hello. thanks for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. president biden will officially meet with ukraine s president zelenskyy at the g7 in japan tomorrow. the white house confirming just a short time ago ukraine scored a key victory with the u.s. after the biden administration signaled it will permit allies to send f-16 fighter jets to the war-torn nation. other g7 leaders have been meeting with zelenskyy. they offered their support for, quote, as long as it takes. g7 meetings are not just about ukraine. leaders are also weighing in on how to confront china s increasing military power. cnn s phil mattingly is in hiroshima. can you give us a preview of what the meeting might be like? reporter: a preview of the day, because i think that s important in the context of things. yes, the bilateral meeting between president biden and president zelenskyy, the first face-to-face meeting between the two since president biden s surprise trip to kyiv earlier this year. there was also a
at all. what i am doing is very serious. it s very important work. nope, not a game. that was fulton county d.a. fani willis last summer talking about her probe of trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. and there are new indications tonight of precisely when any indictments will be coming this summer. also tonight, ron desantis gets set to formally launch his presidential campaign with the baggage of a four-plus year record of attacking the personal freedoms of the people and businesses in his own state. including his economically destructive fight with disney. plus, my conversation with chasten buttigieg who has a message for young people amid the growing threats to lgbtq youth. but we begin tonight with seven battle ground states that president biden won in 20202020. arizona, georgia, michigan, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. not only will these all be states to watch in next year s presidential election, but all part of the failed plot by donald trump and his
required contact with extremist groups who sought to undermine our democracy on january 6th, yet he does not nor has he ever supported their views. now, lieutenant lemond was placed on administrative leave by the police department last year. the department now saying that they are cooperating with federal investigators in the probe. meanwhile, enrique tarrio and several members of the proud boys have all been convicted of seditious conspiracy, obstructing the electoral college, and tampering with evidence for their role in the january 6th capitol attack in 2021. thank you so much. the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into former president trump and his allies is now signaling a new timetable for potential charges. in a letter obtained by cnn, fulton coin district attorney fanny willis announced remote work days for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. she also asked judges to refrain from in-person hearings for
investigation. jessica schneider has details. reporter: police officer arrested and charged was actually a supervisor in the intelligence blanch of the department s homeland security bureau. it s alleged that he was communicating with the proud boys leader, enrique tarrio, tipping him off that he was about to be arrested. this is lieutenant shane lemond. he was arrested and faces one count of obstruction, three counts of making false statements. prosecutors say that as early as july, 2020, he began used telegram to provide tarrio information about the law enforcement investigations that were related to the proud boys activity around washington, d.c. then when lieutenant lemond was interviewed about his interactions with tarrio, it s alleged that lieutenant lemond gave false expect misleading statements to tarrio and that s what the charges stem from. his lawyer is responding saying lieutenant lemond s position
matter banner for which tarrio got indicted. this is some of the text they were texting to each other on telegram. looks like the feds are locking people up for rioting at the capitol. i hope none of your guys were among them. this guy told him. his name is officer le monde. in a telegram message. so far what i m seeing and hearing, we re good. i can t say it officially, but personally i support you all and don t want to see your group s name and reputation dragged through the mud. okay, his name is lieutenant shane lemond. what do we know about that? you re starting to wrap up more people after tarrio has been convicted of seditious conseries. you think maybe people wonder whether being in trump world isn t paying off much. he has had a relationship with enrique tarrio through the post-election period and leading up to january 6th. and this actually came as an interesting point for the