my body clenched up. my stomach was in knots. and i just began praying. i just began praying for the return of them. a frndiend of the four americans kidnapped in mexico describing the moment she knew something was terribly wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with one trump investigation that could be close to a dramatic end. the new york times reporting that the manhattan d.a. s office has offered to let the former president testify next week before a grand jury. the times saying it is a signal that criminal charges are likely. this all has to do with that $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the adult film star claimed she had an affair with trump a decade earlier which he denies. investigators are looking into whether that payment for her silence broke campaign finance laws. trump has denied knowing about that payment. want to bring in david a
of snow preparing for more. we start in new york city. we were talking about this story. there is now a possible indication that former president trump could soon face criminal charges. now, this is not guaranteed. we should note that. the new york times is reporting that the man district attorney s office is signaling charges against trump are likely over the hub money payments to stormy daniels. prosecutors have offered trump a chance to testify next week before the grand jury hearing evidence in the case seeing some of his former closest allies go before them. such offers usually indicate an indictment is potentially likely. this case is not a slum dunk. it could pose a challenge for prosecutors. paula reid has been tracking this case with us all morning. we know that trump s attorneys have gone in and met with the district attorney, but the idea that he, himself, is going to go in and testify seems incredibly unlikely. it does seem incredibly unlikely. but over the
and then nikki haley is going to deliver a major speech to abortion and then two legal battles surrounding former president donald trump in sudan, a shaky cease-fire as an evacuation is under way to help foreigners. what we know about why tucker carlson and don lemon were forced out. and then we remember harry bwho died president biden announced he s running for re-election he kicked off his bid for a second term with the release of a three-minute video called freedom, and he asked voters to tk give him more time biden also says maga extremists are lining up to cut the social safety net and take away personal liberties the announcement comes four years to the day after he launched his 2020 campaign when i ran for president four years ago, i said we are in the battle for the soul of america, and we still are the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more or less freedom, more rights or fewer. i know what i want the answer to be, and i think you do,
we cannot do if we do it together this hour, we will bring you new developments in the criminal and civil cases against former president trump. i will ispeak to a top former diplomat who negotiated peace deals. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington we expect to hear from president biden this hour at a gathering of his strongest supporters here in washington, members of the building and trade unions. the president s first public remarks since announcing his re-election bid in the online video featuring vice president kamala harris and highlighting his record on the economy, abortion rights and the fight to preserve democracy when i ran for president four years ago, i said we re going to battle for the soul of america we still are the question we are facing is whether in the years ahead we have more freedom or less. more rights or fewer i know what i want the answer to be i think you do, too. this is not a time to be complacent that s why i m running for re
about republicans looking into his corrupt son hunter. the public isn t going to pay attention to that, they want these guys to do something. the only thing they could do is make up things about my family, it s not going to go very far. jeanine: but in reality there is bipartisan support to look into the slimy first sodden. 61% support an investigation. then there s that giant chinese spy balloon we just learned some startling new details. the spy craft contained multiple antennas that were capable of collecting communications. but apparently biden thinks it s no harm, no foul. have relations now between the u.s. and china taken a big hit no. no. how do you know? i know, i talked to them. i talked to xi jinping before and talks with other people, i didn t talk to them during this. jeanine: president biden downplaying his document to scandal the only way he knows how, by throwing his staff under the bus. dave informed me not to speak of this issue and to anyway