russian-backed forces in ukraine. in his first television interview, along with his fiancee right here on outfront. and a nasa spacecraft crashing into an asteroid. you are going to see it here live. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. up in flames. ukraine taking out crucial russian artillery as it pushes russian forces further back into retreat. this is video from ukraine s military. the air assault taking out russian vehicles including a tank. we re getting graphic video of ukraine s counter-offensive. we re told that this video we re showing you now is from eastern ukraine. you can see the road here absolutely littered with burnt out tanks and bodies of what appear to be russian soldiers. ukraine s punishing pushback costing putin at home, possibly threatening the one thing he cares about most, his power. the outrage over his decision to summon at least, at least 300,000 more troops to fight is now turning to violence inside russia. let me show you th
call from the white house to a rioter on january 6th. the rioter s identity now revealed. the house select committee is preparing to hold what is likely to be its final investigative hearing. and dissent and chaos are spreading in russia. thousands have been detained amid protests against the war in ukraine as huge lines of cars jammed the borders, packed with russians desperate to escape vladimir putin s new military draft. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt here in the situation room . we begin coverage tonight with hurricane ian barreling toward florida, amid urgent warnings and evacuations. let s get straight to meteorologist tom seder standing by in the cnn weather center with a new forecast from the national hurricane center. tom, what is that new forecast saying about ian? the 5:00 p.m. advisory from the national hurricane center, we re seeing an increase in the winds because the p
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
chief of police for the uvalde school district who was incident commander that day, meaning the person authorities said made the decision to not have officers immediately go into that classroom and stop the shooter even though he knew it was an active shooter situation, he, according to our reports, has not responded to state investigators for two days. so keep that in mind as you listen to this recording obtained by kate, at ksat, went out 12:20 local time, in other words, as the shooting was happening and as police were standing nearby in a texas town for a tactical team to arrive, assemble, gear up, and then go in. no one was confronting the shooter during that time. police were standing outside. adjoining classrooms where kids were wounded, possibly dying still, and some hiding, smearing themselves with blood in order to appear dead as one girl did or calling 911 for help. those police officers were not going in. with uvalde ciac, uvalde ciac parents, there is an active