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
good to be with you on this big news day, i m anita vogel. the leader of the armed militia is asking for an armed rebellion. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is track the latest from kyiv. what more can you tell us? it s a story building minute by minute and hour by hour, and you ve got to believe that they re watching closely a disruption of instability inside of russia, a country that s waging now 16-month war against ukraine, is big, big news. let s recap. yesterday we heard from yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner military group. and he went really ballistic yesterday and complaining about the contact of the war, russian military leadership and even claimed that the russians had fired on his forces that s when he took his fighters from ukraine, don t have an exact number, total of 25,000, maybe at 15,000 here, over the border, went over to a place called rostov-on-don. that is a city of one million people, about 60 miles from the border with ukra
we begin this hour with the urgent and dangerous situations that are unfolding today as we begin this new year here on the southern border and in the middle east. a memorial for kassam soleimani is the scene where hundreds are dead and over a hundred injuries that as hezbollah warns that they have their finger on the trigger following the killing of a senior hamas leader in beirut. pete hegseth and trey yingst are standing by with more. first, there are dozens of house republicans, you have seen them in the moments, getting off the buses. they re at the southern border right now. fox has confirmed that next week the much-discussed impeachment hearing for alejandro mayorkas who is in charge of our border with the homeland security under his watch, that hearing for his impeachment will get underway. moments ago, karine jean-pierre blamed republicans for the record surge every day, every month is a new record in the numbers of people that cross our border. we re about to hear fr
the biden administration to shoot down the balloon over the atlantic ocean. the federal aviation administration has issued a ground stop close airspace in north and south carolina until 2:45 p.m. eastern time. the balloon is currently floating over south carolina and moving southeast republican congressman anthony of the homeland security committee standing by with his reaction. but first lucas tomlinson is live at the white house with 30 tables unchecked details. good afternoon mike if you going to shoot down a chinese spy balloon over the atlantic that s exactly how you do it. you close airspace you launched fighters. that appears to be what happened are present biden spoke earlier indicated a decision had been made without offering specifics. [inaudible] earlier this morning on fox former defense secretary chuck said it s unlikely this bible it will make its way home. i do not have the pentagon is going to do with the president ultimately decides but once he gets out
massive intelligence leak at the pentagon as the biden administration scrambles to assess the damage and contain the fallout. hello, and welcome everyone. welcome back to you, bill. bill: thanks for having me, bill melugin in for john roberts. u.s. officials are trying to put the pieces together how secret intelligence documents were leaked online. exposed highly sensitive info, not just on the war in ukraine but also on u.s. spy operations on some of the closest allies. possibly most alarming part of all this, the white house says, they don t know if the leak has been contained. sandra: american officials are attempting to sooth foreign governments and human services that may have been compromised by this unauthorized disclosure, as concern is growing, they will now be hesitant to share critical intelligence in the future. bill: and fox team coverage right now. retired general keith kellogg standing by. but first jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. what are we le