this. that s more ground than the russians have gained in months. and it happened fast. i want to show you this. you can see sort of a time lapse here in the area around kharkiv, the yellow is where the ukrainians have made gains, just since september 3rd. you can see how quickly this all happened and how much of the territory held by the russians the ukrainians were able to take back. russia is responding, however. ukrainian officials say that russian strikes knocked out power in the region. ukrainian troops are being greeted like conquering heroes, civilians rushing to offer flowers, hugs, some of them crying tears of joy. this is a humiliating defeat for russian president vladimir putin and his military. the russians being forced to flee fearing they would be surrounded and captured. they left behind a trail of destruction. sam kiley was live from kharkiv, ukraine, with an exclusive look at what remains from the izium area now. he was the first international corresponden
uae. this is an incredibly busy day for the u.s. president on what is his first tour of the middle eastern gulf since he became u.s. president. the brutal murder of jamal khashoggi in 2018 has cast a pall. president biden hoping this trip will help move the two countries forward while still making clear he holds mohammed bin salman responsible for that killing. here s what he said after meeting with the crown prince on friday. i made my view crystal clear. i said very straightforwardly, for an american president to be silent on an issue of human rights is inconsistent with who we and who i am. some will find it difficult to square the president s rhetoric with him greeting the crown prince with a fist bump. it was mr. biden who labeled saudi arabia a pariah just a few years ago. the president says he doesn t regret the remark, but both men close to ignore reporters questions as their meeting started on friday. jamal khashoggi, will you apologize to his family, sir? t
the united states is not going anywhere. it s come mmitted to that regio the president spoke in the plus three summit, saudi arabia, kuwait,egypt, i iraq, jordan, the plus three there. near the top of the agenda for biden, the issue of energy production, also security in the region, the war in yemen countering iran and overall of this, also the murder of a washington post journalist. reporter: jamal khashoggi clearly very much high on the agenda for the president of the united states. he s trying, though, to turn the page on u.s. relations with saudi arabia right now, which are so important. he wants to strengthen ties with saudi arabia and other countries in the middle east. listen to how he summed up the u.s. role in the region just a little while ago going forward. listen to this. let me state clearly that the united states is going to remain an active engaged partner in the middle east. as the world grows more competitive and the challenges we face more complex,
role to organize the electors in his state and coordinated the efforts with the former president s campaign. more in a moment. the revelation comes the same day that the january 6 committee delayed hearings. the reason is one of his members, raskin, had a deluge of new evidence. he would not elaborate but said the new information was what we learned yesterday and beyond. the former president and his family recorded this before and after january 6th. those recordings have been turned over to the committee. a subpoena has, over also. the testimony of the republican party member, mcdaniel. that links to the presidents reply. he turned the call over to mr. eastman who proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case there are legal challenges that were ongoing to change the result in any state. more helping them reach out and assemble them. my understanding, the campaign did not take the lead. we were just helping t
happening now. new evidence connecting the capitol riot directly to former-president trump and his pressure campaign against his vice president. insiders swearing under oath that trump knew his scheme to get mike pence to overturn the presidential election was illegal but trump plowed ihead, anyway. the january 6th select committee also documenting pence s escape from that mob that was threatening his life with rioters at one point only 40 feet away. we are breaking down all the testimony, and where the insurrection investigation goes from here. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . let s get right to the new testimony and evidence presented by the january-6th select committee during today s hearing. it ended just a couple hours or so ago. our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, has been following it all up on capitol hill. mike pence is going to have to come through for us.