good evening, lawrence. good evening, alice. it s subpoena night here at msnbc. with mike pence making little history. could be the first vice president ever. we should never lose sight of the fact that the vice president is getting a subpoena to talk about the actions on the part of his own president as it relates to potentially fomenting an insurrection at the capitol to undermine democracy. the gravity should not be lost on us. yet another unique entry in the mike pence position and in vice presidential history. once again. a long history at this point, lawrence. thank you, alex. the breaking news of the, night if you just heard, is that mike pence has made history once again. this time as the first former vice president in history to receive a subpoena from a prosecutor investigating possible crimes committed by the president who the vice president served. special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed mike pence to give under oath grand jury testimony. washington po
presidential history. once again. it s looking like a long history at this point, lawrence. the breaking news tonight, as you just heard, is that mike pence has made history once again. this time as the first former vice president in history to receive a subpoena from a prosecutor investigating possible crimes committed by the president who the vice president served. special counsel jack smith has subpoenaed mike pence to give under oath grand jury testimony. the washington post reports tonight, the pence subpoena is related to the january 6th, according to the person familiar with the matter, and comes after months of negotiations between the justice department, mike pence testifies to that grand jury as he most definitely will be forced to do, no matter how many legal objections he raises along the way. it will be the very first time that mike pence has told his story leading up to and on january 6th under oath. first, mike pence, or a member of his staff, was the secre
indictment could land soon. that has law enforcement in new york and washington beefing up security ahead of potential protests. but amid putin continues talks with his dear friend, she jinping, and moscow, in the coming hours. the white house says it s watching the meeting of russian and chinese leaders closely. how this visit could impact the war in ukraine. plus, shares and u.s. bank first republic tumbled to a new low, raising the question is the banking system in the u.s. secure, or is more turmoil coming? live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. it s two a.m. and new york, with the city that never sleeps is getting ready for an unprecedented possibility. talk the indictment of a former president. a senior law enforcement official tells cnn donald trump could be charged as soon as this week. but that s for us close to trump s legal team say they don t expect any arrest or court appearance to happen before next
we should be prepared to be back here doing this same thing when that happens. because especially considering some of the things that mccarthy clearly gave away. i mean in the past they ve been able to do it with democratic help, and mccarthy in theory could do that. but it seems like they ve tried to hold his feet to fire here and say, no, what kevin mccarthy can decide to do is not put it on the floor. without getting into the specifics of all the ugly fights that are going to come, i think the point that you just made and others have made is that this is at large a vision of what we re going to see, possibly, going forward for the next two years in a very chaotic congress. and it has huge consequences. huge consequences for nation, but as we just settle on this moment, we are watching the history being made, because i believe on this 15th ballot kevin mccarthy will finally secure enough votes, whether it s through people voting present or switching votes to him to ac
covid lockdowns was anti science. tonight i can tell you that democracy is grinding through its process and there could be a speaker of the house elected tonight. now, i know that s a change from what you ve heard all week but we can report that in the next few hours, it could actually happen. the house is reconvening any second, and the ingraham angle is hearing from a high level source kevin mccarthy does have the votes to get elected. let s go live to capitol hill, things are very fluid they can change but senior congressional correspondent who has been working very hard this week, chad perfect gram is standing by. chad what can you tell us? laura good evening, kevin mccarthy gained support as speaker on two roll call votes today. he did not gain any support on 11 votes for speaker over the previous three days. the question is whether mccarthy can close the deal tonight. we are told he should have the votes later on and be sworn in as speaker. two of his supporters are b