Democratic senate as a health scare leaves democrats one vote short for the next few weeks. To begin the hour, though, a major escalation. President biden now sending thousands of american troops to Vladimir Putins doorstep. The Administration Says it is a necessary step because russia is increasing its buildup along the Ukraine Border and because did i mr diplomacy so far has produced nothing. Cnn is following all of this mornings Breaking News. Our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. Its a big deal. Reporter it is a very big deal, john. I think you characterized it right. Right to putins doorstep but not crossing the threshold. Approximately 1,000 u. S. Troops already in germany will move further east to romania, another 2,000 troops in the United States who regularly operate on very short notice, they are going to go to europe, poland and germany. They will be ready to work their mission, to reassure the nato allies, to make them feel they are capable of resisting any russian agg
A Special Election that could also signal which way the swing state might go next year. Also the brutal fight for ukraine and a tough Reality Check on the losses ukraine has suffered in their counteroffensive. And later tonight, how the u. S. Coast guard hid a damning investigation on Sexual Assault from public view. The Newest Development in a story cnn was first to bring you. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Late today, judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the former president s attorneys attempts to delay a hearing about evidence should be handled in the january 6th case. She set 10 00 friday morning for both sides to make their arguments. A short time earlier, the former president was in New Hampshire, cursing in front of a crowd, continuing to lie about the 2020 election, and seemingly suggested hell likely do it again in 2024. They rigged the president ial election in 2020, and were not going to allow them to rig the president ial election in 2024. Were not going to allow it
that debuts here sunday at 9:00. thank you so much for joining us. anderson starts now. tonight on 360, breaking news. renewed focus by investigators on a 2020 oval office meeting where trump allies allegedly schemed with the former president about seizing voting machines and overturning the election. also tonight, where is prigozhin? the wagner mercenary leader supposedly exiled to belarus for leading a mutiny against the kremlin. has he returned to the motherland? and what will vladimir putin do to him there. and marjorie taylor greene, is she too much even for the conservative freedom caucus? reports she may have been voted out by her fellow republicans. we begin tonight with breaking news, what multiple sources are telling cnn about that turbulent december 18th 2020 oval office meeting involving the former president rudy giuliani, disgraced general michael flynn, lawyer sidney powell, and a former dot com ceo. our kaitlan collins is part of the reporting team
tonight on three 60, as the president waits for retaliation on american drone attack on troops in jordan, a closer step at dempsey could take an already regional conflict. also tonight, he calls it an invasion, so what is the former president now say explicitly that congress should not do anything about the border? we ll keep him honest. plus, convicted killer alex murdaugh in court asking for a re-trial. what a judge made of his evidence. good evening, we begin tonight with the biden administration promising a serious response to this weekend s drone attack in jordan, which killed three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. this afternoon, the pentagon identified the fall it soldier, sergeant william rivers, 36 year old, 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders, and specialist breonna moffatt, who was 23. u.s. officials say the drone that killed them may have come in just behind an american drone that was landing in the american outpost at the time. as f
the island where earhart was supposed to stop and refuel. thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts right now. tonight on 360, as the president waives retaliation, a closer look at the steps he could take against whom and the risks he could run of deepening what is already a regional conflict. also tonight, he calls it an invasion. so why does the former president say explicitly the congress should not do anything about the boarder? convicted killer alex murdaugh in court asking for a retrial. what the judge medal of his evidence. good evening. we begin tonight with the biden administration promising a serious response to this weekend s drone attack in jordan which killed three american soldiers and wounded more than 40 others. this afternoon, the pentagon identified the fallen soldiers as william rivers, 46 years old, 24-year-old specialist kennedy sanders, and specialist breonna moffet, who was 23. u.s. officials say the drone that killed them may have come in