with you, my friend. an hour that is yet to be disclosed. i can t wait to see you again. i never have enough. in a little bit, see you. thank you to you at home for joining me this evening. the republican primary field has won thus canada as of this evening. former new jersey governor chris christie has officially dropped out of the race. it s clear to me tonight that there is not the path for me to one denomination. which is why, i am suspending my campaign tonight for president of the united states. i know, and i can see it from the faces here, that i and people by doing this. people who believe in our message and what we have been doing. i also know though, it s the right thing for me to do, because i want to promise you this, i am going to make sure that in no way do i enable donald trump to ever be president of the united states again, and that is more important than my own personal ambition. christy made a number of big statements about the state of the republic
there in his golf clubs. we re watching as some of the folks come off of the former president s plane. the former president said in no uncertain terms that he s innocent and he stands by that and he is returning for the 3:00 p.m. appearance tomorrow for the indictment. we do you know from friday, this is unsealed now. so the pages have already become part of the public record. you can see the president s attorneys no doubt getting off the plane. a lot of questions about who the team will be. there s been some changes in the team as of friday, a lot of guys with large briefcases getting off this plane right now. bret baier watching this with us this afternoon. good to have you with us, bret. i know you re in boston for an event, a senate-related event that we ll talk about. first to chad pergram to set the stage for us here this afternoon as this unfolds live. hi, chad. martha, good afternoon. republicans are drilling down on what they see as two tiers of justice. the gop
course, put their spin on it with the associated press describing sb 14 this way,. the gop controlled legislature is pushing to make texas the latest conservative state to crack down on medical care and get this, the rights of transgender people, the rights of transgender people, that is not what this is about at all. we are talkingwh about children, children having life changing chiloperations that are irreversible. contrast this with washington state, where democrats havetorst just made it legal for doctors to perform a number of these procedures without parental consent. mastectomies, without parentaler consent and without even parental notification. enif there are, quote, compellig reasons not to notify pathe parent, imagine if this were your child. some are calling it statme are e sanctioned kidnapping. if you ask americans there are e no two sides to this debate. a new washington post poll found that an overwhelming majority of americans oppose puberty blocking hormones
instigators of the january 6th attack. for members of the proud boys, including their former leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy. what today s verdict could mean for the investigations into donald trump. then, new ethics questions about supreme court justice, clarence thomas. and a billionaire donor. and, with just one week until title 42 expires, a look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. i m symone sanders-townsend in four stephanie ruhle. tonight, there s brand-new reporting that special counsel jack smith is ramping up efforts to find out former president trump hid classified documents. the new york times writes, prosecutors have, quote, obtained the confidential cooperation of a person who has worked for trump at mar-a-lago. the report continues, quote, the existence of an insider witness, whose identity has not been disclosed could be a significant step in the investigation. this news comes jus
shooting in serbia. the second such shooting in two days. russia warning the two countries can be on the open-arms conflict. and a jury convicts four members of the far right proud boys in connection with the january 6th insurrection. we ll look at the evidence they faced. we begin with breaking news out of serbia. police have arrested the suspect in the country s second mass shooting in as many days. officials say he killed at least eight people and wounded 13 others in several villages southeast of belgrade thursday night. police launched a massive manhunt. scott mclean is standing by in one of the villages where it took place. what s the story there? reporter: there s a huge sense of relief in three villages. this is one of the places where the shooting took place. you can see, this is a very rural area. a wide-open area. this shooter, frankly, could have been anywhere. the manhunt was massive, involving some 600 officers over a very wide swath. we saw them 20 mile