a man whose father and grandfather that were killed in a bombing in gaza can t communicate from ckhan yunis because of a blackout. we have new details in the hunt for the hamas leader. putin speaking out for the first time about reports he has a body double, taking it on, as a series of questions flashes across a screen during putin s annual press conference. why are so many people in russia poor? who is behind the scathing questions? she may be the only republican woman in the presidential race, but are women voters buying what nikki haley is selling? that s our special story. so let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, a blackout. gaza s communications network nonexistent. as of tonight, there is a near total blackout in gaza. no way to get a message in or out. just before the show, we tried to speak with a palestinian man who was in gaza. now, when we first heard from him this morning, he was able to share with us so
has been no evidence of what he claims is an inside job, even though he makes that claim time to get. it wasn t long ago that the man who was convicted for crushing that metropolitan police department officer inside the door was convicted. i think it s just an insult to those officers who were in hours long battles with rioters that day. to say that s right in many many many of them have admitted. this they ve not just been convicted, but they also said yes this is what happened, i was misled, i went there and i did this. so he s even saying to the people who were convicted, and admitted it he s saying, no you re wrong, that can t be true. what about, one thing that he always turns to when he s talking about january six and he s pushed, as abby was pushing him for the facts on what he was saying. is to michigan governor question whitmore, in the attempted kidnapping of her. what are the facts of what he said there. was it true? what are the facts there. it s true that
general clark told us before the break, it could get much darker in kyiv very quickly. as you saw earlier, our clarissa ward is there, she has spoken to the residents saying they are not giving up at all. they will fight. i m joined again by clarissa ward. talk about what you re seeing in terms of just the volunteers, ordinary ukrainians getting involved in the fight against the russian military. let s take a look at what clarissa saw. the people of kyiv are mobilizing, across the capital, volunteers are pouring in. building up the city s defenses with whatever they can. women bring in empty bottles to be made into molotov cocktails. the leaders of this militia say ukraine will win this war, emboldened by recent successful operations to repel russian forces. juan shows us his passport. i am originally russian, he says, but no russian boots will