editor nic robertson in moscow. and, nic, what is your assessment of what we re seeing. it almost looks like russia is in its final stages of combat readiness. yeah, of course, for weeks now we ve been hearing from u.s. officials and other officials, british officials saying, look, if russia is really serious about wanting a negotiation, a diplomatic track to open up here, then it should reduce the tension. if it really wants to have a discussion and get its issues addressed, then why the need for troops and russia keeps insisting it has no intention of invading ukraine. but as the british foreign secretary said today, russia is creating completely the opposite impression because it continues to build up its forces, presenting a very clear image of an ability to invade should it so choose. so i think you have to take it as read that this is clearly what the kremlin intends. this is clearly how they intend to negotiate, not from a position where they re walking away from a b
think about that. you want to talk about diversity? here it is. it has been hard to come in to work this week not only for me but for so many of us here at cnn. my colleagues, more than 3,000 of us. let me just say this to my colleagues who may not have been here as long as i have, the younger folks who haven t weathered these storms i ve been at this network almost 16 years. we have been through ups and downs, ratings high, ratings low, everything. regime changes. we ve been through a lot. through it all our mission has remained the same. to deliver the facts, deliver the news. it is what we did when ted turner turned the lights on here. it is what we did through two gulf wars, through 9/11, through katrina, through an insurrection. jeff zucker may not have launched this network but he revived it and made it relevant again. he steadied it for the last decade. he left us with a very good blueprint going forward. so for all of you at home watching, you should know that i and m
the former vice president standing up saying his boss s claim that he could overturn the election was wrong, and even more remarkable perhaps is that him saying that was a big deal at all. yes, he told the truth which, sadly, in this moment is news making. on the other side of the coin, today, from the same party was this. the republican national committee characterizing the attack on the capitol as, quote, legitimate political discourse. and punishing two members for serving on the committee investigating january 6th. there is also this, a cnn exclusive, that the committee has evidence casting doubt on another party member s fuzz yay counts of his oel role on that day. jim jordan. the same lawmaker republicans tried to appoint as a member of the committee, in spite of the possibility he could be implicated in what amounted to an attempted coup. it has been quite a day for democracy and what used to be known as the grand ole party. redeeming it somewhat, both the party and th
prime-time. a show with my name on it. the only anchor of color in primetime cable news. think about that. want to talk about diversity? here it is. it has been hard to come into work this week, not only for me but for so many of us here at cnn my colleagues 3,000 of us more than 3,000 of us. so let me just say this to my colleagues, who may not have been here as long as i have, the younger folks who haven t weathered these storms. i have been at this network almost 16 years. we have been through ups and downs, rating highs, rating lows, everything. regime changes, we have been through a lot. and through it all, our mission has remained the same to dhfr t deliver the facts, to deliver the news. it is what we did when ted turner turned the lights on here. it is what we did through two gulf wars, through 9/11, through katrina, through an insurrection. jeff zucker may not have launched this network but he revived it, he made it relevant, again. he steadied it for the las
Ensure that our communities are safe, which includes making long overdue changes to our justice system. minneapolis police released body cam video of the fatal shooting of amir locke which we must warn you is disturbing. cnn s omar jimenez has more. reporter: just before 7:00 a.m. wednesday minneapolis police s.w.a.t. team uses a key to enter a city apartment. police, search warrant! reporter: then bursts through the doorway. searching the apartment, police say, tied to a st. paul homicide investigation. instead, they found 22-year-old amir locke, appearing to be sound asleep on a couch. locke then seems to wake up when they kick the couch and body cam footage shows him holding a gun. you can see along with an individual emerging from under the blanket, the barrel of a gun. the involved officer was just outside the frame in the direction that that barrel is emerging from the blanket.