supreme court says, not so fast, to special counsel jack smith, giving the former president s go-slow legal strategy a big boost. the former president says he knows nothing about hitler, while repeating and defending his hitler-like language. plus a survivor of the october 7th massacre and her remarkable journey. good evening. anderson is off tonight. and we begin with the supreme court s decision not to decide, at least just yet, the central question that could invalidate many of the charges against the former president. namely, does donald trump enjoy immunity from prosecution for actions he took as president? the judge in his january 6th trial ruled he did not. special counsel jack smith asked the supreme court to bypass the d.c. circuit and take it now. and today the court said no. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us with more. kate lynne, we have a decision, not a clear understanding of an explanation of why the justices decided this. walk us through what we know, how man
today, again, church bells across the country, including the storied westminster abbey and st. paul s cathedral rang out. today mourners mourn the loss of the longest-reigning monarch in british history. across the country and on ships at sea, the british armed forces fired salutes to honor her majesty. one round was fired for each of the 96 years she lived. all eyes on her eldest son, king charles iii, and his wife, now the queen consort, camilla. they returned from balmoral castle, where they were greeted warmly by the crowd in attendance, some of whom broke out in song. god save our gracious king god save the king we love you, king charles. we love you so much. one member of the crowd was so overjoyed she planted a kiss on his cheek. minutes later, a historic site, the king of england walking into the royal residence in england, buckingham palace, one of many symbols of change today and likely in the days to come. the new king spoke today in his new kaps any
range of colleagues have been working on this story all day and have learned the justice department has subpoenaed more than 30 people, people in the former president s orbit. people like bill steppian, donald trump s former campaign manager, dan scavino the former trump chief of staff. these are wide ranging subpoenas seeking things that have to do with the save america pact, donald trump s fundraising and political vehicle, information related to the fake elector spot, any information handed over to the january 6 committee, a number of them seeking documents some also seeking testimony. we also learned in the new york times tonight that investigators appear to have gone another step further with some witnesses including boris epstein and mike roman the new york times reporting both men had phones seized. cnn has not independently confirmed this. it is a sign the justice department s investigation is intensifying particularly as they are about to head into the quiet peri
john berman here in for anderson. answer for that will depend on the answers for a string of other questions. can the committee in the coming weeks make the ambitious case it laid out last night. what will the justice department that already brought hundreds of charges in capital assault do with the information the select committee uncovered and will the hearings generate the kind of political census that might be needed before the attorney general decides to aim as high as the select committee is already suggesting might be necessary. president trump summoned the mob, assembled the mob and lit the flame of this attack. you will also hear about plots to commit seditious conspiracy on january 6th, a crime defined in our law as conspiring to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force, the government of the united states. or, to oppose by force, the authority there of. committee vice chair liz cheney said those words, plot to commit seditious conspiracy while putting the forme
before getting to where it all stands tonight, i want you to hear from these witnesses, starting with this 11-year-old talking about the gunman coming into her classroom. it s graphic and difficult to hear, but it s important to hear it unfiltered. no matter where you stand on the issue of guns, this shouldn t be happening. we were just watching, and then she got and she went to lock the door. and he was in the hallway, and they made eye contact. and then she went back in the room and told us, go hide. and then we went to go hide behind my teacher s desk and behind the backpacks. and then he shot the little window. and then he went to the other classroom, and then he went there s a door between our classrooms, and he went to there and shot my teacher and told my teacher he shot her in the head. and then she shot some of my classmates. when i went to the backpacks, he shot my friend that was next to me, and i thought he was going to come back to the room. so, i grabbed