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
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Do you want to make out or . Nope. I meant yes. Hes a bon garcon. I give amazing spongebaths. Can i get a room . [ chuckling ] chefs kiss. Doctors preferred better science, better results im mj lee at the white house, and this is cnn it is just pass 9 00 p. M. Here in new york, dramatic day 11 of the trump hush money trial. Now in the books, former trump adviser, communications director, and onetime close confidante, hope hicks reunited with the foreign president by a prosecution subpoena, or testimony establishing his awareness after he became president of how much he politically benefited by paying for Stormy Daniels. Silence before the 2016 election, whether her tears, which followed were related to her answer on that or just came from the accumulated intention of being on the stand, the emotion of the moment is impossible. Say whether the de was it significant, dramatic end to week three of this historic trial. That is hard to deny. Joining the panel for this, our cnn senior legal