lesser charges and expect a shorter prison sentence here. that of course, that prison sentence will be up to the judge here, but that's how this is expected to play out to share a himself was a member of the 102nd intelligence wing. they're in charge of gathering classified information and putting it together into a package for senior dod leaders here, not to share his role in that according to prosecutors, was essentially as a network technician, but that gave him access for the classified information wolf, he was repeatedly essentially criticized and reprimanded for accessing information that he shouldn't have been accessing prosecutors say he took that info and from december 2022 on leaked it online in a discord chat room when that was discovered, prosecutors moved very quickly here to zero in on who they say was responsible to share was taken into custody in april here and indicted in june. >> we'll really ever been reporting for us, oren. thank you very much to our viewers.

thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now i'll go next. the breaking >> news, the special counsel, jack smith, demanding a new trial date for trump in the classified documents case, trying to make sure the case goes to trial before the election. could trump be convicted before november plus a texas dual biden and trump both on the border speaking minutes apart from stoking fears, biden saying, let's work together who is a winning message? a new pictures tonight of the thirty-three-year-old american ballerina being held in russia on treason charges. court today, rejecting her appeal, i'll speak to her boyfriend who has just received a letter from let's go outfront >> and good evening. i'm erin burnett, outfront tonight. the breaking news, the justice department's new push to try trump before the election just moments ago, the special counsel, jack smith, filing a

motion to start his classified documents case against trump on july 8th. now that could mean a trial and a verdict before election day basically, it appears that smith wants to move forward. the documents case as quickly as possible after suffering a major setback from the supreme court on his january 6 case against trump trump, his team is, you know, for their part using now they're trying time tested strategy of delay, delay, delay. they've just filed a motion just moments ago and it reads in part a fair trial cannot be held until after the 2024 presidential election is concluded. that is the entirety of trump's strategy in these cases, push everything until after the election. that way, if he wins in november, you can appoint an attorney general who can toss these federal cases out. evan perez is outfront live in washington. so evan, what does this new move by? jack smith mean for trump? >> well, erin, what you're seeing is prosecutors trying to find a way to box out the

former president and his legal team. because as you as you noted, what they're trying to do is delay this to the point where it makes it impossible for tanya chutkan and the dc trial to find find room on the calendar. they know that obviously, given the fact that this that the that the immunity question is now before the supreme court we anticipate that what they're going to do is look for something that will make sure that that the dc judge doesn't have room on the calendar between now and november to sketch chilling new trial. and so what jack smith is doing here in making this request is trying to at least have the judge in in in florida put a put on the calendar a date of july 8th. now, we don't know whether she'll go for this. there are a lot of complicated issues because this has to do with classified info aileen cannon, the judge, there has pretty much been been helpful with the former

president and his legal strategy, so we don't know where she's going to go. but you also see this in another ruling in another filing today from the special counsel, one of the things that they raised in a filing today erin, is that they want to ask jurors about whether they believe the 2020 election was stolen. it's something that obviously the trump team is opposing, but that's an interesting thing for them to bring up this, of course, is a case now being going to be heard in fort pierce which is the trumpiest part of the sudden southern district of florida that's where the judge overseeing this case, aileen cannon. that's where she says so you can see the legal maneuvering that is going on between the special counsel and the trump team. some of this, of course, is going to come to ahead tomorrow erin, when the two sides are before judge cannon for a hearing, that's going to go all day. >> all right. evan, thank you very much. take about that. the doj is looking at the exit polls. we've seen in each of the state's right. and when you look at how people are

voting and do you believe the election is stolen? the numbers have an absolutely stunning among voters coming out of voters saying that they believe it was stolen. >> all right, outfront. now, ryan goodman, our outfront legal expert, and ben ginsberg, longtime republican election lawyer. so ryan you've been talking about trump's legal calendar here day in and day out as each machination has occurred, can you lay out what it looks like? like if jack smith gets his way and gets this july 8th start >> so if jack smith gets a july it started, we do probably get a verdict before the election and so there are two routes. one is based on jack smith's own estimation, you'd probably get the end of trial around august 19, trump's estimation is it's going to take a longer period of time for the trial so that you get a verdict in the end of trial around september 16th, but both of those, uh, well, before both while before the election, that's right. so that's why the july 8 and whether or not the judge cannon goes with the justice department. it's key to that outcome. >> so ben, it doesn't mean do you think there's any

coincidence that smith makes this move a day after the supreme court said it would hear arguments on trump's immunity while he's in office and they said that they're going to take that up and that means that likely will not get a verdict by election day in any scenario. >> it does mean that it means the florida case is the one that can move forward the quickest i don't think it's an accident, but i think there's hearing has long been scheduled for friday. it was going to involve dates. it's significant. he's moving get back to july just a week before the republican convention. >> oh, that's interesting and important to point out as well. all right, so ryan, here's the thing though. trump's doing his usual, right. we'll do it till after the election. but you actually think that he may be better off with an earlier trial in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. how come how come? >> so as evan said that this is a very trump friendly territory for him. and i think yeah, and it's basically it's an open and shut case as a legal matter, but i think what's going to his best defense is

jury nullification. that one of the jurors are more say, i'm not even going to convict this person even though the law and the facts say i should i think that he would actually stand a much better chance of that happening while he is the front runner, the nominee for the gop before the election, were he to lose the election? i think that jury nullification option goes down by a lot. >> and that's a significant point and people may not, may not realize that the nullification issue could even be out there. so ben trump has repeatedly tried but to argue that even having to be in a courtroom for trial is election interference, right? he said that all these cases are election interference by the fact that they even exist. here's just a couple of examples. >> i go to a lot of courthouse is because of biden because i using that for election interference instead of being south carolina and other states campaigning, i'm stuck here to nightshift interference case that nobody's ever seen anything like this graduates a disgrace >> i obviously, but i should point out, you know, he he he was there by choice and that

case. but multiple judges have rejected the claim, right? the point that he's making. >> do you have any worries though, ben? >> helped >> may look to voters the closer we get to election day >> yeah absolutely. i mean, what what donald trump has shown is that this can become a prime ingredient of his campaign. that he can play the victim. and there is a certain element that shows up in the polling that says people, even independent voters voters are sympathetic to the fact that his political opponents are putting them on trial so close to the election. so this is a fraught moment really for the way the campaign plays out, for the democracy general so ryan, do you think that jack smith at this point has accepted i mean, i guess he's got to be realistic about it that obviously the >> mar-a-lago is the only one that he could get a verdict in, given that the supreme court is going to hear the immunity issue, even presuming that they rule that he is not immune that he can be criminally charged.

there's, there's no verdict in that coming in the january 6 case. >> i think he probably thinks it's a very low likelihood that there's a verdict coming, so it's better to put the eggs in the florida basket. there's still a chance that he could get a verdict in january 6, so that if that gets put back on the rails, but that's unliked and i think the only way in which it really happens is it gets handed back to him greenlight to the trial court, and then he decides to slim down the case, not charge all of it. in order to get a much shorter trial period and a much shorter pretrial period, but that's a long-shot bid that's why i think he's going for florida. >> i do want ask you one other thing here and then get ben's reaction and that is just on what actually happened behind the scenes at the supreme court it doesn't seem from a lay person's perspective that if jack smith comes to you in december and says, hey, what did you hear this immunity issue. so let's get it taken care of supreme court. >> supreme court goes >> know we'll send it to another court, implying let them decide. and then they decide and the supreme court takes three weeks to decide whether it will weigh in or not

all this time passing that didn't need to pass. does it indicate some sort of real tension on a court? >> oh, absolutely. i think that they must be internal dissent in the court in that sense, trump does have, in all likelihood for justices that have said, okay, we'll take, we'll actually going to take this case. we're not going to let it go back to the courts below. and that we're going to take it and you can take two months to brief the case as well. so it doesn't seem as though they're in any major hurry, even though april, to some extent, as an expedited schedule for them, right. it's not according to what this is all a really right. >> and i understand the way the court works is fair to point that out. right. but that is a fast move. but nonetheless, waiting the three weeks ben, they could have decided in december, what do you think's happening on the court? >> it could have. well, i think there's obviously some dissension in the court about how quickly to move on this. and it's important to put this into big context. none of the silver bullets that have been shot at donald trump, whether it's impeachment or the russia gate, or now any of the

prosecution's or the 14th amendment case is likely to strike home before the election. so the fate of donald trump and his actions are now going to be judged by the voters and in a real sense of you're looking at the institutional design of the democracy that's where this should rest with the voters until the supreme in court for whatever their reasons, has contributed to putting the verdict on donald trump at the ballot box as opposed to the court >> right. is it safe to say with this news that we have tonight, right. trump trying to delay the mar-a-lago classified documents case till after the election, jack smith requesting a july it start date that would get him a verdict by election day easily. >> it's the riskier path >> given that the ruling so far from that, judge have obviously gone in trump's favor and given the jury pool, it is risky and it's also risky because the judge can administer the trial. however she wants, there's a lot of discretion. they're not

however, but a lot of discretion. yes. >> there's even a little bit of a wildcard. she could even issue a direct verdict after the prosecution presents their case and say there's not enough case here and that's actually not reviewable. they're just many ways and not reviewable. it's a very unusual in a certain sense. it's a surprise to some lawyers, is not reviewable so that's why some people have suggested she should have been recused because you shouldn't this person should not have that much control given how many times she seems to favor donald trump. and very unusual isn't it wouldn't go to a jury and there's no appeals process right? wow, ben, does that surprise you >> well, i mean, i knew this existed, but ryan says it exactly right. it is it is a fraught strategy which again is why that none of this is likely to come to pass before the election takes on such significance in the camp campaign meeting in a way you've taken away the factor that donald trump is based in his campaign on, which is he's a victim. so this is a different political reality

where all of a sudden going to need to deal with >> all right. well, ben ryan, thank you both very much. and next, biden and trump, facing off tonight over the border in texas in the same place at the same time for the first time this election. and the difference between them was stark they coming from insane asylums and the a >> terrorist patched his bipartisan border security bill. >> we can do it together >> plus a horrific scene in gaza, more than 100 people dead, hundreds more injured after a deadly crush of people in line for food what happened? and an outfront exclusive, i'll speak with congressman tom suozzi, who won one of the most closely watched elections flipping george santos seat. what can democrats? let's learn from his victory >> die. i'm not guilty. i am resigning >> administration officials destroyed my cover we're great power meets questionable decision-making. >> and then on faceless, wow, what backroom deals?

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migrant crime. it's a new form of vicious violation to our country. it's migrant crime. we got biden migrant crime >> meanwhile, biden, who made his first trip to the border in more than a year, struck a totally different tone. >> here's what i would say to mr. trump said a plan policy issue set of telling members of congress to block this anticipation. join me or i'll join you and telling the congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. >> we can do it together. >> totally different universes. the bill, of course, the biden is referring to never made it out of the senate blocked because donald trump thought it was bad for himself and republicans politically. rosa flores is outfront in eagle pass, texas it's us tonight >> eagle pass resident and we get that the us couldn't be

more pleased with the dueling border appearances for both president joe biden and former president donald trump >> yeah, that's your reaction >> she says she's voting for trump this election? >> and >> hopes the former president's visit to her hometown sends a much needed message. >> texas is very secure. >> go pass is where texas governor greg abbott deploying the controversial border buoys and took over a public park by putting up razor wire guarding it with armed texas national guard soldiers and kicking out border patrol role. it's the park trump toward and where he was briefed by texas authorities, the united states is being overrun by the biden migrant crime. it's a new form of vicious violation to our country. it's migrant crime. >> some eagle pass residents gathered in protest asking that trump leave their town >> dispute today. >> you're >> not welcome in this community. >> several hundred miles downriver president joe biden

in brownsville today biden meeting with border patrol agents, law enforcement, and local leaders as he pushes for a bipartisan immigration deal. >> it's time to step up provide them with significantly more personnel and capability we're also need more immigration judges. >> the last time a biden visited the brownsville area, it was election season 2019. at the time, jill biden visited a migrant camp across the border in matamoros, mexico as her husband promised, humane border policies some in brownsville took to the streets today to remind them of those promises biden's job on the border could get exponentially more complicated the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit are asking a judge to rule that migrant children and their families we have just crossed the border into southern california and are waiting and makeshift camps to be transported for immigration processing are actually in federal custody. attorney nihad decide says the

conditions are deplorable some migrant children have waited outside for days in the cold with no food. >> children have had no choice, but the take refuge in overflowing porta-potties to sleep and tarps littered with trash, all to just avoid the freezing rain. cnn reached out to us customs and border protection for comment back in eagle pass, the as the hardcore trump supporter, tell me how you really feel about it. says that like trump biden is also politicking on the border. >> i don't like your father but i respect them. >> it's an >> honor to have the president of united states via your community i don't care what party you want >> and the irony of all of this is that neither president biden or former president trump actually visited the busiest part of the border where the most migrant apprehensions are happening right now. that's actually happening in another state in the state of arizona

erin you saw a glimpse of this in our story, but this border battle between the united states and the state of texas is really changing. this community. the community where i am here in eagle pass, texas, and i don't mean just physically with all the razor wire around the public park and the a golf course. and you can hear a military helicopter right now behind me, perhaps. i mean, the community, the people, it's dividing the people of this community along lines that were invisible before all of this started. >> erin rosa, >> thank you very much. who has spent so much time reporting on the story for us. and now the laredo, texas, victor trevino, he met with president biden during his border visit today. the radio of course, sits between eagle pass and brownsville, which is where trump and biden were mair. i appreciate your time. thank you so much. so you had a chance to be with the president today. did he say anything to you that gave you any hope that there will be any relief that he is planning any imminent executive

action well, first of all, thank you for having me. i think it was his visit, the brand still here on the border was very productive it was an effort to get dialogue solutions to problems decades of problems of border problems, border situations and bordered border challenges now, one of the things that is important as we, as mayors, border mayors were present, is that we need to give the reality and it of what we have here we live in work here, rather than having perspective from other places >> we also >> need to change the narrative because the only news that we have, most of the news is that we're warns don't down here and it's not. so laredo, texas is the major port of the united states. the number one port with over 300 billion worth of merchandise coming in on a yearly basis. and we have to be

cognizant of that. also, the rate of formula works. we are an area where we have the least you guys crossings. and it's one of the safest cities in the united states. >> and that is important to say in the context of course of what the foreign president is saying about crime now, obviously, trump was the reason the bipartisan congressional deal on the border did not pass in the senate. of course, president biden could take executive action, but nonetheless, trump really put the nail on the coffin on that bill. he was at the border today and he did say something else that i wanted to play again for you, mayor these are, the people that are coming into our country and they're coming from jails and that coming from prisons and they're >> coming from mental institutions. and they're coming from insane asylums. and the terrorists, they're being let into our country >> and >> it's horrible

>> meres this, what you're seeing >> well, everybody has a right to an opinion and these are opinion we have to have ability to be cognizant of what the facts are. but we don't see what he's saying i mean, this this is not the reality we live in work here. i'm born and raised in laredo all my life. and i know that this is not not not the facts this is something that you have to be here, live here and worked with to know and understand what, what goes on here. that was a message that we're giving president biden. he needs to find out from us, live and work here in the border mayors >> given perspective of that mercer vga. thank you very much. i appreciate your time >> thank you. appreciate it. >> all right. and harry enten joins me now to go beyond the numbers. so harry, you've got biden and trump both at the border. there at the border because it is the number one issue according to every poll

to voters by far. so this issue is being felt across the united states though, right? it's not a texas issue, it's not an error arizona issue, which is where the crossings are right now. >> no, it's not. if you look at the immigration cases that are filed in immigration court, right? what you see is look, it's up all over the place where the migrants are going. but we're really seeing the increase is actually in the blue states, not just in the red states, you know, back in 2019 and florida and texas, the numbers there were more than numbers california, illinois, new york, new jersey, very blue states. but you jump forward to 2023, where have the increase has really come from, really come from the blue states. look at that 525,000 cases, new immigration court cases filed in those blue states versus just a little bit more than 400,000 in those red states. this is the major thing that has changed over the land just four years with issues to really be a border problem. it used to really be a red state problem. it's now gone beyond the border into a lot of northern states that aren't anywhere near the border area has incredible when you think about that just by those numbers of known court, court cases, known cases, yes.

927,000 in one year. think what that the system simply can't handle that as structured down new york city epicenter for the migrant crisis. we live here, we see it. the state of the most migrant arrivals per capital last year, one per every 100 people. so that's 84,000 known migrants that have come to new york city put that in perspective. >> yeah. put it in perspective. look at new york city's budget, right? how much has eric adams budget saying that we're going to spend on asylum seekers this year, 2.3 billion more than the fire department at this particular point, it looks like more than the fire department at 2.2 billion so this i think is why you're seeing all those protests going on in new york city, especially actually in staten island. you're seeing these budget figures and they line up with the way that people are feeling well. >> and i think that shows something right there that crosses all party lines. you got to move very far at hard-pressed to find anybody who's going to say that's the way it should be. >> all right. harry, thank you very much. thank you. appreciate it. >> next more than 100 people

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it comes to the palestinian ministry of health says the death toll in gaza has surpassed 30,000 people jeremy diamond is outfront. i do warn our viewers in this piece some of what you may see is disturbing >> around four in the morning, thousands of palestinians are already camped out by the coastal road and western gaza city humanitarian aid trucks are reportedly on route. >> a >> rarity in northern gaza are hundreds of thousands are now on the brink of famine as the convoy passes and israeli military checkpoint and enters gaza city, hundreds desperate for food swarm the trucks as seen in this drone video release by the israeli military. many climb onto the trucks grabbing what they can. when suddenly the israeli military opens fire, killing, and wounding about 20 people in the crowd according to local journalist heather al zaanoun, who was on the scene of

pandemonium ensues as people run away, eyewitnesses say the truck drivers speed off killing dozens more people the palestinian ministry of health says at least 104 people were killed altogether, and more than 700 injured. cnn is unable to independently confirm those numbers. these really military acknowledges its troops shot people near the convoy, but says the gunfire was unrelated and came after people were already the killed in a stampede. >> in a second event, in a short distance away, we also had a group of people that approached the military forces in a war zone. the forces opened fire in the air to distance them, wanting fire in order to get people out of harm's way. unfortunately, they proceeded to advance and indeed their perceived threat and the forces opened fire. of course, i will say we're continuing to investigate, continuing to inquire and after actions, activities that

account contradicted by eyewitnesses who say israeli gunfire triggered the mass panic >> or children died of hunga. they went to get a bag of flour in order to feed their children. some will run over, others were shot. so they send us the aid. so these railings can keep shooting at our children. this is wrong. this is not right. this is not right >> the latest victims killed on a day when the death toll in gaza surpassed 30,000. according the palestinian ministry of health, a majority of whom are women and children more may soon die of starvation the world food program warns that more than half 1 million gazans are on the brink of famine. >> we are talking about a man-made famine because we have a kind of a total blockers for the people weren't living in the north. there is not even enough of animal food and invalid folder for peace people

to eat or to do bread with animal fodder >> that desperation brought tamar out to option bari to that coastal road early thursday morning, but i had you been able to ask is he went to get bread, a bag of flour for his family displaced that the schools in jabalya camp >> now, >> he lies dead, killed while trying to survive and erin the critical backdrop to all of this, of course, are those ongoing negotiations to secure >> a temporary ceasefire in gaza and make no mistake that ceasefire clearly is more essential than ever in order to get that humanitarian aid into gaza, it is because so few humanitarian aid trucks have been able to make their way into northern gaza that we saw this situation unfold the way it did. but this incident today, as much as it highlights that need, it also could impact those negotiations and president biden tonight saying that he believes that it will complicate those negotiations going forward. >> aaron, jeremy, thank you

very much. live from hello and outfront now, the democratic congressman, tom suozzi of new york. this is his first national tv interview since he was sworn in to replace the disgraced republican congressman george santos, it comes a lot to speak with you about tonight and thank you so much for being here in your of course, home state. you call yourself an unequivocal supporter of israel obviously that's a hard report to watch as we tried to understand what happened. more than 100 people killed today at that humanitarian side. a guy going to get flour and he's dead. when you see that, does that give you pause in support for what israel's doing? >> well, i'm i'm going to always remain unequivocally supportive of israel of course, you'd have to be in human to not see pictures like that and not be moved by his tremendous suffering going on he went to israel in december and went to gaza, went to the gaza envelope and saw the attacks on the kibbutzes. i saw so much

carnage. it was just awful i think everybody would love to see a ceasefire. hamas should surrender their weapons, release the hostages and we can try and talk about a path forward. we need to have some sort of negotiated settlement whereby we know that hamas is disarmed. hamas is not some loose confederation of desert soldiers there are sophisticated, disciplined terror army whose mission is to destroy israel and kill jews. that's their mission. so >> you know, sources tell cnn and i've heard from people who have seen this president biden's very frustrated with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and how he's choosing to handle this right now. he feels that netanyahu has been ignoring him and obstructing humanitarian efforts in gaza. and biden is actually let some of that frustration congressman, show in public saying that the actions of israel are over-the-top and his words and he also said this there are a

lot of innocent people are starving, innocent people who are in trouble and dying. and it's got to stop netanyahu so far does not appear to be heating that. is there more biden needs to do? >> i think that the president is working really more behind the scenes to try and build a coalition with the sunni arab states so that the sunni arab states and israel and the western world can work together are there as a bulwark against iran to not only rebuild gaza, but to prevent iran from continuing its malicious activities throughout the world, really not just the region, but throughout the world >> this is >> really hard stuff. it's painful, it's difficult, it's awful but we can't forget that it was precipitated by going in and killing a bunch of innocent people in gruesome ways and hamas i did a bill back in

2018, uh, a bipartisan bill with, mike gallagher, who's now leaving congress, unfortunately very talented republican called the human shields act, where for hamas literally uses civilians to protect their armaments, to protect their troops. >> so you mentioned gallagher, and that leads me to the question here. obviously, you were one and flip the district george santos's district other democrats and you've got people like gallagher leading can barak, you've got people who may be in vulnerable districts republicans leaving, opening the possibility for democrats to pick up seats in november. this issue that we're talking about though, is front center for a lot of democrats, certainly in michigan. and you see it in a lot of communities. >> we >> won't see the israel issue the way that you're laying it out. >> when, you >> came in today and you gave your speech about coming into congress, what do you say to other democrats who want to try to flip those seats in the environment we're in right now. >> you have to talk to the people about what the people

are concerned about? what are people concerned about their concern about the chaos at the border. they're concerned about the cost of living and they're concerned about the dysfunction that exists in congress. a lot of the problems we have in our country are not being addressed because all anybody does yell and scream at each other these are every issue we face is complicated. and you can't solve a complicated problem in an environment of fear and anger, you need people to sit down and talk to each other and try to find common ground. it can't be that everybody is just, you know, you're no good, no, you're no good you know, a tweet, a speech, a press release, and got to build goodwill between people people in trying to work together to solve problems. >> congressman suozzi, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. and outfront. next, putin make some of his most alarming comments to date about using nuclear weapons today. actually warning of the destruction of civilization let's a new picture of the thirty-three-year-old american who is now being held in russia for allegedly donating $50 to a ukrainian charity. boyfriend is just received a letter from her and he joins me next don't know

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$51 to a ukrainian charity when she was in the us in front now, because any has boyfriend chris van heerden, he was on the show last week after russia first announced her arrest. and this is i know a crusher first interview since her court hearing today so you saw her and i'm so sorry for what you're going through and what that must have felt like but you did see her today in this photo appearing by video she's behind bars. i know it's the first image you've seen of her since she was detained in january what do you see here in her face and gosh, what even goes through your mind looking at this chris it's, it's, it's painful to see this knowing who this woman is byod. i see how plus i see someone that just crying for help, hopeless, someone is afraid. that's what i see i know that you were able

to get another letter from casenia and that she was just now, he will have a brief >> phone call with her mother what is she telling you that you can share in this latest just gives you more an idea of what they looks like an alive right now, because i've asked you to share that with me and she would just explain to me that she's got to be up at 06:00 a.m. in the morning there are lights out. know she's got to go to beta, then a covid night, but they're not putting the lights out, says yes trouble sleeping. she's explained to me that xi's as the titian full-time esthetician show. she takes care of herself and messy eyebrows bothers a lot. so she's telling me in the letter that i got. to take care of my eyebrows so she's using a spoon to see a reflection and she's fiction eyebrows with the spool, not read this breaks my heart, but it's those shows me that is very strong magnet. it gives me a little bit out that it's all strong magnets also explains to me that they get to go outside once a day, but

it's cold outside in they go to the roof and but when you go outside, you got to stay at the wall is not allowed to make contact. we'll speak to no one reading this is painful there's one called water and she's a esthetician says is making a joke as is telling me like this is my dream because cold water is good for your face but i'm an isis finds this finding human. all of this is just breaks my heart because if you know, could say she's caesar lives you so much joy, so much happiness >> it's just unbelievable. i know that the court extended the time she's going to be in custody now. so now it's at least april. she's awaiting a trial, and of course, chris, it's it's painful to hear it, but you know, the reality we've seen this with other americans jailed in russia. i mean, evan gershkovich from the wall street journal, appeal after appeal just gets rejected and he's been there now 11 months because i knew it was teen for

allegedly donating $51 to charity for ukraine when she was in the us mean what are you hearing from anyone? us state department, anybody about >> go ahead. >> i'm in contact with the us state department and everyone is reassuring me that they are trying to vary based to get close to casenia stole so unsuccessful full but they're not giving up here and didn't just listen to all of this $51, like it's it blows my mind >> it blows anybody's mind? well, i know that she is i'm sure if aware, and so grateful for what you're doing here to try to make sure that the world under what she's going through now. >> yeah. we have we have we have a long battle ahead of us. i know that. >> so i've created to >> go fund me page four and just fighting for their school chris, thank you so much. talk soon >> thank you >> chris van heerden next we're going to take you to iran, where a key official tells cnn

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bigger scale and it's it >> can be harmful for everybody you'll note that the safety is one of the parties who are in support of this ray. >> the us accuses iran of arming hamas for years, aiding the group's attack against israel on october 7, last year, killing more than 1,000 israelis and taking hundreds hostage and for supporting the houthis in yemen who are targeting international shipping in the red sea allegedly to force an end to the israel hamas war. >> but it was attacks >> by iran-backed militias against us bases in the middle east, including one killing three us service members on january 28, and the us uk military counters strike in iraq and syria, that brought the us and iranian tension to a new level. president biden says, the us is not seeking conflict, but when americans are harmed, he promises a response. >> has have are to defend itself. but as i know that

there will be no place for the united states forces to be hide he didn't in the defending themselves it will be no place for them to be stay in the middle east >> in tech ron folks hope the calm music head of the persian new year won't give way to the drumbeat of yet more confrontation of course, when you speak to people on the streets here, they'll tell you the main concerns that they have are about the economy and also about inflation as well. but of course there are also people who really fear sure. that things could spiral out of control between the us and iran, and possibly even lead to an armed conflict even here, confident tones. >> jibba's, you don't, >> but not only the us is afraid, but also israel and neighboring countries. this man says, the us does not have the courage to get close to iran because of military concerns. but a fear of what might happen after the upcoming us elections next year. >> the trauma is coming

>> it's everything going to be much, much worse than now >> how do you think it will be worth you think it could be war >> no, i don't think the war is coming, but the economy think is going to be awful. yeah, it's going to be there. >> and of course, iranians remember all too well how confrontational the trump years were trump pulling the us out of the nuclear agreement, ordering the assassination of general qassem soleimani, the iranians for their part, shooting down a us drone over the persian gulf. the iranian leadership it says to them it really doesn't matter who the us president is. they will continue to challenge the us in the middle east. >> aaron, fred, thank you. from tehran. and finally tonight, oprah winfrey ditching weightwatchers, oprah announcing she is leaving the company's board after nearly a decade as its most prominent spokeswoman weightwatchers shares nosediving as a result, shares down as much as 25% in early trading. oprah's lost a dramatic amount of weight and she's admitted that a weight loss drug. she's not saying which one, but a weight-loss

drug helped her achieve this. she told people magazine, quote, i'm absolutely done with shaming from other people and particularly myself the admission revealing a change of heart for oprah. she'd previously said taking weight-loss drugs seemed like quote, the easy way out, but she is emphasizing that it's not the only thing she is now doing. she says she's adhering to a strict diet and exercise regimen, eating her last meal at four in the afternoon and drinking a gallon of water a day and with her exit, she is also letting go of her shares, holdings in weightwatchers, donating more than $6 million worth of those shares to the national museum of african-american history and culture in washington, dc. thanks so much for joining us ac360 starts now >> tonight on 360, the president and former president each visit the southern border, what to make it? there are two different messages and what people in the front lines? prices really want on. also tonight, the two sides request