happening now, ukraine marks one full year of bloodshed and brutality at the hands of russian forces. president zelenskyy defiant saying victory is inevitable. i ll speak one on one with the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. also tonight, breaking news, the prosecution rests in the alex murdaugh murder trial after two days of dramatic cross-examination. did the jury buy his story about why he lied to police on the night of the killings? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar and you re the situation room. we begin our coverage with the latest on russia s war against ukraine officially one year old from kyiv to moscow, cnn s correspondents are covering the conflict from every angle as the war enters the second year. let s get to clarissa ward. president zelenskyy is talking to reporter and has a speech. what s the mood on the ground following remarks? reporter: i think there is provocat
strikes on ukraine. power facilities in key cities taking a direct hit and leaving residents in the dark and cold. also tonight, we re digging through a new batch of just released january 6th transcripts including testimony by donald trump jr. and we re getting new insight into melania trump s mistrust of her husband s inner circle. and the southwest airlines meltdown drags on now for an eighth day. with thousands more flights canceled. will southwest get back to a full schedule tomorrow as the company claims? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in ukraine after one of the biggest russian missile assaults since the start of the russian invasion. let s go straight to the capital, kyiv. our senior international correspondent ben wedeman is on the ground for us. ben, so what are you seeing and hearing over there? reporter: well, what we heard at about 9:00 this morning l
For talking about the eclipse with us. Thank you all for for joining us tonight. Seen a news night with abby phillip starts right now why donald trump is nothing like Nelson Mandela. Thats tonight on these lines good evening. Im abby phillip in new york tonight donald trump comparison that crumbles when confronted with common sense the former president believes he is being persecuted by prosecutors. And for that reason, hes claiming that there are similarities between Nelson Mandelas plight and his own. Trump wrote this on truth, social if this partisan hack wants to put me in the clink for speaking, the open and obvious truth. I will gladly become a modernday Nelson Mandela. Well, for starters, im really not sure anyone has asked that of him, but you might also recall that this is not the first time that trump has made this very comparison. They hound them and they scare them and theyve, but we dont get scared. We dont get scared. Ill tell you what i dont mind being. Nelson mandela, b