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
legacy but pointed out it was more than just her interviews with those famous people. cnn richard roth looks back on her trail blazing career. barbara walters was one of the most fascinating people of any year in the tv era. i know i ve done important interviews. i know that i have been a part of history. was she ever? are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations. we read you are mad. from murderers. why did you kill john lennon. to movie stores. are you a changed man since the illness? did it effect you very much? did you mind being thought of as se sex, sex, sex? have curiosity, follow the curiosity. i m a great believer in homework. before people revealed all on social media, barbara walters was the interviewer to open up the stars. does he hit you? he shakes, he pushes, he swings. i hope they think i m fair and i can be penetrating without being a killer and i am, i hope. and which intervi
reporter: barbara walters was one of the most fascinating people of any year in the television era. i know i ve done important interviews. i know that i have been a part of history. was she ever? are you sorry you didn t burn the tapes? yes, i think so because they were private conversations. we read you are mad. from murderers. why did you kill john lennon. to movie stores. are you a changed man since the illness? did it effect you very much? did you mind being thought of as sex, sex, sex? i think that what is important is to have curiosity. follow that cure iosity. i m a great believer in homework. before people revealed all on social media, barbara walters was the interviewer to open up the stars. does he hit you? he shakes, he pushes, he swings. i hope they think i m fair and i can be penetrating without being a killer and i am, i hope. and which interview was her most important? the first and at that time the only interview. you are al
soccer, perhaps the greatest ever to play the game. the news continues, so let s hand it over to alisyn camera at that for cnn tonight. good evening everyone, i m alisyn camerota. there is new intriguing details from the january 6th committee tonight. you ll hear how lindsey graham vowed to champion donald trump s election lies if only the white house could find him, quote, five dead voters. we ll explain. you ll also hear what donald trump thought about the appearance of the january 6th rioters. spoiler alert, they were not his type. and you ll hear about the text that don jr. sent to mark meadows the day after his father lost the election. it was basically a roadmap for how to unconstitutionally keep trump in office. don jr. says he cannot remember who sent him that text. but see if you recognize some of the unique language in that text as a clue. and as predicted, there are new developments and new lies from congressman-elect george santos. he s the one who lied ab
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