be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high court ruling that would kick him off the primary ballot. there are challenges to trump s ballot eligibility underway and more than a dozen other states including michigan. now that state is also in the spotlight after the detroit news reported that trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just
she lost her husband in combat when her youngest was three weeks old. these families have given up everything for us and i hope before people go out and celebrate, which i think today needs to be a day of celebration. we are a free country and need to celebrate their service and what they have done and remember them. i hope they take time to dedicate to what today really is all about. todd: that spouse had a three year old, one year old and a three week old and then i just finished with that panel of gold-star parents and you heard us joking, not joking but talking about how stories hit harder when you are a parent. you are about to experience it and understand what that is and listening to cheryl rex, the mom we just interviewed saying what she s going to do today. go to the grave site of her son to be with him. just think about that for a moment and think about so many parents. regardless of the war, who got that call, got that telegram, that no parent wants to get. the c
memorial day off. it s tuesday morning. we re glad you re with us. i m jhappy to be joined by my friend erica hill. relaxing. we hope you had a good one. let s get started with five things to know for this tuesday, may 30th. drone attacks hit the heart of russia. two people are injured and three residential buildings this morning are damaged in moscow after the ukrainian capital of kyiv with stands another attack. the debt limit deal set to face its first hurdle today in the house rules committee. speaker kevin mccarthy said he s not worried despite concerns from at least two republican members of that committee. police in hollywood beach, florida, say at least nine people were shot along the boardwalk, three children among the wounded. we re told at least one suspect had been arrested. also today, elizabeth holmes will report to prison in texas. former theranos ceo facing 11 years behind bar for fraud and conspiracy. the miami heat headed to the nba finals where
welcome back. more apparent evidence has emerged of donald trump sweeping post-2020 pressure campaign. stop me if you ve heard this before, breonna. then president trump calls a fellow republican and pushes them to block joe biden victory. we know that he did it with vice president pence. we heard the recording of him doing it with georgia secretary of state brian rothberger. now they have a were recording of him pressuring to michigan election workers. the difference here is this time it appeared to work. according to the detroit news, hours after to michigan certifying the election results they got a call from trump. he urged him not to sign a certification. the pair then refused to sign. in the end it didn t matter, at least not to the outcome of the voting. it could matter to these folks. here we have cnn katelyn polantz tracking out of. this kaitlan, i do want to be clear here. cnn has not independently heard this recording. the detroit news is reporting that it has
outfront next, the war coming to russia. putin and his forces on defense as the kremlin vows to exterminate ukraine. plus, republican kari lake still obviously won t accept she lost the race for arizona governor, giving a keynote speaking slot at the upcoming georgia republican convention. why? well, a top georgia election official who publicly rejected trump s claims of election fraud and bravely so is outfront and china s brutal campaign against its own people now at a boiling point as chinese officials take on mosques around the country. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront, the war inside russia. there s a bold, new front in the war and it is on putin s territory. a russian official just this hour announcing that russia s air defense system shot down several ukrainian drones over western russia. that s just this hour. right? earlier today smoke rises over belgorod. new video in from there. you can see on your screen, belgorod is the russian