remarkable conversation reportedly between putin and the world s richest man. and mitch mcconnell says he s sticking with herschel walker in georgia. john fetterman in pennsylvania opens up about his long recovery after suffering a stroke. plus, another cnn exclusive. a protester in iran speaking out about the atrocities on the ground. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, more u.s. weapons in ukrainian hands. ukraine s defense minister tonight saying four of the highly coveted himars that have turned the tide of the war in ukraine s favor, just arrived from the united states. this as russia warns the u.s. of payback for coming to ukraine s aide. the u.s. is, quote, defactor involved in the ukraine war. russia may take, quote, countermeasures against the united states. president biden tonight speaking out to cnn saying putin knows exactly what he s doing. here he is moments ago with our jake tapper. do you think putin is a rational ac
knew he lost the 2020 election and that their scheme to overturn the results was illegal. and yet, they attempted it anyway. president trump rejected the advice of his campaign experts on election night. and instead, followed the chorus recommended by apparently inebriated rudy giuliani. to just claim he won. and insist that the vote counting stop. to falsely claim everything was fraudulent. and there are an lies the true nature of these hearings. to truly hold trump and his fellow coup plotters accountable. the committee has already uncovered evidence that trump may have committed serious federal crimes. but it s up to the justice department to bring criminal charges. as neil cocktail argues in the opinion page of the new york times today, attorney general merrick garland could bring a charge of conspiracy to defraud the united states even if trump truly believed in what he was saying. and it wasn t just democracy at stake, but lives as well. vice president mike pence fa
the war. we re live in kyiv. plus, dangerous heat waves across the u.s. and western europe. we ll go to the cnn weather center on when people can see relief. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the new york times is reporting that the u.s. justice department could begin receiving interview transcripts from the january 6th committee as early as next month. earlier, federal prosecutors believed they would not get them until september and delay some trials of capitol rioters. former u.s. president donald trump remains defiant despite growing mountain of testimony and other evidence against him. he spoke out on friday for the first time since the hearings began calling former vice president mike pence weak now for not blocking the 2020 certification. several former officials everyone around trump told him repeatedly he lost the election and a scheme to stay in office was illegal. cnn s jessica schneider has more on trump s reactio
testify next week and the role the white house supreme court justice plaidyed in overturning the election. the key moment in the fight against coronavirus. the cdc set to vote on recommending vaccines for young children. . good morning, it s saturday, june 18th. we are grateful that you re starting your weekend with us. it s always a pleasure to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. let s talk about the new fears that we re learning about about the u.s. economy and it is headed towards a recession. friday marked the end of a rocky week after the federal reserve announced the largest interest rate hike in decades in an attempt to tame inflation. the dow down, the s&p slightly higher but still the worst week since 2020. we also learned that wages in the united states are climbing at their fastest rate since the mid 1980s, but inflation has climbed up so quickly that workers have been been handed a pay cut. america is in a stronger position than any other nation
portion of an hour and a half speech today, making it clear he is spending a lot of time watching everything the committee says and does. there s no clearer example of the menacing spirit that has devoured the american left and disgraceful performance being staged by the unselect committee. the unselect s entire sham presentation is based on video that has been deceptively edited. they re taking six, eight, and nine-hour depositions and putting up five-second clips. that guy letig, whoever the hell letig is, a former judge, he was saying pence had no choice. not actually what he said at all. look, here s the thing. trump s day of having the world stop to listen to a 90-minute ranting, roving speech are over. not even fox news took his speech live. now, that didn t stop trump, who spent time denying he called mike pence a wimp. he spent time even though to make sure the record s clear on this, his special assistant said he did call pence a wimp and testified to this under