calls, loved ones on the front lines. they sar their training just for the cameras. they re sitting ducks treated just like pigs. tonight after an arrest republican kari lake is not going to let it go. and world affairs expert ian gram an why he thinks the chinese president was escorted from that meeting. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight hell on the front lines. new video just into out front from an independent russian news organization. it s a jaw dropping reporting of a russian woman speaking to her husband on the front lines in ukraine. listen for yourself. translator: my love, how are you? translator: i wasn t listening to all the bull [ bleep ] people were talking about, but now we don t know where we re going. we don t have anything to eat and we don t know what our objectives are. translator: it s [ bleep ] hell here. translator: they re [ bleep ] us with rockets. we re in some village under constant shelling not far from where people
russians keep launching at critical infrastructure here in this country. we heard from ukrainians today. they say hundreds of thousands of people are currently without power especially in the center of the country. the ukrainians are saying they re trying to do their best to try and eliminate threat and repair the damage, but of course it s something very difficult and something that takes a toll especially as winter draws closer, erin. thank you very much, fred pleitgen, for being inside those trenches. i want to go now to doug london, the former cia counter terrorism chief, served in the cia clandestine service for over 30 years, tracking kjb agents, and also author of the recruiter. also with me is rob lee, senior fellow at rpri s program and also a former infantry officer in the u.s. marines. i appreciate both of you very much. and doug, you saw fred s report, you know, in the trenches right on the front line there talking
killed here by an american male was, from my perspective, the lowest form of political performance. but you know what, lawrence? put that sunshine on who these people are because i think it was it was good for america to see that he is an example of who has been in charge of doing things regarding gun safety or not doing things. and now we get to see the nonsense that they put behind it. and democratic chairman adler didn t go along with this crazy notion of having you thrown out of the room. mannie, let me ask you how it felt for you. we all saw fred at the supreme court confirmation hearing of justice brett kavanaugh when justice brett kavanaugh refused to shake his hand. was that your first
nonsense that they put behind it. and democratic chairman adler didn t go along with this crazy notion of having you thrown out of the room. mannie, let me ask you how it felt for you. we all saw fred at the supreme court confirmation hearing of justice brett kavanaugh when justice brett kavanaugh refused to shake his hand. was that your first congressional hearing? it was. fred is a pro when it gets to talking to politicians. that s not my cup of tea. it is not my field. but i thought that i needed to be there to support fred and the other parents and the kids. the kids are actually fighting for their lives and trying to have a better future. so i don t regret being there. i think that my presence there, it s a must. i need to be there. however, now that i m there, i