not, special counsel jack smith looking at trump s law and seizing voting machines were discussed, we talked with trump s national security adviser how close we came to constitutional recognize crisis in ukraine around bakhmut and in ukraine around bakhmut and florida pledge of allegiance no matter who it ends up being. we dig deep near the december 2020 overoffice meeting. now there are two reasons for that, first we have the perspective tonight of someone who knows the cast of characters in the meeting and worked with many of them over the years and secondly it s worth a look because of how unprecedented that meeting was in the oval office in terms of what was on the table. the former president tweeting, quote. that tweet which would be seen as exhibit a for allegedly inciting the mob that day, looks like the action he chose instead of another idea discussed during the meeting such as seizing voting machines and invoking martial law. former campaign manager bill told tuary
crew rushes to prepare for another. ukranian officials rothstein gains around the town that since last year has been the epicenter of the war. gun commander artem has been in the area for months. [speaking foreign language] the task of barking orders is routine. he says he is half deaf from the blasts but has sensed a change feels like they re often running away, he says, referring to the russians and then the order to fire. there s barely a let-up in the distant shelling. the russian says this gunner call sign aries is falling back. we know because they hit us much less. months ago it was scary to be here. now it s different.
on another flank, big guns are out. there is a ukranian made .155 millimeter self propelled howitzer. crane claims russian has poured more than 150,000 troops into the town, dug in deep. [speaking foreign language] the russians have fortified their positions and stand strong he tells me but i think that s temporary. russian soldiers captured in the battle here told us the shelling on their positions was relentless. [gunfire] is that was high explosive anti-personnel new innings fired at russian troops outside bakhmut. as soon as they fire, they prepare to fire again. ben, you spent a lot of time covering the fight in bakhmut. do things feel any different there now?
has had an overwhelming objective from the time he launched 85,000 troops into ukraine and that was to break nato heat was confident, in my view, he could break nato so holding natalee thogt is really critical. i don t think there unanimity in nato about whether or not to bring ukraine into the nato family now. at this moment in the middle of a war. those comments come after ukranian president zelenskyy made a direct appeal to president biden in an exclusive interview with aaron burnett saying in english, ukraine needs to be a part of nato quote now. you can see the full interview with president biden this sunday right here on cnn at 10 a.m. eastern. thanks so much for joining me on up front. ac 360 starts right now. tonight on 360, to indict or