tomorrow thanks to at-home for joining us this hour. so today was the big day. the day the man who was widely seen as the strongest potential competitor to former president trump in the 2024 republican primary, today was the day this guy entered the race. it is the biggest day of florida governor ron desantis s political career so far. the biggest state, certainly, since he first stepped out into the national stage in 2018 as a candidate for florida governor. everyone knows my husband ron desantis is endorsed by president trump. but he is also an amazing dad. ron loves playing with the kids. build the wall. he read stories. that mr. trump said, you are fired. i love that part. he s teaching madison to talk. make america great again. people say ron is all about trump, but he is so much more. fake lead. so good. that ad was from way back in 2018 when desantis was positioning himself as a trump understudy. someone who knew all the lyrics, who had studied all
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom. a search for answers in allen texas as investigators try to piece together a motive for saturday s mass shooting. we are learning new details about how the rampage unfolded. and explosions light up the skyline over gaza as israeli forces launch a wave of targeted airstrikes. we will have a live report from israel just ahead. plus, more rain on putin s victory day parade. as russia prepares to mark one of its most important holidays. signs of an actual victory on the battlefield are few and far between. thank you for being with us, here in the united states, a pair of tragedies has put a spotlight on two of the country s most divisive issues. guns and immigration. in allen texas, a mass shooting that killed eight people has devastated an entire community. and it has reignited the fierce debate about gun reform in america. to the south, the border town of brownsville is also coping with t
town already claiming victory. ukraine says not so fast. we have new video in tonight of ukrainian forces taking out a shelter with dozens of russian soldiers inside. powerful explosion that tells a ma major chilling story. demons in my head mocking me, the reporter breaking the story is my guest. in the story you ll see first tonight outfront, the man who sparked the protest against xi jinping s zero covid policy is missing tonight as his followers compare him to the brave man standing in front of the tank in tiananmen square. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, deadly explosion. tonight, we re getting remarkable new video of the bloody battle for power in soledar as that town is on the cusp of falling to russian control. what you re looking at is what appears to be a group of russian soldiers walking along the street in soledar towards that building with a green roof. according to ukraine, that building was being used as a shelter for russian troops.
ukrainian tactics designed to make every step forward come at a heavy price. despite the battle nearby, this sol soldier is certain of how the war will end. to be honest, in the first days i had some doubts, because according to the news, russia has the strongest army, he says. but since we pushed them back from kyiv and kharkiv, i m confident we can win. for the few remaining civilians near soledar, exhaustion. nine months it s like this, says valentina, flying back and forth over my head. with conflicting rumors coming from the town, paulina said her family is leaving. the soldiers are surrounded, she tells me. my sister, who is pregnant, decided to leave, so we ll follow her. late afternoon and ukrainian marines prepare a prefresh salvf rockets. the battle for soledar is not over yet. and for an army that s on the defensive, what we saw was that the ukrainian troops are pretty well dug in, pretty well organized and morale surprisingly high. now, it seems the russians are r
with us, thank you for sticking around. and you january 6th public hearing is just around the corner. at the same time, the special master in the mar-a-lago case is asking the former president to backup his allegations that the fbi planted evidence. plus, justice department once again is reviewing and using those classified documents found at his private mar-a-lago club. maybe trump s finances, it might happen in the most trouble, and then in puerto rico, no power, no water, and for some, nowhere to live. we are live from the ground and talking about the challenges that residents are facing after fiona ripped through the island. plus a powerful message from ukraine s president, what president s volynsky is telling thousands of men who are being drafted into the russians army army. also this hour. you think about the situation because, her whole life influenced her. a family member speaking out about the death of his 22 year old cousin in iran. we have the latest on th