addicted to drugs even when she was pregnant. but will it sway the jurors? let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. outfront tonight, breaking news. cnn learning exclusively that the department of justice issued a new subpoena to the national archives for more documents related to its investigation into january 6th. according to sources, the request for additional material pertains to both before and after the insurrection. it s a possible sign that the adoj is ramping up its investigation into the role that trump and his staff may have played in the events leading up to the capitol riot. and to be clear, this is yet another federal investigation involving the former president, separate from what the fbi what led the fbi to conduct a search of mar-a-lago. and there s also news on that front tonight. the former president is responding in court for the first time since the fbi searched his home. trump is filing this lawsuit agains
Doing it for a tiktok stunt. but he didn t stop. i heard one of the american soldiers said, get inside, run, get inside, to all of us. so we all ran. reporter: he actually had a hard time getting into north korea, wolf. he thought he could go through one of those buildings that straddles the joint security area, the dividing line of the dmv there. there aren t that many north korean guards on duty right now because of covid-19 concerns. but eventually he jumped into a van and was whisked away and he hasn t been heard from since. we don t know where he s being detained. the north koreans are not vaccinated, they re worried about the virus. and then they re going to ask him about his military record. he wasn t in the military very long. he was serving time for an alleged assault and headed back to texas to be separated from the military. now he s in north korea. his whereabouts are unknown, and no official communication happening between the united states and north korea, which means o
United nations command on twitter, a u.s. national has crossed the military tee mark ace line into north korea during a military tour. on that issue, white house officials are clearly aware of what s going on right now. to the extent we know, what are they to go, how are they operating in this moment? well, they are also in a fact-gathering phase. they are trying to understand what are the details, what was the circumstance that this u.s. national may have crossed or that we know crossed into north korea. so in the situation like this, officials are backchannels, trying to get information from the allies in the region. as you heard from will and kylie, this is complicated because there is no line of communication with north korea, but what can be done in the region or the united nations command to try to understand how this u.s. national cross neighborhood north korea and got is now in custody are all questions that white house officials have that they are, wog on getting informati
Directly to them. he said that s when he decided to come out publicly and voice his moral opposition to this war. and it shows us the kind of country we re dealing with in russia. it s not just a country that doesn t want to hear public criticism. it doesn t even want private constructive criticism either that could actually be helpful to make it better. and so that s the situation. the only feedback that pavel said he has had from the authorities or from the military has been through his own private backchannels where he s been told he is despised, that he s being hunted, and that his life could now be in danger, kate. really important reporting. thank you, matthew. thank you very much. out front for us next, damaged. the defense attorney for the shooter who murdered 17 people in parkland, florida drawing on his troubled upbringing to try to spare him from the death penalty. but will it work?
More than 7,500 people arrested so far. including this elderly lady at a protest in st. petersburg wednesday. and no surprise, this video has yet to be shown on state media. there is nothing more dangerous for president putin in russia today than the truth. armed with evidence of what is happening in ukraine, many russians may reconsider their relationship with him. and that could challenge his rule. nic robertson, cnn, moscow. all right, nic, thank you very much. joining me now, ambassador william taylor, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. ambassador, appreciate you joining us. i have to first ask you about this fire at europe s largest nuclear power plant after it was shelled in ukraine. aside from the shock that something like this even happened, are there options diplomatically in an event like this? communication, backchannels to russia, for example?