been proven at times to be a lie, proven at times to be consistently false, he s consistently able to make that and get republicans, his rivals to rally around that this is the top of the hour, 2:00 in new york city, and we are going to take a pause, just for all of us to take a breath and remind you of what s happening here donald trump is now inside of the courthouse in lower manhattan. we expecting him to walk down that hallway, where you see that heavy security presence. he is going to go into a courtroom for an arraignment we re told it s likely to be around 30 charges. we do not know what those charges are. we do not know if they re going to be read aloud in court. we do not know how many pages this indictment will be. but we know that donald trump by now, presumably, has been fingerprinted. and he is under arrest as we talk about the implications of this day, politically, neil cottier, let me ask you about the legal argument we make here, in some cases we ve already
ukraine. we believe that many of the points on the peace plan put forward by china are consistent with russian approaches and can be taken as the basis of a peaceful settlement when the west and kyiv are ready for it, this readiness is not observed on their side. since the war began, russia has become far more dependent on china. china has been propping up russia s economy amid western sanctions by purchasing its energy replacing western supp suppliers in electronics and aircraft and providing an alternative to the u.s. dollar. she is inviting putin to china this year and told putin they share similar goals. putin says russia has closely studied beijing s peace proposal for ukraine, a plan that washington says would solidify russia s grip on occupied land. china would not want to see putin fail. it would set a terrible example for the chinese system. reporter: china and russia have a complicated history, but their shared adversarial relationship with washington is drivi
medals. republicans aren t the only ones out there who want to get rid of george santos. two democrats requested a house ethics investigation, and hand delivered a copy of the complaint to santos office, he wasn t there at the time, they had to give it to his assistant, admiral slorge santos. there are a lot of developments this morning with congressman george santos that we ll be updating you on. we re also learning a lot more this morning about the justice department s wide ranging investigation into january 6th. we re going to dig into new reporting on subpoenas sent to officials from former president donald trump s presidential campaign. which is significant, because, again, a lot of people have said, you can investigate a lot of different things, but at the end of the day, with everybody getting tried that was part of the riots and some people being charged with sedition, they re all pointing their finger at donald trump. most of them are saying he s the reason he
Weekend. The sand in the surf of myrtle beach, south carolina. But to the south, there is a big problem. It is scorching dangerous heat. And, by the way, it is not even summer yet. Very good day to all of you. Welcome to alex witt reports. Another Record Number of americans on the roads in the sky for what is expected to be the busiest Memorial Day Travel weekend and two decades , so here is a look at how things are going out there in some busy spots. Things are moving on the i76 in philadelphia. If you could see it, you would see just how many cars are there. And a pretty packed shoreline on myrtle beach, south carolina. You are looking at umbrellas. Everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather today. But while many are enjoying the sunshine, Severe Weather could put some Holiday Plans at risk. Millions of Tornado Warnings and possibly damaging hail. We have got several correspondence in place covering all the angles of the story for you. We are joined by maura garrett. So, maura, this
Democracy at stake, the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court hold in their hands the power to forever alter the trajectory of our country. How they rule on cases having to do with january 6th, violent attempt to disrupt the transfer of power, will echo for generations. So not only is it reasonable for us to expect those nine human beings to go about their process impartially, its vital that they are seen and perceived as being impartial appearance. The mere appearance of bias could strain our trust in an honest result for these cases, which is why todays news isnt just disturbing, its scary. The New York Times cites photos and interviews with neighbors in reporting that in 2021, days before president joe bidens inauguration as president , days after the deadly attack on the United States capitol of january 6th, neighbors of conservative Justice Samuel alito noticed something on his lawn, an upside down american flag, a symbol commonly used in those days by Trump Supporters