subpoenaed to the grand jury two people from the white house counsel s office including the white house counsel himself, but what is standing in the way of getting all of the information that prosecutors want are claims that donald trump is trying to make about executive privilege where he s trying to protect statements that were made to him or that he said on these crucial days that are being investigated. so those claims of executive privilege, that s potentially leading to a court fight where the justice department will try to get access to those statements through these witnesses and that s what these talks are about, lining up the justice department team and trump s team, talking to one another, potentially they could be pitted against each other if this does go to court, but the big picture here is that criminal prosecutors right now are definitely interested in doing fact-finding and locking down what they can about what was said in the white house either by trump or t
plausible deniability and frankly a legal defense that he can now use. former fbi agent asha and neal, thank you. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. i m jose diaz-balart. right now we are awaiting decisions from the supreme court. just four cases to go for this session. including one on immigration that will decide whether a controversial trump era rule will stay in effect. and bombshell testimony. we are taking a deep dive into where the january 6 committee goes next after revelations of a witness to key conversations the morning of the insurrection. the president said something to the effect of i m the f g president. take me up to the capitol now. we will discuss more with congresswoman norma torres. plus new details in the death of 51 people trying to migrate to the united states. what their deaths tell us about the risks people are willing to take to get to the united states. new today major moves from
election result. it s a pressure campaign that came incredibly and alarmingly close to actually working. it could have completely changed the game for trump and his allies on january 6th if and only if it had succeeded. washington post is out with stunning new details on efforts by doj official jeffrey clark to essentially take over the justice department, efforts which culminated in a january 3rd meeting previously reported on by the post, the new york times and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richard donahue and of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for congress to approve. in fact, clark
real madrid claim the tropy viniciuer s second half goal is enough to clinch it for the spanish side. so a bad night for liverpool and supporters here in paris now the the club is calling for an investigation into how its fans were treated. in other news, russia s ambassador to the uk says moscow will not use nuclear weapons in the war against ukraine. and could we see the return of pounds and ounces in the shops? a review of the laws on imperial measurements is announced. hello. it is a sundae of sunshine and showers for many today and with and showers for many today and with a cool and showers for many today and with a cool northerly wind temperatures will be a cool northerly wind temperatures will be a a cool northerly wind temperatures will be a little disappointing for this time of year. all the details coming this time of year. all the details coming up this time of year. all the details coming up shortly. good morning. it s sunday may 29. our main story.
continues its offensive in the donbas. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. time to take a look at all the sporting action this weekend. it has already been a busy start to the weekend. there is more to come, chethan? good morning, liverpool football club have called for an investigation into the security arrangements of last night s champions league final after thousands of fans were stopped from gaining access to the ground. police fired tear gas and pepper spray at supporters as some people attempted to climb over the security barriers, delaying kick off for more than half an hour. liverpool went on to lose 1 0 to real madrid, as andy swiss reports. both on and off the pitch for liverpool, it was the toughest of nights. after the chaos their fans experienced outside the ground caused a delayed kick off, they started the brighter. sadio mane agonisingly close to the breakthrough, denied o