hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us. a major dam destroyed in ukraine. there are mass evacuations and plenty of blame as russia and ukraine point fingers at the oh. trouble for trump as one lane of the special counsel investigation nears its end. jack smith attended a meeting with the legal team and a bizarre plot twist. cnn learned it led to a flood of suspicion from prosecutors. and chris christie makes his 2024 entrance. the former governor is also a trump friend turned trump critic who sees himself as the best republican hope of derailing the former the president s comeback bid. we begin with a major development in ukraine. a major dam was destroyed overnight. the collapse of the dam on the river prompting evacuations and fears of large-scale devastation. new video shows the surging waters leading to massive flooding and fears now of a potential environmental di disaster. you can see water creepin
he blames school shootings on antidepressants saying prior to the introduction of pro zach, we had none of these events . the campaign says no. the question is did it is a v to pay attention or do they need to worry about not being beat, but is it embarrassing if somebody gets in the high teens in one of these primaries? sure, it s embarrassing. that s just a partial list. that s not even going into the vaccines. they say they are not paying attention. they are not commenting or look ing at someone is paying attention to those numbers. they don t like the idea of them growing. once it becomes a story, people
trump critic, now he thinks it s important to stop trump from winning the nomination. is that his best hope here? is there a chris christie lane in today s republican party? it s hard to see exactly what that lane is. though can can could be the lane that you described. which is not a lane that s going to attract the most voters, but it has a role in shape ing the race, if his attacks or pursuit and prosecution of donald trump is successful. there is this question. christie has answered this. he says you don t go wake up at the hilton inn for 50 days in a row if you don t actually want want to be president. he s not a hired political assassin. he s made clear he sees his role here as the guy that he thinks is best equipped whether on the debate stage to take trump down a notch. he will get attention in new