let s get right to it. at this hour, adding to the horrific humanitarian crisis in ukraine, filthy water putting people at risk. plus, in just under 60 minutes, john durham set to testify in front of the house intelligence committee. expect a lot of questions about his scathing report on the fbi and doj s handling of the trump russia probe. the judge sets a date for former president s trial in his classified documents case. and the breaking news that charges filed against the president s son, hunter biden, mean he ll plead guilty to federal tax charges as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that plea deal for hunter biden. ken dilanian joins us now. my understanding, ken, is the judge still needs to approve this so what happens next and what more can you tell us about the terms of this deal? that s right. we expect hunter biden to appear in the coming days at this courthouse behind me
outfront next, the war coming to russia. putin and his forces on defense as the kremlin vows to exterminate ukraine. plus, republican kari lake still obviously won t accept she lost the race for arizona governor, giving a keynote speaking slot at the upcoming georgia republican convention. why? well, a top georgia election official who publicly rejected trump s claims of election fraud and bravely so is outfront and china s brutal campaign against its own people now at a boiling point as chinese officials take on mosques around the country. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront, the war inside russia. there s a bold, new front in the war and it is on putin s territory. a russian official just this hour announcing that russia s air defense system shot down several ukrainian drones over western russia. that s just this hour. right? earlier today smoke rises over belgorod. new video in from there. you can see on your screen, belgorod is the russian
i want you to have great lives in general, and you just have to stay healthy because we re bringing you back. we re going to bring you back. republican front-runner donald trump vows to put qanon extremist election denier and convicted felon mike flynn back in a position of power, if trump is again elected president. also tonight, growing republican support for individuallyism as they rush to the defense of the man who choked jordan neely to death. and at long last, we finally have our hands on the much heralded durham report. and he found about as much as geraldo rivera did in al capone s vault. and we begin tonight with the parable of the good samaritan. luke, chapter 10, versus 25 through 37, reads as follows. on one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test jesus, teacher, he asked, what must i do to inherit internal law, what is written in the law? jesus replied, how do you read it? he answered, love the lord, your god, with all your heart and with all our s
There has only been, listen to this, one such whale killed off the coast of South Carolina in the last 50 year. On the other hand, the windmills are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before. Nobody does anything about that. Theyre washing up on shore. I saw it this weekend, three came up. They wouldnt you wouldnt see it once a year. Now, theyre coming up on a weekly basis. The windmills are driving them crazy. Theyre driving theyre driving the whales, i think, a little batty. Theyre washing up on shore at levels never seen before. They want to stop your boats. One in 50 years, can you imagine that . Donald trump yesterday in South Carolina continuing his weird war against windmills. Well have more from his rally yesterday, including another moment where he seemed to be confused about his opponent. This is at least the second time in a week. Plus, trumps former Defense Secretary is defending outgoing Joint Chiefs Of Staff mark milley after the former president suggested genera
Bills to go to the floor where theres no guarantee they will pass will show hard liners, the speaker is working in good faith, and get the hard liners on board for a shortterm Spending Bill to keep things open. Will that work . Theres also talk of a Discharge Petition where six republicans cross the aisle and allow democrats to bring a funding bill to the floor themselves. How likely is that . And senator schumer is working on a shell bell that will include a stopgap spending measure, including ukraine aid and disaster relief, which Mitch Mcconnell is helping to nail down. If they do send it to the house, does Speaker Mccarthy put that bill on the floor. If he doesnt, there will be a shutdown. If he does, he might face a vote to strip him of his gavel. If that does happen, do democrats get involved . Well, maybe. Heres what one democrat told my colleague ali vitali on way too early this morning. Would you yourself vote to save mccarthys speakership if it came to a motion to vacate . Ye