documents showing a top russian general was a secret vip member of evgenyevgeny prigozhin s pri army. these new documents, as there are new questions about where the general and prigozhin are tonight. mike pence making a surprise trip here to ukraine while he is going against so many in his own party whether it comes to the war. pence is outfront tonight. the supreme court decision that has the obamas speaking out forcefully tonight. let s go k outfront. i m erin burnett live in key et tonight. a top secret p member. new documents showing a top rurj shan general is a vip member of the wagner group. a top putin inner circle member listed as a member of yevgeny prigozhin s personal army, same army that marched against putin. it is a major development. guess what? there s more. in these documents, obtained exclusively here, there are 30 other senior russian military officials action wagner members. these are significant revelations if true. raising more questions, specifi
is seeking to compel a lawyer for the former president to testify before the grand jury. according to a source familiar with the matter. prosecutors alleged in a sealed filing that they have evidence that some of trump s conversations with the attorney were in furtherance of a crime. the special counsel is reportedly asking a judge to invoke the crime fraud exception. and force an attorney to testify under oath about conversations between him and his client which in this case, would be evan corcoran and one donald trump. the new york times which was first to report the news at the special counsel is zeroing in on this quote, whether trump or his associates obstructed justice in failing to comply with demands to return a trove of government material he took with him from the white house upon leaving office, including hundreds of documents with classified markings. one potentially very important piece of evidence determining whether the ex-president or his attorneys obstructe
newsroom, joe biden and vladimir putin deliver duelling speeches, just days before the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. we re live in poland with the latest. plus, we ll discuss why the earthquake in turkey and syria puts women at risk of period poverty, and how aid workers can better meet their needs. and more than 65 million people, look at this map, are under winter alerts right across the united states. we will have a live report from the weather center. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with paula newton. so in the hours ahead, u.s. president joe biden will wrap his final day in poland, meeting with nato secretary general and leaders of the group known as the bucharest 9 from the eastern part of that nato alliance. this comes one day after mr. biden delivered a rallying cry declaring ukraine will never be a victory for russia. he repeatedly called out vladimir putin by name. and just as he did a day earlier in kyiv, he again vowed un
newsroom. i m jim acosta in ft. myers, florida. first thing, we have some updated figures from here in the hurricane zone. sit the most current death toll of people who sadly did not survive hurricane ian here in florida. that new official death toll is now 74. 74 people here in florida have died now as a result of hurricane ian. of course, those figures are coming in. as they develop, we ll bring them to you. residents say there is a growing sense of fear that more bodies could be discovered. some areas remain fairly inaccessible to first responders. we ll show you what i saw on the ground. in the meantime, cnn has learned that a team that responds to mass fatality incidents has deployed equipment and personnel to assist medical examiners in boast counties here in southwest florida. officials in lee county where the majority of the deaths have concerned are facing a major concern. why were the first evacuation orders issued less than 24 hours before landfall? the county s ow
you can t be. because in a democracy, the government has a moral and legal obligation to tell you the truth, always. period. and that makes sense because in a democracy, you are not a subject or a mere consumer, you re a citizen. you are a shareholder in the system. you are an owner of it. the people who run your government are your employees. they re like your cleaning lady. you may appreciate the work they do, good job, but the minute you catch them stealing your cuff links, you fire them. those are the rules because it s your house, not theirs. but what if the rules were inverted? what if you caught an employee stealing but instead of seeming ashamed and pen tant, he ripped around and attacked you like you were the criminal? well, that is the experience of watching white house spokesman john kirby talking about the destruction of the north stream pipelines. anyone who think that the biden administration was in any way involved with that sabotage, directly or indirectly, is