putting american forces, nato forces in ukraine. reporter: a frenzy of activity this week. national security official holding classified briefings with congressional staffers on the situation in ukraine. we re working all member briefings for the house and the senate in the coming days. reporter: american citizens in ukraine including nonessential staff at the u.s. embassy urged to leave the country. the u.s. prepares to share its concerns with russia in writing. and a warning from the department of homeland security that if provoked, russia could launch a cyber attack against the u.s. broadly, we are always preparing for any action that related to cyber or any other activity that any country could take. reporter: the president in close consultation with world leaders. we re all on the same page. we have to make it clear that there s no reason for anyone, any member of nato to worry whether or not we, nato works come to their defense. reporter: it continues with
burnett. outfront tonight the defense rests. lawyers for kyle rittenhouse and the prosecution now preparing to go before the jury to make their closing arguments. for eight days, witnesses described the night that rittenhouse shot three people, killing two of them during protests on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin. the now 18-year-old testified he was acting in self-defense during emotionally charged testimony yesterday. the defense wrapped up their case today with a use of force expert and a right-wing commentator who had captured one of the shootings on video. that witness describing in detail what he saw in the moments before rittenhouse shot joseph rosenbaum four times. kyle rittenhouse came out of car source 2 and attempted to de-escalate the situation. did you see mr. rosenbaum do anything that kind of drew your attention after what we saw? absolutely. he led the charge into the gas station. he was getting physically aggressive. rittenhouse faces homicide char
others for his decision to travel from out of state to the scene of great civil unrest armed with an ar-15. cnn s omar jimenez joins us now from kenosha. what happened in court today? well, anderson, we moved into the final stages here before it gets in front of a jury. over the course of today, though, jurors didn t seem as engaged as yesterday. but that s not saying much because if yesterday was the most dramatic day we ve seen yet in regards to emotion and substance, today was the most technical day we ve seen yet and the most political. this is not a political trial. reporter: but politics and questions of bias emerged from the backdrop of this trial. from the defense s tenth witness drew hernandez. a self-described commentator on the streets of kenosha the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media? yes. in support of kyle rittenhouse. one could argue yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought out by the prosecution. your
villain down under. you guys look at what s going on in australia right now, you know, they re enforcing after a year and a half, they re still enforcing lock downs by the military. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, it is not an exaggeration to say that democrats might have one chance, one shot to pass legislation to prevent a climate catastrophe, and they are trying to do that right now under the intense pressure of two other competing forces. one is the fact that due to the nature of american polarization, divided government, the structural advantage that republicans now hold in national elections, democrats can expect to control the white house and both houses of congress maybe every ten years, like once a decade, they really get a chance to pass their agenda. so that s one pressure point. the other is that we re already at 1 degree celsius of permanent global warming. we need to very rapidly curtail emissions to avoid incre
these types of bans could cost them in 2024? inflation cools. new data suggests the fed is winning its fight against rising prices. so now what? central bank just days away from a key meeting and a critical decision on rates. will the hikes finally come to an end? and the chatbot will see you now. new studies looking at how artificial intelligence could transform medicine. we re going to talk about what it means for you and your human doctor. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. two severely restrictive abortion bans in two republican-dominated state legislatures, nebraska and south carolina, both failed on thursday, handing unexpected victories to abortion rights advocates and highlighting this struggle within the gop on how far abortion bans should go. we saw this moment in nebraska. people moved even to tears after the so-called heartbeat act failed by just one vote. it would ban most abortions a