translator: we will have our victory. reporter: volodymyr zelenskyy in an exclusive interview with cnn on the battle for it. republican scepticism about spending more. i said no blank checks. reporter: what president biden told him in the war zone. and his plea for american war planes. are u.s. fighter jets the weapon that will make or break a ukrainian victory? a cnn prime time special. the interview starts right now . good evening. i m wolf blitzer. at this very moment, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy and his country are facing a critical time in the invasion. now in its second year. for the first time in eight months, the russians could, could be on the cusp of capturing a ukrainian city, bakhumt. the sight of the bloodiest battle of the war. a warning that bakhmut may fall in the coming days. ukrainian s military claims to be holding off putin s army around the city saying they killed more than 100 russian soldiers in a 24-hour period. they also ackn
were killed. i will talk to an expert on border culture and he will share his research about the violent drug cartels at the border. where did covid-19 come from? the former head of the cdc says he was left out of conversations with dr. fauci and other scientists after he expressed support for the wuhan lab leak theory. and a scathing report on the louisville, kentucky, police department after an investigation following that botched raid that killed breonna taylor. the doj says the police used excessive force and practiced an aggressive style of policing against black people. more ahead. let s bring in the panel. we are here with law enforcement guru john miller, famously fearful flyer, molly, the man my mom misses when he is not on the panel, lz and former trump white house director and star of the view alyssa and joining us from austin to talk about what s going on at the border is professor ricardo ainsley of the university of texas at austin. we will be with you m
survivor go anywhere they want during a big event like dan glickman did? when he went to manhattan, we re told by people who know about this they really can t do that these days. they re very likely placed in secure, undisclosed locations, bunkers in some places, all of them within a reasonable distance from washington. brian todd reporting. thanks very much. that s it for me. thanks for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. thank you, wolf. the breaking news, president-elect donald trump about to arrive in washington as the current president says his final public good-bye. plus our interview with mike pence, the vice president-elect talking inauguration, russia, and the man he s turning to for advice. and president george h.w. bush and barbara bush both in a texas hospital tonight. the very latest on their condition this evening. let s go out front.