in kyiv insist the battle is not over yet. we have a live report from ukraine and i ll talk to the ukrainian ambassador to the united states about the state of the war. also tonight, president biden faces a growing crisis right now. with a special counsel now in place to investigate his handling of classified records. we re learning more about documents that were found as the white house fails to explain its delay in revealing key details. and new scenes of devastation in the southeast. the death toll rising after dozens of tornados including a powerful twister that pounded selma, alabama. we re getting official updates on this disaster and the rescue and recovery operations that are now underway. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. and we begin this hour in ukraine. and the stunning video just into cnn. a huge explosion in the eastern town of soledar at a building apparently occupie
could change. if he comes i m going to punch him out. i have been waiting for this, for trespassing on the capitol grounds. i m going to punch him out and go to jail and be happy. we are seeing more of that incredible video of speaker nancy pelosi on january 6th demanding protection from trump s government and making sure lawmakers of both parties stayed safe. while trump infamously did nothing. also tonight, the chilling new questions being raised by the january 6th select committee. about the secret service and members of the fbi. and senator ron johnson might have a second career in stand-up comedy because the audience sheer was laughing at him at this debate with mandela barnes. and he wasn t even trying to be funny. we begin the reidout tonight with reality crashing down on donald j. trump. with the house january 6th committee reminding us that trump was the driving force behind the attack on the capitol. he s reacting like a man who knows the walls are closi
so tell us what s happening in the georgia senate race. look, look how close this is. this is the forecast for the georgia senate race. herschel walker with 49%, raphael warnock with 49%. normally, we don t include libertarian candidates but i have here chase all of our at 2%. why? because the rules in georgia basically stipulate that if the leading candidate does not, in fact, get a majority of the vote on election day november their will in fact be a runoff come december. and right now the forecast suggests that neither herschel walker nor raphael warnock will reach a majority of the vote. i just want to point out how important georgia is in terms of winning control of the united states senate. if herschel walker wins, the democrats chance of retaining control of the senate is just 26%. if raphael warnock winds, look at that, it jumps up to 76%. so, whoever wins georgia has a pretty good job of controlling the senate overall. and here is the only other thing i will sort o
carving a path eof destruction n the south. and president biden is facing a special counsel investigation. why did it take the white house two p two months to disclose classified records were found in his home. and the tributes for elvis s only child. i m kate bolduan. we start in the south as we re tracking what is left behind really from a deadly tornado outbreak. dozens have been reported in alabama, georgia and kentucky. seven people were killed, six of them in a single alabama county. one of the hardest hit areas was a city of selma, where a tornado caused widespread damage, structures just torn apart and lives shattered. this morning authorities are getting a clearer picture of the extend of the damage and what they need to pick up and clean up and still searching for more survivors. let s go to selma, alabama. ryan young is standing by for us. ryan, look at that. reporter: it is just devastating behind us. and i couldel tell you, in the close county, they have
for the very first time last night. we have very little information about this case at this time. there has been a lot of speculation. a lot of rumor. simply based on the nature of this case. but, as of right now, i haven t even seen the police reports. i met my client last night for a brief meeting for the first time. jesse: this public defender hasn t even seen the police reports yet. so he knows as much as we do. but adam is already planning on going with the insanity defense here. we re going to be doing a comprehensive investigation of what happened. we re going to be looking into mr. depape, his mental state. jesse: depap, is that the name? district attorney brooke jenkins holding the cap on no bail. finally somebody in san francisco gets held with no bail. she is saying depape is a danger to the public. absolutely i consider him to be dangerous. not only is this someone who engaged in a pre-planned attack on the speaker in her home, but someone who was willin