caution it s. ron klain having work to the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he s their underway fulfilling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where they re sitting there with no vacancies. wow! that s just an astonishing accomplishment. at a time when it is abundantly clear how very important the judiciary is to be functioning democracy. exactly. we are joined tonight by harvard law officer professor laurence tribe to consider of among other things mike pence s novel to put it kindly, novel notion about why he should testify before a grand jury. novel is one way putting it or, it s account wait to see. it thanks. alex thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und
to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children who has died at the age of 93. a report looking into events leading up to the death of a 13 month old boy in cumbria has found that the woman who killed him misled social workers about her mental health, her alcohol use, and her debts. leiland james corkill was killed injanuary last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. a safeguarding report found that relevant information about castle was not shared between agencies. it concluded that checks on people who want to adopt should be strengthened. first, our special correpsondent ed thomas has this report, it contains some distressing details. mummy, please don t be sad. i miss you so much too. i m safe. it s so beautiful up here. but i do worry when i see you cry. laura inhales sharply the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son, leiland james. .. and what do you re
Cnn newsroom. Hi everyone. Im just dean in washington and we begin with breaking new cnn, his warned the Biden Administration has paused a shipment all of us made ammunition to israel it appears to be the first time the us has stumped a Weapon Shipment to the Israeli Military since the october 7 hamas attacks and it comes amid growing tensions between the us and israel over the war in gaza. And during highstakes negotiations to reach a potential ceasefire and hostage deal with lets get right over to cnns priscilla alvarez, whos here with us percival, what more are you learning about all this . Well, a source, it could not disclosed why the decision was made to pause this particular shipment. But two important points here, it is not linked to what is believed to israels potential Ground Invasion of rafah. Thats in the Southern Gaza strip were more than 1 million filling in palestinians have been sheltering and has been a concern for the us if israel were to move in and continue that ope
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