outfront next, ukraine s offensive. a widespread operation underway right now across eastern ukraine. forces on the ground claiming to be seizing territory from russia as a disturbing video tonight emerges of the russian private army holding a russian commander prisoner. plus, tonight, a cnn exclusive. a mar-a-lago employee drained the resort s swimming pool. it s flooded a room where surveillance video logs were kept of the rooms where the documents were. is an indictment imminent? a former member of trump s legal team is outfront. a war of words after another dangerous encounter between american and chinese warships. it s not just the chinese government that s angry with the united states. tonight you ll hear some of the hate, the anger coming from chinese citizens. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, show of force. ukraine s deputy defense minister telling cnn an offensive is now taking place in multiple locations across easte
sanders-townsend. simone will be back tomorrow with a come for session with chested buttigieg on his new book, i have something to tell you for young adults. and the right-wing campaign to brand lgbtq books in schools and libraries. politicsnation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. tonight, crisis averted. earlier this afternoon, president biden signed a bill putting an end to a dramatic week. that saw the nation just days away from a preventable economic catastrophe. with the debt ceiling showdown settled, and made job numbers far stronger than expected, the president has strengthened his case for reelection going into a 2024 presidential race. that intensified this week on the republican side. with the two front runners for the gop nomination, donald trump and ron desantis, sharpening their attacks on biden, the debt deal, and each other this week. in key early primary states. but they re also contending with the growing pack seeking the nomination. former
2005. ryan young has our coverage out front tonight. reporter: joran vandersloot, the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of alabama teenager, natalee holloway, seen for years. unshaven, dishevelled, and much older looking. vandersloot appears to cooperate, while getting his blood pressure taken. van der sloot was then put back in handcuffs before being driven some 20 hours to another facility outside lima, where peruvian officials are preparing to send him to the united states on thursday. [ speaking non-english ] translator: it has already been agreed that the u.s. authority will come to take him. reporter: van der sloot is serving a sentence in peru for the murder of stephanie florez ramirez. he s being transferred to alabama temporarily, extort holloway s family after a
the supreme court signed off on it and peru s president agreed to this transfer as well. van der sloot has been the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of an alabama teenager by the name of natalie holloway. she was last seen alive 18 years ago in aruba. she was on vacation there and was last seen alive with van der sloot and two other men. the three men were all arrested numerous times but then released due to a lack of evidence. holloway s remains have not been found this this day. back in 2012 an alabama judge legally declared her dead. let s talk about the charges he s facing here in the u.s., namely wire fraud and extortion. that is connected to an alleged plot to extort the holloway family, namely there was a reward around that prime for $250,000 for any information leading to the finding of holloway. van der sloot said, hey, i know where her remains are at. a representative of the family actually went to aruba, van der
train crash friday and india. one of the worst rail disasters in the country history. india s prime minister visiting the crash site and survivors. they re investigating the cause. the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of alabama teenager, natalie holloway, was transferred, dutch citizen urine van der sloot was moved to a different prison near peru s capital today. he avoids pending extradition to the u.s. on charges linked to her disappearance. van der sloot is currently serving a different 28 years sentence for the murder of a peruvian woman in 2010. and the 2023 hurricane season kicked off today, its first named storm is arlene. it formed friday in the gulf of mexico, it is generating heavy rain and flooding in some parts of florida. more politicsnation for you with reverend al sharpton right after this break. and while romeo over here is trying to look cool, things are about to heat up. darn it, kyle!