it hearsay, when she testified that on insurrection day, an angry donald trump demanded his secret service detail drive him to the capitol, lunging at them and the steering wheel. but tonight, hutchinson has corroboration on part of her testimony. cnn spoke with two secret service members, including a long-time member. both say they also heard about a confrontation in the presidential suv after the rally, a story they say spread widely around the agency in the weeks and months after january 6th. though, neither source heard the part about trump trying to grab the steering wheel or any physical altercation with a security agent. one source did hear from agents that trump indeed demanded to be taking to the capitol, shouting something like, i m the fing president, lunging forward in the vehicle, and berating his protective detail when he didn t get his way. the second source said they heard the account directly from the driver of that suv. the most important detail corroborated
life in america. a dream that came to a tragic end with dozens of others in the back of a sweltering tractor-trailer. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with michael holmes. and we begin in ukraine, where a u.s.-supplied advanced weapon is reportedly starting to gain some traction on the battlefield. a senior u.s. defense official says ukraine has used the himaz multiple rocket launchers to take out russian rockets and other target. four of those are in use in ukraine, four more on their way. meanwhile, president zelenskyy accusing russia of terrorism following friday s missile strikes on a residential area near odesa. at least 21 people were killed, 40 others wounded. this as the u.s. announces a new batch of military aid for ukraine including those anti-aircraft missile systems. mr. zelenskyy saying the equipment will give ukraine a much much-needed boost. translator: i am especially grateful to the united states of america and personally to biden
so, acquittals, how many there are, how many there aren t, it doesn t matter. the kremlin is the one who decides, certainly on these high profile cases like griner s case. when you talk about how these courts work, we heard from a member of the embassy was in there watching this. and obviously they re trying to observe to see if there is any potential fairness and anything they can do and use. and at one point when a witness came forward against brittney griner, they were told to leave. that would never happen in our court system. it s an example of what you say that this is more theater than it is an actual judicial process. what at this point do you think brittney griner s best options are right now? it s really unfortunate that she doesn t really have any good options right now. she is now under the wraps of the russian government, the russian system. and the only thing that really she can hope for is that what vladimir putin wants out of this which is an exchange of prisoners.
americans home. so, what is the biden administration prepared to do to make that happen? let s discuss with steve hall. he s a former cia chief of russia operations and a cnn national security analyst. thank you for being here, steve. good to be here. all right. let s talk first about russia. their system is different than our system when it comes to the justice system. in russia, what is the likelihood that a trial, any trial, not just griner s trial, results in an acquittal? well, i think you have to start with the fact there really is no judicial system in russia. what you have is a well-developed theater of some sort of idea that maybe there is rule of law in russia. this is of course not the case. you ll see things that many of us in the west and especially in the united states recognize. you ll see judges. you ll see courtrooms. you ll see lawyers. but all of that is drama. there is no legal system to speak of that is truly functional in any western sense.
comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business. powering possibilities. hello to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on cnn newsroom ukraine getting what its president calls a much-needed boost after the latest russian attacks. new military aid from the u.s. including a precision missile system. plus, new calls for the u.s. to do more as basketball star brittney griner goes on trial on drug possession charges. and the story of two brothers looking for a better