did someone tamper with the tapes? plus, senator manchin on the debt ceiling, biden s re-election. that interview is coming up. who was behind the drones the kremlin say were sent to kill putin? let s go outfront. good evening. i m pamela brown in for erin burnett. breaking news, tapes at mar-a-lago. special counsel jack smith is now asking questions about the handling of surveillance tapes from trump s home in florida. whether the tapes could have been tampered with. smith of course is leading the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents. they want to hear from one or two executives. they re said to know a lot about mar-a-lago s inner workings. trump went on fox news to boasts about the tapes he handed over to prosecutors. they raided mar-a-lago. vicious ly raided mar-a-lago. i have tape, i gave them tapes. i gave it to them. i could have held that back. i gave them tape. but you know the tape they don t want me to reveal, if possible,
what happens next and how will vladimir putin use this in the war? the alleged shooter of a hospital building here in atlanta is captured hours after he killed one woman and wounded four others. authorities are trying to figure out what set him off. and the special counsel investigating possible obstruction of justice charge against donald trump issues a flurry of subpoenas to some of trump s closest allies, including two men in charge of surveillance videos at mar-a-lago. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom we kim brunhuber. it is nine a.m. in kyiv, where authorities are reporting the most intense air attacks since the beginning of the year. military official says a ukrainian air defense intercepted all incoming russian missiles. it s likely retaliation for what russia claims is a pair of ukrainian drone strikes on the kremlin, an attempt to assassinate president vladimir putin. he was not at the building at the time. and ukraine strongly denies any such involveme
russia. putin was not in the kremlin at the time and ukraine strongly denies any involvement. a short time ago attacks on ukrainian cities including odesa, kerrherson and a kyiv. one of the drones shot down have the words for the kremlin and for moscow written on them. nic robertson is live for us. what have we learned? reporter: president zelenskyy has set absolutely we do into the attack putin, we do not attack moscow, we defend our own villages, we re struggling with ammunition, so flat out denial coming from ukrainians. overnight of course concerns how would moscow respond to what essentially appears to be completely trumped up allegation that they tried to assassinate president putin. according to one ukrainian official, biggest flight of uav attack drones and missiles that they have seen so far this year, all of them shot down, debris falling in the city. and in the south odesa 15 attack drones fired or sent to that region. 12 of them shot down. three of them landing
course? i think the president going to kyiv doesn t settle that problem once and for all. ideally, it would have been great had he shown up, you know, with senator mcconnell or somebody like that who is strongly in support of the war. again, it sends a reassuring message to ukraine about american staying power. which, jonathan, is critical for europe. europe has followed behind and with the united states for the most part. this is leading from ahead, and that is what is required in this instance. we are now past 6:00. welcome to morning joe at this morning. joe, mika and willie have the day off. i want to bring in katty kay, special u.s. correspondent for bbc news, into our live, rolling coverage of this presidents day and president biden s surprise trip to ukraine, one meant to show a real symbol of solidarity, katty, with kyiv, as it has weathered russia s invasion now for 12 months. yeah, jonathan, what a day for us to kick off presidents s day, to see these images.
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