that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote, insane. but some democrats did not give him a pass either, and a lawmaker who was their will join us. also, mending fences. a high stakes sit down between president biden and president zelenskyy, ending on a high note tonight. after tensions had been simmering about nato membership. how are they able to smooth things over? a top white house official will tell us about it. i am kaitlan collins. and this is the source. tonight, we have cnn exclusive report. reporting. the special counsel s te
their government and its agencies to protect it. but are they really doing that? there s growing evidence that equal justice in the u.s. is beingl justhe eroded, replacd with a system of selective and political prosecutionsed wi agencies like the fbi and the department of justice are agg citizenss they re supposed to protect. under president biden, the justico e department s prosecuted a number of his direct political rivals. there s noe m more obvious exal than donald trump. of course. he s been federally indicted ina the classified documents probe. now, to be clear, you can disagreer with tru with trump ss and believe what he did was wrong. d wai do. but this is a president s main opponent and his allies, like steve bannon, peter navarro, rudy giuliani, they ve all been targeted varro ru, too.oper and maybe that s all right and proper, but it s in the interestin the of democracyy least question it. many believe these agencies have become unaccountable and too powerful. wh
capehart. we begin the saturday show with breaking news from the middle east. the united states and its allies launched another round of strikes against iran-backed militants. the strikes hit at least 36 targets across 13 houthi controlled sites in yemen. the pentagon says these strikes are a message to the houthis to stop interfering with global trade in the red sea. a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin reads, in part quote, they will continue to bear further consequences if they do not and they are illegal attacks on international shipping and naval vessels. we will not hesitate to defend lies, and the free flow of commerce in one of the world s most critical waterways. however, u.s. officials clarified today s attacks are not in response to the american casualties in jordan. a spokesman for the houthis warned the group would retaliate. writing, quote, we will meet escalation with escalation. this comes as secretary of state antony blinken prepares to depart for
out maneuvered. republicans are fuming over the border bill crumbling before our eyes. the democrats claiming that they re the ones who can actually fix the border. plus, a quote scab and an insurrectionist. those are the words of a top teamster executive who refused to meet with trump today. and a major military shake up. sources say ukraine s top general is out and tonight, we hear exclusively from the man who may replace him. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, out maneuvered. that is how republican senator is describing what is happening to his party on the border bill that right now, is essentially dead on arrival in the house. a border bill that would affect this entire country. democrats are seeing an opportunity and they re wasting no time tonight in piling on. . it s clear that when it comes to border security, democrats are for the fix and republicans are for the fiction. we may have owned it before but now you own it.
so we are intent on doing both. that is standing up for our people when they re attacked while at the same time working every single day to prevent the conflict from growing and spreading. that s secretary of state antony blinken laying out the priorities of the biden administration in the middle east which is becoming more volatile by the day following a deadly strike on three u.s. service members. and on capitol hill we ll bring you new details about the bipartisan border deal in the senate that are starting to leak out. we ll go through what s in the bill and the response from lawmakers. and meanwhile, the republican controlled house continues to focus on grievance over government as it moves forward with a possible impeachment of the homeland security secretary. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, january 30th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the defense department, which has identified th