counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment, we will try to get some answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. but first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say that there are 16 records of the national archives and what they are handing over to jack smith. they apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president, undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took against declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you are the president of the united states, you can declassified just by saying it is declassified, even by thinking about it. we are told the archives informed trump about its discovery yesterday in a letter. cnn has obtained a copy. it says, i am quoting, the 16 records and questionable reflect communication involving
4:00 in new york. today, monumental breakthrough in the sometimes frustrating pursuit and pace of accountability and justice. the aftermath of the deadly attack on the u.s. capitol. in the 785 days since the insurrection he incited, donald trump has managed to squirm his way through an impeachment, wiggle past the bipartisan congressional investigation, stretching presidential immunity to great effect so far. now the justice department says in a brand-new court filing, such immunity should not shield donald trump from multiple civil suits brought by police officers and members of congress. in that new filing, in the course of urging an appeals court to reject trump s immunity claim, the justice department was very careful to avoid taking a position on whether trump is actually liable for causing the riot. the new action does open new doors of potential accountability for him. doj s essentially telling the court it does not believe trump can use immunity to avoid civil litigat
top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom. thanks for joining us. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. happening now, attorney general merrick garland on capitol hill to testify before the jen at judiciary committee for the first time here. you see senators cruz and holly. he is expected to be hit with a wide range of questions including allegations from republicans as they said that the justice department is being weaponized against conservatives as well as updates into investigations into trump and biden and we ll take you there live as it happens. the annual cpac conference happens today as we get new cnn reporting about what trump s allies are doing to get house republicans in his corner. for 2024, not all of them are there. sdwloo also ahead, closing arguments are expected to begin today in the double murder trial of disgraced former lawyer alex murdaugh. jurors in that case at the crime scene at this hour. we will take you live to south carolina. let s begin this hour with
shown this week, all of the new footage that we ve never seen before. and? and you would be shocked, alex, that s how little time that takes [laughter] you would be, uhm i m going to be right here! it s right in the middle of what i have to say here, but i just want to give it away right here. the entirety, the entirety of the new video that we ve never seen before, attacker caution has shown, is less than four minutes. [laughter] less than four minutes. i do the work! i do the hard worker watching at. all you do the big left for all of us! watch all of it! in fact i water more than once. just [laughter] just to be sure. yeah, four minutes! okay lawrence, i m going to learn about what was in those precious four minutes on your television program this evening. yeah we ll all over more to say about. it i m sure you do. thank you. alex have greater! thank you. on january six, late tonight, after they trump violent mob attacked the capitol, tucker carlso
good evening alex! i spent my day today watching all of the january 6th footage that tucker carlson has shown this week, all of the new footage that we ve never seen before. and? and you would be shocked, alex, that s how little time that takes [laughter] you would be, uhm i m going to be right here! it s right in the middle of what i have to say here, but i just want to give it away right here. the entirety, the entirety of the new video that we ve never seen before, attacker caution has shown, is less than four minutes. [laughter] less than four minutes. i do the work! i do the hard worker watching at all. you do the big left for all of us! watch all of it! in fact i water more than once. just [laughter] just to be sure. yeah, four minutes! okay lawrence, i m going to learn about what was in those precious four minutes on your television program this evening. yeah we ll all over more to say about it. i m sure you do. thank you alex. have gr