conflicting claims. the russian military said that as of friday, they controlled the town. ukrainians dispute that claim. and say they still have parts of it. now, what we know is what we saw. we were in in the area around soledar for several days. what we saw is ukraine forces are digging in, they re not trying to retake the town, just trying to hold the pogs they have. now this afternoon we got in touch with some of the troops and they say they are no longer in the area and that they have pulled back. now we don t know if that is part of an organized withdrawal or just a rotation of troops. but what is clear is that the situation is very difficult for ukrainian troops around soledar and the fear is that if and when soledar completely falls and that is confirmed two the russians, that the fighting will intensify further south. as the russians seem to be gaining control of soledar north of here in bakhmut, the fighting is intensifying. one local resident told us before mort
is. welcome to this special edition of the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead and a major victory for donald trump for now. a judge has now granted his request for a special master, allowing a third party attorney to come in and review the documents seized from mar-a-lago last month. the judge cited senchlg reasons for her decision, including the potential stigma that donald trump faces after the search plus what she calls, quote, swirling allegations of bias and media leaks. trump s lawyers argued he needed a special master because they couldn t trust the justice department, and in today s ruling, the judge said federal investigators can not continue reviewing the materials they took until the special master has finished their work. let s get straight to cnn s senior justice correspondent, evan perez. evan, i know this filing is 24 pages long. it came out on this holiday, but what are the main takeaways from it? kaitlan, the j
a gas station in l.a. paul, how are people reacting to these very high gas prices in california? reporter: they re reacting with shock and they re in agony. if you look behind me, this gas station is considered a discount at $6.09 a gallon. as you articulated, here in california the average now, $6.42. what drives all of this, california has an extremely high gas tax at 51 cents per gallon. these taxes used to improve roads and infrastructure and whatnot. for these vendors we re talking to today, they re absolutely getting jackhammered by these prices. a family rental business, party rental business, busy time of the year, weddings, graduations, father s day around the corner, what takerhey re doing now is o filling up a partial tank at a time. it went up a dollar in a week. we only filled a quarter tank and it will probably last us maybe for the rest of the day. if not, we ll have to fill up later on today again, another 60. reporter: so if you do the math, that s abou
Outlined in carefully choreographed testimony today how he boosted donald trump in his tabloids, how his entire apparatus blasted trumps rivals blatantly bogus stories and how he struck and off the books packed with trump to bury stories to bolster his 2016 election chances by Bamboozling American voters. The former trump friends, but two plus hours on the stand today as the former president was there glaring, as you can see here in this court sketch from across the room. And what marx, a no doubt about it betrayal for the politician who most prizes loyalty and new tonight, donald trump is again testing the limits of what he can say and how far he can push the judge who is presiding over this trial before he is actually punished. Now in a new interview, trump is committing what looks like and sounds like a pretty clear cut violence relation of that gag order that restricts what he can say about some of the main characters. In this case, who witnesses such as former fixer, Michael Cohen