The port citysco export hubs on the black sea. A major wblow to ukraine. Inside the azovstal steel plant, Ukrainian Forces singing a battle hymn. Its sweeter to die in battle than to live in chains as slaves, they chant. Prepared to fight for mariupol and ukraine until the bitter end. That Evacuation Mission is underway, but he didnt want to say more until he has good news to report. He says despite the involvement of the United Nations and the red cross, the russians are constantly changing their agreements and their conditions for evacuations, which means the success of the operation, jake, is hardly a guarantee. Scott mcclain reporting for us from ukraine. The kremlin spokesman dismissed reports that the russian army has broken into the steel plant into mariupol. Cnns Matthew Chance is live in moscow, where we should note the kremlin has imposed strict laws regarding how russias presence in ukraine is allowed to be described. Mat matthew, what exactly is he saying today . Reporter y
control. this comes as the republican presidential race is heating up with only 37 days to go until the first gop debate. one republican candidate, arkansas governor asa hutchinson will join me live in just moments. first on the democratic side, an appearance by democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia is terrifying democrats and sparking speculation of a white house run for manchin on a third-party ticket. cnn s jeff zeleny is in new hampshire ahead of the no labels event, that s the name of the group, and this is expected to start at any moment. senator manchin has refused to rule out a presidential bid or independent ticket. democrats must be nervously watching this event for a potential announcement. reporter: there s no doubt that democrats, particularly the white house watching carefully the no labels moves p mment. this has been a movement underway for more than a decade in washington, promoting bipartisanship. tonight here outside manchester, new hampshire, w
failed mutiny against russia is apparently seen in public for the first time since the rebellion. we ll have a live report on yevgeny prigozhin s fate and the deal we are told he cut with vladimir putin. britain s top spy describing what putin did to save his own skin. we ll have details on that, and new details on how a u.s. soldier dashed through the highly guarded dmz into north korea. where he s now in custody, a witness describing the chaos that she initially thought was some kind of stunt. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump bracing right now for a potential third criminal indictment in the days or perhaps even hours ahead, the former president, by his own admission, is expecting new charges after learning he s a target of the special counsel s criminal investigation of january 6th and 2020 election interference. cnn s senior justice correspondent evan p
witnesses or some other evidence that they are not aware of and i have to tell you, the trump team, they are limited to what is going on with this investigation. remember the political action committee aligned with trump underwrites. the defense counsel for a lot of key witnesses and that is a big part of how they keep tabs on what is going on, which makes it all the more surprising that they were so caught off guard. if smith brings charges related to delivery six, do we have a sense of where the trial will take place the way he brought the documents case important to do we think the sturgis would be in dc or a battleground state such as michigan or arizona? speaking to a source familiar with this investigation just a short time ago and i was told, yes, this case would very much likely be brought here in dc. that is where the grand jury had been gathering evidence. this is the seat of a lot of this alleged conduct. there is some confusion because in the mar-a-lago grand
claiming responsibility for an attack on a bridge linking crimea to russia, a vital supply line for vladimir putin s war. i ll ask key white house official john kirby about the strike and putin s vow to retaliate for what he s calling a terrorist attack. also tonight, the federal judge in the trump classified documents case is now looking to push the ball forward on actually setting a trial date. we re getting new information about tomorrow s leadoff hearing in the criminal prosecution of the former president. and under fire from fellow democrats, representative pramila jayapal is attempting to walk back her remark that israel is, quote, a racist state. but republican house speaker kevin mccarthy wants more, nann demanding that jayapal s party take action against her. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and the impact of that bridge attack by u