Office. What any of that portends is anyones guess at this hour. We have eyes on entrances and exits of that courthouse. Journalists there standing by and a few trained ears to the ground. As soon as we know something, anything at all, we will let you know. We should know today marks two weeks since donald trump announced that he had received a Target Letter in this case. It suggests he could be charged with Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct the january 6th session of congress, and depriving voters of their rights. Here with me are my guests. First, lets bring in justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, who has been following all this for us today. Ken, bring us up to speed for what we do know at this hour. Reporter greetings from the department of justice, where we are not so patiently waiting for news that explains the developments you just laid out. There are a lot of uncertainties around this process, because this is two weeks to the day si
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investigator of the january six committee, on the growing fears about how donald trump will use the military if he s reelected. then we ll talk about election ranks with minnesota governor tim walz. at three eastern, nikki free, democratic chair on the new tweets and abortion rights in that state. good morning to you from nbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re going to begin with the final countdown to the iowa caucuses, just one day to, go and republican candidates are battling an unexpected challenger, mother nature. as we look at iowa city right now, the temperature today, minus ten. the temperatures and forecast to warm up kind of, by caucus time tomorrow, but will remain below zero. conditions on the ground are treacherous for campaigners. it could hinder the ability of voters to get to caucus locations. however, the candidates are braving the weather today. they are blitzing nine cities and the crisscross on the state for
happening now, president biden delivers an impassioned plea to african american voters in south carolina, hoping the state that propelled hem to the democratic nomination in 2020, can recharge his reelection campaign, this as top republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week under the iowa caucuses. in georgia, donald trump is asking a judge to throw out the state s election subversion case against him. the former president once again claiming immunity, the same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with trump in tapedance. plus, we have breaking news about the terrifying mid flight fuselage blowout aboard an alaska airlines plane. now united airlines says it s uncovered loose bolts on the own flight of boeing 737-max-9 aircraft. i m object object, you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with president biden ramping up his reelection campaign, the president trying to rally support from african american voters, a key piece of his winning coa
of destruction across parts of the us in moments will take you to the hardest hit areas until you where millions of people are still at risk of severe weather, plus we re learning more about the plans for donald trump to surrender to new york authorities and appear in court on tuesday, and we get a look at how republicans are now reacting on capitol hill later, you ll hear transgender runner exclusively, tells cnn about how was single decision may have ended her dream of capturing olympic glory. from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with leila harrack. people in parts of the eastern us are waking up to the threat of severe and dangerous weather, tornado watches and warnings are in effect from parts of mississippi up to kentucky with powerful winds and large hail in the forecast, and a new tornado watch has just been issued for parts of alabama and georgia. this comes as we re starting to see more of the damage from a series of massive storms. two people were killed when a st