what do you say? all you have to do is pick up your phone, or go to loveshriners.org, and you ll be a part of something special too. thank you so much! top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. we begin with reported new evidence of how deadly vladimir putin s war on ukraine has become. ukrainian officials now say they ve identified multiple mass graves just outside the near decimated city of mariupol. the satellite company said more than 200 new graves can be seen. today vladimir putin proclaimed the efforts to capture mariupol a success and he scrapped plans to storm a sprawling factory compound where reportedly more than 1,000 civilians and ukrainian fighters are sheltering. a blockade to keep even a fly from getting through. the siege of mariupol was compared to a terrorist operation. he added ukraine s forces do not have enough heavy or serious weapons to free mariupol. translator: we don t know when we can unblock mariupol, and i say this openly, that
confinement. has his influence grown in the last seven weeks, since this invasion? does he still have a voice to some degree in russia? it is an excellent question, jim. i m not sure it has grown since the invasion, but what i think is important to remember is that today, alexey navalny and his staff and his team are the loudest anti-war voices in the country. he has called for weekly protests against the invasion, and he is one of the only individuals who is speaking out. and i think that needs to be remembered, he s behind bars, he has conceivably one thing to lose, his life. but, still, he goes on twitter and he gives ideas and suggestions about what the russian people can do in their own regard, their own way to fight back against this regime and his bravery is remarkable. daniel, great work here. yeah, so amazing to see there and see him track down his own attempted assassins. daniel roher, thank you for joining us. and be sure to tune into the all new cnn film
seemingly prophetic warning about russian warships a couple weeks ago. we will sink them and it will be fish feeding season and our fish will grow fat. we re also going to take you to a train live heading around lviv. we re also following new developments in the fight with the pandemic this hour. it may be time to say good-bye to those nose swabs. the fbi just authorizing the very first breath test. we ll tell you how it works and how how long it takes to get results. kentucky lawmakers overriding a veto to restrict access to abortion. we ll have a report from there. i ll talk with a democratic state lawmaker there about what it means for people in her state and the legal fight that s coming. i m halle jackson. raf sanchez i think you see raf riding a train, heading from kyiv. courtney kube is at the pentagon and general ben hodges, general from 2014 to 2017. and also with us is the senior attache to moscow. the sinking of the ship, embarrassing for russia. tell us wh
even hours away, according to french military officials. the kremlin clearly stating the mission in donbas is to conquer it. kyiv could be also targeted they say. there are contradicting reports this morning about a critically important russian warship in the black sea that suffered heavy damage. ukrainians claim they hit the ship with a missile attack. they have released new images reporting to show a special forces group. armored cars and trucks were destroyed. . consider the source. it aired on russian state tv claim to go show 1,000 ukrainian marines surrendering in mariupol. cnn cannot verify the claim. ahead of russia s anticipated attack, president biden just unveiled an 800 million dollar security package. it includes javelins and military helicopters. this morning, the u.s. is talking about sending a high-ranking official to ukraine. we re told president biden and vice president harris are unlikely choices but possibly the choice is secretary of state or secretar
mattingly in new york. nikki haley is taking heat for her answer to that question about the cause of the civil war and what she didn t say. slavery. we will play the whole exchange straight ahead. the homeland security secretary says he had, quote, a very productive talk with mexico s president about confronts the border crisis as more democratic mayors take aim at the barack obama over the issue. 11 years after the sandy hook elementary school massacre current and former senators are changing their stances on guns and offering something you don t often hear in washington. regret over how they voted. one of those senators joins us live. this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we are tracking fast moving developments donald trump s battle to stay on the ballot in multiple states. in colorado, the state s republican party is now calling on the supreme court to put trump s name back on their ballot. it is the party s response to colorado s top court ruling that trump e