evening, everyone. i m alison camerata. welcome to cnn tonight . you re looking live right there at trump tower where the former president will be spending the night tomorrow. donald trump will appear before the manhattan criminal court for his arraignment. trump is the only former president in american history to face criminal charges. manhattan d. a alvin bragg has been investigating trump s alleged role in paying hush money to adult film star stormy daniels, a trump aide tells cnn that trump has been meeting with lawyers. and political advisors tonight. one of whom describes him as quote, defiant and focused, will tell you what we ve learned will happen tomorrow. plus senator john fetterman opening up about his downward spiral that landed him in walter reed medical center for six weeks being treated for depression will discuss why inpatient treatment was necessary for him. and mike rowe is here to talk about why a college degree may not be the best route to success for our
russia has responded to president zelensky s visit to washington, accusing the us of fighting an indirect war against it. in a speech, president putin said a new patriot missile defence system would simply prolong the war , and that russia would find an antidote. the ukrainian leader is now back in ukraine. well, ten months on since the start of the conflict, ukrainian forces have regained some areas taken by russia. the bbc has been following one soldier, lieutenant eugene gromadskyi, as he fights to defend his country, at great personal cost. our correspondent quentin sommerville, and camera journalist darren conway, joined him near kupyansk, in the country s east, where fighting continues, amid appalling winter conditions. when the enemy is on your doorstep, sacrifices must be made. this is home for a platoon from ukraine s 92nd brigade. they have a few small rooms in an abandoned house. they re crammed in tight. meals are eaten standing up. not that senior lieutenant e
Ethics, all it takes is an idiot with a gun. Details about the kansas shooting suspect, a former grand dragon of the ku klux klan. And five days in detroit. Al jazeeras special series. Tonight, the changes coming to the motor city. We begin with the crisis in ukraine, and developments tonight on several fronts. President obama has spoken by phone again with russian president Vladimir Putin. The two leaders talked just days after a russian fighter jet flew very close to the uss donald cook in the black sea. The pentagon called the move provacative. Mike viqueira is here with more. What do we know about the phone call . Well, after the call ended, two diametrically opposed accounts. Its clear relations between president s putin and obama are at an alltime low. Frank and direct is how a senior official describes the call, john. And that means it was not a good call. Here . Part was the white house statement after the call. President obama spoke with president putin today, president obama
Be the only option in taking on the terrorist. You see the answer to all isil problems through military lens. We are conducting operations inside of iraq against the group in support of iraqis and kurdish forces, but we are not going to be the only tool in the tool box that can or should be used. National security correspondent Jennifer Griffith is live in the pentagon with more. Reporter hi, heather, it was clear that admiral tried to blunt the tough talk from the pentagon bosses about the need to do more militarily with isis. Isil is sophisticated and well funded as any group that we have seen. They are beyond just a terrorist group oh, this is beyond anything that weve seen. We must prepare for everything. Reporter just a day before todays briefing, the chairman of the joint chiefs indicate that the military needs to be struck inside syria and only conducting air strikes on the iraq side of the border would not be enough to eliminate the isis threat. This organization has an apocaly
Outside ukiah, there was an a armored truck traveling up that highway in broad daylight and the truck got ambushed. It was a portion of the highway on an uphill climb. It was fully loaded, had to slow down as it was chugging up the incline and thats when the robbers struck. There were other drivers who saw it happen. That was in broad daylight and they described a professional operation. Two pickup trucks were involved. Once the armored car started to slow down on the uphill climb, one of the pickup trucks pulled in right behind it and another pickup truck pulled right in front of it. One right behind and one right in front boxing in the armored car. And then in what appeared to be a wellcoordinated action, guys with guns leaned out of the two pickup trucks and they shot out the tires of the armored car. And that forced the armored car to a stop. There were reportedly six again men all together. All of them had their faces covered. With bandanas or ski masks. Three guys in each of the