elliott, let s talk about these documents. these are the same documents that meadows turned over to the january 6th select committee. what is the significance of them now being shared with the doj? what s the big picture view here? yeah, i think the big picture view, don, is number one, most people actually comply with subpoenas. so much focus has been on who hasn t been complying. at the end of the day, there s a tremendous risk that someone takes by not doing so. i don t know what mark meadows calculation was here, but clearly, the risk of prosecution is pretty great. by not complain. big picture, think about all of the things that text messages to and from mark meadows could provide evidence of help support. obviously, there is the white house s response to violence on the day of january 6th. that certainly the most obvious. then there s the questions of how congress was itself obstructed. as a governmental body or is congress itself. and certainly, questions may have co
just shows you they re working behind the scenes when most people don t know it. elliott, let s talk about these documents because these are the same documents i believe that meadows turned over to the january 6th select committee. what is the significance of them now being shared with the doj? what s the big picture? yeah, the big picture, don, number one, most people actually comply with subpoenas. so much focus has been on who hasn t been complying but at the end of the day there s a tremendous risk for those that don t. i don t know what his calculation was but the risk of prosecution was pretty great by not complying. big picture, think about all of the things that text messages to and from mark meadows could provide evidence of or help support. obviously there is the white house s response to violence on the day of january 6th. that s certainly the most obvious. then there s questions of how congress itself was obstructed as a governmental body or as congress itself
we report from one town deserted by russian troops. over here on the wall, one interesting detail a single word which someone has written in broken english. sorry. hello and welcome. queen elizabeth ii is lying in state tonight, beneath the ancient timbers of westminster hall. this is the scene live, in the oldest part of the palace of westminster. for the past six hours, thousands of people have been filing past her majesty s coffin to pay their final respects to a remarkable monarch. the queen will now lie in state for four full days, until monday, the morning of herfuneral. in a few minutes, we ll cross live to westminster to hear from some of those who ve been queuing to bid their farewells to the queen, but first, our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, has the story of the day. in a setting that is so familiar, where so often and so recently there has been celebration, today an event of the greatest solemnity. on the pavements around the palace and along the mal
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
extraordinary day of pageantry and mourning, including a show of unity by king charles and his family as they walked in a royal procession with the queen s flag-draped coffin. and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy visits a newly liberated city and says he s shocked, shocked by the destruction russian troops left behind. cnn is on the ground with the latest on ukraine s gains, russia s retreat, and the state of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, a potential freight rail strike in the united states is already having a major impact just ahead of a friday deadline. amtrak shutting down all long-haul train routes as unions and freight rail companies try to hammer out a deal to avoid a work stoppage that could cripple fragile u.s. supply chains. cnn s pete muntean is joining us from just outside the u.s. labor department in washington where negotiations