of the witnesses in the house investigation into the january 6th attack. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney of the committee defending her work there during last night s republican primary debate in wyoming, as she fights to keep her seat in congress. and the latest in the debate over abortion rights. president biden says the senate should make an exception and suspend the filibuster and its rules to allow new protections to make it through congress. but does he have the votes to pull that off? we ll discuss it. and a brutal six months for financial markets, as wall street closes out one of its worst periods in a half century. brian sullivan joins us in a moment to look ahead to the next six months. with us this morning, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news katty kay. and pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post, eugene robinson. let s start with the questions of whether donald trump may be trying to influence wi
detention he prosecuted by the feds, and as such, just today, we referred this matter to the western district, the u.s. attorney s office for them t evaluate it. that was michigan s attorne general dana nessel speaking o this show back in january 2022 wondering what republicans i multiple states had to send in fake electoral votes from fake presidential electors, a though donald trump had wo their states when he had not they clearly hope that whe vice president pence won t certify the results of the election on january six he would use their fake votes fro the fake electors from trump instead of the real ones for biden and in so doing he would make donald trump president. michigan attorney general told us that night that in januar 2022, so a year after th january 6th attack on th capitol, she told us that this matter of the fake electors, she believed it was best
so, you know you know what? what matters is, what is andre weizmann and neil cattle think about it they will tell us that whe they join us tonight very good, thank you, lawrence thanks very much. thank. yo the breaking news of the nigh is that federal criminal defendant donald j trump testified in his own defense tonight on fox we will show you that testimon in a moment. it includes statements that ca and will be held against him i court. the defense donald trump offered tonight which, onc again, maybe more of a confession then a defense come one day after his last secretary of defense said that donald trump cannot be trusted with government secrets ever again and it comes one day after donald trump s las senate confirmed attorne general said this. this was a case that wa
exploring other options as well? are you guys playing checkers, so to speak, while these anti-abortion groups are playing chess with the way the are just flooding the zone wit all of these lawsuits? we have a strategic and coordinated approach tha like-minded states who are generally democrats, but, of course, democrats don t have exclusive rights to the valu of freedom, and i would invite anybody have any party to join a coalition that is working to protect abortion rights. but here is what i know coming from vermont, the very same da that i was elected attorne general, voters in vermont als voted overwhelmingly t enshrine a right to abortion i our state s constitution and i mean, literally, every single town in vermont voted by majority, to enshrines that right in our constitution. even though it is in towns where, in the past, the town had voted donald trump for president. so i was given a very clea mandate by vermonters, and tha
to produce documents but they did send a letter t d.a. bragg and requests that h come testify and produce documents, they also sent letter to the member of th trial team, and asked that h come testify and produce documents. india bragged said, that i investigation is still continuing that s actually th investigation, but the attorne general for new york state, ha brought a lawsuit against mr trump, and his family. so that could be a criminal indictment, it s now a civil fraud case but that could be a criminal indictment. which would carry big implications in terms of not just accountability but in terms of crimes, right it s a way a yea investigation. what if mr. weisselberg newly released from rikers, he has counsel at least what we r hearing is that this council i