this is day two of our coverage of the criminal investigation of the 45th president of the night states, and day two has gone exactly expected exactly as expected in investigations like this. we ve learned the identity of another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who is no longer legally license to practice law. here is the witness, who we learned today is cooperating with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump. did rudy giuliani ever suggest that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? he did. miss hutchinson, white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes he did seek that pardon, ma am. she is g
another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who is no longer legally license to practice law. here is the witness, who we learned today is cooperating with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump. did rudy giuliani ever suggest that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? he did. miss hutchinson, white house chief of staff mark meadows, did he ever indicate he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? yes he did seek that pardon, ma am. she is going to be a very helpful witness to federal prosecutors, investigating donald trump. abc news was the first to report today, that cassidy hutchinson, a former top advisor to then president donald trump s chief of staff mark m
that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
infections. and likely unconstitutional. a florida judge appointed by ron desantis says the governor s proposed congressional map is not fair because the judge says it boxes out black voters. but we begin this hour in europe with a dramatic example of how vladimir putin s war in ukraine is backfiring. today finland s leaders say they support ending decades of neutrality and joining nato. the nato chief promises a quick welcome if finland follows through and applies to join the alliance. the kremlin says finland joining nato would definitely pose a threat to russia s security. the president of finland says putin has one man to blame for this decision. well, if that would be the case that we join, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. sweden could soon follow finland. new nato members would redraw the security map and expand along russia s border the alliance putin hoped to weaken with his assault on ukraine. we begin our coverage with h helsinki an
Have seen, we are told the first delivery is scheduled to be 20 or so trucks of that aid. But that is just a small drop in the bucket compared to the 100 trucks a day that the United Nations says gazans need. I want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and every night this week for this coverage here in tel aviv. Oftentimes it is difficult to watch, but it is so important. Thank you for watching. I want to turn it over to Cnn Newsnight with abby phillip right now. New signs that israel may be pushing pause on its Ground Invasion of gaza as the clock ticks on the fate of dozens of hostages and millions of civilians there. Thats tonight on newsnight. Good evening. Im abby phillip. As tanks, troops, and firepower line up at the border, israels impending Ground Invasion of gaza looks to be on hold after hamas freed two american hostages, a mother and daughter from chicago. Heres her father speaking just moments ago. Ive been waiting for this moment for a long time, two weeks. Ive no