with the transition. >> nervous and anxious about her coming back. thr this parent says unanswered questions are stirring up parents' fears. >> you don't know exactly what happened. you never know if this is going to happen again. hopefully going forward, it will be a lot better. >> reporter: and grandmother dee dee williams says there's still room for more accountability for school staff after some change in leadership. >> i think more people should lose their job. it's a lot for these babies. these are babies and don't deserve this. >> reporter: james graves says he doesn't believe the 6-year-old shooter should ever be allowed back here or at any other public school in the newport news system. he's proposed an all terntive k-12 school will only the most severe disciplinary cases are sent and the school district is seriously considering that. >> thank you very much.

and to our viewers, thanks for watching. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, crackdown. a russian couple arrested for having a private conversation critical of putin's war. this is putin's former speech writer tells me his former boss is erratic with no strategy. plus, cnn learning a seventh officer from the memphis police department has been relieved of duty after the arrest and beating of tyre nichols. and wait until you see what the strategy is to stop him. let's go "outfront." "outfront" tonight, arrested. a russian couple handcuffed just for criticizing putin's war. according to the independent russian monitoring group. the couple was having a private conversation you're looking at here. the conversation had some things

critical of the war in ukraine. somebody called the police. you see there. the couple were arrested. this is the type of police state that of course we saw in nazi germany. informant, people rounded up just for speaking out. having a private conversation at a restaurant. this is coming as putin is stepping up his assault on the eastern part of the front lines. the commander there describing the situation there as a quote living hell. new video from a soldier in offers a terrifying glimpse into that hell. the shooting never stops. you just hear it again and again. brutal and lethal and non-stop. according to a ukrainian commander, the forces are holding the line, but and i quote him, it is quite difficult. every day, every hour is a constant, permanent battle which is consistently difficult and

there is no way to distinguish or say one day differs significantly from another. there's something you have to stop and think about. the meaning of those words. and putin is about to accelerate at least to president zelenskyy who warns tonight that putin wants revenge. >> russia really wants big revenge. i think it's already started. >> warning that russia wants revenge. what does putin really want? you're going to hear from the president's former speech writer. someone who worked with putin closely. but first, to the ground. fred has been on the front lines in ukraine and fred, what are you seeing there tonight? >> we're seeing the fighting drastically picking up. we saw some vicious battles going on to the north of where i am now. massive exchanges of artillery, but also fierce ground fighting as well in force as the ukrainians and russians are fighting for turf.

here's what we're learning. >> ukraine's entire eastern front is now heating up. this is russian infantry in a massive fire fight in the forest near the town of krim na. close by, we're creeping through the same forest with a ukrainian front line drone unit that scouts out russian positions. drone operator says working in the forest is extremely dangerous. >> a lot of artillery from different directions. from east and the north. >> here, russian infantry are moving through the thick woodland and this tank leaves cover and opens fire towards ukrainian positions.

the ukrainians liberated towns and villages in this area last autumn. the scars of battle are visible everywhere. this village, like many of the ones in this area, was heavily damaged when the ukrainians moved in here in fall. for a while, it was quiet, but now that's changing. the fighting is coming back and it's heavier than ever before. the few people remaining, those too poor or too old to flee. i asked valin tina if it's not too dangerous to stay here. yes, it is, but what can we do. of course it's dangerous, but we endure. sometimes we hide but now it's too cold in the basements. the russians have massively beefed up their forces. they believe they have to prevent the ukrainians breaking through here to sustain their own offensive and are now also launchi launching fresh attacks for themselves. this video shows russian armor

getting hit by ukraine's artillery. the soldiers run away. a wounded comrade tries to crawl to safety. in all these places, drones are critical to detect and to destroy the enemy. nipro one has its own drone workshop where nato issue grenades are sawed in half to be carried on drones. they can manufacture drones in 20 minutes and have proven effective in the conflict. drone operator is one of the most dangerous jobs, the boss says. as soon as they operate a drone operator, they use all kinds of weaponry, artillery, tanks. we have a high rate of casualties among drone pilots. in the forest, ruslan's mission is now over. but he sees a long battle ahead in a contest of wits and brute force. >> mostly last month, our army, but last two weeks maybe we stop and russians making

counterattack. >> and all the time drones will shape the way this war changes. >> what you heard in the explos stop any time we were there. the ukrainians say they believe what is actually going on there is that a lot of people that russia mobilized late last year are now arriving at the front lines. the russians are beefing up their presence there and going on the counterattack and while this might not yet be the start of that spring offensive, they believe it could be a prelude to it. >> thank you very much, fred. now, putin's former speech writer. thank you so much for your time. we're hearing about these heavy losses for the russian army. you know putin well.

you have been watching him closely. what do you see right now? >> well, i see that he's at a loss. he's in good shape, much better than in spring, say april and may, but judging by his actions, he's acting erratically. illogical. he's appointing one person, promoting one person then in a couple of months, demoting him. giving too much power and taking power again. the same was medvedev. the same was the prime minister. it's a kind of like, it looks like you know, as if he's at a loss. he understands that, he has to act. but he doesn't know what to

make. so his hands are moving by themselves and he's just shifting balances and counterbalances and creating new balances and new counterbalances. the things he was doing for many years he's accustomed to doing but now this is a different situation. he needs different kind of action but he's unable to deliver that. >> now in this context here of watching putin, i know you're focused on the next russian presidential election. and you believe putin needs to announce his candidacy in the coming months. so if he's going to run, he needs to announce that in the coming months, but you think he may cancel the elections. what would that mean? >> well, judging by his actions, when he is escalating on something without necessity, he might really cancel the

elections. without victory over ukraine, he'll face difficulty with the russians. russians don't need him if he's not strong. he might really declare the martial law and cancel the elections. you know people who will be facing more and more difficulties. the russian economy is deteriorating. the war is lost. there are more and many dead bodies r bodies returning to russia, so russians will be coming across more and more difficulties and they'll be trying to find explanation why this is happening to us and in this situation, looking around to the political process and they'll be answering themselves. well, this is because our country is governed by an old tyrant, an old dictator.

at this moment, i think a military coup or elite coup will become possible. so in one year when this situation changes and there's a really heated unpopular president at the head of the country and the war is really unpopular, they need to shed blood for this, well, at this moment, a coup becomes a real possibility. >> just to be clear, you're saying this is a possible military coup. >> well, i can say military but it's also possible to say they will have some civilian allies. broadly speaking, it would be like military elite coup, something in between. >> thank you. i appreciate your time. now to the former u.s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan. it's good to see you again. you hear abass talking about a change that he's seen in putin's

behavior since the beginning of the war. concurring with you, that he thinks he looks physically well right now, but referring to him as erratic and looks as if he is at a loss in terms of what to do. what do you see right now and have you seen such a shift? >> attributed to the stress of a failed massive war he started. he's flailing for ways to try to address the obvious shortcomings of his special military operation and he's operating under a lot of stress. i think that accounted for the change we saw in his physical appearance last year. he is in a very, very difficult spot. and i think that's reflected in his actions and decisions. >> and you know, in this context, it's interesting

because you were the last person, you spent a lot of time with him. you know what you're talking about here. your new replacement, the new u.s. ambassador to russia arrived in moscow today. it was just today. and ambassador, there were a group of to testers there to greet her and they were chanting war is a business for the u.s. just to state the obvious to everyone watching, russia does not have protests except for when it does as in for when it's officially sanctioned. what do you make of this today? >> well, anyone who was protesting outside the russian foreign ministry without the authorization of the russian government would have not only been taken away immediately by the police, but prosecuted and sent to prison. this protest is obviously organized by the russian government. they organize protests outside our embassy when i was ambassador. usually they were very a short period of time. we suspected that the people were paid for their time. maybe an hour. they bring video cameras, they

videotape. people with signs chanting slogans then they go home. i'm confident this is what happened to my successor today. >> so -- >> a very accomplished diplomat. she's used to dealing with this type of situation. but i must say in three years as ambassador, i never had that happen to me. i had crowds outside the mfa, media, cameras, video cameras, but i never had protesters with signs when i was going into the mfa and i think this is just a sign of how badly fractured our relationship now is with russia. >> today, boris johnson talked about a conversation he had with putin just ahead of the invasion. here's what he said putin said to him. listen to this.

>> he threatened me and said boris, i don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute, or something like that. jolly. >> ambassador, the kremlin spokesperson said today in response to that what mr. johnson said is not true. more precisely, it is a lie. what do you make of this? >> i'm confident that the former prime minister is speaking the truth. i saw it myself when i would engage with senior russian leaders. the conversation would go from zero to 60 miles an hour from a discussion about arcane aspects of minsk agreements to a nuclear standoff between the united states and russia and i'd be taken aback when they'd start talking about nuclear war. my reaction to that was if i had

raised on my own, nuclear war, the president i work for, president biden, would have recalled me, fired me and probably sent me to have my head examined, but it's a negotiating tactic by the russians. one they've used all the time and i'm confident that president putin would say something like that. >> ambassador, thank you very much. next, breaking news. we are now learning a seventh officer involved in tyre nichols' arrest has been relieved of duty. the attorney is next. also breaking in the mar-a-lago documents case, cnn is learning that two people who found documents on trump's property have now testified before a federal grand jury. and what happened in a meeting between kevin mccarthy and george santos? the meeting was today and we have new details about what mccarthy asked santos.

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seventh memphis police officer whose name has not yet been released, was placed on leave the day after the arrest. nick valencia is "outfront." i want to warn some of the video is disturbing. >> tonight, seven memphis police officers have now been relieved of duty in the tyre nichols investigation, including the officer wearing this body cam. he can be seen firing his taser following the initial traffic stop on january 7th. after nichols takes off running with other officers chasing him, hemphill is heard on his body camera saying -- >> stomp his ass. >> seen here, receiving a ticket for hours of skilled training from the memphis crisis intervention team was a member of the now disbanded scorpian

unit. he says his client never went to the second scene where the beating occurred and that he's cooperating. attorneys for nichols' family released a statement saying the news today that the officer was relieved of duty weeks ago but not yet terminated or charged with extremely disappointing. why is his identity and the role he played in tyre's death just now coming to light? according to a spokeswoman for the shelby county d.a.'s office, all at the scene of nichols' arrest are being looked a t. >> in less than three weeks, we went from the incident to filing charges against the five officers primarily responsible for the death of nichols who were on that scene. as to everybody else, it's fwgoing to take some time as we do that investigation, but the investigation is ongoing. >> in the disturbing footage released friday, you can see

nichols being beaten with a baton. he's also punched and kicked. all the while, his hands remain restrained behind his back. in the video, you can see other officers standing around after the beating. >> mom! >> his mother also reacting to the moment in the video where nichols can be heard yelling for her. >> as a mother, you want to be there to protect your child and we did hear that he was calling my name and i didn't hear him or i wasn't there to protect him, it just hurts me to my core. >> and tonight, we reached out to the memphis police department to ask why we're just now hearing about that seventh officer when they were relieved of duty weeks ago. erin, they did not directly respon and sent me a press release saying their investigation continues. meanwhile, we are learning that nichols' funeral is wednesday at 10:30 in the morning. reverend al sharpton is expected

to be among one of the high profile names there. >> i want to go to ben crump, the attorney for the family of tyre nichols. ben, i appreciate your time tonight. first, this news we're just learning. the memphis fire department firing three employees after they released a statement showing nichols was not transported to the hospital until 27 minutes after the first paramedics arrived. the video shows what we have all had to watch and excruciatingly wait while they stand around waiting for the ambulance to arrive for much of that time. do you know, ben, anything about why? why this took 27 minutes? why they were standing around? >> that's the questions that were raised initially when we saw the video because it was just heart wrenching when you see tyre in handcuffs against a car. he falls to one side of the car and a minute later, they tell him to get up. he doesn't get up.

they sit him back up then he falls to the opposite side and repeats like two or three times then he's just on the ground, erin. obviously in distress. and nobody is offering him any, rendering any aid and not anybody's offering him any ounce of humanity. >> do you think that those emts should be charged? >> we want to continue to talk with the experts that we retain, but clearly every one of them, every last one of them who had anything to do with the lynching of this young, innocent man by the police and the powers that be in the city of memphis should be held accountable. >> ben, we're also learning tonight that a total of seven officers were relieved of duty

the day after nichols arrest. five were charged. today, we found out the name of a sixth officer who was relieved of duty not yet charged though. we're looking at him. preston hemphill. he was part of the initial traffic stop and his body camera is the one which captured part of the confrontation which i warn everyone is disturbing but i want to show everybody something very important. his gun is immediately drawn when he pulls up. you see that. he's got his gun drawn then he puts his gun away and instead, he pulls his taser, which he eventually fires. obviously fails to stun mr. nichols. but then after nichols gets away, you hear him say quote, i hope they stomp his ass. should he be charged? are you surprised he hasn't be yet? >> we're very surprised he hasn't been charged yet and in fact, tyre nichols' father, mr. rodney wells, asked that very question the first time we saw

the video before america saw the video. he said you know, why hasn't the white police officer been terminated? and that's the question we're still asking today because we understand him being relieved for duty is not him being terminated and so we think anybody involved in this excessive, brutal use of force that killed tyre nichols should be held accountable, erin burnett, and the fact what he's saying. that tells you that this was part of a culture of this scorpian unit. i hope that stomp him when they catch him. that is their mentality. >> and let me ask you, ben, you talk about excessive and brutal use of force but a moment ago, you used the word, lynching. i know you didn't do it in passing or lightly. what makes you feel that that's the right word to use?

>> because, erin, when you think about how they hunted him down, aggravated kidnapping is part of the charges. and what is a lynching? when a lynch mob chase the victim down and capture him and they torture him. how can you say that this wasn't torture? what they had tyre nichols endure. so i intentionally say that it was a police lynching and we have to call out the severity of which police officers engage with unarmed black citizens as nothing more than exactly what it is. it's a lynching. if it was regular citizens like in ahmad arbery, nobody would say any different. if police do it, that doesn't make it any different either.

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before a federal grand jury. the source tells cnn who found classified material inside a florida storage facility testified for about three hours each. evan perez is "outfront" on the breaking news. what more do you know about these two people and where the investigation stands now. >> erin, the justice department and the trump team have been a little bit at lagger heads at they were trying to get access at these two people. we don't know their names, but we know thanks to the reporting from reporters, these two people did go in to the federal grand jury here in washington working with the team of special counsel prosecutors investigating the former president for his mishandling of classified documents found at mar-a-lago. this search these two did back in october did turn up additional documents and it really kind of gives you a sense of how aggressive the prosecutors are being in this case because this is a more complicated case. this is a case involving

potential obstruction of justice in contrast to the documents that were found at president biden's home and private office and the documents found at mike pence's home. gives you a sense of how much more aggressive they're being because of the issues and litigation that has been going on between. and the prosecutors are trying to get access to files on the computer of at least one staff member at mar-a-lago. another indication of the aggressiveness behind this investigation. >> evan, thank you very much. ryan goodman is "outfront" now. so ryan, you know, from kaitlyn and kaitlyn's reporting, we know these two people were hired last fall to search for classified documents. they're now in front of a federal grand jury and we understand for three hours each. what does that mean to you?

>> so i think it's significant in the sense that it suggests the special counsel might be pointing towards indictment. this is an indicator that he's heading in that direction to put these individuals before the grand jury rather than just have an fbi interview or sit-down interview with him. sounds like he's trying to lock in their testimony to understand how they would testify at trial where there's incriminating evidence against trump or evidence that the prosecutors would then have that and they'd have it slolidified. this is your testimony. we know what it is. if and when we move to a trial. >> so that you look at this as moving closer to indictment. what does this mean in terms of a timeline here? >> so the timeline by all indicators suggests that this is moving ahead pretty fast and these would be some of the last people they would maybe need to

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new tonight, republicans want trump to disappear. that's the reporting from the atlantic's -- who spoke to more than a dozen gop strategists. but their plan to get rid of them, you'll have to hear to to believe it. it comes as trump ramps up his attack on ron desantis. a man many consider to be trump's top threat. kristen holmes has been traveling with trump and is "outfront." >> donald trump hitting the campaign trail and pushing back on criticism of his month's long hiatus. >> i'm more angry and committed now than i ever was. >> the former president not only taking aim at his critics, but potential 2024 rivals as well, speci specifically ron desantis. >> i hear he might run. i consider that very disloyal,

but it's not about loyalty. to me, it is. it's always about loyalty. >> one-time allies. >> is this trump country or what? >> you have only one choice. ron desantis for governor. he's going to be a great, great governor. >> trump and desantis now appear on a potential collision course in a 2024 presidential primary. a rising star in the republican party, desantis is coming off a 19-point land side re-election win in november. >> obviously ron desantis is looking to run for president, which is fine. he probably win new hampshire right now without a doubt. >> as he makes inroads with congress, trump trying to disrupt that. claiming the governor is trying to rewrite history when it comes to his handling of covid-19. >> there are republican governors -- florida was actually -- they're trying to rewrite history. >> but desantis isn't the only former trump ally signaling they

miekt tame him on. >> it won't mat eter who else decides to run. >> can i be that leader? yes, i think i can be that leader. >> yet not every potential rival sparking a similar attack from trump. >> nikki hailey called me the other day. i said look, you know, go by your heart. if you want to run. >> as he embarks on his third run for the white house, trump is facing mounting legal woes and calls from some republicans to move on from his 2020 election loss that incited the attack on the u.s. capitol. on the trail in south carolina, trump offering a different message. >> this campaign will be about the future. this campaign will be about issues. >> still, the former president making clear he was ready for a nominating fight even as he remains the lone gop candidate in the field for the moment. >> we don't do prevent defense. we just keep defending and we're going to win and win very big. >> and erin, as you noted, i was with trump this weekend.

traveled with him from new hampshire to south carolina and it was really his official campaign launch and it was interesting to see him almost participating in a traditional campaign. something we haven't seen since early 2016. he stayed on script. he stayed away from the 2020 election lies for the most part. even participated in a small campaign stop at an ice cream and hamburger shop in south carolina talking to voters and his advisers were absolutely thrilled. he followed their advice. but many of them i talked to said there's still some concern they don't know how long this is going to last. they have some concerns. they believe this is how he could actually reintroduce himself to voters, but will he stick with that? we know he likes to do what he likes to do. >> thank you very much for your reporting and now i want to go to mckay who wrote that story for the atlantic that i just told you about titled republicans 2024 managgical thinking. what an appropriate title. so what you write about is that

virt virtually everyone in the republican party and you've talked to dozens of people, agree it's time to move on from donald trump but you say they have no plan on toppling him. they are just hoping he goes away. i mean, are they just hoping he gets indicted and that just magically makes him disappear? >> well, literally, yes. that was one of the scenarios that i heard repeatedly. it was striking how consistently i heard the party needs to move on from trump. we need to find a way to get rid of trump. we're way better off with trump, but when i would ask okay, what's the plan for that to happen, it would immediately move into hypotheticals. maybe he'll get indicted and his legal problems with subside then. maybe he'll bored and drop out. maybe he'll lose his attention. some people clung to this long held delusion that maybe he would become a different person and bow out graciously and make room for the next generation of republican leaders.

what the consistent line was though was that they all wanted him gone, but nobody wanted to c confront him directly. there's this fear if they go after him or try to rally around somebody else, they'll spark a backlash from his base. and so everybody is kind of waiting on the sidelines just hoping something will change. >> then there's this hope. this morbid hope, but this just brings home your reporting. talking about magical thinking. you write this, quote, in my conversations with republicans, i heard repeatedly that the least destructive path might be to wait for his expiration. their rationale was straightforward. the former president is 76 years old, overweight, the diet of a college freshman and believes that exercise is bad for you. why risk alienating his supporters when nature will take its course sooner or later? obviously this isn't just

morbid, is isn't backed by fine, you could easily do another term as president, which is all he would be allowed to do by law and there are some just sitting around for that literally? >> yeah, i mean, should also note his parents both lived into their late 80s or early 90s. one former republican congressman described this strategy to me as actuarial arbitrage and literally said he has spoken to many republicans who will put on the red hat and campaign for trump and go up on stage with him and then the next day say i can't wait for this guy to die. that's a direct quote. so i was taken aback by how often i heard this. i thought it was a morbid, dark joke, but i heard it so often it started to become clear this was what a lot of republicans believe and it just speaks to the desperation in the party right now. >> it absolutely does. thank you very much. hope everyone will read your full article in the atlantic.

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new tonight, mccarthy and santos behind closed doors. a senior republican source telling cnn the house speaker met with santos today and asked him when he plans to publicly address the swirling controversies around him. something santos of course repeatedly claims he'll do. here is how he responded when our manu raju asked him about it tonight. >> when do you plan to have a press conference addressing all these allegations? you said you would, sir. >> santos is under investigation, as you know, for possible campaign finance violations, including serious questions about a $700,000 loan made to his campaign. and that is just on top of all the lies he's told about his resume and his personal life, ranging from where he went to school to where he worked, his heritage. here's just some of what he said. >> my grandparents survived the

holocaust. >> my mom was a 9/11 survivor. >> they sent me to a good prep school, which was horace mann prep in the bronx. >> i actually went to school on a volleyball scholarship. when i was in baruch, we were the number one volleyball team. >> i put myself through college and got an mba from nyu. >> i founded my own nonprofit organization prior to running, i decided to close it. it was an animal rescue. we were able to save animals, dogs, cats, horses. >> i've lived an honest life. i've never been accused of any bad doing. >> of course he was accused of embezzlement in brazil. now you have these other investigations on campaign finance. miguel marquez, you see him is "outfront" from santos' new york district office in queens. miguel, what did you find there? >> well, look, despite all of those controversies, despite the fact that the sign over the door here still has the name of the former congressman, he is going.

i was out here a few weeks ago and there was nothing in this office. now he has moved in. they do have staff. there is no video, no audio, no weapons, limit to three inside. he does have staff there. they're hiring more people here as well. and they may even hire or start up a second office. this is on the far western side of his district. they may have an office in the main part of his district farther east of here. but santos says, look, have i been to this office. i am doing everything i can to do the basic work that constituents want, everything from veterans benefits, migrant issues, to passport assistance to constituents. he says he is spending a lot of his time working with constituents. >> i have spoken to constituents largely. and i've been fielding calls and answers this whole time. the media does one good thing. you like blowing stories that are not there up, and you also

use word salads to make sure you confuse the constituents. >> reporter: so we have been to his constituency several times, including today. we have spoke to many constituents here and farther east of here, and there is one specific thing they would like him to do. that is to step down. the vast majority we have spoken to, even the ones that liked the fact that he is a republican and they want a republican vote in congress think because of all of those controversies, despite that vote, he may be doing more harm to the republican party and their agenda in congress than good. erin? >> miguel, thank you very much. and next, we do have some sad news to report. actor cindy williams, best known for her role in laverne and shirley we just found out has died. ♪ we're going to do it, give us any chance we'e'll take it ♪ . ensure with h twenty-five vitamins and minerals,

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and finally tonight, cindy williams, the actress who played shirley on laverne & shirley", has died.

♪ ♪ down the way where the nights are gay and the sun shines ♪ >> she is best known as one-half of this iconic duo alongside penny marshall who played laverne on the hit show who ran in the '70s and '80s. this was among the most popular shows on television at its peak. her children saying in a statement that she died in los angeles after a brief illness. she was 75 years old. ♪ going to make our dreams come true ♪ and thank you so much for joining us. don't forget you can watch "outfront" any time, anywhere. it's always available on cnn go. in the meantime, let's hand it off to "ac 360" and anderson cooper. good evening. we begin with breaking news. more fallout in the wake of the fatal beating of tyre nichols by memphis police officers. late today, the city fire department announced the termination of three personnel, two emts, and the li