glass in our old studio, we worked in the same old building and i worked for nbc and i would stand at the glass and wave at him and knock on the glass and watch him on the radio. good to see you in this circumstance and not just that one. thank you, michael. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. we ll start with breaking news. this is huge. a high ranking official from the former president s administration telling what he knows to the january 6th committee. it is a big deal. we re talking about mark short because he s the former chief of staff to mike pence. he saw firsthand what happened in the days leading up to january 6th. now he knows how the then president pressured his own vice president not to certify the election that day. he knows all about that. he was with mike pence at the capitol at the time that those rioters stormed the seat of our democracy. he knows that his boss was in pe pe peril. hang mike pence! he knows the vice president and his f
a great show. i ll see you tomorrow night. have a good evening. this is don lemon tonight. we ll start with breaking news. this is huge. a high ranking official from the former president s administration telling what he knows to the january 6th committee. it is a big deal. we re talking about mark short because he s the former chief of staff to mike pence. he saw firsthand what happened in the days leading up to january 6th. now he knows how the then president pressured his own vice president not to certify the election that day. he knows all about that. he was with mike pence at the capitol at the time that those rioters stormed the seat of our democracy. he knows that his boss was in peril. hang mike pence! he knows the vice president and his family had to be evacuated with the blood thirsty insurrectionists seconds away and mark short s cooperation with the january 6th committee may just be the tip of the iceberg. one source saying the committee is getting cooperat
aide close to trump, mike pence is cooperating with the lawmakers investigating the january 6 riot. we ll go live to france where new restrictions are in place to curb the fifth wave of the coronavirus. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s tuesday, december 7th, and we re just six hours away from a high stakes call between u.s. president joe biden and his russian counterpart vladimir putin. as tensions remain high over ukraine, russia s military buildup on the border is expected to be a major issue during today s talks. us yous intelligence estimates that moscow could invade ukraine as soon as next month. what we continue to see is added capability that president putin continues to add, added military capability in the western part of his country and around ukraine. well, in an exclusive interview, ukraine s defense minister spoke with cnn s matthew chance about what could happen if russia invades his country. reporter: do you be
good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is tuesday, december 7th. i m brianna dealer wkeeler with berman. president biden has a 10:00 a.m. video call with russian president vladimir putin. the u.s. intelligence community is sending clear warnings that russia is preparing to invade ukraine as soon as next month. satellite imagery is showing a massive buildup of russian forces, armored units, tanks, and more along the ukrainian border. 1,000 troops are already there. a u.s. intelligence assessment finds russia could be preparing to invade ukraine with 175,000 troops. mark short is cooperating with the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection. the former chief of staff to vice president mike pence with was pence for most of january 6th and has firsthand knowledge of the events that happened. in the days before the insurrection, short was with pence when john eastwood tried to pressure the vice president to delay the c
revealed. the biden administration taking action against china tonight. a diplomatic boycott of the beijing olympics over china s crackdown on democracy and human rights abuses. china s response just in tonight and what does this mean for team usa? also tonight, the showdown now brewing over ukraine. on the eve of a high stakes call between president biden and vladimir putin, the white house now issuing a strong warning to russia. tonight, ian pannell on the ukraine border. 66 years later, the fbi closing the case again in the murder of 14-year-old emmett till. what they have told family members tonight. that family now responding. the tragedy on the track. kentucky derby winner medina spirit collapsing and dying. the system moving into the northeast. snow, wind, and plunging temperatures sweeping across the country. dangerous driving and the tornadoes. meanwhile, hawaii tonight bracing for potential catastrophic flooding. and ginger zee is tracking it all. the al