some of tommy tuberville s blockade on military proposals, a move that leaves this country less safe. i a. am michael steele in for my good friend ayman my heady. be careful. if you re claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. as investigators at this federal state livers move toward the final stages of their probes. now let s start with the special counsel, jack smith s inquiry. according to reporting for the new york times and cnn, federal prosecutors recently sat down for hours, apparently, with both trump s son-in-law, jared kushner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke former white house communications director alyssa according to the times, what could the commission was asked quote, a according to four people briefed on the matter. that line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether mr. trump was acting with
statement that trump had the irs and other federal agencies investigate two federal officials involved into the case of his campaign ties to russia. quote, president trump questioned whether investigations by the internal revenue service or other federal agencies should be undertaken into mr. strzok or ms. page. i do not know of mr. trump ordering such an investigation. it appeared, however, that he wanted to see mr. strzok and ms. page investigated. kelly s statement was filed thursday in connection with lawsuits, lawsuits we have covered on this program, brought by mr. strzok who was the lead russia investigation and lisa page against the justice department for violating their privacy rights. that s when the trump administration made public text messages between them. like so much of what we now know about the trump presidency, this revelation was found, where do you think? in notes taken by one of his own staffers, likely sitting in front of the resolute desk, listening to
comment for the story. wolf? thanks very much. erin burnett outfront starts right now. the breaking news. all eyes on the white house as biden vows to retaliate after three u.s. soldiers were killed by a drone strike and tonight, we hear from the parents of one of those soldiers. plus, trump s new target tearing into the president of the united auto workers, calling him a weapon of mass destruction and a dope for backing biden. tonight, the president of the uaw is outfront to respond. and inside kim jong-un s inner circle. women are elevated there now and men who pose a threat are ending up dead. let s go outfront. a good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, retaliation. president biden meeting with his national security team vowing to respond after three american soldiers were killed by an iranian-backed drone strike in jordan. 40 more were injured and of those eight are still in the hospital. suffering from their injuries. it is an attack in which we n
command. also breaking, a new agreement on a broad frame ocfor a potential release of hostages and cease-fire. we re told a proposal is being given to hamas. even as donald trump and house represents working actively to try to kill the bill. gop divisions on display as one republican senator is being censured by his own party for taking part in the talks. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. tonight we now know the names and the faces of the first u.s. service members killed since the war in gaza sparked a wave of attacks. our correspondents are covering all the breaking news on the deadly drone strike against u.s. troops in jordan and the biden administration s response. first, let s go to cnn s national security reporter natasha bertrand. she s over at the pentagon for us. first of all, tell us about the victims of the attack. reporter: we are
cheated. they are normalizing the completely false idea that american elections are rigged. and it is not just laura engroom. now, turning to joe biden and what we are hearing from voters on the ground in iowa. about a third of iowa republicans say joe biden was legitimately elected president. but almost half, almost double that i should say, double that amount say he was not, and next up we have the integrity of our elections. and up next moving on, no facts checks necessary. if you thought joe biden was not legitimately elected as president, you re in good company. multiple times steve kornacki mentioned two thirds of election goers, and fox moved onto the next thing, no mention that belief defies reality. after the attack on the capitol january 6th there was a moment it really felt like republicans might finally ditch donald trump. fox news owner rupert murdoch said he wanted to make trump a nonperson, which sounds severe. kevin mccarthy discussed removing trump from o