that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
extraordinary day of pageantry and mourning, including a show of unity by king charles and his family as they walked in a royal procession with the queen s flag-draped coffin. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city and says he s shocked, shocked by the destruction russian troops left behind. cnn is on the ground with the latest on ukraine s gains, russia s retreat, and the state of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a potential freight rail strike in the united states is already having a major impact just ahead of a friday deadline. amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage that could cripple fragile u.s. supply chains. cnn s pete muntean is joining us from just outside the u.s. labor department in washington where negotiations
a plan for the u.s. military to seize voting machines. also, the committee today accusing trump of summoning the mob with his own words to washington. and rioter stephen ayres testifying that he was answering donald trump s call. and the emotional moment in that hearing room today involving the rioter and the capitol officers. rachel scott and pierre thomas standing by. also tonight, those images coming in now, that deadly boating accident on the hudson. a boat capsizing. at least two people dead, including the child. several victims pulled from the water. erielle reshef from the scene tonight. also late today, as parents demand answers in texas, that newly obtained surveillance showing the gunman in uvalde, armed with a rifle in the halls of robb elementary. a boy rounding the corner seconds after he passes by. officers begin filling the hallway three minutes later. several coming under fire. and how long it takes before they go after the gunman. mireya villarreal in tex
are you? i don t think any of these people were providing the present with good advice. i didn t understand how they got in. in alleged conspirators invited into the white house by the president with bizarre results. can the federal government sees voting machines? the terrifying idea. come over back down pat cipollone if he had the authority to made me special counsel and he said. yes a mob summoned by the president to come not just to the nationals capital sitting, but to the u.s. capitol building. we are going to be only the saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary storming right into the capital. there s gonna be a red wedding going down january. six so why did you decide to march to the capital. basically, the president got everybody riled up and told everybody to come down, so we basically just follow what he said. a jarring closing revelation from the investigators. after our last hearing, pr
present with good advice. i didn t understand how they got in. alleged conspirators invited into the white house by the president with bizarre results. can the federal government seize voting machines? it s a terrible idea. come over back down i asked pat cipollone if he had the authority to make me special counsel and he said yes. a mob summoned by the president to come not just to the national capitol setting, but to the u.s. capitol building. we are going to be only saved by millions of americans moving to washington, occupying the entire area, if necessary storming right into the capitol. there s gonna be a red wedding going down january six. so why did you decide to march to the capitol? basically, the president got everybody riled up and told everybody to come down, so we basically just followed what he said. a jarring closing revelation from the investigators. after our last hearing, president trump tried to call a witness in our investigation