been talking to the special counsel, and jack smith responds to trump team s efforts to delay the documents trial. also tonight, how conservative republicans managed to attach restrictions on abortion access to a key defense bill, and what that could do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able the say who left a pact of cocaine in the west wing, the secret service still says case closed. why? good evening. jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election, being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing a ten could hinge on whether or not he believed he had won. tonight there is new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence for people who know or heard him indicate he d lost. jared kushner and hope hicks have both gone before the grand jury, and some of the questions asked was whether the former president was told he lost the election. other mem
why have you decided to call the strike? because we were stonewalled and we had in earnest extended 12 days, which is unprecedented, because we know the gravity of what a strike is and its impact on not only our members but everybody impacted by a strike outside of our membership. we had hoped in that extension, there would be deep inroads accomplished but there was not. we continued to be cut out of the conversation. they went behind closed doors. they cancelled meetings with us. a lot of time was wasted and, frankly, i think we were duped so they could keep promoting their summer movies a little bit longer. the strike is now on. what would it take for you to call it off? it would take the companies coming forward and making a fair deal. they know exactly what is needed, they have it in hand, they can sign on the dotted line today. the key to this strike was always in the hands of these companies but the fact is they are unwilling to make the deal that would treat our member
as the fight goes on in ukraine, the result is already decided. there is no possibility of him winning the war in ukraine. he s already lost that war. and putin getting sharp new criticism from inside his own military ranks. i ll talk to former defense secretary william cohen whether all of this gets us any closer to a possible end game. and a third secretary of state says she s been interviewed by jack smith s investigators about donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. that official, michigan s jocelyn benson joining her counterparts in arizona and georgia as key figures in the federal probe. so what s next? but we begin with the brutal weather scorching the earth right now, records shattering across the globe with temperatures hotter than we have ever seen, and forecasts say there s no end in sight. as the washington post put it, it s as if every alarm bell on earth is ringing for a planet on the brink. in the u.s., more than 82 million people are cu
sent to the front lines. as putin s paranoia is leading to a bigger military purge. breaking news, two of trump s most senior white house aides, jared kushner and hope hicks have now testified before the grand jury investigating trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we re going to tell you a key question that both of them were asked. and we have new audio tonight of a passenger plane s frantic call for help after hitting extreme turbulence. that plane dropping thousands of feet in seconds. what was it like on board, two passengers on the florida-bound flight are my guests. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett, outfront tonight, putin s military meltdown. we re getting new video tonight of a deadly fight that broke out at a military camp near moscow. according to russian media, these men were about to be sent to the front lines, and then one of the soldiers here is said to have upset his superiors, he was reportedly beaten by members of a recon
the belief among democrats that a horrible political climate is improving some. plus, a high stakes trip. multiple officials now tell cnn the house speaker nancy pelosi will touch down in taiwan, ignoring dramatic warnings from china. and this week, democrats promised to put a vets bill back on the floor a second time. that after republican rejection prompts angry viral protests. we begin the hour, though, with death and devastation and sadness in kentucky. more heavy rain coming tonight and adding to the already historic and destructive flooding. at least 30 people are dead, including these four children, 2, 4, 6, and 8 years old and swept away when strong flood waters ripped them from their parents. the governor says they will, quote, be finding bodies for we weeks. certainly the deadliest and most devastating of my lifetime. we can now confirm we have lost 30 kentuckians to this flooding and that is going to grow. we know about additional bodies beyond these 30 confirmed