of russia s full scale invasion in feburary of last year, winning praise for negotiations to secure allied weaponry and expanding ukraine s army. but as ukraine s government has ramped up investigations into corruption, mr reznikov has become the subject of increasing speculation over financial misconduct, though he has not been personally implicated. meanwhile, on the battlefield, ukrainan generals claim they ve breached russia s formidable first line of defences in the south, near zaporizhzhia. general oleksandr tarnavskiy told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops for several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine s slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding its unit
of the 2016 election. to really understand why the so-called catch and kill scheme wasn t just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as lindsey graham tried to spin it a few days ago, we ll get in our way back machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. after donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. the low approval ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruz s wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his flagrantly misogynistic approach to his opponent hillary clinton and look at how that showed up in the polls for him. 73% of voters had a negative view of donald trump by mid-march of the election year. 64% of women voters in april of 2016 said they have a quote, strongly unfavorably view of trump. in the middle of all of this, attorney keith davidson sends a text to the editor at
near the city of isfahan which is at the centre of iran s nuclear programme. it appears to be the latest tit for tat exchange between the two arch enemies. for days, israel has been threatening to retaliate after it was targeted last weekend by 300 iranian missiles and drones. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. lighting up the night sky over isfahan. this appears to have been israel s answer to iran s unprecedented missile attack last week. triggering iranian defences. not long afterwards, this amateur video was put out from a nearby nuclear site. a man showing his watch as he indicates it s safe and secure. iran s state tv quoted military officials downplaying the strike, saying there were only aerial interceptions. triggered by the presence of three small drones that were present in that area. other than that, nothing has happened. but israel took iran s strike early on sunday very seriously. more than 300 drones and missiles were launched. 99% were
he wanted to make sure we took care of everything that the department of justice was concerned about with respect to hunter biden. that was firearms charges, tax charges, but there s no actual substantiative connection between them, so it sounds like the department of justice is working on the tax aspects and perhaps other aspects, foreign registration, but this is pretty cut and dried, these firearms charges. i also want to bring in nbc news investigations correspondent tom winter, and, tom, again, just to remind folks who david weiss is this prosecutor, he s a special counsel, appointed by merrick garland when the last plea deal we have been talking about so much fell apart. what can you tell us about him and how he might operate or what we know about how he operates? it s been stated many times and as you and i talked before, chris, he was appointed by the former president of the united states, donald trump. i think it s important for folks to remember, yes, he was app