shipment includes ammunition for the front line defenders of ukraine. the pentagon is also working on new military options should russia invade. and that could include a larger u.s. presence in eastern europe and sources are telling cnn the u.s. embassy in ukraine has requested authorization from the u.s. state department to evacuate all nonessential staff and their families. we re covering the developments from all angles as cnn s international diplomatic editor nic robertson in moscow, white house reporter natasha bertrand in washington and lieutenant general curtly is a former commander u.s. army general for europe and the 7th army. good to see all of you. nic, you first. there was no, you know, breakthrough in the talks friday, but both sides say they will keep talking, but is time running out? reporter: well, it s very difficult to say. it really is in the minds and hands of president putin because is he playing for time? because his diplomatic track sergey lavrov his
attorney general were inconsequential. it is dated december 16th and was signed just two days later. and he had a meeting with sydney powell who was lobbying to become counsel. take a look. so we have mathematical evidence in a number of states of trump votes being trashed, just put in the trash like you would on your computer with any file. and biden voting being injected. president trump won by a landslide and we ll prove it and reclaim the united states of america for the people who vote for freedom. yeah, that was all nonsense. also at the oval office meeting, michael flynn who seemed to be quoting directionally f a ally from the draft order just a day later. he could immediately on his order seize every single one of these machines around the country on his order. he could also order he could order within the swing states if he wanted to, he could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those s
esses party approaches the midterms. i m going to be out on the road a lot making the case around the country with my colleagues up for reelection and others making the case of what we did do and what we want to do. what we need to do. and so i don t think i ve overpromise at all. i m going to stay on this track. clustering and former clinton pollster, mark penn the priest chairman of the harris poll and chairman of the state well group welcome. as you look at the polling, what accounts for the presidents standing the precipitous fall from mid-summer? our new polling has him at 39% approval. i think it really is a combination of people think 61% say maybe he is too old to be president. 54% they cannot handle issues like the complexity of the ukraine and china. and core confidences number one. the second of course, the issues here that seem out of control to people crime, immigration, the economy, inflation. so a combination of things going exactly the wrong way on these
house as the capitol was under siege. it cites one of those moments saying, quote, as january 6th approached president trump attempted on multiple occasions to persuade vice president pence to participate in his plan. one of the president s discussions with the vice president occurred by phone on the morning of january 6th. you were present in the oval office and observed at least one side of that telephone conversation. end quote. ivanka trump s efforts to get the former president to call off the attack on the capitol are also under scrutiny. testimony from mike pence s then national security adviser keith kellogg is also included in the letter. here is one exchange. the committee asked him, quote, do you think that ivanka trump could help get president trump to a place where he would make a statement to try and stop this? kellogg answered, yes. the committee also asked so you thought ivanka could get her taeth to do something about it. kellogg replied take a course of actio
the winner receiving almost 80% of the vote. and yet the loser refuses to accept the result, won t concede even as his opponent is sworn into congress. we re also on the ground in georgia where those in power are actively making it harder for citizens there to exercise their right to vote. this is about good old boys, their power and their will to stay in control. and we ll go to texas where a new restrictive voting law is having widespread impact. huge numbers of registered voters seeing their applications for mail-in ballots, ballots to which they are entitled, rejected. and where local election officials face possible felony convictions with jail time if they help voters clear certain hurdles. you registered using a driver s license and now you use a form using your social, i don t have a way to very far that social. as we watch voting rights flounder in congress, obstacles to voting are going up undeterred in states and counties across the country. and not just in