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
Alleged coconspirators be in the works? also tonight, we re learning that western hopes for ukraine s counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. i ll get reaction from key white house official john kirby. and in the presidential 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. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on a key hearing in the january 6th criminal prosecution of donald trump. we re joined by our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid.
The justice department did reach out to mike pence s team a few weeks ago to try and see if he would be open to testifying, providing some information as a witness in this january 6th criminal prosecution or criminal probe, not a prosecution yet and he s not saying no. that s what we know so far. our reporting is that pence and his team, they have been open to discussing they re open to discussing a possible agreement with investigators to allow for him to provide information and so there s a few things that we can take away from this. they re at a starting point but signals that this investigation is pretty far along. i mean, this is not a minimal ask. this is a pretty hefty ask for prosecutors to want to go to pence at this point in time but then, of course, there could be many roadblocks that arise in the future. the question of what the special counsel jack smith just coming into the job, what he will want to do here. is he going to want to public for testimony from pence, very h