For first time in this countrys history a former president of the United States has been charged with felonies committed while he was president. This one is about the threat to our democracy. Targeted, obstructing a Bedrock Function of the u. S. Government. The government has had three years to investigate this and now they want to rush this to trial in the middle of political season. What does that tell you . He oversaw or directed the activity of those involved supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our constitution and protect our constitution. This indictment goes to the heart of our democracy. Behind the scenes hes very angry, much more rattled than hes projecting. Politically motivated and election interference at its finest. We need to recognize that he needs to be held accountable. Donald trump failed the country and put his own interests over those of the United States. As you can see theres so much to get to this morning, were glad youre with us on cnn
today on inside politics, red, white, and blue political theater. republicans pound the pavement, put on their best every man polos, and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. fourth of july provides a 2024 test, one donald trump bets he s fine just skipping. plus, a first amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? a judge calls a biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild orwellian while telling top biden officials to cut off contact with social media companies. and just in, cocaine at the white house. a positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the secret service, whose was it? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a white house crime scene. a source just confirmed to cnn that cocaine was discovered inside the west wing. i want to go straight to the white house and cnn s priscilla alvarez. what are you hearing from your sources on this? reporter: dane, a source familiar tells
tonight which candidate benefits when the road to the white house freezes over we are live in iowa. also, tonight after u.s. and british airstrikes on targets in yemen, fighters try to make good on their threat of revenge. later, investigating how even skeptical officials can face backlash. we begin with iowa. the state is being hammered by winter weather. this is video of the capital, des moines, where the windchill is -13. a blizzard warning is in effect. jeff, how did we convince you to stand outside? how is it feeling there and how is the campaign being affected tonight? it is chilly, there is no doubt about it. the wind is the biggest issue. this is as warm as it is going to be between now and the caucuses. over the weekend it will increasingly become colder and colder. the snow is not a big concern, iowans are used to snow. it is the dangerously cold temperatures that are making the campaigns make backup plans for how to get supporters to the caucuses. excuse me, it i
year of campaigning. now it is time to vote. one week from tonight, we could know who won iowa. donald trump is about to raise from the courtroom to the campaign trail and pack again as his rivals are hoping to pull off an upset. also tonight, the missing piece of that alaskan airlines plane that blew off at 16,000 feet in the air has now been found. more planes are being grounded for inspections as one major airline says they found something. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. it has been one week now since defense secretary lloyd austin was admitted to the icu. tonight, not only do we still not know what exactly sent him there, we don t know why his staff didn t tell the white house for days that he was even in the hospital. nonetheless, in intensive care. the lack of transparency from a top u.s. military official, especially while the u.s. is dealing with multiple crises around the world, has resulted in some calls for austin s resignation. the top republic
big moves in arizona cutting off building permits so they don t have to cut off the water and far-reaching effort to make sure that everyone in arizona has enough. and new research in breast cancer, and researchers fiending new results of clinical research. this is cnn news central. the important big development this hour, the us j tis department has officially closed its investigation into vice president mike pence and his handling of classified documents. this is when an attorney for mike pence found about a dozen documents marked classified in mike pence s possession. evan perez and katelyn polantz is with us. i am going to you first, kate. well, it is clear that the justice department is not bringing any criminal charges related to the discovery of classified records or records with the classified markings with them in the possession of former vice president mike pence. what happened to start this investigation, buzz that back in january, a lawyer had gone to penc