soledar is important more than anything as a symbolic victory after months of defeats in and around kyiv, kharkiv region, and kherson as well. so for them, after suffering these defeats to take soledar would be a victory, a symbolic, if not strategic victory. ben wedeman, thank you very much. appreciate that. cnn this morning continues right now. lisa marie presley, good morning, everyone, friday, january 13th and we are remembering lisa marie presley. looking back at the life of elvis only daughter. she was so young. we ll look at her life. also a special counsel now appointed to investigate joe biden s classified document scandal. who is robert hur and what does this mean for the president? in just a few moments senate majority leader, chuck schumer is going to join us at the desk. what he thinks of the president s handling of classified materials. we begin with more than 30 tornados have torn through the south with georgia and alabama hit the hardest
they re not allowed to express themselves or the press, anything even remotely on social media that s even vaguely critical or mentions anything other than the pro-war propaganda is silence. and i think that is this is what s happening. we re not sure. we do not know how this man died, and he is, by his own account, according to this journalist, because of his anxiety over this war, not only did he leave, but he said he took handfuls of antidepressants and all sorts of pills. so, we don t know how he died. but it s one of many mysterious and there s no doubt there s dissent against putin, although the vast majority are still, you know, hostage to his war. yeah, and afraid, rightfully so, for their lives. christiane amanpour, thank you very much. coming up next for us, uber diversity chief for seminars called, don t call me karen. find out what happened there, and why minority employees are calling foul. plus, after being seen on a
charges. detained more than two years ago by counterintelligence officials in southeastern china in a brief statement the chinese court says he, quote. was found guilty of espionage. sentenced to life imprisonment and deprive of political rights for life without giving any more details. house oversight chair james comer says democrats on his committee are acting like they are working for the biden family. listen. biggest problem with the democrats on the house oversight committee says they are acting as a criminal defense attorney for the biden family. not only are they not working with us. they are obstructing every step of the way. republicans on the committee have revealed the bidens, including the president s son and brother, have made millions of dollars from foreign business deals. okay. self-checkout machines are now asking for tips. i m talking money tips not tips for life. and customers are calling foul. they have been spotted in stadiums, airports and shops nationwide. sh
disappointing. 32023 champions are still waiting for that invite. mlb houston astros. la rams and nhl colorado avalanche. collegiate athletes are calling foul. university of georgia snubbed twice after taking home back-to-back national championship titles. what is going on? this is the easiest event for the white house to do. bill: easy politics to bring georgia there for crying out loud. i was looking over here. i was trying to see who will get their due. dana: i don t know. they are easy events to do. bill: when you worked the white house you saw teams come through? dana: i was typically working. i didn t need to be there, right? so if the president sees me hanging around look at all these sports stars. why aren t you doing your job?
reporter: biden previously blasted trump over his retention of classified documents. how that could possibly happen, how anyone could be that irresponsible. reporter: now republicans are calling foul. there s an individual that said on 60 minutes so concerned about president trump s documents now we find as a vice president keeping it for years out in the open in different locations. reporter: of course trump did not fully cooperate with the justice department which is why he s under investigation for possible obstruction. but the biden team said they will continue to operate in this investigation. yesterday i spoke with people who worked with hur, including his former boss, rod rosenstein. he said hur was the liaison between robert mueller s team and rod rosenstein s office so robert hur knows what he s getting into this morning. in just a few minutes here, senate leader chuck schumer is going to join us live in studio.