a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin s army and he s out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won t want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is out front tonight. what did he tell investigators about santos? and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, a russian officer speaks out right here. constantine served on the front lines for three months and is now telling all. the former lieutenant is the most senior russian officer to speak publicly about what he saw and did in ukraine. you re going to see that interview in just a moment. he
in the forecast. here in new york city, minus seven degrees. that is not a typo. the wind chill could reach minus 100 degrees on top of mt. washington in new hampshire because of the hurricane-force winds. the arctic blast in the northeast comes after a deadly ice storm reeked havoc across the south leaving eight people dead. we ll check in on the latest forecast in a moment. first, we have our cnn affiliate reporter live on the ground in burlington, vermont. it s close to zero degrees where you are. how are officials in the area bracing for this? how bad are we expecting it to get? good morning. we re no stranger to the cold. this wind chill is really the kicker. as you said, we re teetering on zero to 1 degrees. 200 schools have been closed already. multiple ski resorts is cloeg wh closing because they love the cold. some are staying open with some lifts in and some not. but now this is severe with the wind chill. temperatures here in vermont have dropped 30 degrees since
in theaters february 17th. ihop. let s put a smile on your plate. . hello i m victory for blackwell, i m allison, mounting concerns about the chinese spy balloon floating over the united states. secretary of state to anthony blending just postponed his high stakes trip to china hours before set to depart. moments ago, the pentagon said this is a surveillance balloon and man new or gently usedible, about the size of three busses was spotted over montana in recent days, the pentagon says it s now over parts of the central part of the country, moving at 60,000 feet over u.s. air space, the chinese are down playing this discovery. they claim it s a weather balloon that blew off course. for now, president biden is opting against the growing calls to shoot it down. . considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, we assessed it. it does not pose a risk to people on the ground
opponents. the source of embarrassing allegations about his son s personal affairs as well as a figurative side dish to main course what could be serious legal trouble. the potential legal and political fallout. first, jessica schneider. for years republicans have been going off about this laptop and hunter biden never publicly acknowledged that it was his. why is he taking legal steps now? they are ramping up their approach here. it s coming at the same time they are girding themselves for this real fight with congressional republicans. so what they are doing tonight, they are fighting back against a number of people they say allegedly got into hunter biden s laptop, that was left at that delaware computer repair shop, and they are fighting against the people who disseminated the contents of that laptop. these contained business documents, emails and photos and some potentially salacious materials purportedly belonging to hunter biden. what biden s team is saying is that t
weaponizing that infamous laptop. plus a chilling new revelation about the torture suspect taken down by oregon police. his bloody trail may now include two murders. and america s big move to try to counter china, the new u.s. military foot hold just announced right near taiwan. welcome to our viewers in also united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with an aggressive new legal strategy from hunter biden, he is calling for criminal investigations of rudy giuliani, a computer repair shop owner and several right wing political figures. hunter biden alleges laws were broken when they attempted to weaponize his personal information against his father. more now from evan perez. r reporter: hunter biden is accusing critics of distributing his personal data reported to come from a laptop left at a repair shop. attorneys for the president s son sent letters to the delaware attorney general, justice department and irs seeking investigations of a numbe