>> anderson: yeah. usually in the hottest part of town, because it could take a long time to have these things, the cubes melt. >> cooper: for years she was a traveling troubadour, experimenting with sound, light and stories. >> anderson: and i've been around the block, but i don't care, i'm on a roll, i'm on a wild ride. >> cooper: after the unlikely success of "o superman," she got an eight record deal with warner bros. suddenly, the avant-garde artist was playing on mtv. that must've been strange. to have that kind of commercial success dangled before you. >> anderson: i knew enough about the pop world to know it was extremely fickle. so, i said, "okay. i'm not gonna be tricked by this.” >> cooper: a chance meeting with a rock and roll legend she'd vaguely heard of changed her life. his name was lou reed, and he asked her out. >> anderson: and we went over to the a.e.s. convention at the javitz center. super geeky thing to do. we were looking at tube microphones. >> cooper: so, for your first date,

anderson cooper is going to be here in a little while. >> jon: anderson cooper, yes! >> stephen: just a delightful-- just a delightful fella. great. >> stephen: and i just want to say how great the band sounds again. i mean, it's wonderful to have you back. ( cheers and applause ). to have joe back. i also want to point out, louis and the rest of the band sounded amazing while you guys were gone. we missed you, but, began, you guys did an amazing job keeping this band hot while you were out of the east coast area. >> jon: the best in the world, really. >> stephen: have you won anything recently, jon? you have one anything-- anything since the agreements? anything since the grammys? >> jon: oh, no, not since sunday. >> stephen: okay, well. keep it up. gotta keep it up, man. >> jon: got to keep it rolling. >> stephen: we mitt all win something, i just found out-- this is exciting-- we're nominated for the webbys, the web awards. we've already been honored by being honorable for the comedy podcast content series and music video siris webbys. but we're nominated for two w

while joining us now is carol anderson. she's a professor at emory university the author of five books. the most recent is this one the second race and guns in a fatally unequal america professor anderson, you've written about voter suppression. this book is very specific. where did it come from? it really emerged out of the killing of philando castile. because here you had a black man in minnesota who was pulled over by the police and the police officer asked to see his id. following nra guidelines philando castile alerted the officer that he had a license to carry weapon with him, but he was reaching for his id as the officer had asked. the police officer immediately then put five bullets into philando castile not for brandishing a weapon not for threatening him. but for merely having a weapon and then nra went silent now the nra the defender of the second amendment goes silent when a licensed gun owner is gunned down for no other reason than having a gun the nra that called federal officers jack booted government thugs a

it's anderson cooper. star of cnn+, anderson cooper. you're not busy enough. >> yes, that's right. >> stephen: you've got the "anderson cooper 360." >> we've got cnn+ now, so you know, you've got to-- >> stephen: but do you have still have the "360" thing beforehand? >> sure, yeah, every night, every weekday night, yes. >> stephen: and then, you also have two cnn+ shows. >> i do. >> stephen: two. one is not enough. >> yeah, no. it's double-plus. >> stephen: "parental guidance" and "anderson cooper: full circle." >> yes, "full circle" is like an interview show, with just, folks who wouldn't necessarily be on an evening newscast, but just fun, interesting people to talk about. people, writers, who have come on and just, interesting people. >> stephen: explain this to me, please. if you don't mind. >> yeah. >> stephen: what is cnn+? ( laughter ) because, here's the thing: i see ads for it on cnn all the time. >> right, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> stephen: but my understanding is that if i go to cnn+, that's not cnn. that's plus. >> no, it's a str

while joining us now is carol anderson. she's a professor at emory university the author of five books. the most recent is this one the second race and guns in a fatally unequal america professor anderson, you've written about voter suppression. this book is very specific. where did it come from? it really emerged out of the killing of philando castile. because here you had a black man in minnesota who was pulled over by the police and the police officer asked to see his id. following nra guidelines philando castile alerted the officer that he had a license to carry weapon with him, but he was reaching for his id as the officer had asked. the police officer immediately then put five bullets into philando castile not for brandishing a weapon not for threatening him. but for merely having a weapon and then the nra went silent now the nra the defender of the second amendment goes silent win a licensed gun owner is gunned down for no other reason than having a gun the nra that called federal officers jack booted government thug

well joining us now is carol anderson. she's a professor at emory university the author of five books. the most recent is this one the second race and guns in a fatally unequal america. professor anderson you've written about voter suppression. this book is very specific. where did it come from? it really emerged out of the killing of philando castile. because here you had a black man in minnesota who was pulled over by the police and the police officer asked to see his id. following nra guidelines philando castile alerted the officer that he had a license to carry weapon with him, but he was reaching for his id as the officer. ask the police officer immediately then put five bullets into philando castile not for brandishing a weapon not for threatening him. but for merely having a weapon and then the nra went silent. now the nra the defender of the second amendment goes silent when a licensed gun owner is gunned down for no other reason than having a gun the nra that called federal officers jack booted government thugs af

>> i think there's a couple of reasons why they decided to do this, anderson. i think number one, they're feeling the effects of this war i think even more so than we are in this country, being a large european country. i spoke to an english journalist who covers this inside and out who told me he thought this was one of the reasons. i think another reason, and maybe even more important in this, is the idea of actually handing the wimbledon trophy, one of the biggest moments, arguably the biggest moment in tennis on center court, the hallowed grounds of the all england club to a russian or belarusian player, i think that's something that wimbledon just did not want to take that risk. and i believe they made this decision very early on. it's only a couple -- we're a couple months out of the tournament taking place. i think they saw what happened at the australian open with novak djokovich and the vaccine issue down there. and they wanted to get way ahead of this. novak djokovich, one of the players that's already spoken up against this decision by the all englan

>> yeah, the busiyzentine naturf the kremlin, anderson, there are people who can push back. the question is, how do you do it without getting your own head lopped off? certainly an understanding among the senior leadership and i include putin in that, there is a recognition that that's an extremely serious step but it depends how it's implemented. really, on the battlefield now as you all out there have seen, what is left for the russians to do to try to increase her likelihood of success? i think the next step for them, if it turns into escalation, because of the weapons that the ukrainians are receiving from the west, i think you're looking at the possibility of chemical attacks, biological attacks, and then ultimately, perhaps tactical nuclear use, as well, in the theater. because really, what's left for the russians but to push harder and then escalate. >> can you walk us through the type of nuclear weapons the u.s. might be worried about most in your view? there's strategic weapons and tactical weapons, maybe talk about the difference? >> yeah, i think the tactical weap

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well joining us now is carol anderson. she's a professor at emory university the author of five books. the most recent is this one the second race and guns in a fatally unequal america. professor anderson you've written about voter suppression. this book is very specific. where did it come from? it really emerged out of the killing of philando castile. because here you had a black man in minnesota who was pulled over by the police and the police officer asked to see his id. following nra guidelines

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they're paying a lot more explicit anderson, summed up in what secretary austin said after this visit to ukraine. >> we want to see russia weakened to a degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine so it already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly, and we wanted to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. >> reporter: and anderson, hearing secretary austin talk about deliberately weakening russia military we are told was internal, language they're using on purpose not just something he came up with on the spot and when you hear from official and see we talk to them behind the scenes, the logic here is they don't think this is something where putin stops at ukraine and their concern is if he tries to do it in ukraine, will try to do it in other places maybe years down the road so that is why they say they never want him to have the capability to do what is happening in ukraine again, sharp language and hits washington against moscow much more than we saw two months ago initially

>>> anderson, thanks so much. i'm jake tapper, and this is "cnn tonight" live from ukraine on night 40, night 40 of hell. i'm in lviv in the west, but all eyes right now are

anderson. >> alex marquardt, appreciate it. now mariupol and the hundreds of fighters and civilians holding out and shelters beneath the city's enormous steel-making complex. earlier this week, got our first look at the very difficult living conditions there inside the plant, one woman saying they haven't seen daylight for weeks, children crying all the time, food and water running out. now, mariupol's mayor says the russians have been bombing a makeshift hospital inside the facility, wounding he says, more than 600 people. joining us tonight is y yuri reshenkov, ceo of the company that owns the plant. appreciate you being with us. are you in contact with people of the plant or those that escaped, what are they telling you about the conditions inside? >> unfortunately, we're not in contact with the people at the plant for more than three weeks now, since the connection broke up, but we are meeting the people who get out of the plant and meeting them right on the outskirts of mariupol, trying to provide them with humanitarian ai

>> well, thanks for having me, anderson. let me just reflect in answering your question on what general milley said today that you just ran a clip of that. as people watch this raw carnage, the massacres of innocent people and he's right, we haven't seen this since world war ii, there will be consequences. there will be repercussions. there will be more and more demand on the united states and the west to do more as we're seeing, every week it accelerates. do more, do more. more sanctions tomorrow. more calls for more weapons, more sophisticated weapons and s-300 missile defense system. you're going have more pressure that will be on the united states and i think it's appropriate. i mean, when we step back and really understand what's going on here, not only have we never seen this since world war ii, but just the humanitarian dynamic of this, the chinese are watching this as it relates to taiwan. the iranians and the north koreans and all countries are watching this and watching the u.s. response to it and the west response

>> reporter: they have not responded, anderson. in the past i think they have suggested such claims are part of a pattern to try and paint russian forces in a bad light, but frankly the systemic nature of the claims we've been hearing, so similar, in fact the conversations we've had with the ukrainian prosecutors' offices here say who they through the victims' testimony and the investigative work they've done have confirmed they story, which as you heard in that report, believe is a war crime, anderson. >> payton walsh, just horrifying. given that report, given everything we have seen and heard for ourselves here and in light of tonight's new american assessment of russian culpability already for war crimes and potentially genocide as well, we're taking a step back and looking at what this all adds up to. which is why we're joined tonight by fareed zakaria, host of cnn's "fareed zakaria gps." reported on allegations of rape, other war crimes in places like bucha, where we saw just citizens on the street day after day being shot to

of course, anderson, she is one of the lucky ones. there are hundreds of thousands of people from areas of the world and countries that they say are dangerous too, and that's why they've been seeking asylum here in the united s states. but as you know there's something called title xlii and that was put in place by the trump administration, upheld by the biden administration. that is set to expire next month. 1.7 million migrants from seeking asylum in the united states from mexico, central america, haiti, areas of the world they say are dangerous. there's good news for the ukrainians the united states is letting in, 100,000 in all apparently, but a lot of frustration and anger on the part of these other countries who have been waiting for quite some time, anderson. >>> coming up next, an update from capitol hill where the house has taken action against two more non-cooperating january 6th witnesses. lunchables! built to be eaten. ok so i need someone to help with phone trades while i'm out. uh huh. people can get a free samsung galax

anderson. >> appreciate it. thanks very much, kyung. >>> up next, exclusive new reporting on text messages that donald trump jr. sent just two days after the november 2020 election to the top-white house adviser to his father. this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. >>> we have exclusive new reporting tonight tied to the january 6th investigation. cnn has learned that just two days after the november 2020 election, donald trump jr. texted his father's chief of staff at the white house with ideas for overturning the election results before the race was even called, all in hopes of keeping his father in office. d

>> reporter: it's massive, anderson. it is double the last package that congress approved to go to ukraine last month. that one is $14 billion. now we are talking $33 billion that president biden is asking congress for. when you look at what's inside this package, it's over $20 billion for military assistance. that's the weaponry, the ammunition we have seen flowing to ukraine the last several months. they want over $20 billion more of that. $8.5 million for economic assistance. that's to help keep the ukrainian government running, help keep it functioning. and $3 billion for humanitarian assistance, food cuter, people who are still there in ukraine, as sam was so noting, desperately need all the help they can get. it is not clear what will happen on capitol hill. yes, there is a lot of support on capitol hill for ukraine. but there have been deep disagreements over covid-19 funding, immigration. it remains to be seen if this is something that gets tied up in that. that is something congress will have to deal with. thoug

>> pretty powerful weapons, anderson. i think it reflects the gravity of which the white house realizes just how pivotal these next several weeks will be in determining what could happen here. and so this new $800 million package announced today follows on the heels of the $800 million last week they are sending and this has about 72 howitzers. 144,000 rounds of ammunition, over 100 tactical drones and these are different drones than the package last week. these are what the pentagon is calling phoenix ghost drones. they say they were specifically made to go to ukraine. they were developed by the air force at the request of these specific requests made by the ukrainians of what they believe they need to help them fend themselves off from the russians as they have moved this battle into the second phase from the invasion where they were going after cities like kyiv, the capital, and now moving to the eastern region. so this is something that the white house believes is going to help maybe push them back even, not just brac

and i have to take the opportunity here, anderson. looking at that film of those absolutely beautiful children underground, i mean, i was blessed -- we've been blessed over this easter weekend. i spent it with three of my five grandchildren who look like those kids. it's absolutely heartbreaking. >> it's sickening to see children in this situation. >> it is. >> russian forces according to president zelenskyy have started today the battle for donbas. what does that battle look like? obviously, you know, we heard a lot about it being much more heavy artillery, tanks over long, open plains. some people compared it to a world war ii-style battle. >> it's going to be far more conventional than what we've seen to date up in the kyiv area and certainly kharkiv where the russians tried to walk into issue terrain and got completely waxed. this will be open terrain, and it will come in phases. the russians are not unlike the soviets in that when you see artillery, you can't get enough of it from the russians. they will pound and pound and pound

. >> reporter: that's right anderson. cnn spoken with the ukrainian commander who's inside the steel plant along with hundred of sifr civilians who are taking cover. he describes the situation as being critical at this moment. he essentially implore any third country to come forward to broke some kind of extraction gr agreement. he was essentially begging for the u.s. to take a sort of primary wall in trying to get these people out safely. he said this is a matter of upmost urgency. this may be the last time you hear my voice. we have the possibility ly a fe and perhaps we are going to die. there is not enough food or water. we don't know how many ukrainian forces are held up in there. clearly is a dire situation and looking more bleak by the moment. >> ed, in your piece is so, it is one family, one son looking for his father and that's a story which has repeated thousands or if not tens of thousands of times in ukraine now every single day with people who have been separated or don't know where another loved one may be.

anthony anderson says he'd love to get the band back together on the big screen. he says he envisions a movie called "johnson family vacation" maybe. >> it's hard to say good-bye. >> i hope there's a spinoff. >> come on movie. >>> coming up, it's 4/20 day. ♪ ♪ ♪ i get out of colorado ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i try to push away the shadow ♪ >>> it's a big, and as they say, loud day in colorado and several other states. >> indeed it is. it is april 20th, 4/20, celebrating the legalization of marijuana. >> as of today, medical marijuana is legal in 37 states, recreational use in 18. an interesting back story on the evolution of 4/20. so we are opening up the vault to april 20, 2001, with alison stewart. >> it's april 20th, 4/20. and some of you are probably watching this at 4:20 a.m. for some of you that may mean something. but there are a lot of you probably saying so what. the truth be told, most of us around here didn't know what 4/20 signified until we saw it on another prime time show on another network, and it wasn't even the aaron sorkin show. if you know what

i nominate kat anderson as v.p. of the commission. >> i would like to second the motion. >> thank you. >> secretary: any other nominations for vice president of the commission? seeing none, nominations are closed. all those in favor for kat anderson to be vice president of the commission? >> aye. >> any opposed? okay. motion passes. i don't know if either of you would like to say anything, but the floor is yours. >> president buell: well, commissioner anderson, would you like to say something? >> vice president anderson: yes, thank you. i hope everybody can hear me all right. >> yes, we can hear you. >> vice president anderson: i feel very proud to serve with all of you, my colleagues on the commission. i want to thank you for another vote of confidence. and also really the wonderful staff that we have, the commission and the department. phil, you've built a great leadership team and all the people that work with you and for you and for all of us in the city, i just want to extend my incredible gratitude, my admirat

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and last night, as we discussed, anderson, explosions in that town. so, it's far from cleanly under russian control. but certainly the rhetoric now is they want to improve economic development there, despite of course the damage to the economy being as a result of the clumsy invasion of troops into that town. >> we've also seen tensions with moldova in this break away region that's backed by russia, this bizarre sliver of land. what's the latest there? >> yeah, i mean, there have been concerns certainly voiced, i think, after russia suggested its second phase of its operation might be to move south of where i'm standing all the way towards moldova, that there could be some military activation where there has been a contingent of russian troops in this break away part of moldova, a member of european union, for time since the 1990s. now, there have been explosions over the past few days or so near state security buildings. ukraine has said that's essentially a false flag operation by russia to try to provide a justification for increased presence there

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. >> cnn's anderson cooper is in the capital city of kyiv. anderson, do you know when, or has the state department said when the u.s. embassy will be back open there? >> reporter: yeah, victor and alison, they've said that american diplomats will return this week to ukraine. first they're going to start with day trips into lviv from poland, and then gradually return to where i am here in kyiv. the u.s. state department, as you know, pulled out its staff in ukraine from kyiv in the days immediately before february 24th, when the invasion began. president biden said the nominee to be the new ambassador to ukraine is a person named bridget brink. she's got more than 25 years of experience in foreign service. she speaks russian. she's currently the ambassador to slovakia. i want to go to cnn pentagon correspondent oren lieberman, where defense secretary austin is going to hold a summit tomorrow. secretary austin is going to be meeting with counterparts there. give us a preview of this meeting, and at least 20 nations attending. >> reporter: we've

>> anderson, i think it's very significant. i think it did accomplish things. it certainly made the point that the united states is broader than the rhetoric that we use. it brings things to the table. it brings weapons. it is providing weapons. and president zelenskyy has acknowledged that these heavier weapons that he's been asking for are now flowing. and president zelenskyy himself said it was important that the two secretaries be there. so, it was -- i think it was significant. it also demonstrated commitment, a long-term commitment that the united states has to ukraine. and the comments subsequently -- that is, we're going to be there. the united states is going to be there for as long as it takes. the ukrainians, we know, will fight. you were just talking about the mariupol heroism. it's incredible what they're doing. and that's a demonstration that the ukrainians will fight as long as they have the means to do that. so, that's what general austin, secretary austin, secretary blinken were there to demonstrate is we're going to be there to support them. >

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>> actually, no, anderson. it is a dramatic move and it suggest to me that the russians are feeling the heat. russia has been very careful through all its turmoil, we have 2014 invasion of ukraine and 2008 invasion of georgia. they always kept the gas lines running because they understood that their money, what finances putin's ckleptocrattic machine s the war. the fact they are now withholding using energy as a weapon, tells you they are in tough shape and they understand the next stage may be, perhaps not a full embargo on russian energy but some reductions. they're trying to punish the polls and send a signal to the european union. it is not a sign of strength. they have never done this before. it tells you that this ises the weapon we should be thinking about more and more. it is gas revenue s and coal revenues. that's what's flowing to putin. stop take all these yachts from billionaires. it has no effect on putin. putin does not depend on these people for power. they depend on him. we have the casual where

>> anderson, i think it's very significant. i think it did accomplish things. it certainly made the point that the united states is broader than the rhetoric that we use. it brings things to the table. it brings weapons. it is providing weapons. and president zelenskyy has acknowledged that these heavier weapons that he's been asking for are now flowing. and president zelenskyy himself said it was important that the two secretaries be there. so, it was -- i think it was significant. it also demonstrated commitment, a long-term commitment that the united states has to ukraine. and the comments subsequently -- that is, we're going to be there. the united states is going to be there for as long as it takes. the ukrainians, we know, will fight. you were just talking about the mariupol heroism. it's incredible what they're doing. and that's a demonstration that the ukrainians will fight as long as they have the means to do that. so, that's what general austin, secretary austin, secretary blinken were there to demonstrate is we're going to be there to support them. >

the classic shows were scored by barry gray and created by gerry anderson, seen here with two of his most famous characters. parker's been having a little bit to drink recently, so he's... gerry's son is jamie anderson, and he's brought some of his late father's models to symphony hall ahead of the concert. just the thought that in a few days' time, this place is going to be filled with over a thousand fans of anderson productions, and they're just going to relive, you know, six decades of anderson themes all in one night, i mean, i'm equally nervous and excited, i think. the orchestra won't be able to rehearse together until saturday, so they're learning their parts alone. richard harvey composed this theme to the �*80s show terror hawks. and in his studio in south london, is preparing for the concert, which he'll conduct. i think the music was absolutely pivotal. i mean, he was basically giving the world a puppet show. but barry gray's music turned it into a big screen thing. if it had been puppet show scale music, the whole thing would have failed. the music was such an integral

>> reporter: anderson, this is the sound of spring here in kramatorsk. almost constant air raid sirens. there have been occasional strikes of missiles, probably fired from aircraft, long-range missiles. and this is the sort of witching hour in this sort of hour or two before dawn when they most often strike, just as the sun is coming up, so -- we're expecting what are likely to be largely kind of psychological pressure, i think, being made, brought to bear here on ckramatorsk, i can hear a detonation that's just gone off. i suspect that's anti-aircraft fire. this is sort of the ongoing process as they, the russians, try to put the squeeze here, which is in the center of a salient of territories surrounded, really, potentially, on three sides by russia, but with a large gap that the russians would like to close and close the jaws around this city as part of their campaign, which they say is now focused on capturing what they call the donbas the east of the country, and the southern coastline, anderson. >> clarissa, sam was showing police delivering suppli

>> i think that's right, anderson. again, they have nothing left. again, we are hammering their economy, their financial system, their business community, putin's inner circle, watching over 300,000 of the most talented russian citizens now voted with their feet and left the country. they don't want to be in a country anymore that's a global pariah. i think they're faced with pretty bleak times ahead. >> what do you make of this coming phase now of the war? >> well, i think the phase that we're actually in now, and perhaps in the days that lie ahead, is very, very pivotal for ukraine. they've been scrambling to move forces down there, just as russia pulled forces out of the north and reconstituted them and shoved them around to the east without really adequate reconstitution activities. ukraine has to be doing the same. these are vast distances, as you well know, back in kyiv, and knowing how long that distance is from north to south and east to west, so -- the other factor here is that the russians have been being more precise in targeting certain

cnn's anderson cooper is in the ukrainian capital for us. ar anderson, you are joining us now live. i know you interviewed the mayor of kyiv earlier today. what did he tell you about yesterday's strikes by the russians? and the continuing threat to the ukrainian capital? >> he was a little less diplomatic than the ukrainian official whose tweet you just showed there. he said that the strike that took place here in kyiv yesterday, while the secretary here, was essentially a middle finger by vladimir putin to to the not only the secretary general but to the international community and to ukraine. as you knowers as jim was reporting, one person was killed in that strike. as many as ten were -- were injured. it hit near an apartment complex. the first two stories of that bui building engulfed in flames. it took rescuers about an hour to -- to put out. but it is a reminder i think to everybody here in kyiv that the danger even though so-called phase two of russia's invasion is happening really in the east, the danger here in kyiv, and really anywhere in ukraine remains, wolf. >> certainl

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let's get things back to cnn's anderson cooper with us in kyiv. >> yeah. noted helicopters and tanks and troops taking part in the first rehearsal for the next month's military parade in moscow. the event is set for may 9th, a very important day in russia known as victory day so russia had setbacks in the current phase of the conflict. will that impact the so-called victory parade? >> no, i think it makes it even more significant. we know from u.s. ib tell jens and experts this is a crucial potentially a crucial day in the conflict. that according to u.s. intelligence is why russia shifted the focus in the conflict away from taking the whole of ukraine and the fact they couldn't take the whole of ukraine towards just taking the donbas and now with he see them trying to take some of the south of ukraine along the black sea. because they want to bring home some kind of success, some victory for may 9 rnlg. m th. . that is the thinking. that creates a dangerous moment for the week to ten days. the if they can't bring a victory, perhaps an announcement of sort

anthony anderson, good morning. good morning, man. welcome to the show, as usual. >> good morning, cousin june bug. >> cousin june bug is here to stay. [ laughter ] this show, this show has been just amazing, man. >> yes. >> but i'm curious, what is your best memory or a memory you have from the first day you were on set to shoot in 2014? >> oh, my best memory is casting for the pilot and then shooting the pilot. one, because that laid the foundation for the next eight years but, you know, auditioning these young actors, these young children was truly amazing and to see what they've grown into over the last eight years, man, it's -- yeah. >> you've become a family. >> we did. we did. they spent more time with me as their television father than they've spent with, you know, their real parents and vice versa. i spent more time with them than my own children so we are truly a family. >> what's it been like to watch them grow up? you have worked with them since day one. >> i like to take credit for what they've become. [ laughter ] i mean

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. >> anderson, thank you very much. with us is cnn military analyst, retired general wesley clark who once served as nato supreme allied commander. thank you so much for being here. about that mariupol siege and the people, the babies and children and elderly who are trapped inside, is there anything nato or the u.s. can do to help them survive? >> well, we go in and lead a relief, and book the siege. we put aircraft in, strike forces on the outside, and open it up when we can. we could do that. and the next best thing is to get all the supplies into ukraine so that ukrainians can mount a push. you know, alisyn, when we look at what the russians say and what they do, we realize this is a very cruel and crude psychological game. they want to mo nnopolize the ns media. they want to claim they're humanitarian, and they want to put the pressure on the ukrainian government, the international community, and of course the people inside by raising hopes. and dashing hopes. raising hopes and dashing hopes. it's a game. and they'

anderson cooper joins us, we heard a lot of explosions went off after the u.n. secretary general was in kiev meeting president zelenskyy. so what have you learned? >> reporter: yeah, allison, kiev's mayor says there were two strikes in one specific district here in the city. officials are trying to figure out if anyone has been hurt or killed in this. you mentioned they met with president zelenskyy today. gutierrez toured bucha. the site of alleged war crimes and says ukraine is the epicent of heartache as well as pain. he is boostingests to help the war-torn nation and keep trying to look for peace. let's take a listen. >> this war must end in in leap with the charter of the international nations and international law. they made many efforts to stop the fighting. but his efforts so far have not succeeded. and i am here to say to you, mr. president, and to the people of ukraine, we will not give up. >> reporter: is there more we know about this explosion at this point? >> yes, we're trying to get more out of these officials. it takes officials a few hours to con

cooper in kyiv, stay safe, anderson. we'll be in touch. >>> just hours before the new attack on kyiv president biden warned that the united states would pay a huge price if it caves to russian aggression in ukraine. cnn's chief national security correspondent jim sciutto has more on that in this report from ukraine. >> reporter: tonight president biden standing firm. >> aggression will not win. threats will not win. we are prepared for whatever they do. >> reporter: as putin warns of retaliation should other nations interfere in the conflict in ukraine. and cuts off russian natural gas supplies to neighboring countries. >> we will not let russia intimidate or blackmail their way out of the sanctions. >> reporter: biden rejected the notion the russian led conflict was becoming a proxy war between russia and the u.s. and nato. >> it shows the desperation that russia is feeling about their abject failure. no one should be making idle comments about the use of nuclear weapons or the possibility that they could use that. it's

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keenly aware of the fact that they are potentially vulnerable to that as well, i would say, though, anderson, it would be a very tall order for russia to fully encircle kharkiv. >> mariupol had what 140,000 residents before the invasion, kharkiv, was 1.5 or something -- >> exactly and a strong ring of ukrainian forces who have been launching successful counter offensives, russians tried to push in there last month, weren't successful in doing it but because of that relentless bombardment, sort of instills a sort of vulnerable mentally as well in terms of morale because the message you're receiving day in and day out is you will not be allowed to have a normal life in any way, shape or form, unless you submit. >> where were you in chernobyl today, the iea direct calling it a fact-finding mission, bringing necessary equipment and where they come out, have found significant damage. remember the russians occupied that facility early on in the war, they were there several weeks forcing engineers to work under horrific conditions to keep that defunct power plant operating essentially and that happ