mystery during the recent uptick in activity from the justice department is what happened to mark meadows? now we know the answer. the answer is that he has responded. he s complied with a subpoena from the justice department as part of the january 6th investigation. now, this makes him the highest ranking trump official to comply with a subpoena as part of this criminal investigation, and, you know, in addition to him, we also know that ben williamson, one of his aides, a very top aide of mark meadows has also been subpoenaed as part of this big push we recently reported more than 30 subpoenas that went out to people in the trump orbit. with mark meadows, we know he s provided, you know, all of the materials he had given to the january 6th, the house committee that is investigating january 6th. that s thousands of emails and text messages from the period that, you know, covers everything from before the election to up to obviously january 20th. so that s an important window
it, everything that we ve heard late in the broadcast, but first we have some new cnn reporting to bring to you, let s get straight from cnn s evan perez on that. evan, good evening to you, mark meadows i hear responding to a subpoena from the doj, what are you hearing? what are you learning? yeah, don lopez has been one of the big mysteries during all of the recent uptick in activity from the justice department. what happened to mark meadows? now we know the answer. the answer is that he has responded, he has complied with a subpoena from the justice department, part of the january six investigation, now this makes him the highest ranking trump official to comply with a subpoena as part of this criminal investigation. in addition to him, we also know that ben williams in one of his aides, a very top aide, of mark meadows, has also been subpoenaed as part of this big push. we recently reported that more than 30 subpoenas went out in the trump orbit. now with mark meadows, w
ukraine and an all out effort to avoid a rail strike here in the united states. well, the clock is ticking for negotiators to avoid the potentially crippling rail strike here in the united states. talks led by labor secretary marty walsh have been going on throughout the early morning hours. one official tells cnn don t expect a resolution any time soon. a strike could put a serious dent in a u.s. economy already struggling to recover threatening deliveries of amtrak is warning of cancellations and more to come. more from pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the breaks on a rail worker strike that could bring a major blow to the economy. bosses met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting eve
tonight. a walkout by 60,000 workers could derail the u.s. economy. the biden administration is considering executive action to avoid a shutdown. let s get the latest from cnn s pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the brakes on a possible rail worker strike that could deal a major blow to the economy. bosses representing unions and railroads met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting everything from parts for cars to fertilizer for farming. transportation is a big part of the cost to the consumer and i don t believe there s one person in the country that it won t affect. reporter: starting thursday, some railroads will stop accepting shipments of grain critical to feed livestock and drivin
cases related to trump and trump s rivals. and he maintained his innocence for 23 years, and now prosecutors say he deserves a new trial after the popular serial podcast raised doubts about dna evidence in the case. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. it could be the first in 30 years, a freight rail strike looming closer could begin as soon as friday morning. about 60,000 workers are set to walk off the job if unions and management fail to come to an agreement in the next day and a half. the consequences from this could be, frankly, economically devastating. gas prices which have been drastically falling from their summer peak could once again skyrocket if trains carrying fuel stop moving. harvested crops could be prevented from reaching food factories, stopping staples from reaching grocery stores. amtrak is already canceling almost all of its long-distance passenger trains starting tomorrow as most of their routes run on freight tracks, disrupting travel across the