new hampshire. happening now, breaking news. donald trump just unleashed a tirade against the judge who threatened to throw him out of a courtroom today. stand by for the latest on e. jean carroll s defamation damages trial against trump and why the former president was nearly given the boot. also tonight, trump is escalating his attacks on gop presidential rival nikki haley referring to her birth name and indian hair nage an online ramp. trump returning to his racially charged playbook with the critical new hampshire primary now just six days away. and there s more breaking news. president biden has wrapped up an urgent meeting with top lawmakers. did they find any common ground on the divisive issues of ukraine and border security? i ll ask a key player who was in the room, the house minority leader hakeem jeffries. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn brea
russian president vladimir putin trying to project an image of strength as he faces the biggest threat ever to his authority. is putin still in danger of losing power? his former prime minister says yes, and he will be outfront next. plus, where is yevgeny prigozhin? no confirmation that the wagner chief ever made it outside russia. as the fsb keeps its criminal investigation on prigozhin wide open. two moscow reporters who have covered him extensively with be reporting this hour. i m going to talk to the mayor of kyiv who warns ukraine is not prepared if putin attacks the biggest nuclear plant in all of europe. let s go outfront. and good evening, and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i am erin burnett live from ukraine tonight. tonight, putin on defense. the russian president speaking out three days after the armed rebellion led by his former ally yevgeny prigozhin. and make no mistake, a threat to putin s authority tonight is very well. putin right now
governor ron desantis is wrapping up events in the granite states. nikki haley will hold a rally there tonight. donald trump is also expected to head to new hampshire after spending the day in court in new york. let s bring in former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. he finished sixth in the iowa republican caucuses. governor, i want to start with the fact that the democratic national committee put out a snarky statement about you suspending your campaign, saying this news comes as a shock to those of us who thought he already dropped out. a number of democrats said you were telling the truth about donald trump and standing up for democracy. i understand that president biden s chief of staff called you to apologize. well, that s correct. of course, i didn t pay much attention to what the dnc said, but it s actually gratifying to see a bipartisan rebuffing of this snarky tweet, as you say, or comment. to me, it just doesn t reflect the best of america whenever you have ridic
anti jewish in american history. let s take a look now at the human cost of russia s invasion of ukraine. moscow, like kyiv, has been very secretive when it comes to casualties from the fighting, but a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have died. that s four times higher than the figure acknowledged by the kremlin. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training, with significant numbers recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they are filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners, recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verif
in, they said they heard screams coming from the park. she was found naked and bound with red duck taped. when you see the photos, you can feel the terror. he left her for dead. we were shocked. as a dna laboratory that there were no other offenders. how is this guy not in the system? then, one day, you ve got a call. they said there s been an update on the case. it was like finally. i ve been thinking about who this guy was for so long, i don t think anything could have prepared me for that answer. how do you wrap around mind around the fight that someone you trusted this. i can picture him smirking. a second customization? yes. might screw up. what kind of person does that kind of thing? exceptionally sick, evil. reporter: the evening arrows warm and thick with anticipation. college students, returning a new, mix and drank with young locals. darkness fell on colorado. one more night to take a lusty bite of the flooding summer. that last friday