adrianne shropshire, susan del percio, online with chris hayes starts now. starts now good evening from new york, i m chris hayes, one of the most frightening trends in american politics in recent months has been the prioritization, across the country, of conservatives and republicans from state to state targeting lgbtq folks. it s one of the, if not the unifying policy priorities in the modern republican party 2023. it s especially pronounced at the state level. the american civil liberties union says it s tracking nearly 400 anti lgbtq bills across the country. tennessee, to name one state, in particular, is home to multiple examples of this particular noxious trend. there is a new law criminalizing many types of drag performance. is 12th night fond of? that will find out. a bill working its way through the legislature which would allow state clerks to refuse to officiate gay marriages if they so choose. but it s not just the states. we are seeing this disturbing trend of
calling the allegation defamatory. sight loss charity guide dogs says it s had a record number of people volunteering to raise puppies following a bbc story that highlighted a a shortage of dogs. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. officials in greece say at least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train crash. a cargo train collided with a passenger train near the city of larissa in the thessaly region. conditions for the rescuers are described as very difficult. the army has been mobilised to help and dozens of fire and ambulance staff are at the scene. stephanie prentice reports. it s been described by local authorities as a powerful collision and a terrible scene. while passengers said the crash felt like being in an earthquake. translation: we heard a big bang. it was ten nightmareish seconds. we were turning over in the wagon till we fell on our sides and until the commotion stopped. and there was panic, cables everyw
offers almost always indicate an indictment is close. the investigation you may recall centers on $130,000 that one time fixer michael cohen paid to buy the silence of stormy daniels near the end of the 2016 campaign. cohen was later reimbursed by the former president. according to the times he s yet to testify but is expected to. joining us now with more cnn s kara skinell. what are the details you ve learned? the new york times is reporting donald trump was offered to appear before the new york grand jury investigating on this hush money payment scheme. that is required under the law when there s a criminal investigation. that step certainly indicates and tells us this investigation is wrapping up. and that s also evident by the parade of witnesses met with prosecutors and appeared before the grand jury. we reported yesterday kelly anne conway met with manhattan prosecutors, hope hicks had also been in as well as executives at the trump organization. michael cohen had
offers almost indicate an indictment is close. and the investigation you may recall centers on $130,000 that one-time fixer, michael cohen, paid to buy the silence of stormy daniels near the end of the 2016 campaign. cohen s later reimbursed by the former president, according to the times, he s yet to testify but is expected to, joining us now with more cnn s, kara scannell. one of the dire details? even the new york times reported that donald trump was offered to appear before the new york grand jury investigating the hush money payment scheme. that is required under the law, when there s a criminal investigation. so, that step certainly indicate in tells us that this investigation is wrapping up, that s also evident by the parade of witnesses that have met with prosecutors and appeared before the grand jury. we reported yesterday, kellyanne conway had met with manhattan prosecutors, hope hicks has also been in. as well as some top executives at the trump organization. mic
become the first former president ever to be criminally indicted. ahead why his former lawyer, michael cohen might play a key role. in california residents are preparing for another round of severe weather including excessive rainfall, official from monterey county joins me in a few minutes and a shock and outrage in germany after a deadly attack on a jehovah s witness church. . . live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim brunhuber. it s been more than six years since $130,000 in hush money was paid to porn star stormy daniels to keep her from going public about an alleged affair with donald trump, that payment was made days before the 2016 presidential election, now, the new york times reports the trump has been offered a chance to testify next week before the grand jury that s been hearing evidence in that case. cnn evan paris tells us what it might mean for the former president. reporter: we know that they met with trump team recently and time says that