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you ll remember in the just released book, the peril, milley is described as holding secret meetings and calling his chinese counterpart out of fear that then president trump was acting erratically in his final weeks in office. today, milley defended his actions. at no time was i attempting to change or influence the process, usurp authority, or insert myself in the chain of command. but i am expected, i am required to give my advice and ensure that the president is fully informed on military matters. okay, there s so much testimony to dissect, so let s bring in cnn pentagon correspondent orin lieberman. let s start with the major issue from the hearing and that s the chaotic withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan and whether the generals had advised president biden to keep a troop presence there. so, tell us what was said. reporter: this was one of the biggest questions and they were very careful in their wording here. they said they wouldn t get into any s ....
hello and welcome. president volodymyr zelenskyy has denied russia s claims that mariupol had been captured: he said the city was continuing to resist russian forces. in his latest address to the nation, he also said moscow had rejected a proposal for an easter truce, and thanked the us for its latest package of military support. but he warned that russia was seeking to falsify a referendum in regions under occupation. translation: i urge the residents translation: i urge the residents of translation: i urge the residents of the - translation: i urge the residents of the southern regions to be very careful about what information you provide to the invaders. if they ask you to fill questionnaires, leave your passport information somewhere, please note this is not to help you, it is not to carry out a census of people who live in the area, as they say, and it is not to give you humanitarian aid, this is aimed at a so called referendum on your land, if moscow was to co ....
the strike destroyed homes as well as a fertilizer warehouse. meantime, ukrainian officials say they are still defending the besieged port city of mariupol despite recent reports russian forces have been gaining ground and on monday, came unconfirmed reports of a chemical attack in that city. cnn cannot verify that claim, but ukraine s president says they are taking that report and that threat seriously. translator: today, we heard a statement from the occupiers confirming they are preparing for a new stage in their terror against us and our defenders. one of the spokespeople of the invaders said they are considering using chemical weapons against the defenders of mariupol. we take it very seriously. zelenskyy also accused russian forces of planting tens, if not hundreds of thousands of mines, and ordinance in northern ukraine, a move he calls a war crime. that s after the russian military s retreat from the kyiv region. as the russians ramp up their efforts in area ....
dangerous as possible. due to the actions of the russian army, our territory today is one of the most contaminated by mines in the world. to that end, this morning, you can see this huge effort by ukrainians in and around kyiv to uncover and clean up the unexploded mines that were left behind there. overnight, we are getting reports of heavy shelling by the russians in the eastern part of this country. this, of course, is the area where the russians are launching this new offensive. really where we re expecting intense fighting in the days ahead. but, ukrainian officials are hoping that heavy rain will slow plans for the russians in that area. the rain is expected to last for several days. it could create acres and acres of mud here which would keep the russians on the road system and would make them an easier target. as for vladimir putin, he says russia s military goals in ukraine are noble and will be achieved. the reason we re telling you this, this is the fir ....
about this sort of formative racial discrimination. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, rebecca country here in america and we are essentially split between two large factions. you have a two party system. and so, naturally, there was going to be internal dissent. each political party is made up of millions of different people with lots of different views inside it. it s the nation of coalition politics. but ultimately what defines a party, even with all that in turn all dissent and conflict, and disagreement, is what s lines you can across. these are often called litmus test or, in other context, the party line. one of the common examples is abortion rights. it used to be much more common for people inside each party to have conflicting views on abortion. you would see pro-choice republicans, a lot of them, a lot of antiabortion democrats. but all over the past two decades or so, both parties have increasingly sorted on abortion poli ....