be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high court ruling that would kick him off the primary ballot. there are challenges to trump s ballot eligibility underway and more than a dozen other states including michigan. now that state is also in the spotlight after the detroit news reported that trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just
still ahead. also tonight, my exclusive interview with the president of israel on the conflict in ukraine and more. he s pushing back at pressure from ukrainian president vz volodymyr zelenskyy to choose a side. a second woman is now accusing georgia republican herschel walker of pressuring her to get an abortion. i m wolfer blitzer. you re the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the body of an american man killed while fighting alongside ukrainian defenders is finally on the way home tonight after a swap with russia. this as putin s army prepares for a major battle inside the largest ukrainian city still controlled by moscow. c nrknn fred pleitgen has our rt from the war zone. reporter: ukrainian forces trying to hit the russians on all fronts. this mortar unit firing in the north of the country while in the south, kyiv is continuing a counter offensive trying to capture the russian occupied city of kherson. we met up with an artill
people up in washington will give us the various latest on that. the big question about january 6th is, who is going to stop it from happening again? who will stop it from happening again? is it you? is it the committee? maybe it s the republicans? who will stop it from happening again? who will stand up and the next time defend our free and fair election. to defend democracy from the lies that can take it all down? what we are hearing from the january 6th committee, the testimony from eyewitnesses who were shocked by what they saw and heard behind closed doors in the trump white house, who were pressured by the president determined to hold under pressure no matter what it took the fake electors. the wild conspiracy theories. the mob that stormed the capitol. none of that is about the past. it s about, what could happen the next time. if nobody stands up to stop it? should have put the media in that. the media, journalist? that s why it matters for the committee to follow the
who is going to stop it from happening again? who s gonna stop it from happening again is that you, the committee? maybe it s republicans? who s gonna stop it from happening again? who s gonnand up, the next time in defender freedom for a fair election, to defend our democracy, from the lies that could take it all down. because what we re hearing from the january six committee, the testimony from eyewitnesses, who were shocked by what they saw, and heard behind closed doors in the trump white house. who were pressured by president, determined to hold on to power no matter what it took, the fake electors, the wild conspiracy theories, the mob that stormed the capitol. none of that is about the past, it s about what could happen the next time, if nobody stands up to stop. i should ve put the median that, who s gonna do it, the media, journalists. that s why it matters for the committee to follow the investigation wherever it at leads. that s why it matters for journalists, who
we are following that news. plus, a first on cnn, we re learning new information about a potential january 6 committee witness who the panel says got a call from former president trump. details on what he or she may know that could be key going forward. and right now, president biden in jerusalem, day two of a critical trip to the middle east. at this hour, he meets with the israeli president isaac hertzog to expand security ties to counter iran s nuclear threat. we mean what we say. to have an opportunity to accept this agreement that s been laid down. if they don t, we made it absolutely clear, we will not let me say it again we will not allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. so, let s begin this our with our wolf blitzer and kaitlan collins joining us again from jerusalem. wolf, to you first. what stood out to you most in the comment, especially from the president there, on countering iran. i thought your interview with david sanger following the press confere