subpoenaed by the doj. meadows one of the highest ranking trump aids to be subpoenaed. this is the trumps counsel we are learning is locked in mortal court battles. the details next. in a battle brewing in texas tonight after university professors were asked to give a statement on their commitment to diversity before they re hired. the story you ll see first up front. plus, russia adopting thousands of ukrainian children in a massive re-education effort. it s a damning new report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. and good evening. welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett, and we begin with the breaking news tonight. trumps former chief of staff, mark meadows, subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former president s attempt to cling to power. now, of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for from s election life, which ultimately fueled the violence and
see first here on out front. massive reeducation effort. it s a damning report, saying some of them are up for adoption, others being trained now to join the military. let s go out front. good evening, welcome to a special edition of out front. i m erin burnett. we begin with breaking news, tonight for trump s former chief of staff mark meadows subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the former presidents attempt to cling to power. of course, remember, meadows helped lay the groundwork for trump s election lies, which ultimately feel the outrage and violence that we all saw on january 6th. he was literally by trump side during the insurrection itself. much more on that in just a moment because there is so much breaking developments here tonight. we also have other breaking news this hour from the justice department. we are learning that the special counsel investigating trump s locked now in at least eight secret court battles. the special counsel jack smith tryin
two 15 year olds appear in court charged with the murder of brianna ghey. the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria rises to more than 40,000 but people are still being rescued alive nine days on. and more turmoilfor welsh rugby, as players threaten strike action over uncertainty about their playing contracts. and coming up on the bbc news channel. welsh rugby players will consider strike action had of hosting england in the six nations in cardiff next week due to contract disputes. hello, and a very good afternoon. nicola sturgeon has resigned as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she says she can no longer give the full commitment she believes the job requires and says it s time for a new leader to take both the country and her party forward. the snp leader hinted that after eight years as leader what she called polarised opinions about her, may be getting in the way of broadening the appeal of the case for an independent
in scotland. it is not clear exactly when she will leave office, but as i say, she has been head of the scottish government for the last eight years. she has been making headlines in recent weeks because of a wider debate on teenagers rights, calling for a wider debate on teenagers rights, she defended plans to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex. scotland s gender recognition bill that she wanted to introduce into scotland brought her into conflict and a clash with the uk government based in westminster, which blocked scotland plus two gender recognition bill. the secretary of state for scotland alisterjack used a special order known as a section 35 order to prevent that there becoming law on the grounds it would have an adverse impact on the laws. those are laws that apply across scotland, england and wales. that was a claim disputed by the scottish government, butjust to remind you, that gender recognition bill was to allow i6 year olds to change their legal sex
disappearance. ais year old boy and are charged with the murder of the 16 year old girl who was killed in cheshire on saturday. inflation remains near a a0 year high. the uk s most expensive drug saves a toddler with a rare genetic condition, but it is too late to save her terminally ill sister. nicola sturgeon is stepping down as scotland s first minister and leader of the scottish national party. she will leave office as soon as her successor is chosen. she says she can no longer give the role the full commitment she believes that it needs, and she hinted that after eight years as scotland s first minister, efforts to broaden the appeal of scottish independence could be hampered by what she called polarised opinions about her work. we ll look back at her career and get political reaction from edinburgh and london, but first lorna gordon on nicola sturgeon s resignation. she is scotland s longest serving first minister, the first female to hold the position. and today, nicol