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
fantastic. but there s just a lot that can happen between now and then. and it would obviously take away the talking point for republicans. right, and a big one. they ll stick with the debt part of the equation. but they lose the inflation, which would be crucial if this continues. mayor bottoms, obviously the president and his campaign are hoping that this is the case, right, that this continues. but even so, biden has some serious problems from his own party. joe manchin, the democratic senator headlining an event next week in new hampshire, for the group no labels, which has been pushing aggressively for a third-party presidential candidate. and manchin tells cnn today that this trip s not about a third-party run, although he hasn t ruled one out. and keep in mind obviously third parties matter. jill stein and gary johnson siphoned votes away from hillary clinton back in 2016 in crucial states. if they weren t there, the whole world would be a different place right now. so, how wo
inexperience, that doesn t make it right. the president should have no comment whatsoever on either of these investigations and the only thing he should be doing is directing all of his staff and associates to fully cooperate. all right. let me move to the tax bill. i want to move to the debt part first. let me play a little mash-up of what you ve said about the debt in the past. take a listen. and senator collins, you supported president obama on the stimulus package. can you support his budget? no. why not? because it brings our debt levels to an unprecedented level. our current debt is unsustainable. it s $14.3 trillion. and it is a threat to the future prosperity of this nation. all right. if the debt is unsustainable at $14 trillion, how do you how did you make yourself comfortable voting for something that is going to increase the
for a second. the fact that the debt has been repackaged and it passed through so many hands actually creates less of a bright line between donald trump and his lenders. and more people are involved. so you could argue in a way that this actually reduces conflicts because it s not banks that would be in the middle of these negotiations, it would be the servicers of the debt, which is a little technical. i know, i know. hey, at least we didn t use jargon, cut me some slack here. the reality is it does present a conflict, he ll have to address it. we ll hear more about it probably on january 11th when he does his first press conference in a while. right, in a while. do you think he ll actually address specifics like that? i don t know that he ll address the debt part of his problem. this complex issue, shall we say. but he has so many other conflicts that are much more glaring and much more
term or you will cause the market to tank. should the people who have 401(k) s, should they worry or be concerned? well, you could invest in a safer stock, but no, it goes up and down and this has been a terrible week, obviously, but it s not anything catastrophic. i think we are selling off because we are due to sell off, right? at the end of the day, maybe to jonas s point, it s all about the fed. the debt part sucks and i think that that number is serious and it s worse that it s on the shoulder s of the wealthy. it s all about the feds, and the markets could come back and be okay, but tracy, you are right about the fed. the fed is selling off, and you saw what happened last may when