between trump and aj tish james. anything you say in this examination may be used in a civil proceeding and that could include a civil enforcement proceeding or a criminal action. do you understand that? i think. is that a yes? i don t know what i did wrong, but the answer is, yes, i do understand it. i don t know what i did wrong. donald trump then goes on to read a prepared statement in which he repeats some of the same many paranoid conspiracies and delusions we ve heard from him for years now, that he s the actual victim of a witch hunt by an out of control prosecutor, blah, blah, blah. here s a snippet. this is the greatest witch hunt in the history of our country. the there has never been another president or perhaps even another politician who has been persecuted, harassed, and in every other way unfairly treated like president donald j. trump. not anything we haven t heard before from the ex-president but what happens next is. here s trump repeatedl
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. and we begin this hour with the war in ukraine and its global implications. the director of the cia confirms what cnn has been reporting that the u.s. is confident that china is thinking about providing lethal aid to russian troops in ukraine. the agency does not believe a final decision has been made. and today, the white house is urging caution. you know, beijing will have to make its own decisions about how it proceeds. whether tell provides military assistance. but if it goes down that road it will come at real cost to china. and i think china s leaders are weighing that as they make their decisions. but let s begin with the latest in the fighting in ukraine. alex marquardt is there for us. reporter: jim, some of heaviest fighting, with some of the worst casualty rates on both sides is now taking place around the eastern city of bakhmut. russian forces before the mercenary groups of convicts and co
And on that note, i wish you all a very good night. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at the end of tomorrow. Welcome to war in ukraine one year later. A morning joe special. This time last year, europe and the world were on edge. Vladimir putin ordered his army across the Ukrainian Border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. It was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. Since then, putins isolated his country. He has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. All in a war of choice. What the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. He also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. President joe bidens trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as Air Raid Sirens blar
and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. welcome to war in ukraine: one year later. a morning joe special. this time last year, europe and the world were on edge. vladimir putin ordered his army across the ukrainian border with plans to take the capital city of kyiv in a matter of days. it was the start of the largest ground war in europe since world war ii. since then, putin s isolated his country. he has seen his harmony humiliated and sacrificed countless lives. all in a war of choice. what the russian president did not anticipate was the bravery and resiliency of the ukrainian people. he also gravely miscalculated the commitment of western allies, who quickly rallied behind ukraine from, and still vowing to give aid until russia is defeated. president joe biden s trip earlier this week to keefe, walking inside a war zone as
the following images disturbing. it happened during the distribution of charity for ramadan. this is video footage from almasirah, a tv station linked to the houthi rebel group, which controls sanaa. the video was picked up by various news agencies and it purports to show the incident in the the city. it s an apparent crush of people, many of whom look to be in distress. our correspondent simonjones joins us from the newsroom. what more can you tell us? ? what more can you tell us? hundreds of people had gathered at a school where they were handing out aid, they were being given the equivalent of $9 each, but so many people arrived that houthi rebels in charge in the city started firing into the air to try to control the crowd. eyewitnesses say one of the bullets hit an electrical cable, that caused an explosion, that led to panic, led to a stampede, led to a crush. we know that dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more have been taken to hospital, some of those in