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a little bit unclear. on the other hand -- i mean, we're at court, we really don't know about these things. these are not, like, the nine greatest experts on the internet. isn't that something for congress to do, not the court? >> reporter: the gonzalez family has lost the case at the lower courts. but they continue to search for justice after the death of their daughter at the hands of terrorists. >> nothing is going to give me back my daughter. but at least there is something good is going to be accomplished. >> reporter: jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >> thank you, jessica. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in "the situation room." i'll be back again later tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern for a special edition of "the situation room." until then, once again, thanks very much for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. "outfront" next, biden and
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putin clash in dueling speeches. the russian president upping the fear factor with new nuclear saber-rattling. plus, poland's president duda speaks exclusively to cnn revealing what biden's secret trip into ukraine means for the war. and the foreperson of the georgia grand jury investigating trump's actions after the 2020 election is speaking out tonight. who could be indicted, what was it like to be in that room, and what does it mean for donald trump? she's our guest, tonight. let's go "outfront." good evening, everyone. i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. preparing for more war, that is. his military is still suffering heavy losses. we're going to show you in this new video this is a night vision recording on an attack in eastern ukraine. the russian convoy unexpectedly moved in on the ukrainian forces, and ukraine responded.
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we're going to show you the aftermath from the air, complete destruction. the combat vehicle just torn off. then we'll show you from the ground, russian fighting vehicles blown to pieces, really. this is only one part of the problem facing putin's forces tonight. a growing divide also between putin's official army and his private wagner forces also impacting the fight. today the wagner chief is accusing russia's defense ministry of, quote, treason. >> translator: the chief of the general staff and the minister of defense are handing out commands right and left. that the wagner pmc should not receive ammunition. they're also not helping with air transport. >> translator: there is direct opposition. this can be equated to high treason. >> all of this as putin and biden both delivered major addresses today in advance of the one-year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. biden declaring in no uncertain
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terms the commitment of the u.s. and nato to help ukraine. while putin rattles his nuclear saber. biden spoke in poland just hours after his historic visit to kyiv. >> one year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of kyiv. well, i've just come from a visit to kyiv, and i can report kyiv stands strong. [ cheers and applause ] kyiv stands proud. it stands tall. and, most important, it stands free. president putin's crave and lust for land and power will fail, and the ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. democracy and the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow, and forever. >> but putin isn't going to be giving up any time soon. tonight he is getting support from one of his biggest and most powerful allies, china. china's top diplomat arriving in
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moscow today tomorrow meetings. and chinese president xi jinping is now planning to meet with putin in moscow in the coming months. we've got all of the angles covered for you tonight. phil mattingly is in warsaw. how closely was biden watching putin? >> reporter: you know, kate, when you talk to u.s. officials, they make clear this speech was not a focal point of the president's day. nor did it drive major edits or changes to the address he gave just a few hours later in warsaw. their view of president biden's goal with the remarks today -- remarks that he had been planning and telling advisers he wanted to make for several months was to make a larger argument, paint a broader picture of the war that's ongoing, and the kind of stakes at hand for western democracies, not just russia, not just ukraine. however, the president was explicit in his rebuke of president putin mentioning his name ten separate times attempting to put to rest the very argument president putin made for why russia invaded in his remarks today but also over
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the course of the last 11 months. that was intentional and something white house officials made clear the president wanted to do in an excusit manner. but the broader goal of the speech laying out the dynamics here, underscored something that was very clear, and u.s. officials have seen in those hour and 45 minute remarks from putin today. that there is no end game any time soon. there is no indication whatsoever that president putin is going to decelerate an effort that has only been expanding over the course of the last several months. and trying to underscore that for all of the progress, all of the ability to defend ukraine and keep the coalition together over the course of the 11 months, there is a long and difficult path ahead, and this fight is about more than just ukraine and russia, something the president wanted to get across. it's worth noting our colleagues oren lieberman and natasha bertrand are reporting that russia engaged in an intercontinental ballistic missile test yesterday while
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president biden was in kyiv, according to sources, that test, u.s. officials believe, failed. it was not considered an anomaly. nor was it considered an escalation. something that russia has tested before in the past. but it was expected to have been mentioned in president putin's remarks earlier today had it been successful, you'll notice it was absent from those remarks. they believe it failed, kate. >> so interesting. and as phil mentioned, biden mentioned putin by name ten names, putin did not mention biden once in his lengthy address in moscow. matthew chance is "outfront." ♪ [ applause ] >> reporter: with a fanfare, the russian president takes to the stage for a long-awaited state of the nation address. nearly a year since his invasion of ukraine, no sign of remorse or regret. only bitterness towards the
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west. >> translator: the responsibility for fueling the ukrainian conflict for its escalation, for the number of victims lies completely with western elites and, of course, with the current kyiv regime for whom the ukrainian people are essentially strangers. >> reporter: blaming others, the kremlin tries to explain why its special military operation, meant to last just days or weeks, is almost in its second year, with no end in sight. across russia, there were even public screenings of the speech to ensure the kremlin message is heard. that military setbacks, failures, and bloodshed are all part of a conspiracy to bring russia to its knees. >> translator: the western elites do not conceal their goals. as they say, it's a direct quote to bring russia a strategic defeat. what does that mean for us? it means to end us, once and for
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all. we understand it exactly, and we'll react to it accordingly, because this is about the very existence of our country. >> reporter: it doesn't feel that way in ukraine where troops are dying on bleak battlefields defending grim front lines against the russian foe. ukrainian officials pouring scorn on putin's remarks as irrelevant and confused. there's growing criticism in russia, too. as new images emerge of new coffins, one prominent russian military blogger complained that putin held back from officially declaring war. not a word about failures and defeats, he writes. there's no point listening any further. but there was one major new announcement, one escalation. to applause, putin suspending participation in moscow's last
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remaining nuclear arms treaty with the united states. and a warning that russia may restart nuclear tests. >> translator: of course, we will not do it first, but if the u.s. conducts its tests, we will do it as well. nobody should have dangerous illusions that global strategic parity can be broken. >> reporter: no illusion either when it comes to russia's standoff with the west. the kremlin is even thinking about backing down. well, kate, after hearing putin's uncompromising speech, a source close to the ukrainian president told me tonight that the only way there's ever going to be peace talks is if there are more ukrainian victories on the battlefields. the sooner ukraine gets the weapons it needs, the sooner an end can come to the war. "outfront" now, he was a
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russian diplomat for 20 years and resigned in protest over putin's innovvasion of ukraine. boris saying today that he's suspending this nuclear arms control treaty with the united states. why do you think he chose to do this now? >> um, well, i think it's another way of this nuclear saber-rattling which he has been doing since the beginning of this war. i think maybe he finds that his usual threats of using nuclear weapons are no longer treated with this fear and anxiety, as they used to be. so he tried to choose another way to frighten the western public, first of all. and now he tries to undermine the basic international law in regard of nuclear weapons. >> do you see it as an empty threat? or do you see with this announcement that he is actually any closer to using a tactical
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nuclear weapon here? >> actually, it doesn't say anything about whether he gets any closer to using nuclear weapons. but it is very, very bad for the future of arms control. because with this move, any other document which should replace the one through 2026 has become totally unrealizable. >> putin continued to falsely claim that he is the one who has tried to resolve this conflict with ukraine peacefully, but he was the one that was pushed into war. also speaking once again as if the russian military was winning and that the cratering russian economy was actually strong. in your view, do you think he actually believes this? >> hard to say, of course. but i think there is some extent
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that putin may believe in what he's saying, especially about the good state of the economy, and also about his prospects. i think he believes that he can win this war, that he is winning this war, and maybe in the near future, he will succeed in pressing ukraine to some kind of negotiations, to negotiate peace on putin's terms, of course. and then he will be able to present himself to pose himself as a winner, as a great leader. and then his political future will be secured for several years. so i think that's how he sees the situation. >> i did want to ask you about his future. because one thing that putin did acknowledge today with a moment of silence was all of the russian soldiers so far who have been killed on the battlefield in ukraine. now, these deaths haven't caused him yet to change course.
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but as the war drags on and more of his soldiers die, does it eventually hurt him, do you think? >> i don't think it will ever hurt him personally because i think he sees all russian citizens as the instruments to do whatever he wants, to achieve his own goals. and his own goals, the goals that he's trying to achieve, is to secure his everlasting grip on power in russia, state president and dictator forever. so he can sacrifice, you know, any number of people as long as they are willing to be sacrificed. and that's the main issue, the main question, how long western society will stay tolerant to all these casualties and losses. and, unfortunately today we see that it is still tolerable. it can put up with this, yeah.
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>> but do you think that it could get so bad, it could get to a point that all of this bloodshed, if seen -- if truly understood by the russian public that it could cause him to lose power? >> well, yeah. i think if the russian society, majority of russian people realize that this war is not what they are told it is, of course they will be angered. but we are not at that point yet. the russian propaganda is very powerful. and the most people are not directly touched by this war. so, especially in major cities, life goes on as if nothing's happening. so there is a big gap between this war in ukraine and people in russia. and this gap seems to be very, very, very wide. so, we are not yet at this point when this gap starts to close. >> thank you for coming in. >> thank you.
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bye-bye. and "outfront" with me now is retired air force colonel cedric leighton for more on this. you heard boris saying that putin's announcement today on the nuclear arms treating, he said it's very, very bad for the future of arms control. what's your take on this move by putin? >> i agree with boris at this point, kate, to the extent that any type of deviation from standard arms control protocols -- and we only have one that was in force until this point in time -- that's going to be a real problem. there is a slight glimmer of hope that the russians did announce after putin made his address that they would abide by the limits for both warheads and launch vehicles. that's good, but it probably won't go far enough. and of course the prospect of ru russia testing nuclear weapons once again, nuclear emissions of any type is something that is, i
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think, very dangerous for the whole world. >> we also know that china's foreign minister is in russia tonight for meetings and also that chinese president xi jinping's expected to visit soon in the coming months. how does this relationship that we see, you know, the timing can't be a coincidence with all of this playing out at the same time. how does this relationship complicate the war in ukraine? >> well, i think it can complicate it in several different ways, kate. one of the key things to realize is that china and russia have several arrangements together where they do serve as allies, they have intelligence-sharing arrangements, they have military arrangements where they conduct exercises together. and they also share weapons designs and other weapons protocols, you know, with each other. so, if the chinese do get involved in the ukraine conflict, they say that they want to do it in a peacemaking type role, but they are so aligned with russia at this
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particular point in time that they really can't be trusted as honest brokers. and that really makes it hard to get to the negotiating table and to find some kind of a solution to this. i think it's going to be very difficult to end this war, especially if there is interference from the chinese, and both china and russia want to upend the global world order as they see it, they don't want the united states to be the preeminent power. they'll do anything in their power to stop that. >> colonel cedric leighton, it's always good to see you, thank you. >> thank you, kate. "outfront" for us next, an exclusive interview with poland's president about the significance of president biden's trip to ukraine. plus, the foreperson of a georgia grand jury speaking out tonight about the investigation into donald trump's actions after the 2020 election. and she's talking to us in her first live tv interview about why she wants the d.a. to take, quote, decisive action. brittney griner has a message for wnba fans she has
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you're going where? >> the first lady answering questions in washington after her husband's speech in warsaw, poland. president biden also met there with the polish president who then sat down for an exclusive interview with our christiane amanpour. and she joins us now. it's great to see you, christiane. what did the president do to tell you about this very big moment? >> well, it was incredible because the polish people and the polish president has been a really stalwart ally of the united states and of this effort of nato to help defend ukraine. and the set piece here in poland earlier in warsaw, the capital, was just tremendous, where the president came out, the speech he gave. and president duda, the polish president, he really told me that he thought president biden had done something incredibly courageous, not just physically, not just morally either. but he brought the full weight of the free world to bear to
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kyiv to show putin that there was no backing down when it came to defending ukraine's right to exist. >> translator: the first thing, it sends an incredibly powerful signal, a political and strategic signal. it is a demonstration of strength of the united states indeed. it is like saying a american leader, who is as a matter of fact a leader of the free world, is able to travel even when war is raging, even to a place where there is potential danger. he is not afraid because the united states is strong enough to protect him. that is number one. and, number two, he was there, and today he is in warsaw. he gives his speech to the whole world. and he sends a signal of the defense of the free world, the defense of nato, the defense of every inch of the territory as the president said today.
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so to send to poles a signal sent by the greatest superpower in the world, a signal sent by our friend and ally today is so significant. >> now, the president also reminded me and everybody that poland has taken in at least 1.5 million ukrainian refugees since this time last year. and they haven't gone to camps or tent cities like you might see elsewhere. they've gone into people's homes. and that is something they remain committed to. as for the idea that russia might somehow be victorious in ukraine, he said that simply cannot be allowed to happen. because what it would mean is that the ukrainians and then maybe poles and maybe others would be forced to live under the boot of today's russia, which reminds them of yesteryear's soviet union. so the european countries are even more aware of the dangerous
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russian expansionism. and he said they're so grateful for the continued support of the u.s. people and of course the u.s. congress. kate? >> it was quite a show of strength and solidarity today. it was great to see that he sat down with you, christiane. and you can see more of christiane's interview with the polish president on a special edition of "the situation room" with wolf blitzer. and that's tonight at 9:00 p.m. still ahead for us "outfront," who will be indicted in georgia's investigation into trump's 2020 election actions? i'm going to ask the foreperson of the grand jury who heard all of the evidence. she's my guest in her first live tv interviewer. republican congressman george santos making a big change to his campaign team as he admits he's, also, a, quote, terrible liar.
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seven-month period plus. including from some of trump's closest allies like rudy giuliani, trump's former chief of staff mark meadows, and republican senator lindsey graham. and the jury's foreperson now tells "outfront" that there is a list of indictments that recommended in their report. and it's not short. that jury foreperson is emily kohrs, and she joins me now. emily, thank you for coming on. i do want to say off the top, as you and i just discussed, but for everyone to know, you are somewhat limited in what you can discuss under the judge's orders as of now. but we do know of course one of the biggest questions remaining for everyone that wasn't in that jury room with you is how many people are in trouble here. what can you tell us about how many people you recommended as a group to face indictments? >> well, thank you for having me, first of all. and i'm hesitant to speak to something that the judge made a decision not to share. he -- i don't know if everyone's aware of this, but there was a
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hearing about what parts of the report should and should not be published in its various forms. and the list -- well, the sections that were removed were consciously chosen to be removed. and i don't want to say i have better judgment than the judge. >> that's totally understandable. is it, would you say when it comes to -- there are indictments recommended, of course. is it 12 people, is it more than 20 people? >> i think if you look at the page numbers of the report, there's about six pages in the middle that got cut out. allow for spacing, it's not a short list. >> i mean, when it comes to 75 witnesses, it's not -- i assume, of course, it's not 75 people. would you characterize it as 20-ish people? >> i can't say i counted. >> okay. more than a dozen, though, i
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think i had heard you say in another interview? >> that's probably a good assumption. >> the name that everyone wants to know about is former president trump. >> of course. >> do you recommend charges against donald trump? >> i really don't want to share something that the judge made a conscious decision not to share. i will tell you that it was a process where we heard his name a lot. we definitely heard a lot about former president trump, and we definitely discussed him a lot in the room. and i will say that when this list comes out, you wouldn't -- there are no major plot twists waiting for you. >> it's interesting -- that just raises more questions. >> i know, i'm sorry. >> no, no, please do not apologize. i'm very appreciative of your time. when you say there's no plot twists and people won't be shocked, people are going to hear that, and they're going to think that means that donald
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trump is definitely on that list. i know it's delicate, but can you speak to that? >> i can't. well, i might be able to, according to instructions. but i don't want to. i don't want to speak out on something that the judge, like i said, consciously chose not to release at this point. i don't know if i would interfere with the d.a.'s investigations. i don't know if i would interfere with procedures in some way. i very much do not want to cross that line. >> but, in your view, people will not be surprised when they see the list of names to come out who you recommended to face indictment? >> especially if they've been following the investigation, i can't see it being a shocker. >> you know, donald trump put out a statement last week about the partial report that the judge did release, the pages that he did. and the way that he described it is he said that, yet your report means total exoneration for him, is how he put it in his
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statement. what's your reaction to that, emily? >> um, i did see that today, which was fascinating. i'm not positive he read the right document. but i will say that if what he is talking about was our statement where we indicated that there was no evidence of widespread vote fraud in the georgia 2020 election, that might've been what he meant? other than that, i'm not positive what he meant by that. i'd be interested to know. >> i'm sure we will hear more from him after it all comes out. the portion of the final report that has been released, there's another portion. that part that you just talked about was of great interest to a lot of us. and the other portion that obviously demands a lot of attention is also the portion -- and i'll read this for everyone -- where you all wrote, a majority of the grand jury believes that perjury may have been committed by one or more witnesses testifying before it.
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is perjury the crime that you all believed was -- the main crime you all believe was committed? >> i wouldn't say that. i would say that -- i would say that it ended up included there because it was less pointed of a suggestion than some of the other things we may have written in the parts of the report the judge chose to keep confidential. >> less specific to a person? >> right. i would say that we thought it was important to keep it separate as well. okay. i will say that i thought it was important to keep it separate as well, at least in my opinion, not anybody else's but mine. there's a difference between the crimes we were called to investigate and crimes that were committed in the room. how would you describe the strength of the evidence that was put before you?
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>> the strength of it, um -- >> was it clear-cut? >> we heard a lot of very compelling things, like a lot of very compelling evidence. a lot of very interesting things and things that we didn't expect. we discovered a lot as we went. >> we know you all heard at least one call that donald trump was on during this period. this is the infamous call that the whole world has heard as it was released when he was speaking to the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. but in terms of calls and recordings of calls, are there others of those? >> i can tell you i heard other phone calls. i don't think i could name all of them right now if i wanted to. after 75 witnesses and eight months, it gets hard to keep all your bits straight. >> other calls that donald trump was on? >> yes. i am positive i have heard the president on the phone more than once. >> some of the big-name witnesses who came before you,
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they really fought against coming before you. they didn't want to testify, but they were forced to. they were told by the judge that they needed to. like mark meadows, donald trump's former chief of staff. what stood out to you from his testimony? >> mr. meadows didn't share very much at all and was not very willing to speak on much of anything. he asserted his rights under the fifth amendment and under executive privilege, which he absolutely had the right to do. and that was pretty much that. >> this wasn't just a few days of jury duty. i've been kind of thinking about this as we were going to speak today. this was more than seven months of your life in dealing with one of the most closely scrutinized investigations in recent history. what is your lasting impression of this? >> i loved being a part of this process. i think it's amazing to actually
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be able to be a part of this process. i think it's a privilege to be able to actually be a part of the system for once and making it work. this has been fascinating to get this peak into the world of, like, politics and of all these different -- of government and of all these different things. and have the curtain lifted just a little bit and let us peek in as regular people has been amazing. and i'm so glad that i did it. >> and so, after that, when it's all said and done and the d.a. makes her final decision on charging, what do you say to people who question your findings or want to say that your investigation what you all were doing in that room was influenced by politics? >> i think it's the opposite. i think that by choosing to have the grand jury, by choosing to impanel regular people, they very specifically chose to avoid politics, to take bias out of the question. because they chose to get instead of anyone else, they
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chose to get 16 random people. they could have gotten, you know, if they had wanted someone who was just going to support their opinions, they could have gone and hired a bunch of legal experts. there were all kinds of choices that could have been made. but they chose to get a random sampling of the population of the area, and i think that speaks really strongly to them trying to avoid bias in any way in trying to avoid politics. >> after everything that you've seen, what would your reaction be if the d.a. decides against bringing any charges after what you've seen? >> i will be sad if nothing happens. like, that's about my only request there is for something to happen. i don't necessarily know what it is. i'm not the legal expert. i'm not the judge. i'm not the lawyers. but i will be frustrated if nothing happens. this was too much, too much information, too much of my time, too much of everyone's time, too much of their time,
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too much argument in court about getting people to appear before us. there was just too much for this to just be, oh, okay, we're good, bye. >> and if it was just a perjury charge or perjury charges, would that be acceptable to you? >> that's fine. i will be happy as long as something happens. >> emily, the political environment has become more dangerous. there are so many examples of that and look no further than the violence we saw on the capitol attack on january 6th. now with your name and your face out there and connected to such a high-profile investigation involving donald trump, are you worried about your safety? >> i'm not. i'm cautious about my safety. i'm aware of my safety, but i'm not worried. i don't think i should be -- i don't think i did or any of the jury members did anything that says we believe one way or the other about politics, about any
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of these issues. i think we were impanelled to find facts, and i think we did our best to find those facts and share those facts with the district attorney and her office. and i feel like that's where it ends. >> emily kohrs, thank you so much for coming on and speaking to me. >> yes, ma'am, thank you. >> thank you very much. "outfront" for us next, we're going to have more on what we've just learned from emily kohrs, as foreperson from the special grand jury in fulton county, georgia. i mean, the seven, eight-month investigation, two years that people have been following this and going inside the room just a little bit with her is a fascinating moment. our legal experts will be joining us, next. get refunds.com powered by innovation refunds can help your business get a payroll tax refund,
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so, we just spoke with the jury foreperson tasked with investigating donald trump in georgia. she wouldn't tell us -- she's under restrictions from a judge in speaking to too much detail, not telling us whether or not donald trump is on the list of indictments recommended. but when asked about former president trump's reaction to the initial report, the part of the report released where he posted this, claiming that the report gives him total exoneration, here's what eva mckend here's what emily kohrs just
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told us. >> i did see that today, which is fascinating i'm not positive he read the right document. but i will say that if what he is talking about was our statement where he indicated that there was no evidence of widespread vote fraud in the georgia 2020 election, that might've been what he meant? >> "outfront" with me now evan perez, cnn's senior justice respondent, and ryan goodman, co-editor in chief of "just security," and former special counsel at the defense department. evan, i was really fascinated by what she could speak to. you've been following this secretive grand jury investigation in georgia from the very beginning. what stood out to you? >> a couple of things. it's so unusual to get this window into something, a process that, you know, really is still ongoing, this investigation is still going, this grand jury doesn't have the power to indict anybody, but these
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recomme recommendations was the product of their work of eight months of work. the stunning thing that she says is that the grand jury heard donald trump's voice on multiple tapes. we know obviously the infamous tape involving brad raffensperger and his office, you know, where he is asking the former president is asking for 11,780 votes. and there was another call which she may be referring to, which sharon watson, who is also in the georgia secretary of state's office, that that's another call that exists. we don't know of any others. but that is a thing that stood out to me. she also talked about that meadows, the former chief of staff came into the grand jury, which we learned for the first time. we had never seen him appear at the courthouse. but he did appear and asserted
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his right. so it appears he did not answer all the questions that were asked of him. but this was a fascinating window that, interview you just did, into the work of this grand jury. these are regular people who are charged with this very, very important job. and she says that at the end of this, if nothing happens, she will be very, very surprised, very, very disappointed, obviously, because they believe there was a lot of evidence presented. >> yeah. and seven months, 75 witnesses. what stood out to you, ryan, in hearing from this foreperson? >> well, the fact that she's telling us that if we followed the investigation closely that they're not going to be any shockers or plot twists means to me that it has to be almost a foregone conclusion that president trump will be indicted for those of us following the investigation, that's where all the errors lead. and then she says, you know, more than a dozen names. i think that that would also create great concern on the part of somebody like mark meadows
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and rudy giuliani if these are the kinds of people that she told us are the names we might expect. she's not telling us who they are so it's only inferences we can draw. but i would definitely be speaking with my defense lawyers this evening. >> i have another piece to play about the possibility of charging donald trump. let me play what she said. >> a process where we heard his name? a lot. we definitely heard a lot about former president trump, and we definitely discussed him a lot in the room. and i will say that when this list comes out, you wouldn't -- there are no major plot twists waiting for you. >> and that speaks to exactly what you are getting at, ryan. she said in another interview, nothing's really surprising. but that really -- and, evan, when you heard that, what did you think? >> look, i certainly think that
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if the impression she's trying to leave is that they recommended charges against a former president, that's what we came away from. we're reading between the lines, she's not answering the question directly. but she's done a couple of other interviews in the "new york times" and the "associated press." so certainly by now she knows the impression that she's leaving and that is certainly what i took away from that conversation she had with you. >> ryan, just a final word from you and kind of what -- i mean, now it's up to the d.a. now we wait for fani willis to announce the decision. >> it's almost unbelievable. it's so extraordinary. and we also have a sense of how the special grand jury may have armed fani willis in the sense that if she has over 12 recommended indictments, that also means she has the ability to potentially flip some of those people. and, so, this sounds like she's kind of supercharged to make a decision that she wants to make
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and whatever that is within her discretion. >> guys, thanks for jumping on. i really appreciate it. "outfront" for us next, the republican congressman who calls himself now a terrible liar. he has a new staffer, a campaign treasurer. more on that. and also this. wnba star brittney griner has a new message for fans about her return to the court. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ get it with gurus. cargurus. i brought in ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein. those who tried me felt more energy in just two weeks. uhhhh... here, i'll take at. [woo hoo!] ensure max protein, with 30 grams of protein one gram of sugar and nutrients for immuneealth.
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s amend battled congressman george santos hired a new campaign treasurer after the old treasurer resigned into the investigation, noteworthy because santos is facing multiple investigations about his finances and the lies he's told about his life story. despite all of that, santos continues to resist calls to resign and floating seeking reelection. >> i don't know if i'm going to run for reelection, i've looked inside a camera and i've said sorry and i have no problem saying sorry and asking forgiveness from the american people watching at home. >> out front, an anthony of new york, first republican to call oh on santos to step down.
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you just heard santos suggest he thinks he can repair his image, that he can make this all right. do you think that's the case? do you think he can? >> i don't see it happening. one of the things i think is bothering me most is george continues to say he's made up the fabrications and lies because he wouldn't have been accepted. i don't understand how that makes sense, is it about the party? what about the lies that he created about his mom in 911 or the fact his grandparents escaped holocaust, you know, this is stuff that really matters to people and the lies just keep coming and he thinks that he could look into the camera and say i'm sorry to the american people and that solves all the problem >> i wanted to ask you about one of the claims that he -- that just mentioned. in that interview with pierce morgan that he did, santos confessed he's lied but estill standing by some claims that have been contradicted by some evidence like the story of his
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mother dying of cancer after surviving the 911 attack. i want to play what he said in that interview with piers >> there's no record of your mother ever having worked in the twin towers. so was that true >> that's true. >> why is there no record >> i don't know where people are looking or what they're looking for. respectfully please. i won't debate my mother's life. she passed in 2016 and it's eaten sensitive for everybody want to rehash her legacy. >> how does that sit with you? i heard that and wasn't sure what to make of it >> i'm not sure what to make of it and i don't think the american people are sure what to make of it. i'll tell you we've heard reports, i haven't seen documents first hand but we've heard reports from all over the nation that the mother wasn't even in the country at the time of the 911 attacks and coming from long island especially me, this is personal.
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i'm a retired new york city detective, a member of the volunteer fire department here on long island over 20 years. my chief of staff's father died in 911. this is something that's important to so many people in this district and to make a mockery out of it because he thought it would help him get on ballot is completely insane. >> congressman, appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you for your service as well in the department. awesome. >> thank you. >> thank you. out front next, brittney griner is speaking out about her return to the wnba, her team made their star comeback offificial today. ♪. ♪. es m morsleep per night. proven quality sleep. only from slsleep number. ♪ gillette presents... the gillettelabs with exfoliating bar. the bar in t handle removes unseen dirt and debris that gets in the way of the blades. for effortless shaving in o efficient stroke.
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. wnba brittney griner will be back on the basketball court quite soon, the phoenix mercury officially announced today they resigned her, griner of course spent ten months in a russian prison after found with vape containers of cannabis in her luggage at the moscow airport, tried and convicted. landed her in a russian people colony. today, griner celebrated her return to the court on the team's instagram page. look at this, she can't wait to see the xfactor which are phoenix fans once again and celebrating how much she loves the city. she last played with the mercury in 2021, her first home game is mid may and so many will be watching, thank you watching us
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