years thinking about the medal that never was, congratulations on a well deserved honor, erin burnett up front starts now. . . . next russian going broke, a russian old guard close to putin with a warning tonight, one of hardest fought battles oh. war and we ll go live to the ground alex murdaugh vowing to appeal life sentence for murdering his wife and son says he s innocent, a brand new picture and jim gordon, the fbi and doj for playing politics, major signs his case could be falling apart good evening, up fronts, russia running out of cash, it s an aston issuing prediction. he s warning his country could run out of money as soon as next year, quote, there will be no money already next year, we need foreign investors. here s the thing, he s in a position to know he s an old guard, close to putin many years and loyal to him, long been sanctioned by the u.s. most recently because of the war in ukraine but it s not a long thing, it s a long-time relationship. in fa
world. wolf blitzer is off today, i m brianna keilar, and you are in the the situation room. let s go right to ukraine, as we follow the pivotal ballots for bakhmut, and growing concerns it could fall to the russians very soon. melissa bell has our report from the war zone. reporter: bakhmut still stands, says the ukrainian military out of sight any sign of life driven underground. what is like life for the civilians, for the soldiers? what life? what, what life? you know, the soldiers are doing their work, which is quite and civilians are trying to survive. there s no water, there is no electricity. reporter: this was bakhmut in august when the siege had just begun. this is bakhmut seven months on. the city is empty, people are afraid to go . empty, people are afraid to go out. every day new destruction. it s better not to go outside writing dr. elena from inside the town. cnn met her and other nurses on christmas eve, not quite happier times, but certain l
hello and welcome. let s start with the situation in sudan, and the us secretary of state antony blinken has spoken on the phone to the leaders of the warring factions there and called for a ceasefire. he s said to have expressed grave concern about civilian deaths and injuries in separate calls with the heads of the armed forces and the rival paramilitary rapid support force. this is the latest footage coming out of the conflict. sudanese citizens have been seeing this barrage of artillery fire light up the night sky in the capital khartoum. both sides now claim to control key sites in khartoum, where most of the violence has taken place. the european union says its ambassador to sudan was assaulted in his home there. caught in the middle, are sudan s civilians. it s one of the poorest countries in the world, and millions need humanitarian aid. let s hear from some of them. actually i live in east khartoum, less than 15 minutes away from the military headquarters and airport
host of the brian kilmeade radio show and host of one nation. president biden facing backlash for what critics call lack of disrespect for walking out during a distinguished honor of medal of honor award ceremony. the retired army captain was awarded for bravery during vietnam war. it is captain flew over 2000 missions and taylor risked his life to save four members of reconnaissance team surrounded by enemy forces. taylor was able to land for 10 seconds and the men clung on and were flown to safety. the army said what taylor did that noot had never been attempted. after all the heroism, this is what occurred during the distinguished ceremony. [cheering] [applause] harris: where is he going? you see president biden leaving the stage and exiting the ceremony before it was over. he walked off the stage after putting the medal of honor around his neck. the president hoofed out heading for the door. many reacted with fury, some speculated the president was trying to give the