to leave on a major middle east trip including a controversial visit to saudi arabia. can he reset relations with the country he had vowed to make a pariah? and new efforts are now underway to free americans britney greiner and paul whalen from captivity in russia. the better and hostage negotiator former governor bill richardson is now expected to travel to moscow in hopes of winning the release. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. on this the eve of the next january six hearing, select committee aides are sharing new details on what to expect as the panel zeros in on the far right extremists at the forefront of the insurrection. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles has our report from capitol hill. the justice department says they were among the writers causing the most trouble on january sixth. right wing extremist groups many of which came to washington intent on disrupting
blastoff. nasa will try to launch the rocket again on friday for the six-week test flight if it can the fix that engine. if it is successful, artemis is poised to carry astronauts back to the moon nearly 50 years since astronauts last walked on the moon. new fallout from the fbi search of president trump s florida home. the director of national intelligence is launching an assessment of the potential risk to national security, including to human intelligence sources. a florida judge appointed by trump is prepared to grant his request for an independent official to review everything seized by the fbi. the judge is set to get a detailed list of the material from the doj tomorrow to make her decision. a u.n. watchdog agency team is set to arrive in ukraine to assess potential damage to the nuclear power plant. first to those classified documents seized from former president trump s home. joining me is ken delanian, jonathan lemire, former u.s. attorney and law professor joyc
the president s response to the supreme court ruling on roe v wade, arguing he s not doing enough to protect abortion rights. and millions of americans have found traveling for the fourth to be less than a happy experience. thousands of flights delayed across the u.s. since saturday and nearly 1100 more today. of course, today is the last day of the holiday travel rush. millions of americans either heading home or getting ready to. it has been a rough ride for many. more than 11,000 flights in and out of the u.s. have been n 1,00 have en cancelled. reporter: here things are pretty smooth sailing today. as you can see behind me, i m at departures right now here at newark. this is a completely different story when you compare it to friday and through the weekend. right now this morning fewer than ten delays, just a couple of cancellations. across the country this morning, fewer than 1,000 delays. again, very different from the weekend with thousands of delays and hundreds o
cnn exclusive reporting tonight. the trump legal team, engaging in direct communication with the department of justice about the january 6th criminal investigation. the news comes after we learn the justice department is getting ready for a court battle, which officials might try to keep the conversations with the former president out of reach of investigators. join me now with kim whaley, a visiting professor of law at american university, and the author of the upcoming book how to think like a lawyer, as well as cnn s senior political and terrorism analyst, philip mudd. good evening, one and all. thanks so much. kim, let s begin with you. okay. let s start with your reaction to this new report, first of all. don, i m not really that surprised. i think mayor garland has made clear, in speeches, that he s going to follow the backs of the law, as far as they take them, regardless of who is involved. and he is sort of nodded, potentially, to donald trump, and the january 6t
rioters attacked the capitol. it was the final action of donald trump s own plan to assert the will of the american people and remain in power. after eight explosive hearings, what s the impact on the ex-president s political future and how closely are prosecutors listening? plus the latest on president biden s health. we feel quite optimistic that the president is on the way to recovery. could be back to a normal schedule this week but what about long covid? mike pence s delicate dance. the republican party is the party of the future. he s fighting a proxy war against trump. can he emerge from the shadow to launch a viable 2024 campaign? inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. welcome inside politics sunday. it was an attack on democracy directly overseen by the president of the united states. that is the message the january 6 committee sought to convey to the american people. it painted a picture of a president obsessed