down survivors. this as the remnants of the brutal storm cause dangerous high tides and flooding right now in virginia. also tonight, we ll bring you a cnn exclusive report from a key city just recaptured by ukrainian forces. ukraine s ambassador to the united states joins me this hour to discuss all the latest news from the war zone. and we re tracking very dramatic developments in the oath keepers seditious trial now underway after both sides deliver opening statements and witnesses begin testifying. prosecutors accusing the group of concocting an armed rebellion against american democracy. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with a rapidly growing death toll from hurricane ian. autho authorities now say at least 104 people were kill ed in the catastrophic storm and now officials in one county are under fire over the timing of evacuation orders. ca
smuggling the precious resource back to russia to finance its invasion of ukraine. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . let s begin our coverage tonight on capitol hill with new details on the insurrection investigation. we have exclusive new information about when the inspector general over at the department of homeland security first learned of those missing secret service text messages. but first our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is joining us with other news on the january 6th probe. manu, i understand you pressed gop leader mccarthy today on a key conversation with former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. what did he tell you? more importantly, maybe what didn t he tell you? reporter: he said he didn t recall. this is one of the key moments of that testimony that cassidy hutchinson whether she went before the january 6th committee about the concerns and the efforts to s
also tonight, cnn has learned that former president trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the u.s. justice department about the january 6th criminal investigation. stand by for our exclusive new reporting as sources now reveal that trump s attorneys have warned him that indictments, criminal indictments are possible and wnba star brittney griner is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by a russian court on drug charges. the u.s. is now reviewing for moscow to accept a proposed prisoner swap aimed at bringing griner home. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news right now. a texas jury awarding more than $4 million to the parents of the sandy hook shooting victim suing alex jones over defamation and distress over his repeated lies about the tragedy. cnn correspondent drew griffin is working the stor
relief has touched down and it s on the way for the millions of parents struggling to feed their children. just under two hours, ago the first shipment of baby formula arriving in indianapolis from europe. 78,000 pounds of baby formula being taken off that u.s. military plane and put on two fedex trucks for distribution across the country amid a shortage. agriculture secretary tom vilsack shaking the hands of the u.s. military members who helped transport that much needed formula. the first of several deliveries to come, in fact. the secretary told reporters just how quickly parents could start to see formula back on the shelves. i ve been told by the fda commissioner that in a matter of a week or so, we should begin to see some supply. but of the course of the next several weeks, we should see an ever increasing supply. so i would say certainly with the next 30 days we re going to begin seeing the situation. we re going to go right to nbc s meghan officials at that air
Were killed in an israeli airstrike ill speak to the director of the World Food Program ambassador cindy mccain would discuss that and more. Thats just ahead. Meantime, regional tensions are on the brink of unrest traveling even further after an iranian Consulate Building In Damascus was hit. And later, Florida Supreme Court opens a door for a sixweek abortion ban to take effect, but gives voters the final word on Abortion Rights for women in november. Well explain hello, im wolf blitzer in one washington and urine, the cnn newsroom we begin with two major developing stories out of the middle at least in gaza outrage after seven aid workers from the world Central Kitchen were killed in an israeli airstrike, israel taking responsibility for the attack. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was not intentional. And just a short time ago, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken spoke about the incident. Watch and as we have throughout this conflict, weve impressed upon the israelis the ab