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$965 million to the victims of the sandy hook school shooting massacre. we re getting reaction about the verdict and impact of jones lies about the shooting. also tonight, russia launches mass casualty missile strikes in ukraine. as the u.s. and nato scramble to beef up ukrainian air defenses. i ll ask white house national security official john kirby about administration s response to vladimir putin s provocation and learning more about tomorrow s january 6th hearing and new evidence that will be presented. the select committee poised to argue that former president trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy in america. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the top story. a connecticut s jury massive judgment against alex jones for spreading lies and conspiracies about the sandy hook elementary school shooting. for more on
the economy that will be a welcome relief to americans everywhere. but will it last? hello and welcome to the lead. i m dana bash in for jake tapper. we begin with major new developments in our politics lead. just a short time ago, attorney general merrick garland said the justice department filed a request to unseal the search warrant for the former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home. the doj s first public comments since that unprecedented search on monday. he also said he personally approved the decision to seek the search warrant, and that the department does not take this kind of move lightly. he also defended his colleagues against what he called unfounded attacks. i will not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked. the men and women of the fbi and the justice department are dedicated, patriotic, public servants. his appearance today comes amid a flood of other new details. sources tell cnn that federal investigators previously served a g
and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pence s former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the highest profile witnesses to testify. they are questioning at those proceedings contributed to the news first reported by the washington post, that the doj is formally investigating trump s actions leading up to january 6th. possibly a step closer to a criminal probe of trump himself. more and more former trump officials have come forward since the january six committee s public hearings started last month, and congressman jamie raskin, who is a lead manager and trump s second impeachment trial
good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, there are tapes. cnn learning that some trump allies are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of fbi agents searching his mar-a-lago home. we don t know what is on the tapes or not on the tapes. the footage has been held so close to the vest that a source close to the president tells cnn they re not sure if trump himself has even seen the whole thing. now, trump s son, eric, has been happy to talk about it, saying they re ready for the whole world to see the tapes. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. absolutely, at the right time. well, the context here is we are awaiting a key decision on the mar-a-lago search. in just hours, the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago is holding a hearing, and the hearing is specifically on the merits of unsealing the affidavit. that was the affidavit that wa