Federal investigation. The doj is pointing a special council. Republicans say this is not aimed at seeking justice. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in d. C. With the breaking details on this. Good evening, david weiss is the man. The very same same david weiss who says Congressional Republicans attempted to paint a Sweetheart Deal for hunter biden, despite possible or some would say obvious violations. That david weiss is leading an escalation into hunter biden. His title became special council today. His powers were the same yesterday. Whats different . It does not make any difference to us given what we understood to be the case. Critics argued weiss should not have been named Special Counsel citing this as section 6. 3 in the doj regulations. A Special Counsel shall be selected from outside the United States government. This is a political decision, not a legal decision. Theyre trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right
Any moment democratic senator bob menendez is expected to be arraigned on a dozen new charges reallive outside the Federal Courthouse, plus a cnn exclusive. Russia is producing three times more for Artillery Shells and the United States and europe as funding for Ukraine Stalls in the us congress and passengers say, people quote flew through the cabin well, we know about a terrifying moment on a flight to do zealand. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom any moment now, embattled senator bob menendez is due to appear before a judge in Federal Court. This is video of him arriving just a few moments ago. The new jersey democrat, once chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign relations committee, is accused of trying to obstruct an investigation into bribery. Menendez and his wife are about to be arraigned on these new charges. The senator remains defiant, calling it, and im quoting him now, a flagrant abuse of power, end quote cnns Jason Carroll is outside the c
Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
president said about the counteroffensive and what it will take for the war to finally be over. plus, an accident waiting to happen. that s how one former oceangate employee described the doomed titan submersible years before it imploded. a new report unearthing ominous emails. we re going to speak to the reporter who tracked down those messages. and mike pence responding to reports that donald trump pressured the arizona governor to find fraud in the 2020 election. hear how the former vice president is describing those calls and what this could mean for the special counsel s investigation. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we begin with a cnn exclusive. in the midst of kyiv s counteroffensive, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy sitting down with cnn s erin burnett. and he discussed a wide range of topics, including leaks about his meeting with america s cia director, as well as his bli
listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts. the lead starts with wolf plitser in the situation room. happening now breaking news, a huge legal and financial blow to donald trump. a jury says he should may more than $83 million in damages to writer e. jean carroll for defamatory statements he made about her. we re breaking down the verdict and the message it sends to the former president and the clear front-runner for the 2024 republican presidential nomination. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the major breaking news we re following right now. the bombshell verdict in the defamation trial against donald trump. the former president now on the hook for a stunning $83.3 million. let s go to cnn s cara scannell outside the courthouse in new york where all this unfolded. kara, walk us through this verdict. reporter: wolf,