Heading back to campus for this Ukraine chat with some of my favorite reporters. Georgetown University GeorgetownJournalism

Keeping Wolf Blitzer's seat warm tonight, tune in to The Situation Room!

My interview with Jan 6 Committee's Zoe Lofgren where she tells me there's no expectation that Pence or Trump will appear before the committee, keeping quiet the date of Ginni Thomas' appearance for her 'dignity,' and having the Weds hearing midday to reach Fox viewers.

Putin's in trouble, Mikko Hautala 🇫🇮 tells me, but won't give up and will escalate. Amb Hautala was in Moscow before DC, he says until now Russians felt like it was for others to fight the war but they're realizing 'nobody can stay away from this conflict.'

Fascinating moment in this interview:
“In the past, Fox News does play our hearing if it’s in the daytime... So that’s a factor in reaching an audience that is not CNN.”

One reason the Jan 6 committee is holding its Wednesday hearing in the middle of the day is to get Fox News viewers, Zoe Lofgren tells me. Fox often plays the midday hearings, she said, but not in primetime.

Jan. 6 cmte won't hear from Mike Pence or Trump. Zoe Lofgren tells CNN's Alex Marquardt while Pence had indicated he'd might talk to the cmte 'since that time his people have walked it back.' 'While we would like to hear from both of them, I'm not necessarily expecting we will.'

I’ll be back in the anchor chair 5-7 PM ET on CNN.

Looking forward to great conversations with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Mikko Hautala 🇫🇮, (((Harry Enten))), Evelyn Farkas & more...Join us!

A 'watershed moment' in Iran, Jason Rezaian tells me, 'exhilarating but it’s also terrifying.' It's clear the regime is very afraid, he says, 'We cannot underestimate the abuses of power the Islamic Republic is ready to commit to maintain control...'

“It is time for the Biden administration to broaden its Iran strategy not only to focus on countering the destructive aspirations of the Iranian regime, but also to champion the aspirations of the Iranian people”

Local official Nikolai Yemonakov hands out Buddhist luck charms to newly recruited men in Buryatia before they head off to Ukraine

This is Tehran.

These are the soldiers who weren't recruited from prison... I'm not an expert but I imagine morale and discipline among the reservists is going to be a huge problem.

One boy, just *17 yrs old*, told me how he went to the protest against mobilisation, was detained, and in the police station was given a document that legally obliged him to go to the military enlistment office with his documents.

Thread from Christiane Amanpour, whose interview with Iran's president was canceled after she declined to wear a headscarf.

'Intelligence intercepts have captured Russian officers arguing among themselves and complaining to friends and relatives back home about decision-making from Moscow...'

Gorbachev won a Grammy with Bill Clinton and Sophia Loren for their recording of “Peter and The Wolf” with the Russian National Orchestra. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/34…

The first grain shipment from Ukraine to Africa since the Russian invasion has docked in Djibouti with 23,000 metric tons, the WFP says.