the attention of national by the office of the special counsel jack smith comes as there has been a wide-ranging investigation into the handling of top-secret documents and mr. trump s effort to maintain after 2020 election loss. make no mistake that this creates an extraordinary situation as it displaces the u.s. justice department into a investigation not only of the former president, but the current republican front runner for the 2024 presidential race. this is going to be messy, politically. donald trump already holds the historic place of being the only president being at being twice impeached and now he is the choice to be indicted on federal charges. cbs, catherine joins us now. this is a big development tonight. trump was already on edge that former president broke the news on a social media platform. reporter: multiple sources confirmed to cbs news that the former president has been indicted on criminal charges andy mar-a-lago document case. includes the unlaw
degree murder and home invasion in the shooting death of his estranged wife. the tv appearance from three years ago did not come up at the trial but the marital troubles were central to the prosecutor s theory of the motive in that case. thanks for joining us. cnn tonight starts with alisyn camerota right now. that was a plot twist, abby, that i did not see coming. i thought that was your kicker. do not kill your wife. that s not a good idea. thank you for sending us off on that message. we will all take that to heart, abby, thank you very much. see you tomorrow. evening, everyone. we re awaiting the senate vote on the debt ceiling bill. we ll take you live to capitol hill to see if there are any last-minute obstacles. more follow-up to donald trump caught on tape discussing i classified pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. now team trump is trying to defend the former president with an array of different excuses, so we will fact check what they re sayi
sometimes, there are provisions in the tax code, carried interest that i have problems with. but part of the reasons a terrible idea. can i finish, ali? can i finish my thought? but you are dropping a lot of flags, sir. you all of challenges you re saying things, and let me. let me just, you know what. you got carried interest. i used to be in another place here, can i finish my thought here? that s all i want to do. you brought in taxes, sir? you are good at this, you ve been a politician. ali, i don t think whatever discussion i want to discussion, you talk about taxes in texas and florida. let me finish! you said, they are horrible places to live, i don t agree with that. this all came about because you said, why are not raising taxes on corporations and on people? and i am saying to you when you raise taxes too high, you discourage from people from doing what they want to do. a lot of times they will leave to go to a place, where they get a better re
through a resolution focused on getting humanitarian aid into gaza, but it stops short of calling for a cease fire. we will have the latest from our correspondent in new york and have all the reaction for you, including from a un human rights representative working on the ground in gaza. also on the programme tonight, we ll take stock of the uk economy after poor figures raise fears of a recession in 202a. and what happens when you need to take out the trash when you live in space? we ll look at the complicated operation under way today to clear the junk on the international space station. good evening. the united nations security council has passed a resolution aiming to get more aid into gaza, but which stops short of calling for an immediate truce. this was the moment the vote came in. 13 in favour and two abstentions from permanent members the us and russia but, crucially, no votes against, no veto. so after multiple attempts to come to an agreement on action after th
biden expected to arrive in japan this hour for the g7 summit. we re live in hiroshima with a look at why this is a shortened overseas trip for the president. looking at live pictures there in fact. plus, new evidence in the special counsel s criminal investigation of donald trump s handling of classified documents. details on cnn s exclusive new reporting. and we are learning more about the paparazzi chase of harry and meghan in new york. we re live in london on what the royal couple s team is calling near catastrophic. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. u.s. president joe biden is in japan this hour ahead of a summit of the world s leading democracies. we re just waiting for him to land at this moment. this is a live picture. g7 leaders are expected to discuss the war in ukraine and how to counter china s growing influence around the world. but mr. biden has canceled visits to australia and papua-new