unprecedented. i believe it s also unconstitutional well, this is all unprecedented. meanwhile, fresh off his arraignment in new york, the former president is doing th one thing we have seen him d consistently, attack, attack attack today he called on republica lawmakers to defund the doj an fbi, until they, quote, come t their senses trump s legal team is no staying silent either. here is his defense attorney earlier today. after seeing that indictment, and knowing what the law i regarding federal election campaigns, i don t think we re getting close to a - on this case it s going to fall on it merits, on legal challenge well before we get to jury trump s allies in the house are also keeping the pressur on manhattan da alvin bragg. after we ve seen all that yesterday, i think people thin it s even more politically tha we thought this case never should hav been brought, and what shoul happen, now it get dismissed we re not going to stop o this nothing changed. we
welcome back to the cnn newsroom. much of the world expected ukraine to fall quickly to russia s invasion given the onslaught of man and machines and heavy weaponry. now ukraine enters a second year of battling its way to freedom in that war. this time, this time lapse, i should say, just shows how successful ukraine s military has been this past year. the russian troops mostly contained. the fighting in the east is intensifying and ukraine s military is kahn for more western aid including fighter jets. president biden for now appears to be dunk down the request from ukraine s president for f-16s. take a listen. we re sending him what our seasoned military thinks he needs now. he needs tanks, artillery, there are things he needs now that we re sending him to put him in a position to make gains this spring and this summer going into the fall. he doesn t need f-16s now. the u.s. has announce ad $2 billion aid package. according to the united nations, ukraine has already pa
biding commitment to be al lice not of darkness, but of light. not of oppression, but liberation. not of captivity, but of freedom. may god bless you all, may god protect our troops. may god bless the heroes ukraine and all those who defend freedom around the world. thank you, poland. thank you, thank you, thank you for what you re doing. god bless you all. reporter: president biden wrapping up his speech here in poland a few days shy of the anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine offering his assessment of where it stands one year in, really summing it up in wo two words. kyiv stands. the secret trip to ukraine, he went and spent hours on the ground with president zelenskyy in the heart of ukraine in kyiv saying that a year ago, that was not what everyone believed would happen. the idea that kyiv could fall as russian tanks were rolling into ukraine saying that kyiv did not roll over. instead, they remain strong. the president also saying that a year ago putin thought
good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we will have the very latest on the devastation and efforts to recover after hurricane ian, but first this evening we re going to break into the new developments of the january six committee and the next hearing. today the committee chair and reveal that will happen before the midterms take place. well, the hearing, the next hearing will have will be for the number eight election. it won t be next week. but you can follow the intense and purposes that we will hear it. we re not really looking at bringing witnesses before the committee in the next hearing. we still have some information that we have not shown to the public. i wonder what that information will be. meanwhile donald trump himself still battling the doj over those documents seized from his mar-a-lago club in florida. washington post post reporting tonight, his lawyers are at odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn
but first this evening we re going to break into the new developments of the january six committee and the next hearing. today the committee chair and reveal that will happen before the midterms take place. well, the hearing, the next hearing will have will be for the number eight election. it won t be next week. but you can follow the intense and purposes that we will hear it. we re not really looking at bringing witnesses before the committee in the next hearing. we still have some information that we have not shown to the public. i wonder what that information will be. meanwhile donald trump himself still battling the doj over those documents seized from his mar-a-lago club in florida. washington post post reporting tonight, his lawyers are at odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn down the temperature or the department of justice but the rest of the team, and trump, they don t agree. this, week trump did get a rulin