breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president, one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. quote, one of donald trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. he joins us on the telephone now. josh, walk us through this reporting. one of the president s attorneys wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former president
john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. but we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president. one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. it just hits the washington post, quoting one of donald trump s new attorney s proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former presidents team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. just aussie of the post shares the byline on that story. h
bottle and baby shoes at the places they would sleep. in the jungle rescuers found fruit and a type of flour that had been on the plane. the food ran out and the family says the children started eating seeds. rescuers blard a message from the grandmother of the children from a loud speaker. pleading to the children to stay in one place. and then after all that, baby kristin s cries were heard. translator: the children, the eldest girl was carrying the little girl and holding the second eldest girl s hand. they ran to hug me. after hugging them, giving them human warmth, we approached the boy, who was laying down. he stood up and very consciously said, my mother died. we instantly changed the narrative into a sweet one. but your grandmother is looking for you. your dad and your uncle are here. reporter: authorities are still looking for one of their rescue dogs, a belgian shepherd
named wilson who found the children earlier but has since gone missing in the jungle. the oldest sibling leslie drew this picture of wilson. she, her two sisters, and her brother were all flown to the capital city of bogota where they are in the hospital with authorities saying they are out of danger. translator: they were on their own. they, themselves, are an example of survival that will go down in history. today those children are the children of peace and the children of colombia. reporter: gary tuchman, cnn new york. wow. just simply wow. thank you. the news continues. cnn primetime with kaitlan collins is next after a quick break.
baby christians cries were heard. [speaking non-english] translator: the children, the eldest girl was carrying the little girl and holding the second eldest girls hand. they ran to hug me. [speaking non-english] translator: after hugging them, giving them human warmth, we approached the boy who was laying down. he stood up and very consciously said my mother died. we instantly changed the narrative into a sweet one, but your grandmother is looking for you. your dad and your uncle are here. authorities are still looking for one of the rescue dogs, a belgian shepherd named wilson who found the children earlier but has since gone missing in the jungle. the oldest sibling leslie drew this picture of wilson. she, her two sisters, and her brother were off-loaded to the capital city of . but they are in the hospital with authorities saying they are out of danger. [speaking non-english] translator: they were on their own, they themselves are an example of survival that will go down