investigation as trump s former white house layer. ty cobb says he believes trump could be charged and convicted by the next election. cobb is outfront plus an elite high ranking russian officer defects. now he s speaking out about putin s health paranoia is rumored girlfriend and you ll hear how the officer escaped putin s tight grip. plus an outfront exclusive tonight inside one of america s most advanced nuclear submarines, unable to descend hundreds of feet in just seconds and alert for threats from china. let s go, outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight pence cooperating a day after former president trump was indicted on 34 felony counts and accused of covering up a potential sex scandal, the former president today dealt another blow. his former president of former vice president mike pence, is making it clear he will now testify before a grand jury about his conversations with trump leading up to january 6th. never before has a former vice presid
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
fired from gaza into israel, at least 12 have been fired so far in the last 24 hours. the israeli military responding with airstrikes condemnations from egypt, jordan, saudi arabia against what s been happening at al aqsa. and as you noted, the american office of palestinian affairs, saying violence has no place in a holy site during the holy season, saying they re alarmed by the shocking scenes both both at al aqsa and the rockets coming out of gaza, calling for restraint and de escalation. keep in mind alex that it was a very similar sort of situation. the clashes at al aqsa that helped lead to that 11 day war between israel and hamas in 2021 a lot of fears that this could once against spiral into something similar. alex alright, hadas gold in jerusalem. thank you very much for that report. i m alex marquardt. here in the situation room. thank you very much for watching and to all those celebrating happy passover. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next mike pence heade
least 12 have been fired so far in the last 24 hours. the israeli military responding with airstrikes condemnations from egypt, jordan, saudi arabia against what s been happening at al aqsa. and as you noted, the american office of palestinian affairs, saying violence has no place in a holy site during the holy season, saying they re alarmed by the shocking scenes both both at al aqsa and the rockets coming out of gaza, calling for restraint and de escalation. keep in mind alex that it was a very similar sort of situation. the clashes at al aqsa that helped lead to that 11 day war between israel and hamas in 2021 a lot of fears that this could once against spiral into something similar. alex alright, hadas gold in jerusalem. thank you very much for that report. i m alex marquardt. here in the situation room. thank you very much for watching and to all those celebrating happy passover. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next mike pence headed to the witness stand and the d
an announcement either way, whether he s going to bring an indictment or closed the case without any charges. alex alright, keira, stay with us as we bring others into this conversation. andrew mccabe, i do want to start with you. you just heard from kara there. how do you see this apparent delay? are we are we seeing the impact of political concerns, or is this likely for legal? reasons. alex i m confident that they kind of adjustments and timing are relative to how this case is being presented in front of the grand jury. i think having the attorney costello come in, um last week and provide testimony about um um, about michael cohen in inexorably raised this issue of do we now need to bring michael cohen back into rebut some of the testimony offered by offered by costello, so there are all kinds of things that happen when you re putting a case in front of the grand jury.