we begin this morning with the worst night in odesa since the start of the invasion. russia s third night of attacks on the city leaving at least one person and two others injured. officials urging people to stay in their shelters until the sirens end. ukraine s air force pleading for better defense systems after they downed only five of 19 russian classrooms. the eu s top diplomat calls this barbaric due to the large scale of destruction of food infrastructure. he says not only did russia withdraw from the black sea deal, they are burning the grain now, too. officials claim the previous two days of attacks destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, foods that millions in developing nations rely on. alex marquardt is there. reporter: this city has never seen anything like this since the beginning of the war. i can t overstate the terror that the citizens of this city have had to experience over not one, but the last three nights, and it is no mistake that odesa is home to ukraine s
targeting grain storage and the infrastructure for exporting food for people who need it across the world. eu s top diplomat calling the strikes bar baric. big developments in the are federal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the former president has now 18 hours left to respond to special counsel s letter informing him that he has been the target. this morning also severe weather in the u.s., a powerful tornado rips through north carolina leaving several people hurt and buildings severely damaged. moments ago i assume you were all up and watching the first game of the world cup, the american team set to kick off tomorrow. we have a winner, a single player in california takes the entire $1 billion power ball jackpot. he s having a great day, and cnn this morning starts right now. i think there s a lot of disappointed people. i m not one of them. you know why? you said earlier this week if you won, you wouldn t be hanging out with me for the w
2020. a third straight night of intense russian strikes on ukraine s southern port of odesa, this as ukraine prepares to receive another billion dollar aid package from the u.s. more questions swirling around the mysterious case of an alabama woman who went missing and reappeared two days later. why people are talking about her internet searches she did just before she disappeared. this is cnn news central. as soon as today, a federal grand jury in d.c. could hand down another indictment against former president donald trump. any moment now that grand jury is expected to meet once again. and all of this is surrounding his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election result. today is also something of a deadline day for trump and his legal team. after getting the target letter from the special counsel he has the chance to make his case before the grand jury but that s seen as highly unlikely to happen. someone who is expected before the grand jury today. two sources t
forces from moscow and kyiv are trading new attacks and threats. and the ukrainian ambassador to the united states will join us live this hour. cnn is learning about the special counsel s plans to call more key witnesses. the january 6th grand jury wrapping up its secret work for the day as a potential indictment of donald trump looms. and house republicans put the spotlight on a controversial democrat who s challenging president biden, robert f. kennedy jr. testified in a heated hearing and trying to rewrite the history of his remarks that have been condemned by his party and his own famous family. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin the night in the key port city of odesa as residents there prepare for a fourth consecutive night of russian attacks. cnn international correspondent alex marquardt is on the ground there. you ve witnessed these attacks up close since the first
this as a trump-appointed judge in another doj probe signals she may be siding with him. plus, 16 republicans just charged with trying to help trump overturn the election results, the so-called fake electors in michigan, the first in the country to face charges. how this now also points to trump himself. and new satellite images of wagner soldiers on the move for the first time since prigozhin s failed rebellion, a big development, let s go outfront. good evening to all. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, closing in. trump facing a barrage of developments in multiple federal criminal investigations tonight. and a judge may rule this evening tonight on when the mar-a-lago documents case can go to trial. so far, the trump-appointed judge, aileen cannon, signaling she s siding with trump. but we don t know and we may find this one out any moment. so of course we re watching for that as we are covering all this news for you. because also tonight 16 fake trump electors ha