Best suited to answer queries about both of these breaking news stories. virginia congresswoman navy veteran is a member of the january 6th investigation, and the armed services committee. thank you so much for being here. thank you. i am sorry to interrupt you to talk about these two stories at once. i would like to talk first if you do not mind about what we know about this news out of ukraine. i do not know that the u.s. government, or indeed any u.s. news agency has confirmed these reports that the russian flagship vessel might have been some, or very seriously damaged. but i think maybe veteran, someone in the armed services committee, can you talk about what it would mean if these reports are worn out? as you said, i felt like this has been independently verified. but it is interesting. also coming from the russians that they have indicated that there was a fire, which led to an explosion, and that the crew of about 500 has been evacuated from the ship.
The white houses two top lawyers talking with investigators, and according to these new reports from a few minutes ago, trump authorized them to do it. so again, both these stories are breaking within the last hour. what s happened here? what has this meant for the other former white house officials who refused to testify? and what is this breaking news on the ukraine war mean in terms of the understanding of the ongoing capabilities. here these are both breaking simultaneously. luckily, we have the one person in the united states congress best suited to answer queries about both of these breaking news stories. virginia congresswoman navy veteran is a member of the january 6th investigation, and the armed services committee. thank you so much for being here. thank you. i am sorry to interrupt you to talk about these two stories at once. i would like to talk first if you do not mind about what we know about this news