A florida courtroom as he pushes to delay his classified as thousands of russians gathered to pay their respects to Alexey Navalny crowds chanting his name and turning his funeral into a protest against Vladimir Putin plus An Extreme Winter Storm is slamming california, bringing 100 mile per hour wind gusts and dumping up to get this ten feet of snow will talk about that in a little while from now. In the meantime, im jim acosta in washington as the news right now and we begin with for President Donald Trump returning to his playbook of attempting to delay another trial this morning, trump is set to appear inside a florida courtroom as a matter of fact, we think he just five moments ago and the federal criminal case over his handling of classified documents, a judge could determine whether the trial will go ahead in may or be delayed. Cnn chief Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid is live outside the courthouse for us in fort pierce, florida paula, what do we think were going to see
that is protecting them, an fbi that has been politicized and a doj weaponized. also tonight, shockingk city new images from a wokeholding new york city college professor. look at thisa machete to, holdie to the neck of a new york posthe reporter. in that reporter will tell the whole story right here coming up later in the show. upa but first, ready or not? 2020 four heating up. the as of right now, former president trump has a wide lead in the republican primary. but to tomorrow, floridaofficially r governor ron desantis is expected to officiallow his w his hat into the ring duringy a live event on twitter with elon musk. stin already, there is a diversennin field of qualified interestingin candidates running in the republican primary. by the way, even chris christiee is apparently who i think he a left office with like a 15h percent approval rating.s he s apparently flirting with another run. he wants to be the i hateevery i donald trump every second, e an every minute, e
scheme, as he tries to avoid more jailtime. and also today, walmart, walgreen s, and cvs, all ordered to pay up in a multimillion dollar opioid settlement. where will that money go, as prosecutors claim they helped fuel a silent epidemic that left so many americans hooked and hundreds of thousands dead. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll start with our politics lead. major developments when it comes to learning more details behind the mar-a-lago raid. this afternoon, u.s. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart ruled he will unseal additional documents surrounding the search and left the door open for releasing parts of the actual affidavit, which lays out in detail why the justice department felt the need to take the unprecedented step of searching the home of a former president. the doj is against revealing that affidavit. they say it would provide a road map for their criminal investigation to possible future defendants. and they say it could chill future cooperation b
whose reporting did more than most to make it clear that watergate was for more than the simple break-in it first appeared to be. it s worth mentioning now because contrary to the impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. we ve had plenty of revelations almost since the capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to kmut tee member zoe lofgren today on cnn
impression people might have today, knowledge about what watergate truly was in size and scope and the threat to democracy it posed did not come all at once all neatly wrapped up in a bow. it was revealed in day by day slices of the truth by bob and carl and so many others. that notion seems just as true tonight, 50 years later, when it comes to the latest assault on democracy. almost since the day capitol was attacked, so many that it s hard to keep track, and harder still to be surprised or imagine any of it changes what we think we already know. yet this week, the house january 6 committee, even as it tries to bundle up the scandal and tie a bow around it, has also delivered plenty that is new. and today promised more. listen to committee member zoe lofgren today on cnn talk about donald trump s effort to strong arm georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger after the election. i think we ve all heard the infamous phone call where then-president trump was trying to fo