been talking to the special counsel, and jack smith responds to trump team s efforts to delay the documents trial. also tonight, how conservative republicans managed to attach restrictions on abortion access to a key defense bill, and what that could do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able the say who left a pact of cocaine in the west wing, the secret service still says case closed. why? good evening. jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election, being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing a ten could hinge on whether or not he believed he had won. tonight there is new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence for people who know or heard him indicate he d lost. jared kushner and hope hicks have both gone before the grand jury, and some of the questions asked was whether the former president was told he lost the election. other mem
similar goals. we have exerted efforts for the prosperity of our respective countries. we can cooperate and work together to achieve our goals. reporter: but china has so far drawn the line at military aid for russia s war. there are concerns that may change, but right now it s only chinese diplomacy on the table. the kremlin-leaning peace plan calling for talks but stopping short of demanding a russian withdraw, a key ukrainian demand. translator: we have carefully studied your proposals onseting the acute crises in ukraine. of course we ll have an opportunity to discuss these issues. reporter: there s little sign putin is open to compromise. this was the russian leader on sunday, driving through the captured and devastated city of mariupol. local residents, according to state media, are shown thanking him and asking to shake hands when a heckler briefly makes her breath heard. none of this is true is the cry. it s all for show. the russian leader seems undisturbed. no
Allowed the doj to continue its probe into the handling of classified material while the special master reviewed thousands of other documents. judge cannon also ruled that trump did not have to officially declare in court whether fbi agents planted items at mar-a-lago, something trump and his al plies have repeatedly said in public. the special master had requested trump prove hiss claims, but cannon stepped in and stopped it. judge cannon has not responded to cnn s request for comment on her decisions, but when asked in 2020 during her confirmation if she had any discussions about royalty to president trump, she unequivocally wrote no. do you think she has any bias toward trump? i don t think she has any bias at all. reporter: jason mendra worked with cannon a decade ago. we never talked about politics or judicial philosophy because it wasn t relevant to what we were doing. i still don t know anything about her politics today. reporter: she wasn t overtly political? no.
Happen after these meetings wrap up. as china symbolically displays support for russia with this meeting, there s also a significant ramp-up in support for the european union for the ukrainian cause. reporter: yes. more than a million ammunition rounds, that s what the eu and norway have pledged. that s crucial for the artillery pieces that are pounding away at russian positions, jake, that are trying to push through towns like bakhmut. you also had norway bringing in more tanks and other key bits of artillery into the country. i think that zelenskyy in particular is showing this is the moment where he s getting unit from nato, from the u.s. and other al plies at this moment when putin is talking to xi. david mckenzie in odesa,