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CNN's Ivan Watson speaks with a woman whose family survived the bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of the country. #CNN #News
CNN+ anchor Sara Sidner says that Will Smith's confrontation with Chris Rock at the Academy Awards drew attention away from the other Oscar winners and from serious news affecting people around the world. #CNN #News
CNN’s Anderson Cooper sits down with former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to talk about the state of the Republican Party and Christie’s relationship with former President Donald Trump.
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A Russian bomb devastated a hospital where children and pregnant women were getting care in Mariupol, Ukraine. CNN investigates how the strike in unfolded. #CNN #News
CNN’s John King speaks with Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward about his report that official White House phone records show a more than seven-hour gap in phone calls to and from then-President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021. #CNN #News
Former President Donald Trump was asked about Ukraine during a podcast interview, and somehow found a way to talk about windmills. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza breaks down Trump’s history of disdain for windmills.
CNN military analyst retired Col. Cedric Leighton shares why he believes Kyiv is still a major target in Ukraine despite Russian forces halting their advance. He also discusses reported Ukrainian gains in the southern region of the country. #CNN #News
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour reacts to news that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on spring conscription, fixing a target for 134,500 individuals to be drafted into the Russian armed forces. #CNN #News
Ukrainian Parliament member Lesia Vasylenko talks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about life in Kyiv as Ukrainian forces resist Russian military forces. #CNN #News
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour asks Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba if the Ukrainian military was responsible for a helicopter attack on a fuel depot in Belgorod, Russia. #CNN #News
CNN's Anderson Cooper visits photojournalist Juan Arredondo in a New York hospital, as the photographer recounts the moment he and award-winning filmmaker Brent Renaud came under fire while covering the war in Ukraine.
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The US believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being "misinformed" by his advisers about how badly the Russian military is performing in Ukraine and the impact of sanctions on Russia's economy, a US official tells CNN. #CNN #News
CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Volodymyr Demchenko, a Ukrainian filmmaker and soldier, about what he is seeing on the ground amid Russia's claims of scaling back forces. #CNN #News
John Bolton, the former national security adviser for President Trump, says that Trump talked about burner phones with him. Trump said in a statement he had never heard of the term when responding to a report about a gap in the White House call logs on January 6. #CNN #News
The January 6 select committee is considering action against Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, over texts she sent to then President Trump's Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. CNN national security reporter Zachary Cohen reports. #CNN #News
Ukrainian-American firefighter Oleg Skachko saw a need for equipment for emergency front line responders in Ukraine, so he and his coworkers donated theirs. CNN's Alexandra Field has more. #CNN #News
CNN's Nic Robertson reports on a statement from Russian President Vladimir Putin that all payments for Russian oil, from 'unfriendly' nations, will have to be done in rubles. Russia will no longer accept euros. #CNN #News
CNN's Ivan Watson reports from inside a children's ward in Ukraine and talks to an 11-year-old girl who was shot in the face by a Russian soldier. #CNN #News
CNN's Oliver Darcy and Brian Stelter react to Chris Wallace's interview with the New York Times on why he left Fox. #CNN #News
CNN's David McKenzie reports from London where the National Crime Agency has seized a yacht believed to be owned by an oligarch with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. #CNN #News
CNN's Don Lemon and Col. Cedric Leighton (Ret.) discuss reports that the Wagner Group -- made up of soldiers hired by Russia -- is now expected to be deployed in eastern Ukraine. #CNN #News
CNN's Peter Bergen reviews the implication of the Soviet Union's invasion of and withdrawal from Afghanistan, and how it could draw parallels to Russia's war in Ukraine today. #CNN #News
CNN's Fred Pleitgen is in Irpin, which the Ukrainian military describes as "one of the most dangerous places" in the war-torn country. #CNN #News
Russia and cybersecurity expert Dmitri Alperovitch discusses US intelligence reports claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB officer himself, has been misinformed by his top advisers on the Ukraine war. #CNN #News
CNN's Sam Kiley visits a hospital in Brovary, Ukraine, and speaks to victims of Russia's military invasion.
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A fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, which the regional governor said was caused by an air strike from Ukrainian helicopters. CNN is unable to verify this claim. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense told CNN it had no information about the incident. #CNN #News
Russian authorities say a fire broke out at a fuel depot in Belgorod, Russia, after an air strike coming from two helicopters belonging to the Ukrainian Armed forces. CNN is unable to verify this claim. #CNN #News
Stanislav Kucher, a long-time former Russian TV host, explains the mindset of the Russian people after an independent pollster finds Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval rating to be over 80 percent. #CNN #News
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander of Europe Gen. Philip Breedlove warns the more frustrated Russian President Vladimir Putin gets, the more dangerous he'll become. #CNN #News
Russians are feeling the impact of international sanctions as inflation pushes the cost of household staples up. CNN's Anna Stewart reports some supermarkets have placed limits on how much customers can buy of certain products. #CNN #News
CNN's Hadas Gold speaks to Leonid Nevzlin, a former oligarch who moved to Israel nearly 20 years ago, on his decision to publicly renounce his Russian citizenship. #CNN #News
CNN's Tom Foreman explains how kamikaze drones work, and how Ukrainian soldiers are using them to gain an advantage against Russia. #CNN #News
Although Ukraine remains outgunned in its war with Russia, as CNN's Frederik Pleitgen reports, Ukrainian pilots are more than answering the call. #CNN #News
Tata Marharian, a member of Ukraine's volunteer medical battalion, discusses treating victims of Russia's attack. #CNN #News
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark and CNN National Security Analyst Shawn Turner review the current state of affairs in Ukraine, evaluate whether Russian forces are achieving their military goals, and look at what Putin may do next as the war enters its third week. #CNN #News
After Volodomyr Zelensky's US Congress address, President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in in new security aid for Ukraine. CNN's Fred Pleitgen looks as how the Ukrainian army is using US arms to hold up against the Russian invasion. #CNN #News
North Korea's top diplomat in Italy, Jo Song Gil, has been missing for weeks, a South Korean lawmaker said, raising suspicions that he may have defected. #CNN #News
CNN's Chris Cuomo talks to Sean Cahil, retired US Navy Chief Master-at-Arms, and Christopher Mellon, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, about the forthcoming government report on UFO sightings.
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Ethan Williams filmed what happened when a flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing in Alaska.
Chuck Grassley has served as Iowa’s senator for a whopping seven terms, but new polling shows this tenure could be in jeopardy. In the latest episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza digs into whether the Hawkeye State will actually part ways with its longstanding senator.
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Baseball owners allow Dodgers and Giants to move
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Is U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley now 'vincible'? In new Iowa Poll, nearly two-thirds say it's time for someone new
https://www.desmoinesregister.....com/story/news/polit
Voters tell this GOP senator it's time to go
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/15..../politics/chuck-gras
As Grassley weighs his future, Republicans eye his seat
https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08..../politics/chuck-gras
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Fugitive and former auto magnate Carlos Ghosn tells CNN Business about his escape from Japan and his quest to "clear his name." #CNNBusiness
Before Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at his former high school in Florida on February 14, law enforcement officials received several calls from people concerned about the young man's guns and violent behavior. One caller said Cruz planned "to shoot up" an unnamed school.
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle died after a shooting in Los Angeles near a clothing store he owned, according to a high-ranking law enforcement official with the Los Angeles Police Department. CNN's Brooke Baldwin discusses with DJ HeadKrack. #CNN #News
Osama bin Laden began life as the son of billionaire and turned to terror after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
Russian forces are setting their sights on the capital city of Kyiv, advancing to the doorstep of the city. Satellite images show Russian artillery bombarding Kyiv as fierce fighting continues in many other parts of the country. Cities in eastern and southern Ukraine are under a sustained Russian onslaught.
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CNN’s Fareed Zakaria discusses the immigrant experience in America and how groups of minorities differ from each other. #CNN #News
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the deadly Russian airstrike on a large military base near Lviv, Ukraine, which was only miles from the Polish border, shows that Vladimir Putin is frustrated with his forces' progress.
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For 70 years, it's been a local legend. Now, two men claim they've found tons of gold, gems and guns all packed on a Nazi train. Wolf Blitzer reports.
Mary Trump, President Donald Trump's niece, tells CNN's Chris Cuomo that bigoted feelings ran in her uncle's family, and she also reveals her biggest concern about the President staying in office.
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