we are following the money. and republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the front-runner might not even show up. as if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. there are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia prosecutor fani willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to overturn the 2020 election. today, trump posted this about smith, quote, i assume that an indictment will be coming out any day now. and while campaigning this weekend, he escalated his false claim, also known as a lie, and that any potential charges against him would be politically motivated. they waited two and a half, almost three years, so that they could bring them right in the middle of my
sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. you referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. they submitted that in strict accordance with international law. that comes a matter of hours after ukrainian drones have targeted two key vessels. just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a ukrainian drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. there are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. this is a building number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. a dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. it may be a bid to show some element of military success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. it certainly must make the kremlin utterly
show up. they re underway. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts. but he may soon be fighting a whole battle, other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment face. there are signs special counsel they could be closing in on charges related to efforts of the 2020 election. they posted this about smith. quote, i assume an indictment will be coming out in the day now. and we ll campaigning this weekend, he estimated the false claim, also known as a lie that any potential charges against him we politically motivated. they waited two and a half almost three years it s right the middle my presidential election. its election interference. it s a great badge of honor. because i am being indicted for you. meanwhile, the classified documents case is moving forward. it is now been four days since that superseding indictment was filed. this morning they knows codefendant, the mar-
minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting any unilateral recognition of a palestinian state. netanyhahu s likud party says 99 out of 120 members voted to support the declaration passed earlier this week by the israeli cabinet. it follows efforts by leaders across to world to examine fresh ways to reach a two state solution to the decades long conflict. the people of israel and their elected representatives are united today as never before. the tennis that voted overwhelmingly to oppose any attempt to unilaterally impose attempt to unilaterally impose a palestinian state on israel. such an attempt will only endanger israel and prevent the genuine peace that we all seek. peace can only be achieved after we achieve total victory over hamas and through direct negotiations between the parties, direct negotiations without preconditions. and despite that hardline stance by israel s prime minister, the bbc s paul adams injeruslaem says there have been some developments providing some hop