an indictment in the hush money case? plus, china s xi jinping cozies up to vladimir putin. ukrainian ambassador to the united states raising questions about whether it was staged. and tiktok, its parent company spying on american journalists. what could this mean for the 100 million americans on tiktok? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a game changer, it is the 11th hour. and at this moment, former president trump s team chose to call up a witness to testify before the manhattan grand jury investigating the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. now, the hope is that this witness could save trump from being the first former president in united states history to be indicted. so who is this person this witness? well, his name is robert costello. he was a one-time legal adviser to trump s former fixer michael cohen, who is the key witness. then emerged to tell reporters why he testified. the only thing i m doing is
york, the u. s secret service is playing an active role in planning for thompson. trump s court appearance. this as trump is holed up right now in mar-a-lago and florida rally. his supporters and lashing out at the prosecutor. and we re following breaking news on the tornado danger right now in the midwest and parts of the south as twisters are spotted in arkansas and illinois, millions are under a rare high risk storm alert right now, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news and we start with the breaking news. a very dangerous tornado outbreak is tearing across the midwest and south right now, with millions and millions of americans under a rare high risk. storm alert. let s check in with cnn meteorologist chad myers, chad give us the latest off about an hour ago, we had a tornado that rolled through little rock. we do know that there is damage there. we do know that the
pair of dueling decisions, creating a flash point in the fight for abortion rights. in texas. a federal judge is halting the fda is more than two decades old approval of the drug medford pret zone, one of the main medications used to provide abortions. but less than an hour later. conflicting court ruling out of washington state the federal judge, they re protecting access to the drug in 17 democratic led states and the district of columbia, which suit to protect the medication. the two decisions are the most significant on the on abortion since the supreme court overturned roy roe v. wade last summer here with us now is cnn senior supreme court analyst joan baez. cubic joan. good to see you also, you re the author of the new book, nine black robes. so two rulings now two very different decisions. what happens next? well, this puts the abortion issue right back on the path to the supreme court. attorney general america ireland last night that the government is going to app
from an absolutely huge earthquake and almost equally large aftershock that hit today. the initial quake was centered in south central turkey. that initial jolt hit between 4:00 and 4:30 in the morning so people were home in their beds that initial quake was 7.8 and it was followed hours later by an aftershock that was 7.5 now, having such a huge quake like that followed in such quick succession but almost equally large quake, anything significantly damaged but still standing after the first shock, it came down in the aftershock in turkey alone they re saying ther more than 5,000 buildings that collapsed across across the southern border into northern rdsyria, there are aga thousands of, buildings collapd there as well between turkey and syria, we are talking about a death toll alreadyou approachin 4,000 people killed with many, many, many more thousands of peoplend injured. tonight, of course, is the twin horror of trying to rescue people trapped in the rubble and under coll
continuing tonight to watch the development in turkey, and in syria. the death toll there is just astonishingly high. from an absolutely huge earthquake, and in almost equally large aftershock. that hit today. the initial quake was centered in south central turkey. that an issue jolted between four and 4:30 in the morning, so before, home and their beds. that initial quake was a 7.8 magnitude. which is just enormous. and was follow, hours later. by an aftershock that was 7.5. and having such a huge quite like that followed by such a quick succession by almost an equally large quake means anything that was significantly damaged, but still standing after the foreshock. it came down in the aftershock. in turkey alone, they re saying there are more than 5000 buildings that have collapsed across 14 different turkish cities. across the southern border of turkey, into northern syria, there are, again, thousands of buildings collapse there. as well, between turkey and syria, we are