a man whose father and grandfather that were killed in a bombing in gaza can t communicate from ckhan yunis because of a blackout. we have new details in the hunt for the hamas leader. putin speaking out for the first time about reports he has a body double, taking it on, as a series of questions flashes across a screen during putin s annual press conference. why are so many people in russia poor? who is behind the scathing questions? she may be the only republican woman in the presidential race, but are women voters buying what nikki haley is selling? that s our special story. so let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news, a blackout. gaza s communications network nonexistent. as of tonight, there is a near total blackout in gaza. no way to get a message in or out. just before the show, we tried to speak with a palestinian man who was in gaza. now, when we first heard from him this morning, he was able to share with us so
whether and donald trump ultimately has immunity for the alleged crimes he committed while president, more on that story in a moment. another major headline involves the u.s. supreme court which is set to play a major role in the 2024 election, the justices announced they will decide whether to restrict access to a widely used abortion drug even in states where it remains legal, mifepristone is one of the most common abortion methods in the united states, the patients use it at home and have been for two decades, this new case could be decided by 2024 which will throw the court in the middle of an election where access to abortion and whether it will be legal will be a key issue for many voters. the justices also announced they will consider an appeal for an indicted 20 right or how a federal instruction law can be used for the capital attack or if it can be used at all, that could impact hundreds of criminal cases including donald trump. we will breakdown the impact starti
lawyers who led that case were in d.c. for a meet and greet with their client. before they walked into the oval office, they were told do not give him false hope, do not indulge the conspiracies about the election. some of them listened, some of them didn t. here is a clip from ken chesebro what the lead attorney in wisconsin told donald trump. it is clear that troops personally told the president there was zero hope in wisconsin. as part of this message, i think trying to get him to concede, give up this long shot challenge. so there was a conscious effort to deflect him from a sense of any possibility that he could pull out the election. zero hope. that s what he said. so, look, some people around trump told him that he couldn t win and he tried ty eied to ovee election any way. that s a part of the criminal case. that indictment is filled to the brim with examples of trump being told that he lost. this oval office meeting was not in the indictment, so it builds on the