reporter: you never had an insurrectionist president before who would seek reelection. the president of harvard university resigned today weeks after her controversial testimony before congress about antisemitism. the average, came not from her academic peers, but rather from her political foes led by conservatives who put her career under intense scrutiny. i think it s going to be very tremendous victory in iowa. i will defeat president trump, foreign square. i have no doubt about that. i m the only one who has a chance to beat trump and win the general election. you saw with our own eyes, when that mob stormed the united states capitol. everything is on the line right here, the question is what kind of century is this going to be? when a democracy is still americas separate causes the most urgent question of our time. they left weaponized government and the same threat to democracy. we all know who donald trump is, the question we have to answer is, wh
for police reform. stephanie ramos in memphis. that dangerous ice storm, winter alerts across 30 states. 50 million americans. that ice storm causing those multiple accidents already. concerns over the power grid tonight. hundreds of flights canceled. and the record-breaking cold right behind it. wind chills well below zero by tomorrow morning, all the way north. mireya villarreal in dallas. ginger zee timing it out. the urgent manhunt tonight. police appealing for the public s help. the suspect accused of brutally beating and kidnapping a woman who is now in critical condition. authorities say he may be using social media and their warning tonight. matt gutman reporting. secretary of state antony blinken in israel tonight, urging calm on all sides after some of the worst violence in years. and the mysterious drone attacks in iran. what we re learning tonight. back here at home, the alex murdaugh trial. the once prominent attorney accused of murdering his own wife and
Historic moment. A former american president could sue be a convicted criminal that this coming tuesday, Closing Arguments are expected to begin in former president Donald Trumps trial. There has been weeks of testimony from former members of his inner circle including people like Michael Cohen. Who faced a grueling Cross Examination but his former Attorney Says the real smoking gun in this case is in from any witnesses, its a document that outlines how the hush money payments were made to Stormy Daniels and lanny davis joins us now. The formal Legal Adviser to Michael Cohen and former Special Counsel to bill clinton. Good to see you and thank you for being with us. Good morning. Lets talk about this document. If folks had not been following the case and everything that has been happening in court, they might be hardpressed to believe that the crime was written down. Well, it is a document that is in him writing and has been admitted into evidence from Allen Weisselberg, the closest pe
Mark, you cant possibly think were going to pull this off. That call was crazy. He looked at me and started shaking his head, no, cass. He knows its over. He knows he lost. But were going to keep trying. There are good options out there still. Were going to keep trying. Cassidy hutchinson talking about mark meadows and tonight, there is blockbuster new reporting that meadows has been granted immunity to testify under oath about trumps efforts to overturn the election. Also tonight, a Tearful Jenna Ellis apologizes for her role in the Georgia Election interference rico crimes. Agreeing to tell prosecutors and a jury all that she knows about the trump gangs illegal activities. Plus, a third republican Speaker Designate down the drain today and a search for the fourth which is not a joke anymore. Its a disgrace. We begin tonight with breaking news. A potentially explosive development in jack smiths federal case against donald trump and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Abc news i
of real debate about this, about how strong the cases. i must, say i become so cynical about this court in particular. this is a political court and this is a political case. and i don t think a court that has three donald trump appointees? including, and in another republican appointee whose wife has been advocating on this issue is going to be making a legal issue, a legal case here. i think we can see a political decision, very much like bush versus gore. i was lucky it was a straight line political vote. i think there s a lot of legal issues to discuss but i think the answer is reporter: you don t have to wonder the trump appoint three judges. he s out there saying it. he s like a mob boss threatening it. i saw his lawyer on tv look straight into the camera saying, brett kavanaugh, he s going to come through for trump. what is your take on that, eddie? you know, we don t take trump to be the most ethical kind of guy on the planet. reporter: really? so that kind of quid