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>> reporter: yeah, anderson, this battle in soledar has actually been going on for months, but it has really intensified in the last few weeks. and at this point, it's not at all clear how much longer the ukra ukrainian defenders can resist this unrelenting russian onslaught. medics load a wounded soldier onto an ambulance, another casualty from the embattled town of soledad. >> translator: it varies depending on the number of casualties on the front lines. >> reporter: russian forces, mostly troops from the wagner group, a private military company, claim to have control of the entire soledad territory. the battle for soledad may be in its final stages, and it doesn't appear to be going well for the

ukrainians. and if indeed the russians do emerge victorious, the villages around it may be the next to fall. ukraine's helicopters still flying -- its forces aren't giving ground easily. one soldier says, it's difficult, but we're hanging in there. despite the fighting, this woman is staying put with her pigs and cows the at her home in a nearby village. >> translator: we won't leave. you can only die once. i will not abandon my house. >> reporter: her 81-year-old mother has lived here for more than 40 years. >> translator: we had a good life here. >> reporter: this man heads the soledad military administration. i'm delivering aid, he says, and reminding people they need to evacuate before it's too late.

svitlana says, she'll heed his call. everyone is tired, she tells me. we can't take it any longer. as soledad burns, there's little time to waste. >> and ben what is the -- is there strategic importance for this city for russia? >> reporter: not really. it's actually -- it's not even a city. it's a town of perhaps, before the war, 10,000 people. but symbolically, it's hugely important for the russians. keep in mind that the last time the russians made any significant gains was back in july, when they took the town of lysychansk, which is in the donbas region. since then, they've suffered that dramatic defeat in the kharkiv region back in late august and september. and then followed by that with the fall of kherson, the only regional capital they captured.

so, as insignificant, perhaps, in the grand scheme of things that soledad is, it would represent a minor but symbolic victory for the russians after months of setbacks. anderson? >> ben wedeman, appreciate it. thank you. joining us now, wesley clark, retired army four star general. general, you heard ben's report. what's your reaction to the amount of troops and munitions that russia is using to try to take soledar? >> the russians need a victory. and they have been repulsed ah at bakhmut. so, the town is about six miles from bakhmut. if you could capture it, maybe you could turn a flank in bakhmut. but it's mostly a psychological play by the russians. this whole area is -- as far as we can tell, it's the wagner

group. so, the wagner group has a lot of russian cannon fodder there. these are convicts. these are conscripts. they're not well trained. apparently they are pushed forward in an effort to draw fire from the ukrainians. that enables wagner to pinpoint positions. and that's what the battle is all about, artillery fire and some direct fire. and it's close combat. >> so, these conscripts, thooz prisoners, who are they can get, they're essentially thrown into a meat grinder in order to highlight where the ukrainian positions are. then russian artillery can take out those positions? >> that's right. it could be artillery. it could be direct fire. it could be rpgs. it could be machine gunfire from the wagner group. it could be drones overhead watching the fight. and it could also be electronic work bearers, so they're enlisting to the ukrainian side. they're trying to pinpoint locations by radio direction

finding. it is a very intense back and forth battle, and it's got a lot of high technology in it as well as a lot of old world war i technology. >> you say it really would be a psychological victory. is that for people back home in russia or for russian forces or to try to break -- hurt the morale of the ukrainians? >>

decisive impact on the battlefield. and i do think, though, anderson, that the white house and others are recognizing this is a critical period of time. got to get additional fire power and maneuver capability into the ukrainians because we don't know what's going to come with a presupposed russian offensive in

february. >> rush has appointed a new commander of the joint forces, a general who served as putin's general chief of staff. what does it say to you that russia has shuffled its military leadership again? >> i think the importance of grash november to be the commander here, the strategic commander, it's a two edged sword. on the one hand, it shows putin is really determined. this is no longer a special military operation. this is war. that's his top general. but it's also a chance for putin to get rid of grass move if it doesn't go well. and he's had a spotty record thus far. he's recommended people to take command that haven't done that well, haven't pleased putin. so, now he's in the fire, so he's got to perform. i do think it portends maybe greater concentration of error and ground together, better coordination than what we've seen in the past from the russians.

it's not good for your brain, and it's a sign that putin is determined to keep pushing. >> general clark, i appreciate it. thank you. joining us now is massachusetts democratic congressman, seth moulton, who sits on the house arms committee. we heard a lot of new support for ukraine in the past week militarily. is the united states -- is it doing enough at this point? >> i think we are doing enough. i'm not sure we're doing it quickly enough. i've been advocating for a couple months now to get them these patriots missile batteries to defend their cities. the administration finally made that approval a few weeks ago, and we're just going to start training the troops to use those systems now. every day that goes by and more russian missiles hit ukrainian cities, more innocent ukrainians are killed. that's been the story throughout this war. the administration has done a remarkable job of supporting this war effort, putting the ukrainians in a position to win with our weapons, but doing so without antagonizing russia too much so that this becomes a

russia/u.s. conflict. that's a hard thing to do. but the one critique i would give is we've got to move more quickly. >> now that republicans have taken control of the house, what changes in terms of u.s. support for the war, if anything? is it likely republicans would force a cut to support ukraine specifically? >> they've put that on the line. and kevin mccarthy seems to think it's more important to get votes for his speakership than support of the ukrainians fighting for freedom. and it's worth saying -- we don't talk about this very much. but there are a lot of u.s. veterans like myself who see this war so black and white, they have gone to ukraine. they are putting their american lives on the line for ukraine's freedom. and the fact that the republican speaker of the house is willing to sell them out essentially to get votes in this caucus from extremists like marjorie taylor greene, who are demanding these cuts to ukraine aid, is shameful, i think. it's -- it is certainly not making decisions based on our national security interests or

ukraine's. but i think at the end of the day, the republicans control the house. they don't control the bhous. they don't control the senate. there will be negotiations when it comes to the amount of aid that ukraine gets. and kevin mccarthy's position doesn't health. but it doesn't portend the end of that aid. most members of congress, i believe, continue to support the ukrainian war effort. >> are there particular weapons systems that you think should be sent that aren't? or just more about speed and volume getting there? >> it's more about the speed and the volume. but one of the things that we have to do -- and this is a question that i asked of the ukrainian commanders when i was in kyiv a few weeks ago in december -- is what's the next phase of this war going to look like? because they need patriot missiles today. okay. but in three months, what do you need? it might take us three months to get you those weapons one of the reasons they're asking for tanks and bradley fighting vehicles now is those are not defensive weapons. they're not going to help so much in a place like soledar.

those are offensive weapons that ukraine needs to take back territory when they start the offensive in a few months that they're training for right now. >> you and three other democratic representatives, all military veterans, sent a letter to speaker mccarthy arguing that the newly seated gop congressman george santos, who has admitted spreading lies directly, is a direct threat to national security. what's your biggest concern? and it doesn't seem mccarthy is going to take any action? >> george santos can't be trusted to take out the trash. he certainly can't be trusted with national security information. so, there's two fundamental things that have to happen. first of all, we need to make sure -- and this is incumbent upon republican leadership -- that he doesn't get access to any of this sensitive or classified information. he can't be seated on a committee like the armed services committee, where i serve, where he has regular access to such sensitive information that can't be shared. this guy might get extradited to

brazil. you can imagine him selling national security secrets to brazil in exchange for not getting prosecuted. and the second thing that needs to happen is he just needs to get kicked out of congress. whether that happens through a vote for expulsion, which seems unlikely, because he seems to be an ally of speaker mccarthy, or whether it's because he's thrown in prison due to prosecutions, the bottom line is he needs to go. >> i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thajs, anderson. coming up next, what we're learning tonight about what brought down an faa computer system and caused the biggest airline grounding since 9/11. and what to expect tomorrow when the man charged with murdering four university of idaho students is back in court. there's nothing like hitting the waves. there's nothing like volunteering. but my moderate-to-severe eczema can make it hard. now i'm staying ahead of it. dupixent hel heal your skin from within.

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today that would get us there on time nor tomorrow nor friday. >> reporter: the ground-stop was because of a system outage and only lasted about an hour and a half, lifted by 9:00 a.m. but it left passengers throughout the day scrambling and authorities questioning what went wrong. the biden administration at this point says there's no direct evidence of a cyber attack. >> but we are also not going to rule that out until we have a clear and better understanding what's taking place. but, again, no indication of that at this time. >> the faa is working aggressively to get to the bottom of the root causes for the system outage so that it does not happen again. >> reporter: the white house adding that issues began to pop up tuesday. >> d.o.t. and faa report that yesterday they were working through issues in no notam syst. >> reporter: it's separate from

air traffic control but sends alerts to pilots to let them know of conditions that could affect their flight's safety, like if a specific runway is closed. the flight chaos is the second in less than a month, after holiday travel was severely impacted, tied to weather and a meltdown at southwest airlines due to outdated airline systems. this time, southwest is cancelling 400 flights. but still nowhere near as bad as just weeks ago, when it had to cancel more than 16,000 over about a week. but now, with an faa failure, every airline is being affected. >> we booked with a 10-hour layover just in case something happened, and i'm glad we did. >> reporter: even with operationing continuing to normalize, the next step for officials is making sure this doesn't become the new normal. >> this begs the question of the technology structure of faa. >> now that we've gotten through the immediate disruptions of the

morning is understanding exactly how this was possible and exactly what steps were needed to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> and omar jiminez joins us now. what more do you know about this apparent database glitch? >> reporter: yeah, anderson. so, the faa is saying that prevalent preliminary traced the damage to the database file. they're echoing what we've heard from the biden administration to this point that they don't believe this was a cyber attack. as to how we got to this point, a source familiar with faa operations was telling cnn it was yesterday they noticed issues with the computer. ultimately a corrupt file was found, but they made a plan to reboot the entire system early this morning before the morning rush. when they did, it took a lot longer than they anticipated to get the system fully back to a level where it was pushing out that pertinent flight system information that allows planes to fly and land, in some cases

safely. we ended up with the delays and cancellations we got today. south carolina republican nancy mace sits on the aviation subcommittee. she joins us now. are you satisfied with the explanations you've gotten so far for this mess? >> well, still i think it's still the same day. i have more questions than i have answers at this point. number one, do want to praise the faa for putting the safety of americans, pilots and consumers first. i do have questions about statements made by pete buttigieg about redundancies. and if it was only one corrupt computer file, how did it bring down the entire system? this is just on the heels of southwest airlines as well. i believe we're going to talk about airline technology over the next six months. >> is the technology antiquated? >> well, that's what i would

like to know. we know in the case of southwest airlines that they're using antiquated technology. i would like to know more about the systems the faa is using, particularly before we get to finalizing any faa reauthorization. learn a little bit more information. if there are redundancies, why did the system fail? and why did it bring down airlines across the entire industry for an hour and a half? and we're now seeing that's affected multiple days of travel as a result. if there are redundancies, it should have had a different impact and would not have brought the entire system down. >> is this an issue that democrats and republicans can get together on? seems like this is in everybody's best interest. >> oh, absolutely. i believe that aviation, that should be, i would hope, a non-partisan issue. i sit on the committee, as you mentioned before, and that generally traditionally has been a pretty non-partisan place. they do really good work there. >> i want to ask you about your fellow congressman, george santos, a fellow republican, the

lies he told voters. do you think he should resign? >> i do actually. this is an individual that fabricated their entire life story, their entire résumé, to get elected. if you want to talk about election fraud, then we could look no further than new york's third congressional district right now. but everyone is allowed due process. if he were to be expelled, that would be a process that would have to be initiated with the full vote of the committee with a resolution. i don't see that happening at this juncture. one of the things that we know -- and this is true on both sides of the aisle -- that the american people have a lot of distrust in washington and in congress. they see a lot of division. if we're going to hold the left to a standard, then we ought to hold ourselves, the right, republicans, we ought to hold ourselves to the same standard, whatever that standard is. both sides need to be held accountable. >> speaker mccarthy at this point said he doesn't support the calls for santos to resign. do you want to see the ethics

committee investigate? >> i believe there should be an ethics investigation. there may even need to be a criminal investigation when you start looking through his campaign finance files, some suspicious activity there as well, potentially paying rent to one of the places he was living and staying. i believe the process will work itself out, likely through an investigation, criminal or ethics or otherwise. it will take a couple of months. as i've said before, every individual deserves a right to due process, as does he. but this is an issue. his own republican party called for his resignation today. there are republican members from his delegation in new york that are calling for his resignation on both sides of the aisle. it is a problem. we want to sow trust in the work that we do in congress, and this is one of the places where we've got to start. >> you've also been vocal about your criticism of speaker mccarthy's potential secret deals or side deals he made to secure speaker leadership.

are you happy with how he handled his position so far? and how do you square the transparency with so far not knowing the details of what deals were made? >> right. well, we had a great conference meeting on tuesday, where he laid out one of the pieces of misinformation last week that this handful of folks, the 20th action of the faction, put out, they made all these major rules changes to the packages. they did not. they made one change on the motion to vacate. he clarified that on the rules package and other things they discussed. f for example, one of the members wanted to bring a bill through the committee process and hopefully get a vote on the floor. another member wanted to have an immigration bill that would be voted on, which is fine and dandy, things we probably all support. but i don't want to see a small faction of our party with one sight, with one particular view, lead all the legislation we're doing. i represent a swing district,

and i have to represent all sides, republican and democrat. and it's important we have a diversity of policy and ideas that every voice is heard, not just one over the other. no one's special here. i want to make sure that all of us, centrist, right of center, left of center, fiscal conservatives like myself, that we have a voice in congress. i'm being very vocal. i want us to be strong. i want us to have a strong 118th congress, and we've got to hear all sides. >> thank so much. >> thank you. suspect in the murders of four university of idaho killings is about to appear in court again, as classes resume from winter break, a very different campus, obviously, since his arrest. we're live in moscow, idaho, next.

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in danger. so, what happens tomorrow? >> reporter: anderson, the accused murderer will have his second appearance in court in this courthouse here in moscow, idaho. exactly a week ago, he had his initial appearance in court. when he came into the courtroom, he showed no emotion at all. he smiled a little bit to his public defender. we'll see what happens during the second appearance. durts appearance, it is expected there will be scheduling discussions. last week during the initial appearance hearing, the same day the police affidavit was released. we were awaiting that because it contains reasons they arrested this man, including police believe they found his dna on a knife sheath that was found on the bed of one of the victims. in addition, one of the house mates that survived heard crying, step outside her room, saw a man with black clothes, a mask, and bushy eyebrows. her description helped lead to more evidence against him.

and his cell phone signal was detected at least 12 instances over the five months prior to the murders right near the house. and also it was detected about five hours after the murders after the sun came up. this is a death penalty state, anderson. prosecutors will have to decide if they will seek it. >> as we mentioned, the first day of the spring semester was today for most students there. have you talked to any students about how it feels to be back on campus? >> yeah, i went out on campus today and talked to some of the students. everyone -- everyone -- i talked to who came back to start class today is very grateful that a suspect was caught. this is a very safe city, moscow, idaho, and the campus is very safe. and what happened over the past several weeks and the end of the fall break, a lot of people walking in pairs, walking in groups, and many of the people i talked to today say they will continue to do that, even though a suspect has been caught zblcht gary tuchman, appreciate you being there. for more on what to expect,

we're joined by mark romero. >> well, tomorrow is not going to be as significant as the one a week from now. tomorrow is sort of a status conference. the judge will let them know what's coming up next. the most significant hearing, anderson, is going to be within about a week. 14 days from last week, they called a preliminary conference. that's where the state presents more evidence to try to show they have affirmative probable cause to keep him. and at that point, trial dates can start getting set. tomorrow, as said by the reporter, scheduling, keeping things on track always has to be a next court date. but i think the most significant one is coming up in the next couple of weeks. >> before the release of the probable cause affidavit, the suspect's attorney in pennsylvania says the suspect believes he will be exonerated. investigators seem to have what appears to be strong evidence against him, especially with the dna found on the knife sheath.

what are the chances this would go to trial as opposed to plea deal? >> it's so hard to say. many of these cases, like the ones we see, with this type of horrific event, what happened was the death of four young college students, you know, what is he going to get offered that he would accept? if it's his hubris that he's going to be exonerated, he may very well want his day in court. even if he had a belief like ted bundy years and years ago, he liked the idea of the spotlight. it's really hard to say. but i'll tell you, with the enormity of evidence even in just the pages we have and the tens of thousands that are coming, it is going to be hard pressed for any good defense team to determine reasonable doubt exists this team and turn it into something to minimize the damage to him. >> in the court documents released last week, there were a number of details. but there's a lot more that police probably have already or

that law enforcement already has that they don't need to put into those court documents. >> well, absolutely. they're going to keep -- they had to put a card or two on the table. they had to put enough on the table to make sure that this judge kept him in under no bond. and in the next hearing, the probable cause hearing, they're going to throw another card or two. don't forget, they have a lot of work to do. they want to make sure that all of their ts are crossed and their is are dotted. they don't want to give the defense anything more they have to unless and until they have to. i think they'll play their cards close to the chest for a while to make sure that everything they said, the forensic and whatnot, is very well founded. >> we learned last week according to law enforcement, there is a witness, a roommate who actually saw the killer leaving the room. we don't know much more about them. obviously not their identity, just the initials in the court

documents. but we haven't heard from that person. is that something that would come out in court documents prior to a trial? >> oh, absolutely prior to a trial. we may hear more about that next week. and certainly it's going to come out in discovery because there's so many unanswered questions with that witness, why she waited eight hours. it could be something as simple as, you know, college kids. they were drinking or intoxicated or whatever else, didn't want the cops in the house. there's something more about that, not nefarious, not some conspiracy, but some reason why she waited eight hours to do anything, even with just the idea that some stranger is in her house, you would think something more would have been done than nothing. but, again, i think we'll find out with the thousands of pages that are coming. >> as we mentioned, tonight the parents of one of the victims has said that the alleged assailant didn't know any of the victims. i'm not sure how they would have

that knowledge. but you've seen a lot in your career. would that surprise you? >> it would surprise me for a number of reasons. one, the stalking, you know, that he was looking at the house or around the house or pinging himself around the house for weeks prior. there's something there. and plus, even the type of murder, if you really just try to analyze it, you know, using a knife is a very personal way to kill somebody. it's very violent. so, you have to wonder, was he infatuated? was he getting back at being rejected? there's probably something in that background of him and the interaction with at least one of the people, if not more, at that household that caused this type of violent reaction by him. it's more than just, you know, he picked a house by coens dense. that is not what happened here. >> mark o'mara, thank so much. a preview of the justice department's case against five

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tomorrow in a federal courtroom in washington, the justice department is expected, once again, to pursue key figures involved with the january 6th attack on the serious, but rarely used charge of seditious conspiracy. prosecution of five leaders in the group known as the proud boys comes less than two months against two members of another group, the oath keepers, including its leaders. three others were convicted on felony charges. sara sidner has more on who the proud boys are, including some of her own encounters with those facing prosecution. >> reporter: dominic pezzola stands out in the crowd because he was the first to break out into the united states capitol, smashing a window, and letting a mob flow in, prosecutors allege. pezzola and four other proud boys are on trial, accused of seditious conspiracy, alleging trying to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power. joseph bigs, shown outside the

capitol, prosecutors say helped lead the group to create chaos that day, having tweeted when the election was called for joe biden over donald trump, this is war. and after he and other members got into the capitol, prosecutors say he filmed himself saying, so, we just stormed the fing capitol, took the fing place back. that was so much fun. when we tried to speak to biggs after he was charged with conspiracy in the case, he was less bold. >> are you an insurrectionist? >> reporter: ethan nordean was president of his chapter in washington state, shown here facing off with a police officer outside the capitol. he now claims the proud boys were disorganized and that he only came to d.c. simply to stage a concert at an airbnb that day. also charged, zachary reel, another president of another proud boys chapter in philadelphia. and the most well known of the proud boys, former national chairman enrique tarrio.

prosecutors say he helped plan the whole thing, even creating a new proud boy group just for january 6th called the ministry of self-defense. but sense then -- >> did you help plan the capitol attack on january 6th? were you involved with the proud boys in planning what happened? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: tarrio is the only proud boy charged in the case who was not physically in washington, d.c. on january 6th. but during and after the breach, prosecutors say tarrio made clear what the aim was in his social media messages, which i read to him for his response in february. >> proud of my boys and my country. don't [ bleep ] leave. >> yes. >> the day after the siege, you posted, i'm with you. we're all with you. you make this country great. never stop fighting. that sure sounds like you were condoning everything that happened that day. >> i'm not going to tell you that i condone the violence that happened -- >> but that was after -- this was long after the breach.

>> i don't think that people should stop fighting. i was in support of the reason people breached the capitol, yes. >> tarrio and the other four proud boys charged in this particular case have all pleaded not guilty, except one. charles donohoe pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. and now the state says he is cooperating, and he could be a witness against the proud boys, of which he was once a member. anderson? >> sara sidner, thanks. just ahead, a look at the international outrage over iran's executions related to the months' long protests. more executions may be ahead.

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we are joined with details. i understand the government is announcing stricter enforcement of the mandatory hijab head scarf law? >> reporter: well, anderson, after months of protests recently there was a lot of speculation that the regime might be offing this concessions, that it might relax that mandatory hijab law. but they have ordered stricter enforcement of the law, harsher punishment for those who violate it. women will be facing longer prison sentences, travel bans, no access to public service and more. clearly the regime is not backing down appearnd that is w lot of iranians say they want this regime gone. they say this uprising is not just about the hijab. hijab or no hijab, death to the dictator. those who know the regime know it will never give up the hijab, one of the pillars of the

islamic republic. but many say that's not what this is about. it's about their right to choose, their right to speak, to live with no fear, to be free. the past few weeks the world got to see just a little of how far the regime will go to silence its own people. any voice, every voice than silenced in the republic of fear. dozens of journalists are behind bars. two were among the first to tell the world the story. the regime accused them of orchestrating the protests and being agents of foreign states. rights activists and blogger is no stranger to regime jails. he was violently arrested in september and reportedly tortured. this is what 64 days in the notorious prison and a hunger strike did to him, only out for urgent medical treatment.

♪ many artists and musicians like dissident rapper have been arrested. according to the u.n. rights groups and state media, the two are now facing the death penalty. and there are the voices that have been silenced forever. no one really knows how many. hundreds, maybe more. for those mourning their dead are also being harassed and intimidated into silence. this grieving mother walked the streets holding up a portrait of her 16-year-old son. she wanted people to see her boy's face and hear his name. they killed him. they shot him in the head, she cried. they told me to be silent. i won't be quiet. they will not be silenced, they say. this is a battle to save the future, a battle for a free iran.

>> the image of that mother holding up the photo of her dead son just walking the streets, desperate for people to see his face and hear his name, i mean it's just so, so sickening and sad. what is the latest on the fallout facing protesters, including some executions? >> reporter: well, anderson, all indications is that this crackdown is entering an even more brutal, terrifying phase now with these death sentences and the executions. the regime, as you know, has used all it's got in the past to try to suppress these protests. the killing, the torture, jailing thousands of people. that didn't work. now it appears that they're resorting to the death penalty to try to crush these protests or weaponizing the death penalty as the u.n. and amnesty international are describing it to instill fear in people and deter protesters. as you mentioned earlier, at least four young men have been

executed so far after what rights groups say are these sham group trials based on -- their convictions are based on forced confessions extracted a lot of the time under torture. up to 100 people right now are facing charges that carry the death penalty. anderson, i can tell you tonight there is a lot of concern about one 22-year-old young man. activists believe that his exko execution is imminent. they are urging the international community to take urgent action to put pressure on the regime to stop these executions. >> appreciate the reporting, thank you. the news continues. laura coates is next right after a short break. so you o only pay for what you need. and by switching, you could even save $652. thank you, liberty mutual. now, contestants ready? go!

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