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prosecutors probing witnesses about a heated oval office meeting just weeks after donald trump s loss, during which the former president considered desperate measures to stay in power. tonight, trump on the campaign trail. once geagain trying to spin his legal problems in his favor. he is going after the justice department and his main republican rival, governor ron desantis. president biden is speaking to cnn on his decision to send cluster munitions to ukraine. the president voicing his concerns with the controversial weapons but ultimately deciding they are crucial to kyiv s counteroffensive. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. first up tonight, cnn s exclusive new reporting on that chaotic oval office meeting now at the center of special counsel jack smith s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. our political correspondent sara murray is joining us ....
the lead starts right now. for the first time since the start of britain s war, ukraine will be getting an aid package from the u.s. that includes cluster munitions, bonds that are banned by most countries. president biden gave an exclusive interview where he tried to defend that controversial decision, and the special counsel zeroes in on an oval office meeting during donald trump s final days in office, a meeting described as nuts. follow-up from the exclusive cnn reporting and what it tells us about the investigation into trump in january 6 and a possible third indictment of mr. trump. there then, he survived the taliban and decades of war working as an interpreter in afghanistan during the war, only to be shot and killed while driving a lift in the united states. the latest on the search for suspects. welcome to the lead. we start today with our worldly deadly cluster munitions or bombs, a lethal weapon that can disperse hundreds of smaller explosives over an area ....
voting machines were discussed. we talk about how close we came to a constitutional crisis. in ukraine president biden sends cluster missions to the flight. and the pledge/legions to get to the ballot, they have to promise in writing to support the nominee, no matter who it ends up being. good evening. we begin by digging deeper into the 2020 oval office meeting that jack smith s team has shown a renewed focus on. there are two reasons for that. first we have the perspective of someone who knows the cast of characters in the meeting and has worked with many of them over the years. and secondly it s worth another look simply because of how unprecedented that meeting was in the oval office in terms of what was on the table and what followed later. the president s quote big protest on dc january 6th, be there. we will be wild. that tweet would be exhibit a for inciting the mob there that day looks like the action he chose to take instead of the more outlandish sh ideas ....
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority. he made public remarks, he commemorated the air force pilots killed in prigozhin s armed rebellion. and today speaking at a tech digital conference. but the visit really unusual. this is un-putin-like behavior. having actual human conta ....
there other top russians who may have helped yevgeny prigozhin? plus, live in moscow where russians are speaking out to cnn. and a u.s. marine vet here tells me why he s risking everything to fight for ukraine, and then preparing for battle. i m going to take you to a ukrainian training ground where troops are about to return to the fight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition of outfront. we are live tonight in eastern ukraine in the city of dnipro. we are just west of the front lines deep in the country where the brutal war is being raged. now, this is a city of nearly a million people, and, as you can see in the darkness and rain right now, all city lights at night are turned off because of security concerns. and, again, tonight, we heard the sound of air raid sirens. and, with that came this warning from the air force, quote, threat of using ballistic missiles, weapons, do not ignore the alarm signals, go to sh ....