reporter: barbara walters was one of the most fascinating people of any year in the television era. i know i ve done important interviews. i know that i have been a part of history. was she ever? are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations. we read you are mad. from murderers. why did you kill john lennon. to movie stores. are you a changed man since the illness? did it effect you very much? did you mind being thought of as sex, sex, sex? i think that what is important is to have curiosity. follow that cure iosity. i m a great believer in homework. before people revealed all on social media, barbara walters was the interviewer to open up the stars. does he hit you? he shakes, he pushes, he swings. i hope they think i m fair and i can be penetrating without being a killer and i am, i hope. and which interview was her most important? the first and at that time the only interview. you are al
mar-a-lago. and a state of emergency is now in effect in new york city as officials struggle there to house thousands of migrants bussed by republicans to the northeast from the southern border. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to ukraine right now. reeling from russia s heaviest air strikes since its totally unprovoked invasion, and tonight facing a new threat from vladimir putin of more attacks. here s cnn s international security editor, nick wapaton walsh. reporter: this was the day the war came back to all of ukraine. the capital kyiv, like many cities for months, edging toward normal, hit by multiple missile strikes. carnage at rush hour, central streets hit. the target unclear. the aim utter horror. over 100 missiles and drones. the civilian death toll rising, along with global fury that there was nothing the kremlin would not hit. even this kyiv walkway t
revealed today by the committee. one particularly interesting one is don jr. and the texts that he was sending to mark meadows. i want to juxtatoes what he sent the day after the election, the day after his father lost the election, and then what he sent on january 6th. i think there is an arc between the two. the first one that he sent that he claims is not his writing and doesn t sound like his voice frankly and he also claims he doesn t remember who sent it to him, it says we have operational control, total leverage, moral high ground. potus must start second term now. state assemblies can step in and vote to put forward the electoral state. republicans control 28 states, democrats 22 states. once again trump wins. that is the road map the day after the election, ron, for how to keep donald trump un-constitutionally in office. okay? now, fast forward to january 6th when they ve tried some of these things. and suddenly donald trump jr. is texting a different tune. here it i
happening now, another child s body found in the rubble of a ukrainian residential apartment building as the death toll from a powerful russian missile attack rises. this hour i ll ask key white house official john kirby about new u.s. and western military aid to ukraine and whether it s enough. also tonight the white house is ramping up its damage control as the crisis over classified documents intensifies. the biden team defending its delayed and incomplete release of information while accusing republicans of fake outrage. and the husband of a messing massachusetts woman is now charged with murdering his wife. we re breaking down the new evidence in this very high profile case as it takes a dramatic turn. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with the growing carnage from russia s attack on an apartment building in ukraine, one of the single deadliest strikes of vladimir putin
documents seized from mar-a-lago. stand by. we have details. also tonight, former president trump lashes out at the january 6th select committee but doesn t reveal if he ll comply with the new subpoena from the committee. this as cnn obtains exclusive extended footage of congressional leaders trying to work around trump as they scrambled to secure the u.s. capitol during the riot. even after a week of deadly russian attacks, ukrainian forces are making major gains in the occupied kherson region, prompting russian officials to announce an evacuation. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the battle between the u.s. justice department and the trump team over that mar-a-lago special master. cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez, is working the developments for us. he s got the latest information. what ar