Trump which enraged wyoming constituents leading to a credible primary challenge. Those detractors argue leadership should speak with one voice but they were outnumbered 145 to 61. Republicans emerging from the vote saying they are more united than ever. They strip marjorie to the green of her committee assignments. Democrats refuse the Deal Mccarthy says was aimed at taking the temperature down but tonight they disavowed youanon, space later starting the 9 11 wildfires, tonight mccarthy asking why democrats are allowing Eric Swallwell to stay on the committee. The speaker has that appointment. She and i were both down in the skiff and heard the fbi was no way what i ever leave him on intel or homeland. I question if he should still be in congress. Shannon White House Correspondent kevin cork hits things off with a busy day. It has been a busy one. Reporter mistakes happen and we are all guilty of blowing it from time to time but to make what appeared to many to be a homophobic tweet a
piece of stripe gum. the situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. see you tomorrow. happening now, breaking news. closing arguments just wrapped up in donald trump s new york civil fraud trial. the former president taking his campaign to the courtroom, launching into a rambling speech before being cut off by the judge who urged trump s attorneys to control their client. plus, we re now in the final stretch before iowa decides with the first in the nation caucuses just four days away. nikki haley and ron desantis trying to capitalize on last night s heated cnn debate and close the gap with republican front-runner donald trump. a key haley supporter, new hampshire governor chris sununu joins me live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and let s get straight to the breaking news. donald trump s new york civil fraud trial comes to
clear that donald j. trump is a target of the investigation. we ll have legal analysis what that means for a possible indictment in just a moment. meanwhile trump s former running mate is now his newest challenger in the 2024 presidential race. we ll have more from mike pence s campaign launch. plus that hazardous haze that s been covering the northeast is expected to kick back up today. we ll get the latest time line for when the wildfire smoke from canada could finally clear out. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, june 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. nbc news has learned that former president donald trump s attorneys have been told that trump is a target of the justice department s investigation into the former president s handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors told trump s attorneys about their client being a target in that probe during their meeting monday at the doj headqu
president biden and u.s. house speaker mccarthy reach a tentative deal to raise the debt cree but will they be able to sell it to skeptical lawmakers on both sides of the aisle? and polls open in turkey. we re live in istanbul as voters began casting their ballots in the country s historic presidential runoff. plus, fueling speculation. ukraine s top commander releases a video that has many wondering if the country s counter offensive could be imminent. we begin in the u.s. with a late night agreement to try to prevent a disastrous debt default. the white house and republicans say they ve agreed in principle to raise the u.s. debt ceiling and cap government spending. u.s. house speaker kevin mccarthy is hailing the deal as a breakthrough that was reached after a flurry of crisis talks. after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do, but i believe this is an agreement in principle that s worthy of the american peop
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these times. we are grateful. the beat with jason johnson in for ari starts now. welcome to the beat. i m jason johnson in for ari melber. we start with breaking news. legal heat engulfing donald trump. donald trump is in some real trouble in the classified documents probe as more legal vets predict a indictment is coming, even jail time. new bombshell reporting from the new york post. mar-a-lago workers moving a mar-a-lago box one day before the doj came for the documents and allegedly carried out a dress rehearsal for moving sensitive paper even before his subpoena. this showing calculated moves by the trump team undercuts trump s claim he didn t think he was doing anything wrong. he told sean hannity he declassified the documents with his mind. i did declassify, yes. is there a process? what was your process? there doesn t have to be a process, as i understand it. different people say different things, be