p.m. the cnn newsroom continues the cnn newsroom continues with jim acosta right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. new today, a member of the january 6th committee weighing in on what would happen if former president donald trump ignores their promised subpoena. here s congressman adam kens ger. do you believe that the justice department, if the president refuses, should hold him in criminal contempt? look, that s a bridge we cross if we have to get there. you know, look, we well-recognize the fact that because of the committee only being able to exist until the end of this congressional year because that was the mandate, we re in a bit of a time limit here. and as we re wrapping up the investigation, we re also pursuing new leads and facts. and we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide is what he says. so, he should come in on the day we ask him to come
newsroom. we begin this hour with breaking news in iran where large plumes of smoke can be seen rising from an infamous prison in tehran. officials there confirming a fire has been set by the inmates of that prison. let s go to cnn s jamana. what more are you learning? we re still trying to find out what really is happening or happened at the prison. that notorious facility in northern tehran. of course, that prison that where many political prisoners, human rights activists, journalists, foreigners are kept in tehran. now, an hour ago, we started seeing video on social media showing this large plume of smoke billowing over the prison and according to the social media videos we have received, you could hear gunfire. according to the activist group that put out this video, they say that special forces were heading to the prison. now, according to the government s account of what is going on, they say that this was a fire that was started by these rioters. thugs as they desc
let s talk about that. i know. army of drones. it does sound like another episode of star wars. it does. but it s terrifyingly real. you see them bombing civilian targets and even a children s playground. it s just awful. ukraine needs drones. it s as simple as that. drones define war outcomes, and they need drones to monitor and protect their people, their land. drones are their eyes in the sky. so, we re asking people to go to the website and contribute whatever they can. and not just monetarily. if they have drones, they can donate drones. and i know a lot of drone enthusiasts have multiple drones. so, that s something they could do as well. they can go to
land. drones are their eyes in the skies. so we re asking people to go to the website and contribute whatever they can and not just monetarily. if they have drones, they can donate drones. and i know a lot of drone enthusiasts have multiple drones. so that s something they could do as well. they can go to u24.gov.ua/dronenation. anything you can afford would be greatly appreciated by the ukrainian people. i m, you know, everyone expected the nation just to roll over and not put up a fight. so to see these people unite so heroically, it s been nothing short of inspirational.
seeing in a contested airspace uavs would not survive very long because not particularly manoeuvrable and don t really have any way of protecting themselves against being targeted by aircraft or sophisticated air defence systems. i think from a ukrainian perspective the uavs at the higher level will be crucial as long as the airspace remains relatively uncontested. find remains relatively uncontested. and the are remains relatively uncontested. and they are also remains relatively uncontested. and they are also able to get in more supplies of drones and the need spare parts and i gather drone enthusiasts in the west have been sending in spare parts and supplies. it speaks to the point about how their range of capabilities is so enormous. you can be very effective with relatively unsophisticated