zelenskyy s mission, impossible. ukraine s president visiting the capital to make a last-ditch effort to win military aid for his war against russia. but republican lawmakers appear to be willing to say no deal and leave for the holidays without passing a significant aide package. this as we are learning startling new details about russia s losses in ukraine. plus, strong words from president biden and an ally. biden says that israel is losing support in that it s offensive in gaza, and the prime minister netanyahu has no choice but to change his government. and exclusive cnn reporting. former president trump made to a former mar-a-lago employee. that employees know eyewitness amenities trials. those calls were apparently made for charges before the case was filed. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming up right here to cnn new central. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon, i m boris sánchez alongside rahel solo
today on inside politics, a last-ditch plea. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy just left capitol hill after meeting with the entire senate. zelenskyy is trying desperately to secure the critical funding his country needs to defend itself against russia, but time is running out. just moments ago, house speaker johnson spoke to reporters right after his meeting with zelenskyy ended. the senate has been mia on this. the house passed hr-2 more than six months ago. it s been collecting dust on chuck schumer s desk. i told him personally that these are our conditions because these are the conditions of the american people. and we are resolute on that. it s not the house s issue right now. the issue is with the white house and the senate. and i implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and wept to do the right thing. as you just heard, republicans are insisting they will not back more funding for ukraine unless democrats agree to major border policy changes i
is their farewell tour. that s true, but why take the chance? exactly. you and i are going to kiss this summer, exactly. thank you very much, a good show. alison camerota, welcome to cnn tonight. we have exclusive cnn reporting, short sources say that jack smith investigators are asking witnesses to about the angry and unhinged oval office meeting in which trump s team, after he lost the election, pitched a plan to have the military seize voting machines and have president trump invoked martial of. more of that reporting in a moment. plus, donald trump s personal aide, walt nauta, who is charged with helping the former president tied classified documents and lying about it, just pleaded not guilty. he is now donald trump codefendant and donald trump s political pact is paying out his legal fees. hold out all work at trial? my panel has thoughts. and, how donald trump s republican rivals are making
american, but they re not able to really confront those difficult issues. so i m not surprised that they re not addressing it. i m not surprised that some of those candidates aren t addressing it, but they certainly are using their positionality whether it s nick i hail nikki haley, her background, or tim scott. we see the difference, we see that they are different candidates. they want you to appreciate that but at the same time downplay the importance. all right, guys. we re out of time. big conversation, i m sure we ll continue over the next several months. scott and natasha, thank you both very much. coming up next for us, uniquely american tragedies on a day that is reserved usually for celebrating the united states. three more mass shootings just in the last 24 hours. and later, exclusive cnn reporting. how a police department was caught spying on female employees in a locker room. but at fisher investments we re clearly different. (other money manager) different how? you
boost right now. very disturbing indeed. mr. secretary, thanks very much for joining us. mark esper, thank you. coming up, much more on the wagner rebellion and the war in ukraine. also coming up, donald trump responds to the exclusive cnn reporting. this as the former president s republican rivals go after him out there on the campaign trail. we ll have the latest on the race for the republican nomination right after a break. cutting edge innovation. ( ) .and thoughtful details. .inspired by you. ( ) from the brand that delivers amazing owownership experience, this is the first ever, all electric, rz. this is lexus, electrified.