a hard bank left and a dive. and layers to did distract heat seeker missiles. a pair of ukrainian helicopters on an assault against russian forces close to bakmut. around the border, we should be careful. we should fly very low altitude to prevent our recognition. below trenches, and east ukrainian villages smashed by war. back from this sorti, this forward base is secret, as low profile as possible. the mi8 helicopters are refueled and rearmed. they expect to fly at least 3sortis a day. when you took off this morning, were you frightened? why ? well, because the russians want to kill you. we don t have any other choice than to fight the russians. if you re frightened, you should stay at home. that s not an option here. this soviet era helicopter is about 30-years-old. the threat against it is extreme and as a result of that, we re are gone to fly quite literally below the night of trees, climbing and dipping with every piece of woodland that we pass. built as
security can conference next hour. we ll have is a live preview of what s on the agenda. you want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. a plea from tyre nichols mother as the five police officers charged in the beating of her son awe peer in court. heartbreak and hope in syria. we ll take you toist stand bull for a look at the miraculous rescues that are still happening. the war in ukraine is dominating this year s agenda at the security conference in germany, one of the largest and most influential diplomatic forums. kamala harris is leading a large american delegation there and is expected to deliver a major speech next hour ukraine s president pleaded with allies to hurry up with deliveries of the advanced weapons they promised including tanks pledged by the u.s. and nato al lice. ukraine s military is expected to launch its own counteroffensive once it has those. volodymyr zelenskyy called for uk
i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. and now the district attorney is reviewing dozens of other cases connected to those officers. plus, in the middle of the january 6th insurrection then-president donald trump did not call the secretary of defense, the attorney general or the head of homeland security. wait until you hear who he did call. then the proposal in a mostly black city to put unelected white officials in charge of handpicking some of the city s judges and prosecutors. will it create a separate justice system for blacks and whites in mississippi s capital? welcome to the lead. i m briana keeler in for jake tapper. we are starting in the national lead. five former memphis police officers charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols in court today where they all pleaded not guilty. tadarrius bean, hailey, justice smith, emmitt martin iii and desmond mills junior face up to 60 ye
2024. right-wing candidate dan kelly was part of wisconsin s fake electors plot. he will face off against a left leaning judge janet per se what s per se when it s as wisconsin voters know what s on the line. everywhere we go the turnout that we get from people around the state wanting to talk about this election, wanting to share how concerned they are about the state of wisconsin going forward, how important this racist to them. i have people coming up to me in tears saying we are praying that you win this race. we are praying that we get control of the supreme court back. it s not just wisconsin we have our eye on. in virginia, democrats are sending these states first black woman to congress. jennifer mcclelland swept a special election for the u.s. house nearly 75% of the vote. joining me to discuss both of these key races, ben winkler, chair of the wisconsin democratic party. political reporter nathan mcdermott, and i must nbc contributor eugene daniels, coauthor of
just a short time ago cnn s manu raju reported that there would be a republican conference meeting tomorrow morning. that, however, we understand has now changed. i want to go to cnn s melanie zanona at the capitol with the new reporting on that and mccarthy s frame of mind as well. melanie, what have you learned? reporter: well, things have not moved in kevin mckarth chriss direction since that third ballot where he failed to get the votes. it s been back to the drawing board for kevin mccarthy and his allies. we ve seen supporters going into his office. we re told he has been working the phones. he is still hoping to negotiate and not planning to drop out. but meanwhile, i just spoke to a gop lawmaker, this is some breaking news here, this is a lawmaker who texted me, this is someone who supported mccarthy. they said they had just gotten a phone call from one of the never kevin republicans who is trying to grow their opposition and is trying to get that member to flip. so