comcast business. powering possibilities. top of the hour now on cnn newsroom. good to have you. i m victor black well. and i m bianna golodryga. any minute now the jury will return from lunch and receive instructions from the judge. just before the defense was getting ready to begin this morning, a judge dismissed a juror for discussing the case with people outside the jury. you have had some discussions with some folks not on the jury, which is going to require me to remove you from the jury. i m not suggesting that you intentionally did anything wrong, but that in order to preserve the integrity of the process and in fairness to all the parties involved, we re going to replace you with one of the other jurors. cnn national correspondent diane gallagher is outside the courthouse there in walterboro for us. walk us through this final day of the closing arguments. reporter: victor, right now we are waiting for court to return essentially so the judge can charge th
to hear her first here outfront. plus, the collapse of the second largest bank in american history that happened in the span of 48 hours and is affecting the entire banking industry and perhaps beyond. i ll speak to the ceo of a company whose money was with that bank, got a call from a panicked investor to get out now. you ll hear what happened. and the president of a little known group of islands calls out china s xi jinping accusing china of bribery, personal threats to his safety, all over xi s potential invasion of taiwan. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, executed by russian soldiers. her son s death was seen around the world. she had to watch it herself, and the mother of that ukrainian soldier is now speaking out for the first time. the video of his death difficult to watch, but important to show the depravity of what s happening on the front lines. it sparked global condemnation. the ukrainian was executed after he said glory to ukraine. an
control. but a city of bakhmut is facing a ferocious assault right now with thousands of civilians in dang danger as the russian s advance. and a man is rested for trying to bring explosives on a flight to florida in his suitcase. what we re learning about the case. new information coming in. and juries visit the scene where alex murdaugh s wife and son were kill and then the closing arguments in the disgraced lawyer s murder trial. prosecutors wrapping up just a short wild ago after condemning his lies confirm his guilt. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. let s get right to our top story this evening. very intense fighting raging right now in the key eastern ukrainian city of bakhmut. civilians hunkering down as russia throws some of the most battle hardened forces into the fight. cnn s melissa bell is joining us live from kyiv with an update. melissa, how dire is the situation in the
excuse to escalate its brutal war on ukraine. a new warning from facebook owner meta this morning. how they say ai could target your cell phone. what you need to know to keep your device safe. new this morning what could be a major move in the classified documents probe involving president biden. the special counsel has now made contact with biden s former executive assistant. she just testified before a house committee. it s coming up right here on cnn news central. so there is breaking news out of russia this morning, and to be clear, these are claims from russia. there is new video circulating online that shows what russia claims is a drone attack on the kremlin. cnn has not been able to independently verify this video. russian state media claimed that two ukrainian drones were flown toward the kremlin overnight. russia says this was some kind of an attack on vladimir putin s life, an attempt, i should say. ukraine responded saying they have nothing to do with
offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. the investigation you may recall centers on $130,000 that one time fixer michael cohen paid to buy the silence of stormy daniels near the end of the 2016 campaign. cohen was later reimbursed by the former president. according to the times he s yet to testify but is expected to. joining us now with more cnn s kara skinell. what are the details you ve learned? the new york times is reporting donald trump was offered to appear before the new york grand jury investigating on this hush money payment scheme. that is required under the law when there s a criminal investigation. that step certainly indicates and tells us this investigation is wrapping up. and that s also evident by the parade of witnesses met with prosecutors and appeared before the grand jury. we reported yesterday kelly anne conway met with manhattan prosecutors, hope hicks had also been in as well as executives at the trump organization. michael cohen had