really was. from this latest discovery we have one johnny mcentee to thank, trump s director of personnel by the end. we now now mcentee s testimony before the committee revealed that the twice-impeached disgraced ex-president in his final hours in office floated the idea of a blanket pardon for the breach of the united states capitol. there was a vice of dissent to that idea, white house counsel pat cipollone. he rejected the idea. our friend luke broad water of the new york times reports this, quote, mcentee recalled cipollone also rejected trump s idea that all white house staff should be pardoned, even those who have played no role in the president s push to overturn the 2020 election. quote, i remember cipollone questioning on that, well, why does anyone need a pardon, mr. mcentee recalled, adding that the president had responded, well, just so they can t go after them for any little thing. and i think cipollone said, yeah, but no one here has done anything wrong. the
elected. a speaker has not been elected. yes, the circus is still in town and the group of 20 serial insurrectionists opposing kevin mccarthy, they are right about one thing, this man has no business being speaker of the house. if he can t navigate his way around the basic vote to get the job he s not remotely capable of leading especially a radical caucus filled with this iteration of republicans. and we do begin tonight with the never ending republican fight over the next hour the never ending republican fight for speaker. over the next hour kevin mccarthy should be wise to learn this one lesson because he s going to be facing this hell over the next hour. any tolerance of insurrection breeds more. in the next hour as i mention the house will return to try to get done what they could not do earlier on this ground-hog day of voting. but beyond showing in realtime kevin s inability to do the job this dumpster fire is making it clear the republicans keeping republicans par
use of nuclear weapons, and he referenced there being a nuclear weapons document in russia that would determine when they would use such weapons, not giving a whole lot of new meat on the bone. but there was an interesting back and forth with one reporter who asked about president putin, saying that he had received some questions and concerns from president xi of china about the war in ukraine. and listen to what he said during that back and forth. i m asking you, are you coming under any pressure? i don t know, i m asking. no, no, no, no. you asked me what about, how do we feel under pressure from china? look, let s be honest are you coming under any pressure from china? you may tell your readers, listeners, viewers, that i avoided to answer your question. reporter: obviously pressure from china is something that the russian foreign minister didn t want to talk about today. we should note that the chinese foreign minister also delivered remarks here at the united
good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the horror. ukraine s ministry of defense releasing these jarring and grotesque images. this is before and after. the soldier here is ukrainian. the image on the left is him taken during the siege of the azostal steel plant. that is when they were hunkered down not getting the full food and water that they needed. but there he was fighting. and on the right four months later, that is him now, starved, deformed. it is not even possible to imagine what happened to that man. and yet that picture is the reality. it is how russia is treating human beings. and you can t look the other way when you see that. it comes as putin has taken the war to a whole new level today running a sham election in parts of ukraine that are kind of under russian control. i ll show you the ballot. it reads just one question. the wording varies depending on the region. are you in favor of seceding from ukraine and joining the russian federation? and dow
a kremlin crackdown. sham referendums trying to silence sentiment at home. translator: i ve got two kids at conscription age says this protester. i brought them up alone. i don t want to lose them, she cried. reporter: and for what asks her friend? just so they can kill the sons of other mothers, she answers. reporter: we begin with brand new cnn reporting on the justice department s january 6th investigation. sources telling cnn donald trump s attorneys are waging a secret court fight to stop a grand jury from gathering information from mr. trump s inner circle. the fight broke into public view yesterday and cnn teams three lawyers for the former president at the federal courthouse here in washington. the back-and-forth battle follows a deluge of new subpoenas from federal prosecutors demanding evidence from a slew of former trump aides and associates. let s bring in cnn s senior justice correspondent evan perez and cnn s crime and justice reporter. i want to start w