A huge announcement from Attorney General Merrick Garland, Special Counsel is now investigating hunter biden, the president s son, after a potential plea deal collapsed. Plus, 59 people are now confirmed dead in the hawaii wildfires. It comes as residents start to return to lahaina to see the rubble where they used to live. One of them is my guest tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, major developments on multiple legal fronts for both donald trump and joe biden. Trumps attorneys coming face to face with judge Tanya Chutkan for the first time today as the Attorney General spoke publicly, something he rarely does. Merrick garland announcing he is authorizing a Special Counsel to investigate bidens son hunter. And all of this comes as witnesses subpoenaed in the fulton county, georgia, investigation, can be told any minute they need to testify monday in front of a grand jury. Thats when the grand jury meets again and could indict if trump is indicte
Happening now, breaking news. A new Protective Order just issued 8020 20 election interference case against donald trump. The judge, barring the former president and his lawyers from publicly disclosing Sensitive Information. Also tonight, as the flames ease and the death toll is expected to keep rising, we are getting uptotheminute accounts of the damage from the Wildfire Disaster in hawaii. Cnn is of course on the scene. And the Hawaii Governor will join us live with all the latest developments. And the top prosecutor in the Hunter Biden Probe is elevated to Special Counsel as the president son now appears headed to trial. We are breaking down the legal implications and the political fallout. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I am wolf blitzer and you are in the Situation Room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to it. Coming out of the first hearing before the judge in the trump election interference case. Cnn justice correspondent is on t
For pilots for the f-16 program. remember, it s so vital for ukraine to have some element of fight in the skies, their air force depleted over this war, and russia experiencing air superiority amongst a lot of the front line that we ve seen in the south. that makes it very hard for ukraine to keep pushing forward. and the suggestion really is that these ballistic missile attacks were essentially one or four hypersonic missiles were intercepted by ukraine, that they re aimed at slowing this advance in ukrainian forces. nick paton walsh, stay safe. to our viewers, thanks for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts erin burnett outfront starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com outfront next, laying down the law. the judge in the january 6th case drawing red lines for former president trump in court, warning him about witness intimidation, saying his first amendment right to free speech is, quote, not absolute.