Charged with any crime. Will they be or there they flip on him . The testimony of former Vice President mike pence proving to be a key part of this historic indictment. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. Great to have you back, first of all. Thank you. Quite a day it is. This morning donald trump has been charged with trying to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. It is unprecedented. It is historic. And it puts the nation in truly uncharted territory. Two monumental almost foundational forces directly at odds. On the one hand as peter baker of the New York Times writes, can a sitting president spread lies about an election and try to employ the authority of the government to overturn the will of the voters without consequence . On the other hand the wall street Journal Editorial Board suggests it, quote, potentially criminalizes many kinds of actions and statements by a president that a prosecutor deems to be false. We will explain how S
investigative details on how they tracked him down after more than a decade. here are tonight s headlines. the suspect linked to the so-called gilgo beach murders by burner phones and dna evidence from a pizza crust. a demon that walks among us. record-breaking heat. dangerous temperatures for more than 100 million americans from opposing risks from blackouts to wildfires. an unusually wet winter prompted a huge growth of vegetation, which has now turned into hot, dry brush, the perfect fuel for fires. norah: plus, the northeast braces were more severe storms. today marks the first full day of hollywood actors going on strike. this is the first time since 1960 that actors and screenwriters have been on strike at the same time. they are very concerned about ai and its invasion of their likeness. norah: the battle for bakhmut. we are on the front lines with ukrainian soldiers. this is what it has come to along the front line, firing off at russ
his party remains in denial. you are saying you are not sure, as a republican party chair, that he was a legitimate in the 2020 election. as tornadoes landed chicago, flash floods rage through vermont, and the ocean of florida reaches record temperatures, business as usual for the maga conference. i believe that you are representing a far-left radical agenda. why do you think 195 countries in the world, their prime ministers, they re presidents because they re grifting like you are, sir. when all in starts, right now. this good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we ve got some big breaking news tonight of special counsel jack smith s investigation into donald trump s attempt to overturn the election. jack smith s office is zeroing in exactly on donald trump s state of mind in the run up to and on january 6th. today the obvious, that is really significant. as trump s state of mind is one of the key maybe even the key element of a possible prosecution
use an aed. they save lives. the response to damar s injury was able to bring our nation together for a moment. let s remember that feeling of unity, and he was at to make sure that we can save the next life to. so genuine heroes taking us off the area tonight, and i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow! tomorr ow tonight on all in. does the president really think that he lost? a lot of times he will tell me that they lost, but he wants to keep fighting it. what did the president know and when did he acknowledge it? and he was looking at the tv and he said, can you believe that i lost to this guy? bombshell reporting from the new york times, prosecutors asking witnesses whether trump acknowledged his laws in order to gauge and what we know about jared kushner s grand jury appearance, and as prosecutors bear down on the republican front runner,
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