact, what we saw friday is that after the close of our hearing, there were more filings in federal court that would have been enormously helpful to us had we known about them on thursday. that's the way history develops. i think we have to wait and see. >> the keyword you used on 14th amendment is aid in insurrection is different than speech. using speech, even inflammatory speech. engaging in insurrection can be different from that. i want to know from you, what do you think the one action, if there was more than one action, specific action she committed that constitutes engaging an insurrection? >> on january 5th, the day before the insurrection, congresswoman greene told her followers on her facebook page, on a national broadcast, that tomorrow is 1776. now, that's the kind of rhetoric that, you know, we all can talk about historically references and so on, but in the context she was dealing with it, where people understood that 1776 was code for break into the capitol, do violence, and most importantly, block the certification of joe biden. that is an act of insurrection. we dmemonstrated and -- >> the 1776? >> yes. >> even if the judge makes a recommendation, which, look, the judge didn't seem to be inclined to, but who knows, makes a recommendation for this case to proceed, the secretary of state in georgia will be the one to decide the next step. yes, he would not engage in the shenanigans donald trump was asking him to, but do you think he'll take your side? >> i believe in the processes of government. i mean, secretary of state raffensperger is going to have to decide this issue and then there will be court appeals. this will go to the georgia supreme court ultimately. there's partisanship in our country, that's very clear. but i committed my life as a lawyer to the belief that the rule of law will prevail in the end. and i think we have the rule of law on our side. >> andrew celli, thank you for being with us this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you. the breaking news this morning, air strikes at five railway stations in central and western ukraine. we're getting video in just now. and defense secretary lloyd austin says the goal of the u.s. is to weaken the russian -- to weaken russia. we're joined next by television analyst malcolm nance, who has gone to ukraine to join the fight. discover is accepted at 99% ofof places in the u.s. 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>> well, i was here about a month before the invasion. i was doing analysis of the russian order of battle. i was actually driving the routes we suspected they would have to use in the invasion. i spent a lot of time in the city of kyiv. and i even went with the commanders of the ukrainian armed forces down to their forward battle front in donetsk. and i met people that i knew here, people who were graduates of defense language institute, a school i'm a multi-language graduate from. i couldn't believe russia was going to commit this multitrillion dollar miss taj of savaging a very western, modern country. it's really not a question of nato that they attacked for. it's a question of democracy. this was a relatively well off, you know, east -- western european country. and so when the invasion happened and my friends were calling me and saying they were going to die because of the intensity of the attacks, i wasn't just going to sit on television anymore, give my opinion, dots on the map. they made a call for people with skill, combat experience and i answered that call, because i believe what they're fighting for. this is a good fight. >> you come from a tradition. your family has served for so long, all the way back to 1864 you noted continuously. and right now you're part of what's called the international legion. can you tell us a little about about that group and what you are doing? >> sure. international legion for the defense of ukraine is a multinational force, which is made up of people from all over the world. it's incredible. it's almost like one of those frank cappra movie one guy is french named frenchie, one guy is a brit, two guys from texas and the other guy's from brooklyn. it really is like that. people from all over the world decided they would come to defend this country against russia's aggression. they decided to become members of the ukrainian armed forces, which is what the legion is. it is not just people running around, grabbing rifles and going on the battlefield. it is a unified force that is a component of the ukrainian army that is deployed on the battle front. again, it's made up of people from all over the world. men and women. we have a lot of women that have come with experience from united states, france and italy and other places around the world. so, this force, again, is committed to defend the innocent people of ukraine against, you know, the war crimes and atrotties that they call a russian army. it's no army at all. it's just men out raping, murdering, pillaging and trying to stay alive. >> this, as you just mentioned, it's about combating democracy, to you, or about fighting for democracy. and saving it. not just about fighting russia. can you talk a little bit more about how you see this struggle? >> well, it's rather easy. you know, there's an old saying, i don't know who the person who is that came with it -- who said that, you know, fighting your enemy is not about fighting the person that you hate, it's about protecting those who are behind you that you love. and this country was completely innocent of all the insane charges that the russians have been bringing. about nazis being everywhere. i've spent two months here, okay? there are no nazis in this country. the jewish community here is old and deep, including the president, who is jewish. but you can just see from what the russians were doing, they were here to slaughter and eliminate ukraine as a culture, as a language, as a people, which is the definition of genocide. and i have been around. you know, i spoke twice at the auschwitz museum. i know when i can see someone trying to commit genocide. by defending the people themselves, defending their wish to join the european union, their wish to become part of the global democratic order and to stand up to putin's kleptocracy, oligarchy and fascist autocracy, which is what he's running and trying to bring ukraine into what he tlihinks is a version o the old soviet union. i said this in my analysis of the war. the yooups are going to fight and they fight to win. they are a modern army. they are like being near the u.s. armed forces in the way that they maneuver on the battlefield. they needed help with man power and people with combat experience and skill. i came to give them what assistance i could. >> well, malcolm, i think it's so important to hear your voice on this. i am in awe of your commitment. i thank you for your service. this is really extraordinary what you're doing. we appreciate you taking the time to talk to us about it. >> well, i'm glad that i can help spread the message. you know, i'm going to go back to the front and, you know, the people of ukraine need our assistance. so, if you can lend a hand, lend a hand. so, with that, slava ukraine. >> thank you, sir, so much. emmanuel macron winning a second term as the president of france. why his far right opponent is also celebrating this morning. plus, just in, new reports, twitter is getting ready to sell itself to billionaire elon musk. what this means for the platform, what it means for you and your account. and for us at booking.com this means - free cancellation on mosost bookings. it's a bit fufunctional. but we'll gladlyy be functional. so you can be free. booking.comm booking.yeah ♪ ♪ we believe there's an innovator in all of us. ♪ that's why we build technology that makes it possible for every business... and every person... to come to the table and do more incredible things. before treating your chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more, you're not the only one with questions about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start, with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection site pain, fatigue, and headache. don't receive botox® if there's a skin infection. tell your doctor your medical history, muscle or nerve conditions and medications, including botulinum toxins, as these may increase the risk of serious side effects. in a survey, 92% of current users said they wish they'd talked to their doctor and started botox® sooner. plus, right now, you may pay zero dollars for botox®. ask your doctor about botox® today. we definitely have ants in here. not for long. 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