Skis, cnn Breaking News, because thats good right to the Breaking News, cnn has exclusive new interview with a key witness in the Trump Classified documents case, known only as trump employee five, at least until now . Cnns kaitlan, polands as a west palm beach, florida near maralago, kaitlan. Who is this witness . And why is he speaking out now well, if this is brian butler, brian butler worked for donald trump for 20 years at the Maralago Club at one point, running the car service for all of the gases thats coming in and out of the club. He eventually left that job in fall of 2022, but that was not before he had been privy to some major conversations and moments in this classified documents investigation. And now he is someone who has spoken to prosecutors multiple times and clearly is a key witness. For the indictment. One of those moments he recalls, wolf is June 3 Of 2022 when he was working at the club and the bodyman of donald trump, walt nauta, asked him oddly in his estimation
i m alex marquardt. president zelenskyy is speaking exclusively to erin burnett in ukraine. take a listen. mr. president, you said it s a completely different set of traits and different periods. now he s faced a rebellion and attempted coup from evgeni prigozhin. have you seen any changes in how you think he s acting, in his behavior since the attempted coup? translator: yes, we see the reaction after certain wagner steps. we see putin s reaction. it s week. firstly, we see he doesn t control everything. wagner is going deep into russia shows how easy it is to do. putin doesn t control the situation in the regions, he doesn t control the security situation. all of us understand his whole army is in ukraine. almost entire army is there. that s why it s so easy for the wagner troops to march through russia. who could have stopped him? putin doesn t understand the regional policy and doesn t control all those people in the regions. so all that vertical of power he used to
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
nightmare before christmas, snow, ice and a dangerous winter blast sweeping across the u.s.. as thousands of flights are canceled, we are live in the cnn weather center with what s coming next. plus, the january 6th committee releases its final report on the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. laying out the case against former president, donald trump. and for the first time, vladimir putin uses the word, war, to describe his invasion of ukraine. we begin this hour in washington, where the house committee investigating january 6th has released its final report. without specifically mentioning donald trump, the panel concludes, anyone responsible for an insurrection should be barred from holding public office. the report goes on to detail a concerted effort by trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election. chapter titles include the big lie, i just want to find 11,680 votes, and a coup in search of a legal theory. the committee outlined a scheme to submit fake electors fro
in the federal gas tax. he is aiming for a decision this week as americans are clamoring for relief from record prices at the pump. and u.s. airlines are trying to untangle a holiday-weekend mess due to thousands of cancelled flights. with staffing shortages, and bad weather causing chaos. will air travel be a nightmare all summer? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. yo you re in the situation room. aides say the january 6th slektd committee plans to reveal new information about the origins and the scope of former-president trump s direct efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including his role in a fake electoral scheme. cnn yes jessica schneider has more on what to expect tomorrow. reporter: the january 6th committee getting ready to shift its focus to trump s role in a scheme to submit fake electoral, all in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. they will call three r