ukraine fired after speaking out against putin s war. hear him in his own words. a truly remarkable audio recording that outfront has obtained showing putin s military in disarray tonight. plus, more breaking news. cnn learning about another official interviewed in the special counsel s probe into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. is jack smith closing in on a charging decision tonight? and kim jong un personally guiding north korea s latest missile launch, its longest missile flight ever, as we learn more about the growing influence of kim s sister. we have a special report on that coming up. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. a senior russian general fired for speaking out against putin s war. outfront tonight obtaining remarkable audio of a russian general in command of forces in southern ukraine right along that crucial front line near zaporizhzhia. the general says he was relieved of duty
good afternoon. two hours and counting until david weiss has to meet this deadline for house republicans to answer questions about the hunter biden probe. i think we can say with confidence he won t meet the deadline. the reason we can say this with confidence, he said so himself in a letter to republican house judiciary chairman jim jordan late last week. i want to read party of it. this is from weiss to jordan. he said in his letter last friday to jordan, the donald trump appointed u.s. attorney quoted a prior letter from june where he wrote clear cheer. a few weeks later, trace, how judiciary chairman jim jordan wrote to weiss asking him who told him to sign that letter. jordan doesn t believe that weiss called the shots in the probe. he think us it was doj. jordan believes this based off of the testimony of irs whistle-blower shapley who investigated the hunter biden tax probe since 2020. he s been on the record numerous times say he saw weiss complain that he was
you watching here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.s. is sending more aid and military hardware to ukraine but one key weapon isn t included. a look at how this could affect the spring offensive. plus surfing during a hail storm in california. some of the extreme weather hitting parts of the west. meanwhile, other places could see as much as eight feet of snow this weekend, and rising prices apparently aren t going anywhere soon. a key indicator, rising in the past month. a look at what that means for consumer. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. as russia s war on ukraine wenters year two, president vladimir putin is now claiming the west is trying to destroy russia and break it up. putin made those remarks in an interview on russian television saying he had proof of those plans. president biden said recently the u.s. isn t plotting to attack russia. all this
already ramping up its assault tonight. plus, a major update to a story we ve been following. the fbi now investigating congressman george santos for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars meant to help a veteran s dying dog. this is the $17,000 that sontose claims he spent in florida reportedly doesn t add up either. hunter biden s attorneys now calling for a criminal investigation into rudy giuliani and others over the laptop found at a delaware computer repair shop. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, half a million more russian fighters. that s what ukraine is bracing for tonight, 500,000 more russians and a major onslaught. here s ukraine s defense minister with the chilling warning. translator: officially, they announced 300,000. but when we see the troops at the borders, according to our estimates, it is much more. we think that they have already mobilized 500,000. 500,000. it sounds huge on an absolute basis, and if it pans out, it is huge. just to give y
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