hoberg, the tenth for bowin which ties him for the most spacewalks by an american astronaut. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. a judge some feared might slow-walk the trump case kick starts it instead. john berman here in for anderson. tonight on 360, how federal judge aileen cannon just got the documents case moving, and why one veteran prosecutor now argues against casting judgment on her ability to be impartial toward the man who appointed her. also tonight, another federal judge in another case against the former president makes it official. e. jean carroll s defamation lawsuit goes to court just as primary season begins. plus, the cnn exclusive. you will meet ukraine s drone warriors as a 3-d print machinery to send russian shells where they came from with a bang. we begin with what came as a surprise to some, judge aileen cannon s first order in her new position overseeing the documents case. a surprise because during her first encounter w
russian anti-tank position with a precision strike. we found this target only recently, a team leader says. it was discovered literally today, and today it will be destroyed. we re going to the drone launch site right now. obviously it s extremely dangerous, and we have to watch out that the russians don t see us. speed and precision are essential. the drone, a copter on steroids, able to carry a massive payload, up to 45 pounds. in this case, a mortar shell the ukrainians say they got from retreating russian forces elsewhere, and are now using to hit putin s army. we are finished our preparing. okay. bomb is ready, and we re ready to go. okay. is it time? ready, steady, go. reporter: it s big. it s loud, and it s heading straight to the russian position. we need to hide.
darkness. they move in a really stealthy way. but they also are extremely vulnerable if they get discovered and taken under fire. the drone units are extremely high value units for the russians. the guys told us if the russians see them, they ll unleash entirely artillery barrages or rocket barrages to try to kill them. i asked about this. they said of course it s happened in the past they have been discovered and they did have people wounded. no one has been killed so far. they obviously say they want to keep it that way. but they also say they certainly are not going to back down from the missions that they re currently conducting, john. how high-tech, fred, are the drones that they re using? is this more about gumption or advanced technology? i mean, i would say they are pretty high-tech. and we were quite surprised. because the drone they had there, which they called a chair by the way because it s so big, it flies extremely quickly. they don t actually have visual confirmation
out here, the hunters quickly become the hunted. so for the russians, the drone crews are also a high value target. so obviously the russians want nothing more than to kill these guys. unfazed by the shelling around us, the pilot flies straight to the target and releases the bomb. this moment we call from ukraine with love. so you just dropped the bomb? yeah. reporter: this is what the blast looks like from the drone s camera. pitch-black. the strike fully automated. it s not until daytime that a reconnaissance flight proves they ve hit and destroyed the target. not clear how many russians were killed and wounded here. this will allow the defense forces of ukraine to move forward and continue the offensive, he says, with minimal losses, we ll inflict massive losses on the enemy for the victory of ukraine. but it s not over. as the uav flies back, intercepted text messages show the russians have heard the drone and are targeting it.
enemy bird spotted a russian texts. understood another answers. they launch flares to spot the drone. now we can see. oh, back there. are they shooting those up to see the drone? they cannot see the drone. reporter: finally, the drone makes it back. they need to get out of here fast. we follow you? yeah. reporter: after what they say was a successful mission, the drone warriors leave exactly the way they came. fred joins me now from zaporizhzhia. fred, what extraordinary footage. what a remarkable vantage point you had. obviously, what this drone unit does is extremely dangerous. have they taken a lot of losses? hi there, john. certainly it is extremely dangerous. and you know special teams like, this they ve used the cover of