Happening now, breaking news. A new Protective Order just issued 8020 20 election interference case against donald trump. The judge, barring the former president and his lawyers from publicly disclosing Sensitive Information. Also tonight, as the flames ease and the death toll is expected to keep rising, we are getting uptotheminute accounts of the damage from the Wildfire Disaster in hawaii. Cnn is of course on the scene. And the Hawaii Governor will join us live with all the latest developments. And the top prosecutor in the Hunter Biden Probe is elevated to Special Counsel as the president son now appears headed to trial. We are breaking down the legal implications and the political fallout. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I am wolf blitzer and you are in the Situation Room. This is cnn breaking news. Lets get right to it. Coming out of the first hearing before the judge in the trump election interference case. Cnn justice correspondent is on t
outfront next. where ron desantis and nikki haley are about to take the stage. plus new documents that trump made millions from the chinese government. did it influence trump? and derone asher held with her two toddlers. let s go outfront live from iowa. good evening. and where the stage is set for the back-to-back town halls. in just a few moments, the auditorium will be filled with i wants who plan to vote in the caucuses. many have not made up their mind. just after kaitlan collins conversation with ron desantis at 9:00. it s an important tonight, and tonight is one of the last chances for hallie and desantis to stake their case. about 35 miles northwest of where we are, there s news of another mass shooting at another american school. four students and an administrator injured, a six grader killed after going back to school after the holiday. nikki haley posting, my heart aches for the victims of perry, iowa, and the entire community. ron desantis says the united s
and we are following the money the grift and where the hundreds of millions of donated dollars went, or didn t go, in that sham election defense fund. plus, today s historic rate hike from the fed, as inflation stays red hot. with the move means for the midterms. all of it when the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, live from the nation s capital. where tomorrow, the january six committee has its third public hearing, starting at 1 pm eastern. and this time, investigators are expected to focus on then vice president mike pence and the pressure campaign to get him to get joe biden out of the white house. committee aides say new evidence presented tomorrow will show how the efforts of his former boss, donald trump, led to the riot and put pence s life in serious danger. you ll remember the surveillance video of security rushing pence off the senate floor, as rioters chanted, hang mike pence. abc news has obtained new
stephanie ruhle, live from the nation s capital, where tomorrow, the january 6th committee has its third public hearing, starting at 1:00 pm eastern. and this time, investigators are expected to focus on then vice president mike pence and the pressure campaign to get him to get joe biden out of the white house. committee aides say new evidence presented tomorrow will show how the efforts of his former boss, donald trump, led to the riot and put pence s life in serious danger. you ll remember the surveillance video of security rushing pence off the senate floor, as rioters chanted, hang mike pence. and abc news has obtained new photos of the former vice president and his family in hiding, after the mob broke into the capital capitol. where we expect to hear from key pence advisors his former counsel greg jacob and retired federal judge michael luttig. their reports of closed door testimony from marc short, pence s one-time chief of staff, will also be included. earlier tonig
eastman i don t remember why he called me, or he texted me or called me, wanted to talk with me. and he said he couldn t reach others. and he started to ask me about something dealing with georgia preserving something, potentially for appeal. and i said to him are you out of your f-ing mind? i said i only want the hear two words coming out of your mouth from now on. orderly transition. i don t want to hear any other f-ing words coming out of your mouth no matter what other than orderly transition. repeat those words to me. what did he say? eventually he said orderly transition. i said good, john. now i m going to give you the best free legal advice you re ever getting in your life. get a great f-ing criminal defense lawyer. you re going to need it. and i hung up on him. in just a moment, we ll be joined by maryland democratic chairman jamie raskin who serves on the committee. right now we want the take a closer look at another key item the committee highlighted