People, as rescuers race against time to save survivors who might still be trapped underneath the rubble. The secret Service Agent who was just feet away from jfk during his assassination now breaking his silence, revealing in new detail could rewrite the narrative. This hour of cnn this morning starts right now. We begin on the Breaking News this morning, kim jongun appearing to be on his way to russia right now, to meet vladimir putin, a south korean Government Official tells cnn it looks like the north korean dictator is headed there on a train that departed from pyongyang. Moments ago, the kremlin and north korean state media confirmed the meeting would happen soon, but would not specify exactly when. Youll remember last week, u. S. Intelligence warned that kim was planning to meet with putin to discuss supplying weapons for the war in ukraine, in exchange for satellite and Nuclear Submarine technology. Joining us now, former north korean analyst for the cia, sumi tari. Thanks so m
translator: i want to see the sun so when our houses are rebuilt, we can live if peace, we can live in ukraine, because this is our native home. reporter: a ukrainian official in mariupol saying a planned evacuation has been thwarted by the russian military. he says at least 200 civilians who thought they were on a bus headed to safe points were instead taken into russian-controlled territory in the east. russia capturing dozens of small towns in eastern ukraine, but uk officials say russians have not made any major gains in the last 24 hours. and this as russia reveals its end game in this invasion. top military officials say they plan to take full control over southern ukraine and the eastern donbas region. let s bring in scott mclean in lviv. what more can you tell us about these missile strikes in odesa? reporter: hey, fredricka. one city counselor in odesa called these an easter gift from vladimir putin. this is not the kind of gift that you want to get. we re talk
and even the president s transition team. and they denied investigators the ability to authenticate evidence, serve warrants, question witnesses, and bring charges. this led to hunter biden sweetheart agreement announced five years after the investigation started. but mere days before my committee voted to publicly release this testimony. would americans in my congressional district or any others, ever receive the same treatment? after raising their concerns internally at the irs, these whistle-blowers were discouraged and demoralized and turned it to congress as a last resort. they bravely reported wrongdoing to us. and what have president biden s allies, including hunter biden s lawyers done? they responded with a vicious
and avoid a potential perjury charge down the road. so, besides testimony, what would be needed to help prove this case? well, i think you have to have some sort of direct evidence. i mean, we know that congress has been investigating this for quite some time. they ve been able to do more than just question witnesses. they ve subpoenaed records. they ve looked at emails. they ve looked at text messages. this administrative law judge has none of that. all he can do is rely on what was presented in court on friday to make a recommendation to the secretary of state here in georgia. now, one thing we know about our secretary of state, he s a republican office holder, he s fighting for his job this year. so even if this administrative judge says, look, i think there s a reason to consider her unqualified, i don t think the secretary of state is going to make that decision, just given the fact that his job is literally on the line and there s only that testimony to prove the case. all
hearing. and so, you know, at that time in missouri there is a question of whether or not innocence is a reason to get out of prison. so when the prosecutor at the the current prosecutor agreed mr. strickland was innocent, we filed that petition to help get him out on his behalf, but, you know, whether or not innocence is a reason to get out of prison keeps him from being in court. and so it was such a strange position here in missouri where prosecutors didn t have the power to let someone out of prison, we had to change the law. that law went into effect in august and the prosecutor filed that motion to overturn the conviction, but even then that law provides for the attorney general to quote make an appearance, be at the hearing, question witnesses and make argument, and what that resulted in, in our state of missouri, the attorney general s office that fought every innocence case for the last 30 years was incredible delay. they sought to have the judge dismissed, to have every jud