a russian lieutenant who fought in ukraine has fled putin s army and he s out front to talk about it. the lack of equipment, training, boiling rabbits for food, the atrocities he says were committed by russian fighters. you won t want to miss this interview. breaking news, the pentagon right now is tracking a chinese spy balloon flying over the u.s. president biden asking for military options. what are the chinese doing? plus, fbi agents investigating congressman george santos for allegedly scamming a veteran out of thousands of dollars meant for his dying dog. that veteran is out front tonight. what did he tell investigators about santos? and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front, a russian officer speaks out right here. constantine served on the front lines for three months and is now telling all. the former lieutenant is the most senior russian officer to speak publicly about what he saw and did in ukraine. you re going to see that interview in just a moment. he
to remove her from the key foreign affairs committee. the democrat calling it an act of revenge by republicans. speaker mccarthy is denying any parti partisan tit for tat and new questions into the beats of tyre nichols after the d.a. told me up to 20 hours of footage is yet to be released. i ll talk with the nichols family attorney, ben crump. welcome to our viewers here in the yunited states and around te world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the the situation roo tonight, ukraine s warnings are growing more ominous and putin s forces unleash new attacks targeting ukrainian civilian areas. fred and sam are on the ground for us in ukraine with firsthand reporting on these new russian strikes. first to you, fred. you and your crew had a very, very close call. walk us through what happened and the current fighting unfolding there in the east. firstly, we certainly did have a very close call. essentially what happened, the night before, there had been a big air strike on a bui
Were supposed to do so, she had established that chain of command, done everything that she could have done to make sure that these sorts of threats got to her and yet they didn t, then she might not be liable. reporter: a spokeswoman told cnn she could not comment on whether the former principal was made aware of a gun on campus that day and could not discuss who might have been informed citing the on going investigation. attorneys for the teacher abby zwerner and the 6-year-old s shooter s family said they had no comment on the former prince pam s claims. wolf? thank you, brian todd reporting for us. thanks very much for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett: outfront starts right now.