expanding access to affordable child and long term care. and body cam video released of the horrific moments that actor jeremy renner endured after a snowplow ran over him. rescue workers tending to him as you see, blood spilled across the snow and a life or death moment for this avenger and courtroom clash. the blockbuster trial between dominion voting and fox news is kicking off. opening arguments haven t even started and it s already getting ugly. cnn reporters are inside the courtroom, sending us all the details of this story, and many more coming in right now. on cnn news, central. so any moment opening statements in the biggest defamation trial in a generation are about to begin dominion voting systems suing fox news for defamation seeking $1.6 billion in damages in this sketch the fox lawyers seen on the right, the dominion attorneys on the left, the company said the network perpetuated false claims that dominion machines rigged the 2020 election despite repeated effor
and stolen. that view was wrong then and it is wrong today. that comes as the justice department is ramping up its criminal investigation into the fake electors scheme that was concocted by trump and his allies with federal agents delivering grand jury subpoenas to at least four people yesterday. this is at a scale that we had not seen before from doj. it raises questions about how deep they are in to the fake elector scheme with their investigations. we will have much more on that in just a moment. that is the justice department branch of all of this. the congressional side of the investigation picks up in a few hours with a new hearing focused on the former president s pressure campaign to get the department of justice to intervene in the 2020 election. joining me now ellie honig former federal prosecutor. we can tell a lot by this witness list today. we can, john. let s set the scene. mid-december 2020 now it s about a month and change after the election, we are a few
been through. but look, as i mentioned before, it s incredible. his heart stopping really caused the hearts of many around the world to beat as one. it s been incredible to show of empathy and grace and compassion and the love the charity work that $9 million people raised for his foundation again. he s not taking this opportunity for granted. he s going to go on and pay the blessings forward, as he said. what a fantastic story coy. we re glad that you re on our team now. thanks so much. korea always appreciate you take care man. still much more news to come on cnn news, central, don t go anywhere. 2010 with no filter coming in may on c n n f r e oh, yeah! free. get a free eye exam when
sources tell cnn that the department of justice issued subpoenas to trump electors in georgia, michigan and pennsylvania, all states that former president trump lost, also subpoenaed according to the washington post, thomas lane who worked on the trump campaign efforts in arizona and new mexico. joining me now is someone who held firm against all kinds of election lies, chairman of the maricopa county board of supervisors in arizona republican bill gates. thank you for being with us. what did you personally see in terms of this fake electors scheme in arizona? well, this fake elector scheme was really key to the whole january 6th effort of the trump campaign. i mean, here we had these weren t just sort of random people who were the fake electors, these are, sadly, leaders of today s arizona republican party. kelly ward, care man, national committeeman tyler boyer, jim
prostate cancer. the 89-year-old says his condition is not remotely life threatening. his words. he s care man and ceo of berkshire hathaway, with an estimated net worth of $44 billion. his name has been recently associated with tax policy, of course and a push by democrats to tax the wealthiest americans at 30% of their income. that s an idea that warren buffett supports. in a statement disclosing his illness, buffett wrote i feel great, my energy level is 100%, i will let shareholders know immediately should my health situation change. eventually of course it will, but i believe that day is a long way off. butch at the ti tests show the cancer has not spread to other areas of his body. doctors say the cancer was caught early, making buffett s prognosis very good and let s hope so. for more on how the markets are reacting, let s bring in geoff cutmore live in london. good morning to you.