and it would be, at this point not in our best interest to talk about it. about four months ago, we talked about this, you said essentially it is up to the victim to come forward before we take action of any sort. is there any indication why this is the timing now, now that four or five months after the initial report she decides to take action? i really can t answer that. what i can say it is obvious that the attorney general released her report. i think maybe at that point she became aware of how brave the other victims are to come forward and it may have empowered her as well. do you have any estimate of now how long the investigation like this will be in weeks? you know what, i would be guessing. you know, this is obviously a high profile investigation. there s a lot of information out there. we have a lot of fact-finding to do, a lot of interviews to do, and you know what, i m not going to rush it because of who he is and not going to delay it because of who he i
just at this point it would not be in our best interest to talk about it. about four months ago you and i in very vague terms talked about it and you said essentially victims need to come forward before we can take any action. is there any indication of why the timing is now, now four or five months after the initial report, you decided to take action? i really can t answer that. what i can say is it s obvious that the attorney general released her report. i think maybe at that point she became aware of just how brave the other victims are to come forward and that may have empowered her some as well. do you have any estimate of how long the investigation might take? you know what, i would be guessing. i mean, this is obvious a very high profile investigation. there s a lot of information out there. we have a lot of fact-finding to do. we have a lot of interviews to do. and i m not going to rush it because of who he is, and i m not going to delay it because of who he
updated its controversial covid isolation guidelines. we ll break down the new recommendations and whether they clear up the confusion so many americans are feeling now. and we re also tracking the winter storm nightmare on i-95 in virginia. not far from where we are here in washington where hundreds of drivers and passengers were stranded in bitter cold. some for over 24 hours. we re going to get an update on how this happened, the rescue operation, and what traffic is like now as darkness falls. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the january 6th investigation. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles is joining us right now. tell our viewers what you re learning. first, wolf, we are learning about text messages that the fox news host, sean hannity, sent to mark meadows and other white house officials and wh
numbers were killed in action. outrage against the anti-trump group, the lincoln project come after a stunt involving individuals posing, apparently, as white supremacist to try to associate themselves with the republican candidate for virginia governor glenn youngkin. we ve got reaction tonight from congressman youngkin and the democratic opponent. that is minutes away. plus the deadline has passed for new york city employees to get their first dose of the covid-19 vaccine leaving cops, firefighters, and a lot of other essential worker stays away from being placed on unpaid leave. we begin tonight with the potentially huge payout to illegal immigrants paid white house correspondent kevin corke is exploring how close is biden administration plan could be to reality and the massive blowback to the idea of this tonight. good evening, kevin. good evening, shannon. the u.s. government, our government, the one that gave americans anywhere between $62,400 in stimulus payments sin
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