officers were respond to go a domestic dispute call at an apartment when a man inside the home opened fire. officials have identified the dead officer as 22-year-old jason rivera. they say he along with the injured officer are the fourth and fifth nypd officers to be shot in the city this month. >> our department is hurting. our city is hurting. it is beyond comprehension. i am not sure what words, if any, will carry the weight of this moment, and what we are feeling. we have four times this month rushed to the scene of nypd officers shot by violent criminals in possession of deadly illegal guns. >> cnn's polo sandoval is live for us in new york, and joining us live now, polo, what more can you tell us about what happened. >> fred, you can hear the frustration of the police commissioner's voice there as she talks about what happened last night. three officers made their way into the harlem apartment, respond to go a domestic dispute call, and one did not make it out alive. we're told according to the nypd, rivera, along with another police officer, walked down the hallway to speak to the son of the mother who originally called authorities for assistance, and that's when, according to the nypd, the door swung open and shots began to be fired towards these officers, fatally wounding officer rivera, and wounding an officer currently fighting for his life. it wasn't until a third officer in the apartment managed to return fire, wounding a man that authorities have confirmed to be lesean mcneil, that this came to an end. we understand he is currently being hospitalized. look at the weapon mcneil has used a glock pistol, if you see there, it has a high capacity magazine attached, commonly known as a drum magazine. you can imagine the level of fire power if in fact it was full that this individual would have had at their disposal when they opened fire. the big question is whether or not the officers knew what they were up against when they were walking down that hallway. when you look at the pictures from last night, it's heartbreaking to see, so many men and women in blue, standing shoulder to shoulder, basically paying their respects and honoring the life of their 22-year-old colleague. it's not just fellow nypd officers as you see here, his remains removed from the hospital, also federal authorities that are tweeting their condolences. fbi new york tweet quote our hearts are heavy this morning as we mourn the loess of a police officer mourning. a 22-year-old rookie with his whole life ahead of him, and his loss was senseless. rest easy, officer rivera. tweeting their well wishes at the officer that is currently recovering, wilbur mora who they say is fighting for his life after being shot alongside his partner, the fourth officer shot in the line of duty this week. it has to stop, they write. all of our hero officers deserve to come home always. you also really are hearing this call for change, and improvement coming from the mayor himself, eric adams, who certainly is likely going to feel even more pressure to actually act on that vow that he made during his campaign to increase security in certain parts of the city, and rye to restore peace and order to some of those parts of the city that have experienced some tragic shootings including the shooting of a baby, just this week. >> it is our city against the killers. this was just not an attack on three brave officers. this was an attack on the city of new york. >> now, we are expecting to hear from authorities later today, not only to see what can be done to try to make the situation better, but also potentially an update on this investigation. fred. >> keep us posted, polo sandoval, thank you so much. more than a year after the january 6th capitol siege and even more shocking details are being learned about the days and weeks ahead of the insurrection. this week, new troubling reflations and legal setbacks for former president donald trump. cnn's jes sica schneider has that. >> the january 6th committee getting access to all 700 documents from the trump white house, call logs, visitor logs, handwritten memos from chief of staff mark meadows, and draft speeches, the latest development in what has been a disastrous week for donald trump. not only did the supreme court rule against his efforts to keep his white house records secret, but new york's attorney general ramped up the tax, and the district attorney requested a special grand jury for a criminal investigation. >> i just want to find 11,780 votes. which is one more than we have. >> that phone call from trump to georgia secretary of state brad r raffensperger is sifting through to determine if there was criminal interference in the 2020 election process. willis is seeking to issue subpoenas, and compel the production of the documents because she says many witnesses have refused to cooperate. new york attorney general let letitia james for the first time outlining specific accusations against the trump organization in a court filing saying the company misstated the value of its property and assets, engaging in a fraudulent or misleading practices. now the attorney general wants to compel the testimony of trump and two of his children, donald trump junior and ivanka trump. trump has denied wrong doing and a spokesperson for the trump organization says the allegations are baseless. this as ivanka trump has become the first family member the january 6th select committee is asking to talk to. they sent an 8 page letter detailing why they want ivanka to meet with the committee voluntarily. she's one of the few who can reflect on trump's state of mind, and why it took so long to release a video message instructing rioters to leave the capitol. they want ivanka to divulge what she heard when trump talked with vp mike pence by phone the morning of january 6th, and they want her to fill in details about how fox hosts and other officials urged trump to stop the stolen election talk after january 6th. >> ivanka trump is a critical figure because she was there in the morning. we believe she was there when trump was still trying to twist mike pence's arm. >> the committee chair bennie thompson telling cnn the panel is looking into trump's possible involvement in the creation or submission of fake electors. our team reported that trump campaign officials led by rudy giuliani oversaw efforts in december 2020 to put illegitimate slates of electors together from seven states that trump lost to try to overturn the real election results. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. let's zero in on the seven states you just mentioned, pennsylvania, georgia, michigan, arizona, wisconsin, nevada and new mexico. let me bring in now the governor of new mexico, michelle lieu -- luhan grisham, i want to talk schools and covid. first, i have to ask you about this new reporting on rudy giuliani, and in two of the states, pennsylvania and your state, of new mexico, there were legal caveats added at the last minute to say the pro trump electors were only electors in waiting if trump's legal challenges prevailed but in the other five states, documents said the pro trump electors were the rightful electors. so what's your reaction to this plot? >> as it should be. it's an outrageous, effort and frankly, it's not surprising. i have long believed through the investigation of the january 6th committee that they were going to find any number of completely fraudulent, ineffective, inaccurate plans that were all about overturning the election. and i'm pleased to see that new mexico both in terms of how our secretary of state manages elections and assures that they're free and fair, and that the attorney general is very clear about accountability for those electors who were engaging in fraudulent electoral efforts to congress. and i hope that we're one of the states in this context that shows that there will be repercussions for folks who are engaging in illegal activity related to the election. >> and then why do you feel so comfortable now? what specifically is being done in your state to ensure that electors will carry out the will of the citizens? >> a couple of things, one, we are a state that proudly identifies and uses our secretary of state in the context of she's one of the lead election protection experts in the country. secretary of state maggie oliver. i feel like new mexico is at the forefront of knowing what the risks are and what they aren't. two, we are already expanding voter protections and assuring that our own audits, whether those are forensic or in the context of what occurs at those elections in realtime as people are casting their ballots, and i think, again, look, we've known there is no credible evidence anywhere including here. biden won the election, biden is the president, and any effort to discredit that is illegal, fraudulent, very dangerous activity, and the folks involved in that should be accountable, including the republican party who it appears currently and as this unfolds, were part of that effort for the trump presidency and campaign. >> all right. let me now turn to covid. schools across the u.s. struggling to find teachers, substitutes, as omicron continues to take its toll, and in your state, a new program is streamlining the process to allow state workers and national guard members easier access to actually work as substitute teachers. a new and you governor are one of the first to take part in the program. talk to me about the importance of this, why you feel like you needed to help be an example of how you all have to evolve in the face of omicron? >> right. well, look, states and governments have had to turn on a dime during the pandemic to stand up systems, to provide support to any of our critical, crucial, basic services. there aren't any other options. and educators, and parents, and students, you know, this pendulum swinging every single minute of every single day, school is open, school is closed. you're quarantined, you're isolated. child care is open, child care is closed, before after school programs, we don't have enough staff. not enough bus drivers, no one able to do the launches. it is mind numbing and i get it. i've got grandchildren involved this child care, and elementary school, and it is mind numbing and it creates such uphooeave i family's lives. new mexico is investing again, raises for educators, more respect and dignity in the classroom, more resources, tools, i mean, we're doing all of that, a new pipeline, free college, free professional development. all of it, community schools, but that doesn't in realtime solve the problem today, so we know a couple of things that we can ask for help for substitute teaching and volunteers, the two that we can use, the whole of government, support teachers and our families, staff, and we have streamlined. background check, but not missing a beat, in new mexico, you have to do two, so we can combine those two, get them done simultaneously. we pay the fees, and already i've got 50 guardsmen and women, and 50 state employees and schools decide, where you go, what you're suited for, how you help in a classroom, we follow the curriculum, and you know, we've got a lot of state employees, who are experienced educators. i'm feeling very good about this effort and the goal is to keep schools open and to support educators, parents, and students through the worst of omicron. >> it's certainly very inventive, the background checks, quickly, what are the requirements for people who say, you know what, i'm equipped, i want to be a substitute teacher? >> so there's really three components, one, the background check is critical, so we are going to follow those very strict requirements. we want to make sure that everyone is safe in school. two, there is a safety course so what do you do, right, if the fire alarm goes off. what do you do if you have a health emergency in your classroom. so we are required to take that. it's about four hours or so of specific training. you can't get into a classroom without it, and then the schools will do just like they do for all substitutes, they'll on board us, make sure that we're following the curriculum or that if i'm placed in an elementary school, which i believe i will next week, maybe i'm in the teachers aide position, so then i'm supporting the educator to manage the class. the whole goal is certainly not to interrupt the qualified experienced work that is required in our public schools. and i hope maybe that it will stay as we develop a pipeline. the whole point here is to really support, if not the most important hospitals, health care workers, child care workers and schools. you know, these are the necessary services that we have to provide our families and citizens in all of our states. >> big new support system, we can see it being put in place in so many places. good luck to you, new mexico governor, michelle luhan gr grisham, and good luck to 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eastern side of ukraine but to the north, close to the capital in belarus, large military exercises that russia has underway there, put in sophisticated surface-to-air missiles. deployment is there but so is the military option. russia insists it has no intention to attack but the capacity to do that is getting greater by the day, and we're now seeing this military aid flow in to ammunition from the united states, we're seeing javelin antitank missiles from estonia, stinger surface-to-air missiles, from last tvia. british have sent anti-tank weapons as well. the military balance, if you like, is that what has been shipped in so far is a little, coming in late. certainly not enough to stop a russian invasion if that were to happen, but the question at this stage is it enough to change president putin's calculus or what it would cost in terms of what an invasion would look like if he chose to go that way. the russians say they don't plan to do that. the credibility is not very high. >> 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making. >> the cdc put out a new study just yesterday showing that booster shots were 95% effective at preventing hospitalizations during the omicron surge compared to 57% for people with just two doses, yet the cdc still says, you know, those with two shots are fully vaccinated. so is it time for an update? >> yes, it is. it's a really good policy in general to update your guidelines when the science changes, and in this case, the science has become so clear. there is this growing evidence from around the world, including now through these really big studies here in the u.s. involving tens of thousands, one of these studies involved millions of individuals. it's now really clear that being fully vaccinated really should mean three shots, and by the way, fred, this is not unusual. the hepatitis vaccine is a three dose vaccine, the polio vaccine sa four dose vaccine , it may b that the covid vaccine is a three dose vaccine. we should be telling people that. there's been so much 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january 6th committee on doj proceed with this information. >> it's truly shocking to think they were going to have the pentagon involved in some respects in trying to try to overturn, i suppose, a fair and free election. we talked about it within the last year or two even the idea of using martial law and the fallacy and the oddity and the absurdity and horror of having that state of being in a democracy in the united states, to use your status as the commander in chief to will the armed forces to somehow do the very thing that even the then attorney general bill barr said was not an issue. there was not fraud, let alone widespread voter fraud that would make the election of 2020 suspicious, and so we have laws on the books, fred, as you well know that say that it's criminal to interfere with any elections and knowing that it led up possibly or contributed to, we saw on january 6th, the committee, and doj has a lot to work with here. >> so the committee is still going through, you know, these 700 plus pages of the documents, the u.s. supreme court ordered trump to turn over, and they contain things like handwritten memos by the chief of staff, call logs, visitor records, and pages from the press secretary's briefing book. i mean, what more is needed to make the case that unlawful, bad things happened? >> it's a treasure-trove of information, and i'm wondering if it will be an embarrassment of riches or the final puzzle piece here. think about the timing of this, while we have been waiting for the supreme court to weigh on whether this notion of privilege coming from a former president could be constrained or whether it would be able to trump, i suspect that they have had enough substantiating and corroborating information to paint the picture, and then to have these actually fill in, and now you're talking about the likes of rudy giuliani and ivanka trump who have been summoned in a way to the committee. now it's a matter of not getting the information for the first time but now can you confirm what we already know, and it will be very very curious to see whether these people will follow the steve bannon and mark meadows route and try to fight it knowing privilege doesn't exist anymore or simply say, listen, i know you already have information, what do you now want to know? >> right. you've got the corroboration, seemingly, especially with these documents now. now you still need the added cooperation. so laura, when you hear the former press secretary stephanie grisham say point-blank, the chief of staff, mark meadows, and attorneys were all likely in the room helping to draft this executive order and plan to dese de-certify the election, i mean, are we looking at attorneys who have familiarity with the way an executive order works that the attorneys, too, might be facing charges, and would they come from doj? >> it's an embarrassment to the bar for all attorneys to be involved in some form of criminal scheme, let alone one that seeks to overturn the will of the american people in a nefarious way, and what you might think is, well, hold on, if there were attorneys in the room, fred, maybe a different privilege will attach, but the attorney/client privilege does not attach when either there's an outside person who's not a client or the attorney and client is involved in criminal behavior or criminal enterprise. whatever privilege would normally exist to try to give that buffer would not exist in a case like this, and the supreme court, it's a monumental decision that they said, look, even if you're a former or an incumbent president, the need to know from the american people is going to outweigh any presidential or personal prerogative to try to keep it hidden, and an attorney/client privilege, that executive is not going to be enough. attorney/client privilege also would not be enough. it really is a shame. it reiterates this point, fred, how close we came, but for vice president mike pence deciding not to go along with it, to having a very different experience following the 2020 election. >> yeah, i don't have another word for t except for it's all so unbelievable. i mean, i think all of us thought that we had already heard a wealth of unbelievable, but this just takes the cake. okay, so now we've got a little bit of time left to talk about your book, congratulations, again. >> thank you. >> just pursuit, a black prosecutor's fight for fairness, so we'll be talking about your journey as a prosecutor, and jr. overall fabulousness as a woman. >> i wish to self-aggrandize myself, not the book people thought i was going to write. people expect a supreme court based book and talk about the law as a legal textbook. this talks about the personal battles of allegiance i faced my lived experience as a black woman, wife, mother, human beings against the orders of the office of department of justice and what was entailed and i think it's a battle that is impactful for so many people to know that we don't 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now? >> well, fred, he clearly is taking the criticism personally. when he was speaking with reporters this week in kentucky you could tell that this entire episode really got under his skin. the suggestion that he has any sort of racial bias. he says he just missed a word, but his initial comments really tapped into a raw spot for many, and this is why we saw this uproar. there has long been attempts to erase the totality of the black american experience. actually, right now attempts to erase the impact of anti-black racism in this country. so this did not happen in a vacuum, there is all of this context. he walked right into this one. here is what he had to say, though, in his defense. >> i want to take an opportunity at the outset here to address the outrageous mischaracterization of my history and record on voting rights and race relations as a result of inadvertently leaving out the word "almost" in my comments the other day. >> so he then had to walk back to the microphone again and clarify that the missing word was "all" not "almost." beyond this misstatement, though, was also anger at the tone of this dismissal of the concerns about the voting laws being passed by republican state legislatures across the country. to his point, yes, turnout was high in 2020, but voting access was expanded in response to the pandemic. republicans have sought to reverse course on those measures that led to increased turnout. now, this is not the first time mcconnell has come under fire for comments pertaining to issues of race and racial discrimination in america. i know because when i asked him about the racial history of the filibuster and reparations in recent years his answers have elicited similar outrage. fred? >> all right. ava mckend, i have a feeling this one is not over. this quick programming note, you know her face but hollywood icon marilyn monroe was so much more. learn all about her life and career, the cnn original series "reframed: marilyn monroe," tomorrow at 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