Now, ahead. Vice president harris heads to the sun belt ready to fire up voters in Battleground Georgia as a state gop official says the race is tighter because of her. And israel sends tanks and troops into the west bank adding even more anger and instability in the region. Good to be with you. Im katy tur in for andrea mitchell. Jack smith has filed a new Superseding Indictment against donald trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election. While he doesnt add new charges, jack smith recasts his case as a prosecution of a Candidate Running for office, trying to work around the Supreme Court decision that gives president s broad immunity for, quote, official acts while in office. Gone are the conversations donald trump had with the doj. Gone is the primary reference to him as the 45th president. Instead, hes mainly described as a candidate and changed is coconspirators like Rudy Giuliani are described, they are, quote, private attorneys. Will that be enough . We have analysis
Injuries he sustained when he was hit in the head by members of the rightwing maga mob during the Capitol Insurrection Last month. Just four other private citizens have laid in honor in the rotunda, including two other Capitol Police officers killed in the line of duty, rosa parks and reverend billy graham. Today House Impeachment Managers laid out a searing argument for why the disgraced former occupant of the white house should be convicted by the senate for his role in inciting the riot that led to the death of officer sicknick and four others. With an impassioned trial brief saying simply his responsibility for the events of january 6th is unmistakable. Arguing the senate can try the former president because his conduct endangered the life of every Single Member of congress, jeopardized the peaceful transition of power and line of succession and compromised our national security. Adding that instead of accepting the will of the american people, the man whose name we would love to e
Witnesses. Today the committee will hear from witnesses about the challenges that state stanksed businesses in the cannabis owners have when attempting to under the controlled substance act, its considered a schedule one drug. Being categorized as a schedule one means that the possession, distribution or sale of marijuana or other marijuana derived products is illegal under federal law and any proceeds from cannabis related activities remain subject to antiMoney Laundering laws. In the last several years many states have used valid initiatives or referendums that have legalized marijuana in some form, whether for recreational or medical use. Currently there are 11 states plus the district of columbia where it is legal to buy and consume recreational and medical marijuana adds well. And there are 22 states plus d. C. That have approvedmedcal marijuana totaling 33 states in all that have some form of Legal Marijuana. Senators gardner and merkley have introduced Bipartisan Legislation tha
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in atlanta. we re less than 40 minutes to the launch of axiom two. it s the second mission to the international space station. on board is a former space station commander who has spent more time in space than any other american along with a pilot and two mission specialists from saudi arabia. we ll bring you that launch live in about a half an hour. and negotiations will resume over the debt crisis. they will set the stakge for a high-stakes meeting tomorrow. the president is flying home from the g-7 summit in japan. here s what mccarthy had to say about that conversation. i believe it was a productive phone call. and so at the end of the phone call, what we need to do is, we re going to have patrick mchenry get back together with he s going to ask his team, get back together. so we can walk them through literally what we ve been talking about. i think some of the challenges here they might not completely understand h
Confirmed dead after a powerful 6. 8 earthquake that struck last night. More than 14,000 people excuse me, 1,400 people are in Critical Condition. That number could go higher as well. We see a rescue team pull a woman from the rubble. As searches continue, the death toll is expected to climb even higher. Now from marrakech, weve been checking in over the last couple hours. What are you looking at now . Reporter well, jim, this is a home. A Residential Home in the ancient old city of marrakech. You can see how the vibrations, this massive earthquake, 6. 8 on the richter scale, pulled away the side of the building. Were about in a 100meter block from the previous locations that we had a look at. This is just yet another sign. You can see the Building Materials here. Ironically, they may be more robust than some modern materials but that hasnt been the case in the country side where villages have been reduced to the sort of rubble you can see on the screen now, except that is across an im