firm and the more congress will support ukraine, the sooner we will put this war to an end. sir, are you receiving anything that you would hope to receive if fr the united states. president biden authorized another $800 million package with heavy weapons for your fight in the east. are you happy with what you have now and what else do you need as you move forward? it is true to say that the united states is the number one in the world in terms of supporting ukraine defense capabilities and we are deeply grateful to the biden administration for acting in such resolved and swift manner. however i must tell you as a minister of a country at war. will never be enough until russian soldiers leave their footprints on ukrainian soil. the moment that we win this war, i will say the united states did everything they could and everything was enough to achieve this victory. and this victory will be for us, but also for you and all other democracies across the globe. president bide
mitch mcconnell said about donald trump just hours after the attack on the u.s. capitol. all this is coming out. how the republican leader plans to cut into trump s influence on the party moving forward. plus, a new series of text messages sheds more light on efforts to overturn the 2020 election. including talk of invoking martial law to help trump stay in power. and the former president held in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena from new york state. ordered to pay $10,000 a day until he hands over the documents being sought. we will have the latest on that. also this morning, the debate over free speech rages on as the world s richest person, elon musk, prepares to become the sole owner of twitter. does that mean former president trump will return to the platform? and dr. deborah birx will be our guest, as she speaks out about her experience inside the trump white house during covid. including her efforts to clean up the former president s own disinforma
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, july 30th. hope you ve had your coffee and you re ready to conquer the day. i m amara walker. good morning. i m erica hill in for victor blackwell. following developing stories out of haiti, where an american woman and her child have been kidnapped. we ll have a closer look at what we know about the case and the efforts to rescue them. former president donald trump rallied supporters in pennsylvania last night, once again attacking the special counsel, even as he faces a threat of another indictment. plus, what former vice president mike pence mike pence is saying about his chances of making the first gop primary debate. brittney griner making her return to basketball earlier this year after she spent months behind bars in russia, but now we are learning she s stepping away from the game. we ll tell you why. we are following a developing story this morning out of haiti, where an american nurse and
i m going to speak to a former trump official who has inside information on that crucial meeting. plus, russian fighters speaking out exclusively to cnn. and we re hearing incredible new details about their struggle to stay alive. no food or water for days. forced to drink snow to survive. and padlocks over the frozen burritos. mustard locked behind plexiglass. all this to keep shoplifters at bay. our cnn reporter witnessed three thefts in 30 minutes in the same san francisco walgreens. she ll tell you about it. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the trump flip-flop that could get him indicted. the special counsel jack smith investigating trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election is now focusing on an oval office meeting, which then president trump praised election security in which he raised election security. you heard me right there. sources are telling cnn exclusively the prosecutors are asking former u.s. officials about th
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