years thinking about the medal that never was, congratulations on a well deserved honor, erin burnett up front starts now. . . . next russian going broke, a russian old guard close to putin with a warning tonight, one of hardest fought battles oh. war and we ll go live to the ground alex murdaugh vowing to appeal life sentence for murdering his wife and son says he s innocent, a brand new picture and jim gordon, the fbi and doj for playing politics, major signs his case could be falling apart good evening, up fronts, russia running out of cash, it s an aston issuing prediction. he s warning his country could run out of money as soon as next year, quote, there will be no money already next year, we need foreign investors. here s the thing, he s in a position to know he s an old guard, close to putin many years and loyal to him, long been sanctioned by the u.s. most recently because of the war in ukraine but it s not a long thing, it s a long-time relationship. in fa
world. wolf blitzer is off today, i m brianna keilar, and you are in the the situation room. let s go right to ukraine, as we follow the pivotal ballots for bakhmut, and growing concerns it could fall to the russians very soon. melissa bell has our report from the war zone. reporter: bakhmut still stands, says the ukrainian military out of sight any sign of life driven underground. what is like life for the civilians, for the soldiers? what life? what, what life? you know, the soldiers are doing their work, which is quite and civilians are trying to survive. there s no water, there is no electricity. reporter: this was bakhmut in august when the siege had just begun. this is bakhmut seven months on. the city is empty, people are afraid to go . empty, people are afraid to go out. every day new destruction. it s better not to go outside writing dr. elena from inside the town. cnn met her and other nurses on christmas eve, not quite happier times, but certain l
veteran who braced bullets and grenades to rescue his fellow soldiers even as he suffered multiple gunshot wounds from enemy forces. paris, you are everything this medal means, i mean everything this medal means. and looking you re everything our generation aspired to be. you re everything our nation is at our best, brave, big hearted determined and devoted. selfless and steadfast. american. american. this was an award decades in the making at the time of the battle in 1965 he was one of the first african-american officers in the special forces, and some of the soldier whose served with him believe his race played a part in the delay. despite all of that, colonel davis will not spend the next 50