tomorrow s january 6th hearing, what president trump s former white house counsel may have told lawmakers. plus steve bannon s last-minute offer to cooperate. presidential palace under siege, the remarkable pictures tonight. why these protestors stormed the residence of the president of sri lanka. elon musk versus twitter, the social media stock plunges after the billionaire pulls his $44 billion bid. how this saga could end. and an honor 77 years overdue for an american hero. god bless america. o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us as we start a new week together. tonight in california a fast-growing wildfire in yosemite national park is threatening the park s famous giant sequoias, some of the largest and oldest trees in the world. these national treasury have survived everything for thousands of years and are in jeopardy because of climate change. hundreds of firefighters are battling flames under brutal conditions with heavy terrain, blistering tempera
the january six committee, prepping a hearing for tuesday after landing a major witness. trump s white house counsel, pat cipollone, testifying for eight hours friday. and a videotaped and transcript closed-door interview. now remember the committee said that cipollone did not contradict testimony of other witnesses, and a source told nbc news that he was cooperative, quote. cipollone was inside the white house and the days leading up to the insurrection you may recall, including a white house meeting with discussions about seizing voting machines and sending false letters to state officials about election fraud. and he was also in the west wing on january 6th, during the eight hour testimony he was likely peppered with questions about bombshell testimony invoking his name. watch. presidents white house counsel s pat cipollone was also present. do you remember what his position was? pat was very supportive. pat cipollone throughout these conversations was extremely suppor
moving into this official impeachment inquiry phase. it has now been formalized. a new election year headache, house republicans have officially opened an impeachment inquiry against joe biden as they look into the family finances. this morning continued questions, though, for proof, any proof of high crime or misdemeanor. a judge pushing pause on the federal election subversion case against the former president. what does it mean now for that march trial date. u.s. intel says nearly half israeli munitionop gaza. that means they re unguided and precise and they could be contributed to the staggering civilian death toll. cnn this morning starts right now. house republicans have officially launched their impeachment inquiry into president biden, even though they ve struggled to say what he did wrong or show any evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors after 11 months of digging. republicans voted along party lines unanimously to formally approve the probe with zero su
Changing the way she talks about a lot of things. even with putin having just invaded ukraine, she s still promising if she s elected president this weekend in france, she ll form a new bilateral alliance between france and russia. she said she will pull france out of the military command structure out of nato. she s no longer saying overtly she will pull france out of the european union, but you can certainly say good-bye to the eu providing weapons to ukraine to defendwe themselves to the russn military. she has suggested publicly that russia essentially has a right to menace ukraine, and to keep ukraine in its severe of influence. again, the vote, the presidential election in france is this weekend. the vote s on sunday. the one o and only debate betwe the candidates, between her and emmanuel macronhe takes place tomorrow. here s whats the washington post said this afternoon, quote, alreadyhi facing a resurgent menace from the
To be aimed at residential neighborhoods. the new york times has two strikes what appear to be adjustments in the russian strategy in this part of the war, trying to avoid the same mistake that they made in their initial invasion, when they went in all over the country, when they tried and failed to take the capital of kyiv. the new york times today, quote, russia has launched a new campaign with a narrower goal focused primarily on capturing ukraine s east and it promises to be much more methodical. instead of lightening attacks from the front line, moscow s force have increase their artillery barrages to probe ukrainian lines. known as shaping operations in military circles these smaller russian attacks are often precursors to larger troop movements which serve as a distraction from other fronts. joining us from kharkiv, the correspondent from the new york times which is the lead byline,