president s view? imminent has a pretty intense meaning, doesn t it? okay. that s still the belief. yes. imminent, she said. as that was happening, the effort continued to make the effort as costly and possible to putin with another shipment of military equipment to kyiv, javelin anti-tank missiles designed to stop russian armor. the administration today also sought to reassure allies like germany which relies on moscow for natural gas, announcing it s working with other suppliers to cushion the blow if russia cuts them off. it also issued this warning to belarus, ukraine s unfriendly neighbor and putin s ally to the north. just as we have been clear with the russian federation about the severe cost that would befall them were this to move forward, in recent days we have also made clear to belarus that if it allows its territory to be used for an attack on ukraine, it would face a swift and decisive response from the united states and our allies and partners. as f
military aid arriving today in kyiv. a plane load of other lethal items a javelin anti-tank missiles designed to stop russian armor. the administration today also sought to reassure allies like germany which relies on moscow for natural gas, announcing it s working with other suppliers to cushion the blow if russia cuts them off. it also issued this warning to belarus, ukraine s unfriendly neighbor and putin s ally to the north. just as we have been clear with the russian federation about the severe cost that would befall them were this to move forward, in recent days we have also made clear to belarus that if it allows its territory to be used for an attack on ukraine, it would face a swift and decisive response from the united states and our allies and partners. as for the view from ukraine, one source close to leadership tells cnn, the threat is from russia is, quote, depreciation, but not imminent, end quote, with more than 120,000 russian troops on the border, the da
thrown into chaos has gop candidates simply act like trump and refuse to admit defeat. the warning lights are blinking red that this could happen. right now the trump-owned party, as i like to call it, is executing a strategy to seize control of the t.o.p. from the bottom up and reshape america s elections. it s been doubbed the precinct strategy, and guess who s the svengali driving this hostile takeover. we re tacking action, and that action is we re taking over school boards. we re taking over the republican party from the precinct committee strategy. we re taking over all the elections. we re going to take over the election apparatus. american citizens that are volunteering, they are now going to volunteer to go to become a precinct committeeman. they re going to swvolunteer to become an election official. they re going to run for county clerk and overthrow these county clerks. they re going to take over the secretary of states. we re going to take this back village by
and helping him stay on target. he gets one-on-one coaching when he wants some advice, and can adjust his plan whenever he needs to. and now he s so prepared for retirement, ben is feeling totally zen. that s the planning effect from fidelity. don t miss full circle, our digital news show. 6:00 p.m. eastern on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. watch it on the cnn app at any time on demand. the news continues with jim acosta and democracy in peril. thank you. i m jim acosta. this is our special series to expose the ongoing threats to our democracy post-insurrection as we head into yet another election season. the stakes could not be higher. less than ten months away from the midterms, we all need to be paying more attention to what s going on to disrupt our political system, like the changing of laws nationwide to restrict access to voting or election map rigging where all the trump-back the candidates who keep peddling the big lie now running for positions that overse
we have made enormous progress, you mentioned the number of deaths from covid. it was three times that not long ago. it s coming down. everything s changing. it s getting better. i did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that president biden didn t get anything done. think about this. what are republicans for? what are they for? name me one thing they re for. well, the president came back to that theme over and over, again, hitting republicans on what he says is their lack of policy or vision beyond just standing in his way. he did acknowledge that his signature build back better legislation was unlikely to pass, as is. but he was optimistic it seems about getting major pieces of it done this year. as for the package of voting reforms on the line tonight, he expressed hope of salvaging major portions of it as well and expressed confidence in his point person on it. you put vice president harris in charge