did someone tamper with the tapes? plus, senator manchin on the debt ceiling, biden s re-election. that interview is coming up. who was behind the drones the kremlin say were sent to kill putin? let s go outfront. good evening. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett. breaking news, tapes at mar-a-lago. special counsel jack smith is now asking questions about the handling of surveillance tapes from trump s home in florida. whether the tapes could have been tampered with. smith of course is leading the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents. they want to hear from one or two executives. they re said to know a lot about mar-a-lago s inner workings. trump went on fox news to boasts about the tapes he handed over to prosecutors. they raided mar-a-lago. vicious ly raided mar-a-lago. i have tape, i gave them tapes. i gave it to them. i could have held that back. i gave them tape. but you know the tape they don t want me to reveal, if possible,
date on our breaking news tonight, the suspect in a horrible texas massacre is now in custody. what have you learned? francisco oropesa, he was on the run, of course, after being sussex to speculative killing five people, including a nine-year-old. after what wasn t really a dispute, but seemed to be one family saying, hey, do you mind shooting your gun on the other side of the house because we have a baby in their. trying to sleep. they tracked him down, they actually found him in the town called cut and shoot, texas, less than 20 miles from cleveland, texas. which was where this shooting happened. it s came from a tip to the public, where the fbi says tip from a public came in at 5:15 pm, at 6:30 pm, they had actually apprehended him, take a listen to officials on how they found the suspect. he was caught hiding in a closet, underneath some laundry. they effectively made the arrests, he is uninjured. he is currently being taken to my facility in cold springs. somebody g
very good wednesday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. happening right now, more than 4,500 civilians are stuck in the ukrainian city of bakhmut, this as russian forces launch a barrage of attacks on the fiercely contested area, president zelenskyy calling it the country s most difficult situation. as of now, though, ukrainian forces are still holding the line. cnn is on the ground in eastern ukraine and we will bring you the very latest. plus a political sorry, go ahead. it s all yours. plus a political shakeup in chicago. mayor lori lightfoot the first mayor in 40 years to lose an election bid in that city as concerns about crime and public safety rattle voters. we re also watching the alex murdaugh murder trial. take a look at this, aerial images from southern california where a winter storm has already dumped feet of snow, that s southern california, another 12 to 24 inches expected today. we do begin, though, in ukraine where 48 children
putting women s lives at risk. plus, house republicans finally have their chance to hold hearings on their anti-fauci, anti-mask conspiracy theories. as a government report raises new questions about the origin of the virus. we begin the reidout tonight with history repeating itself, because here s the thing. when you try to erase it like the florida governor wants to do, you are doomed to repeat it. over the weekend, the new york times published a stunning account of more than 100 migrant children, largely from central america, who according to the times reporting, were working overnight shifts and dangerous jobs for companies large and small throughout the u.s. according to the report, children stitch made in america tags into j. crew shirts in los angeles. they bake dinner rolls sold at a walmart and target. process milk used in ben & jerry s ice cream, and helped debone chicken sold at whole foods as recently as this fall, middle schoolers made fruit of the loom s
dozens of people were kill and injured in greece when two trains collided head on at high speeds. what we know ahead. and we begin on capitol hill, where right now attorney general merrick garland is fielding questions from the senate judiciary committee. as the justice department investigates classified documents found on the properties of president biden, former president trump, and former vice president pence. today s hearing comes after congressional leaders received the classified briefing from the doj yesterday, which they said, quote, left much to be desired. and this morning, the washington post reports that leading up to the doj s august search of former president trump s mar-a-lago estate, two senior fbi officials who would have been in charge of leading the search resisted the surprise plan as too combative. and proposed seeking trump s permission to search his property according to four people familiar with the discussions. i want to bring in nbc news julia ai