america. this is so important. and in 2024 we are going to take back the white house. now, despite all of the lies donald trump tells, this could actually come true. remember 2015 and that escalator ride into all of our lives. a lot of people didn t take him seriously before that. there was a lot of disbelief he would actually follow through on his bluster of running the first time. so, this time around we might want to believe him. we have no reason not to believe he s running again, which means the nation would be facing the nightmare scenario of a wanna be dictator in which people died attempting to regain the highest office of the land. imagine trump thugs wearing trump hats and t-shirts after running loose inside the halls of congress. imagine those thugs carrying that man back into power, cheering him on at the next inaugural parade just three years from now. please don t tell me that can happen again because you know it could. but none of that is a disqualifier for m
cnn.com/full circle or watch it on the cnn app at any time on demand. the news continues with jim acosta and democracy in peril. thank you very much. i m jim acosta, and this is democracy in peril. tonight as we continue our series, we have to consider this very serious possibility. we are going to take back america. this is so important. [ cheers and applause ] and in 2024, we are going to take back the white house. now, despite all of the lies donald trump tells, this could actually come true. remember 2015 and that escalator ride into all of our lives. a lot of people didn t take him seriously before that. there was a lot of disbelief he would actually follow through on his bluster of running the first time. so this time around, we might want to believe him. we have no reason not to believe he s running again, which means the nation would be facing the nightmare scenario of a wannabe dictator who incited a violent insurrection in which people died, attempting to re
a country and nancy pelosi firmly beliefs that. she believes it so strongly she s directing the biden administration to develop an urgent new plan to keep the border secure. not just secure but in the words of the new legislation, section 208, involumable. impossible to brief. that s quite a border, bulletproof. why wouldn t it be? when it comes to border security she isn t messing around. are you surprised? you may have misunderstood. pelosi isn t talking about the u.s. border, one that s open. she s talking about the ukrainian border. it s called the defending the ukraine sovereignty act. its purpose is to guarantee ukraine sovereignty, intelligence and integrity. we would love to is them here but no, we ll have to wait. ukraine is ahead of us in the cue for secure borders. when we were kids growing up in the united states, what was good for the russian colony of ukraine is good for us. as our oldest and most chel rished ally, held by the ancient bonds of friendship ukraine
urgent meetings with russia this week, at one of the most precarious moments with that nation, since the fall of the soviet union. on monday, u.s. official also meet with their russian counterparts in geneva in an attempt to deescalate the crisis with ukraine which russia seems poised to invade, with the ability to quickly mobilize twice that many, following the bilateral meetings in geneva, representatives from nato will meet with the russian delegation in brussels. the stakes of these meetings are incredibly high. the u.s. is warning of steep sanctions if russia moves forward to invade and there are already concerns the russians are not remotely entering the negotiations in good faith. joining me now to discuss is secretary of state antony blinken. secretary blinken, thanks for joining us. let s start on the talks beginning tomorrow he know va. president putin ruling out expanding nato to include ukraine, are either of those on the negotiating table? neither of those is o
will russia actually invade ukraine? or is vladimir putin saber-rattling to get western concessions? we made it clear it cannot move on ukraine. and what will china do in 2022? what are the implications for its neighbors and for america? also the global economy, will there be more inflation, less productivity, fewer babies? i will talk to experts about it all. usa! and i will bring you a preview of my latest cnn special about the threat to american democracy. one year after the january 6th attack on the capitol, is the republic really at risk? i believe it is. stay tuned for a clip of the fight to save american democracy, which airs in full tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. first, here s my take. in just the last ten days almost a dozen people i know have tested positive for covid-19. two of them had a rough time with it, saying it was comparable to a full-blown case of the flu. the others had a day of chills or nothing at all. when asked about symptoms, one of them