this as one former wagner group commander flees to norway, and his lawyer is outfront tonight to tell his story for the first time. plus, just in to outfront, new details about the investigation into biden s classified documents. we now know more about who federal investigators have been speaking with about the case. and ron desantis launching a new charm offensive. he s trying to shed the notion that he s dry and reserved, those are the quotes. why now? let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, convicts on the front line. new audio into outfront of the chief of the brutal private russian army fighting on the front lines in ukraine, the wagner group. the chief yevgeny prigozhin s influence with putin has been surging. this is what prigozhin is now telling convicted criminals who have finished their tours of duty with him about staying out of prison. listen for yourself. translator: don t drink a lot, don t use drugs, and don t
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search, they didn t find anything. appreciate it. coming up, we look at some of the issues house republicans plan to investigate when it comes to the first family, from hunter biden s business dealings, to claims about the presents brothers, that have also drawn scrutiny. what it means for the 46th commander-in-chief, ahead. (dog barks) silverado zr2, trail boss, and custom trail boss. because adventure is everywhere. new reporting into cnn about the biden documents infestation. what sources are telling us about who federal investigators are talking to. cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez joins us now. have you learned, evan? we know that the investigators are doing the initial review, talk to a number of people associate with president biden. one at them, it turns out, is patrick moore. he s a long time biden campaign a attorney election lawyer who was present when the first batch of documents were found back in november. he was among the people there who
cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. hello and warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i m max foster. bianca off this week. just ahead on cnn newsroom. reporter: brian walshe facing murder charges in the mysterious disappearance of his wife, ana walshe. even without the body you re going to have enough evidence seemingly to focus on nobody else but him. trying to draw a contrast with the way trump has handled his own documents issues. they re trying to draw a picture of cooperation. you guys can ask me this 100 times, 200 times if you wish, i m going to keep saying the same thing. reporter: aviation experts are calling it a narrowly avoided disaster at new york s john f. kennedy airport. they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. it s wednesday, january 18th. 9 a.m. here in london. 11 a.m. in kyiv, ukraine. we re following this breaking news for you developin
murder charge. we re going to take you there live inside the courtroom as soon as it begins. there on the left-hand side of your screen, live pictures from inside that courtroom. we are also following devastating scenes outside the ukrainian capital this morning. at least 17 people are dead and dozens more hurt after a helicopter carrying the ukrainian interior minister and his team crashed near a kindergarten. officials say eight victims were locales. children and their parents on the way to school. and let s begin there this morning. cnn chief international correspondent clarissa ward is on the ground outside of kyiv. tell us more about what you re learning, clarissa. reporter: well, we ve just seen very tragically what appears to be another body bag being carried out from this area behind me by emergency services. they ve been there for hours combing through the wreckage of that kindergarten looking to see whether there might be more bodies under the rubble that was