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
restrictions on abortion access, to a key defense bill. what that can do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able to say who left a pack of cocaine in the west wing. the secret service still says case closed. the question is why. good evening and special counsel 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 intense could hinge on whether or not he really believed he had one. tonight, new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence from people who would know, or might have heard him indicate that he had known he had loss. sources tell cnn that jared kushner, and former top aide, hope hicks, have both gone before the grand jury. and some questions asked whether the former president was told he had lost the election. this adds to the picture given by testimony from other members of his inner circle. in
ukraine fired after speaking out against putin s war. hear him in his own words. a truly remarkable audio recording that outfront has obtained showing putin s military in disarray tonight. plus, more breaking news. cnn learning about another official interviewed in the special counsel s probe into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. is jack smith closing in on a charging decision tonight? and kim jong un personally guiding north korea s latest missile launch, its longest missile flight ever, as we learn more about the growing influence of kim s sister. we have a special report on that coming up. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. a senior russian general fired for speaking out against putin s war. outfront tonight obtaining remarkable audio of a russian general in command of forces in southern ukraine right along that crucial front line near zaporizhzhia. the general says he was relieved of duty
london ahead on cnn newsroom ukraine s future is in nato. putin and its craven lust for land and power unleashes brutal war on ukraine. he was betting nato would break apart. he was betting nato would break. hottest temperatures of summer are coming up this weekend and in some places the hottest temperatures ever recorded. people s cars got flipped over, windows knocked out. people were screaming. this storm is really bad. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, june 13th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 11:00 a.m. in helsinki. in the hours ahead, president zelenskyy will be meeting with authoriz nordic leaders and the finish president. and there they offered ukrainian president zelenskyy security guarantees and assurances but still no time line on joining the alliance. nic robertson is following developments and joins me now here in london with the latest. starting with what biden is doing today, he is in helsinki
Weapons from the failed wagner rebellion to the regular army, effectively russia disarming itself, fresh criticisms of the war s disaster were coming from inside the top brass against itself. echoing the same complaints made by the perhaps vanished and vanquished wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin. a bombshell audio message from a top commander in the south. the latest tear in the fabric of putin s command. translator: i in the name of you, in the name of all our fallen combat friends had no right to lie. therefore i outlined all the problems today in the army. the lack of counter battery in combat, of artillery reconnaissance stations and the mass deaths and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery. i also raised a number of other problems and expressed it all at the highest level, frankly and extremely harshly. our senior commander hit us from the rear, treacherously and