Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
this case. the former president, though, does not have to attend. paula, are there more signs right now that the special counsel s work is continuing? yeah, today we saw the grand jury. they were back in. they typically meet on tuesdays and thursdays. so it was notable that they returned to work today, though our casey gannon said she did not see any witnesses. that s notable. the special counsel back at their office, they spoke with someone who could be a really helpful witness for them, bernie ke kerik, former new york city police xhilser, sose cloesht of rudy giuliani. we re told investigators had a lot of questions about giuliani. it s unclear today exactly what the grand jury was doing, if prosecutors were reading in the answers from bernie kerik or up to something else. at this point, it s unclear if anyone else will be indicted, but it does seem likely. certainly does. stay with us. i don t want you to go too far away. i want to bring in cnn legal