gop leaders to monitor public statements from some members, including matt gaetz. well, he is putting people in jeopardy. and he doesn t need to be doing this. we saw what people would do in the capitol. you know, and these people came prepared with rope, everything else. joining me now cnn political correspondent dana bash and cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor elly hoenig. good evening to both of pu. dana kevin mccarthy says one thing in public and then it s crazy. and i just want to start by saying, if you remember what it was like immediately after the attack on the capital there is real concern in his voice on the new tapes. what do these recordings reveal, dana about what was happening in the gop leadership after the insurrection? it revealed that they understood the gravity of what
and so i think saber rattling, and and rhetoric like that is just unhelpful. and so, again, hard to say what s motivating mr. lavrov. but, again, i think that kind of talk should be avoided. also tonight we have major new developments in the january 6th investigation. a cnn exclusive as a matter of fact. newly obtained texts reveal what a little-known congressman was doing behind the scenes to advance the scene to overturn our freon a fair election. and never before heard sound from kevin mccarthy just days after the insurrection, how he was worried the rhetoric from far-right republicans was dangerous. we ve got more to come on all of this tonight. make sure you stay tuned. but i want to begin though with cnn s phil black, live for us in kyiv. phil, hello to you. first question, mariupol mayor says a third mass grave has been found around the city.
announcer: don lemon tonight, next on cnn. stay with withineno cnn for the latest from ukraine. the news continues. i want to hand it over to don lemon. hard to believe so much atrocity with the sky behind you gorgeous as morning approaches there, at least dlalt daylight. i have to talk to you about the incredible reporting from bucha. what was your take away of the images and the work of the war crimes prosecutor? you know, it s really interesting. i spoke to the international
new tonight, gop congressman madison cawthorn stopped for bringing a loaded handgun into a tsa checkpoint. and it s the second time in just over a year that airport authorities have stopped cawthorn with a gun. he is avoiding cnn s questions tonight when we tried to ask him about the incident. jessica dean with the details on that. jess qua ka, good evening. walk us through what happened. how did cawthorn get caught with a loaded handgun. let s go back to earlier this morning, about 9o 9:00 a.m. eastern charlotte april. tsa officials say that s when they discovered a loaded handgun in congressman cawthorn s luggage. he did say it was his. he claimed responsibility for it. and that he was cited for bringing that handgun through tsa. that is standard operating procedure for them to offer a citation. but as you mentioned, he had no comment to us earlier today when
ultimately dismissed. but we do expect him to see expect to see him in court on may 6th for the misdemeanor charge of driving with a revoked license. he is avoiding cnn questions. that s right. thank you appreciate it. covid making the rounds in washington, now the vice-president kamala harris isolating after testing positive. so you ll never sit this one out. new icy hot pro with 2 max-strength pain relievers.