Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
as well, i guess which could change the emotions of some voters. we ll see if it does. ba bakari, politico s jonathan martin made this observation on twitter about the turmoil in the desantis campaign. he said this. inviting a month of summer process stories by staggering three separate staff changes, that s a candidate issue, not a staff issue. is that ultimately how you see it as well? i think so. i think that a lot of republicans had some faith that maybe ron desantis was the next coming of ronald reagan or had the talent of barack obama. that s just not the case. he s more tim pawlenty and scott walker than anything else. i think what you re seeing is someone as they go out on the campaign trail, has a very, very awkward way in which he communicates with voters. the more voters meet him, the less they like him. they like him on paper a little bit, but they don t like him when they meet him. one of the things has to be said about this direction of the campaign. you re not go