that includes 18 more howitzers on top of what the u.s. has sent in. more than 36,000 rounds of artillery ammunition, and ammunition for the himars system, approved earlier this month. four of those weapons systems, multiple launch rocket systems that can strike at a far greater range. that s about a third of the billion dollars. the other two-thirds is known as the ukraine security assistance initiative and that will go to purchase through direct contracts with weapons manufacturers more weapons for ukraine. that includes two harpoon coastal defense systems, thousands of night vision goggles, thousands of radios so that won t be as fast, but the u.s. s position is the fight in eastern ukraine is an incremental fight. russia, yes, is making gains, but there is still time to get the critical systems in. how will we find out and when will we see this? the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said the training on that advanced himars system for the first group wrapped up today.
my guest is nicu popescu, moldova s foreign minister and deputy pm. how can moldova best protect itself? nicu popescu, in chisinau, welcome to hardtalk. it s good talking to you, stephen, hello. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. now, mr deputy prime minister, you ve had more than 100 days of observing vladimir putin s invasion strategy in ukraine. right now, do you fear that putin represents a threat to moldova, too? i think this war is making every single person living on the european continent not only feel the insecurity generated by this war, generated by this blatant breach of international law. and of course we, as all other people living on the european continent, feel the impact of this insecurity. of course, given our geography, our history, this insecurity in moldova is indeed felt quite strongly. at the same time, we are, of course, ready for all possible developments, for all possible contingencies. but in our assessment and this assessment is shared by o
yet. russia has its own version of mcdonald s, it comes under a different name here. food and politics have nothing in common. like come on, man, keep things simple. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show. it is monday, june 13th, just after 4:00 a.m. on capitol hill where more bombshell testimony could be on tap today. the january 6 committee set to reconvene before the tv cameras. over the weekend, two members of the panel offered a preview of what the public could expect today. have a look. should have been an bundantl clear that there was no evidence that the election was stolen and he ignored that. so the hearing monday is focusing on a deep dive in that, getting into the information that what were all of those things that he knew this was a lie but he continued to abct on that. i think if anyone truly believed after what the attorney general says, for instance, after what every piece of information comes in, if you trul
taming inflation. the very thing that is weighing on the u.s. economy. the worry, of course, is that the fed could tighten too much and plunge the u.s. economy into a recession. it s really a delicate walk for the federal reserve, but at this point, the market wants to see the fed try to get out ahead of this because many believe the fed has been behind the curve for so long. alison kosik, thanks so much. turning to our politics lead and the january 6th committee laying out damning evidence that former president trump was told over and over and over again that his claims of election fraud were not rooted in fact. he was told by members of his campaign, he was told by members of his legal team, he was told by even his own attorney general, bill barr. when i went into this and would, you know, tell him how crazy some of these allegations were, there was never an indication of interest in what the actual facts were, in my opinion then and my opinion now is that the electio
onboard. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with a new evidence that then-president trump was repeatedly told by some top officials and closest advisers that the 2020 presidential election was not stolen. the january 6th investigators say he didn t care. our ryan nobles has all the top lines from today s hearing. it was a lie that began on election night. we were getting ready to win this election. frankly, we did win this election. donald trump s false claim that he won the 2020 election before all the votes were counted. a lie he continues to peddle. one that some of his closest advisers told the january 6th committee they didn t believe. like his attorney general. he s become detached from reality if he really believes this stuff. his campaign manager. i didn t think what was happening was necessarily honest or professional at that point in time. so yeah,