happening now, new fears that russia s war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. i ll acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putin s forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. we ll tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news. the fox chairman rupert murdoch admitting underoath that popular tv hosts endorsed false claims about the 2020 presidential election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the deepening alliance between russia and china sending chills throughout the u.s. intelligence community. our senior national secur
and the u.s. justice department issues a scathing report of the louisville police, finding a pattern of excessive force and racist conduct within the department. we ll bring you the disturbing results of the federal investigation launched after the killing of breonna taylor. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, russian mercenaries claim they have gained new ground in bakhmut, now a flashpoint in vladamir putin s war against ukraine. president volodymyr zelenskyy tells me his forces are vowing, vowing to stand strong, even as they acknowledge theeadvancing city. but first, to the war zone. melissa bell has the latest on the battle for bakhmut. reporter: bakhmut, now a place of horror and death. before the war, bakhmut was about life. its sculpted hedges and rose gardens regularly instagramed. a picture of peace. and one of the oldest cities in the donbas. its genteel facades buil
issues tonight, the first developments in the long running criminal investigation into his son. cnn has exclusive reporting that hunter biden s attorneys who you can see here met with justice officials today. prosecutors are still weighing to bring several tax charges and a false statement charges against the president s son. then there is the other big issue hovering over joe biden. that s his age. he will be 86 at the end of his term. we ll tell you what he s saying about that today that s different from what she s saying before. plus, the case about richard blossom. this man has been given three last meals before being granted reprieves. now he s scheduled to be executed again. will the supreme court step in? and sales of budlight dropped considerably since kid rock and others went ballistic on the beer, literally. we ll talk about the effort to expand their customer base backfired in a big way. but we start at the white house where tonight they are rolling out the red car
russia s brutal invasion enters its second year, president biden sends more aid to ukraine. it s worth fighting for for as long as it takes. and as u.s. intelligence shows china considering lethal aid to russia, how will the white house react? i ll speak to national security adviser jake sullivan next, and united front. the gop, announces its first presidential debate as a host of candidates consider joining the race, but can they all agree to come together in the end? republican national committee chair rona mcdaniel will be here exclusively. plus common goal. in a bitterly divided house. we ve got our work cut out for us. two lawmakers from across the aisle are coming together to try to help families across the country. hello. i m dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is wondering how long this can go on. this week, russia s brutal invasion of ukraine entered its second year and ukrainian leaders say russian forces marked the anniversary wi
you by meso book.com. former president donald trump speaking tonight in iowa. his 1st trip to the crucial campaign state. he is announcing his 3rd white house run. rival candidate nikki haley and likely contenders ron desantis and mike pence also making trips to iowa. the base wants to move on from trump. here with me now karen, bob, mona, tia. i m glad you re all here tonight. let s begin with what trump is saying about governor ron desantis. i know you re saying what is he saying? he is what he is had to say. ron desantis red sanctimonious. ron desantis strongly opposed ethanol do you know that? we don t even know if he is running. if he is not running i will say he was fine on ethanol. don t worry. he also fought against social security. he wanted to decimate it and vote against it 3 times. voting against social security that s a bad one. he is under his skin. he hasn t announced his run yet but he is focusing on him. he has no one else to focus on really because t