senator lindsey graham relates to something much deeper and more important. tells us about where not only the republican party is but why we have so many problems defending our democracy these days. you may know him. really one of the people who has had kind of a self-defeating obsession of winning over trump even though he initially warned more than many about how bad trump is and that made graham a politically troubled character because the public record shows he knows exactly what he s doing. that may be different from someone who gets caught up in the emotion of it or is a true believer. he was humiliated even though he has tried so hard to win trump back over after warning about him. this was in graham s home state of california. politics matter to him there. even though he has gone on a long, long road trying to win over trump and we ll get into some of that, just watch as this crowd unleashes before he even speaks. thank y all. welcome to pickens. thank y all for com
is for the first time in the history of the country, a former president a facing federal charges. it is friday, june 9, here are the latest developments. a grand jury in florida has indicted trump on seven counts related to the mishandling of classified documents. his lawyer says he is facing a charge under the espionage act. and also charges of obstruction of justice, false statements and conspiracy. the former president released a video railing against the indictment calling it a hoax and election interference. he says he is an innocent man. in a post trump said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in miami 3:00 p.m. tuesday. they did not give any advanced warning of the indictment. secret service will be coming up with a plan for the court appearance. and congressional allies quick to rally to his defense as some of his campaign rivals attacked the legal system but avoided direct support notably of the former president. so far the biden white house has not c
canadian wildfires. meteorologists expect the effects to linger for at least another day and possibly into the weekend. millions of people are affected. doctors in some places are advising people to limit their time outdoors. many schools, cities and sports organizations have postponed or canceled events because of the air quality. new york city is clearing up a bit, but the smoke is kind of drifting elsewhere. correspondent nate foy is in jersey city, new jersey tonight. nate, good evening. trace, good evening to you. what a difference 24 hours can make. we can actually see the sky tonight in new york city which was not the case yesterday. but other parts of the country remain heavily impacted as the smoke continue informs drift. one day after the worst air quality ever recorded in new york city today cities like philadelphia and washington, d.c. are covered in dense smoke as residents breathe air defined as very unhealthy by the e.p.a. the smoke obliterated the island y
i m ari melber in for nicolle and i ll anchor for the next three hours right now with a lot of news breaking out of new york as the d.a. alvin bragg moves forward with two witnesses who faced this grand jury today, robert costello a legal adviser to that key witness we all know about, michael cohen. he s testified today at the request of trump s legal team. under new york law a person who is expected to be indicted which in this case may or may not be donald trump but in an abundance of fairness, that individual can request a witness appear for them before this grand jury finishes its work. so that s part of what we re following on this big breaking news day. today cohen also on hand, this weekend he said he would be back today to address what costello says making him the rebuttal witness and this, today, is his third appearance before the grand jury. so, that alone makes all of this a major day and probe that is quite near deciding whether or not to indict donald trump. so,
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