united states and all around the world. the dam breach in ukraine right now. fears it could lead to major construction and thousands of lives. how the pool guy at mar lago is factoring into the investigation of donald trump and his handling of classified documents. we re just hours away from prince harry taking the witness stand in a historic legal case against britain s tabloid media. we begin in ukraine where a major dam has been destroyed. president zelensky will have an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. you can see water pouring out. ukrainian officials are planning evacuations and advising residents to do everything you can to save your life. ukraine and russia are blaming each other for what both describe as a terrorist attack. let s get you more on these developments that are unfolding right now. claire, do we know what caused the breach? can you situate that for us? where is the dam with respect to the front lines? it s on the front lines. on the edg
outfront next, ukraine s offensive. a widespread operation underway right now across eastern ukraine. forces on the ground claiming to be seizing territory from russia as a disturbing video tonight emerges of the russian private army holding a russian commander prisoner. plus, tonight, a cnn exclusive. a mar-a-lago employee drained the resort s swimming pool. it s flooded a room where surveillance video logs were kept of the rooms where the documents were. is an indictment imminent? a former member of trump s legal team is outfront. a war of words after another dangerous encounter between american and chinese warships. it s not just the chinese government that s angry with the united states. tonight you ll hear some of the hate, the anger coming from chinese citizens. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, show of force. ukraine s deputy defense minister telling cnn an offensive is now taking place in multiple locations across easte
run. why? he says although he saw a path for victory which usually people that see a path for victory do it, but he thought his role could be better played in expressing support for someone else and excerpting pressure as the new hampshire governor throughout this process taking on donald trump who he clearly doesn t want to be the nominee. he sat down with dana bash and explained more of his thinking. the math has shown donald trump has no chance of winning in november of 2024. he won t even win georgia. if you re a republican who can t win georgia, you have no shot. he s proven that. if republicans nominate him, we re saying a vote for him is a vote for joe biden. that s how the math will play out. that s his assessment of the math. one other thing to think about is the new hampshire primary itself now with the governor out will become a more important contest because you don t have a hometown player. interesting. david, stick around. let s talk about the democratic
saying he feels closer to a deal today than he has before, but not everyone in his party is as optimistic. one top republican negotiator warning the deal is still teetering on the brink and could fall apart entirely. meanwhile, the national deficit continues to soar to new heights and treasury secretary janet yellen says there are only eight days remaining to pay america s bills. is everyone on board? reporter: we ll see about that. he came in to the capitol this morning and told reporters he s feeling optimistic and thinks progress has been made and really they re focused on a few remaining sticking points for this deal. i am told the goal is to have a deal announced by the end of today. we ll see if they can get there. we have new reporting about what the outstanding issues are. one of them is a provision to impose new work requirements on some social safety net programs. i m told they made some progress on that in negotiations last night. we re going to see today wheth
hello, everyone. thanks for joining me this saturday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour in washington where right now negotiators are back at the table as they race to end the debt ceiling standoff. republican leaders and white house officials are returning a short time ago, after a marathon session lasted well into the night, the clock is ticking, to get a deal in place, before the u.s. defaults on its loans. the national deficit continues to soar. with no rise to the borrowing limit, the u.s. will default on its loans which could be catastrophic to the economy. the treasury secretary now is saying the deadline for an agreement is just eight days away. but talks are teetering on the brink, with at least one top republican negotiator warning that a deal could come together as soon as today, or fall apart entirely. cnn is following the latest. good morning. you re on capitol hill, and you spoke to the house speaker kevin mccarthy. what did he say? is he optimistic?