recognizing the january six investigation. renewed focus by jack smith s investigators on a 2020 oval office meeting where trump allies allegedly skimmed what the former president about seizing voting machines and overturning the election. also tonight, where s prigozhin? no word from the wagner mercenary leader supposedly ex out to belarus for leading a mutiny against the kremlin. as he returned to the motherland? and what will vladimir putin due to him there? and marjorie taylor greene, is she too much, even pretty conservative freedom caucus. a report that she may have been boarded up by her fellow republicans. we begin tonight with the breaking news, what multiple sources are telling cnn about that turbulent december 18th 2020 oval office meeting, involving the former president on the disgraced general michael flynn, lawyer sydney powell and former dot com ceo. our kaitlan collins is part of the reporting team that has the exclusive. she joins me here. what have you learn
world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on cnn newsroom, a community in mourning. a killer on the run. we ll have the latest on the intensifying search for the gunman accused of killing five of his neighbors. a sixth cease-fire doing little to ease fears in sudan or to slow the frantic rush to leave the country. and kyiv teases a long-await the counteroffensive against russia. we ll hear from a military expert about what ukraine s efforts might look like. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. a small texas town in mourning and on edge after a deadly shooting in which five people were killed. we ll show you the man who lost his wife and 9-year-old son in the shooting. you see him there. meanwhile, more than 200 officers from multiple law enforcement agencies are involved in the manhunt for the suspected shooter. authorities have identified the suspect as 38-year-old francisco oropesa, a mexican natio
rival military factions have announced a new ceasefire, but are showing few signs that they will honour it. that they will honour it. air strikes continued to pound the capital of khartoum on saturday, as more than 500 deaths have been reported, though the true number of casualties is believed to be much higher. the united nations has warned that the humanitarian crisis in sudan is at a breaking point. world leaders, including the african union, are calling for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. martin griffiths, the un s emergency relief coordinator, is being sent to sudan along with a special envoy to coordinate humanitarian operations. it s understood many of the aid agency s warehouses were looted by fighting military factions. thousands of people are evacuating on ships to the saudi arabian port city ofjeddah. our africa correspondent andrew harding has recently arrived injeddah, and gave us this update. as the fighting intensifies again in khartoum, people fleeing
a new ceasefire, but are showing no sign whatsoever of stopping their fighting in the capital khartoum. the united nations and african union are warning that the people of sudan are in dire need of a humanitarian truce. thousands of people are still trying to get out of the country. our africa correspondent has been speaking to some of them. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been secured for now. on sudanese soil and long after midnight, a small crowd has been
but there are reports of increased fighting in the capital khartoum. more than 2,000 british nationals have been flown out so far, and in the last couple of hours, the uk government has announced there will be an extra flight, for more evacuations, leaving from port sudan tomorrow. we ll have the latest on that later, but first, our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has been speaking to some of those trying to get out. we are crossing the red sea, heading towards the coast of sudan. a night time rescue mission organised by saudi arabia s navy. it s not quite dunkirk, but many warships and ferries are now involved in this giant evacuation. tight security as the lights of port sudan gleam on the horizon. we head to shore on a smaller tug boat, at the edge of a country consumed by conflict. we arejust coming in now to port sudan. it s a huge place and a big city. it is the focal point now of the evacuation effort for the whole country. we are told the area around it has been