Charged with any crime. Will they be or there they flip on him . The testimony of former Vice President mike pence proving to be a key part of this historic indictment. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. Great to have you back, first of all. Thank you. Quite a day it is. This morning donald trump has been charged with trying to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. It is unprecedented. It is historic. And it puts the nation in truly uncharted territory. Two monumental almost foundational forces directly at odds. On the one hand as peter baker of the New York Times writes, can a sitting president spread lies about an election and try to employ the authority of the government to overturn the will of the voters without consequence . On the other hand the wall street Journal Editorial Board suggests it, quote, potentially criminalizes many kinds of actions and statements by a president that a prosecutor deems to be false. We will explain how S
stamp. in terms of ending the war, nbc news is reporting on secret talks between former u.s. officials and prominent russians to lay the groundwork for potential negotiations. while the post reports ukrainian officials say they are confident in their aim to retake substantial territory by the fall, and forced russia to negotiate. meanwhile, the white house the uk is a signatory to a convention, which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. we will continue to do our part to support ukraine. all right, there was rishi sunak there, the prime minister of great britain, jumping into the conversation. but to that point, while the white house is defending us and then cluster shells to ukraine, with president biden saying ukrainian forces are running out of ammunition. it is still turning out to be an unpopular decision at home and abroad, as biden plans to travel to europe to tomorrow, and millions of americans remain under potentially
welcome to hannity . joint house republicans marked up articles of impeachment against department of homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. this as biden says he has done all he could possibly do at the border which is as big a lie as him telling us for three years that the border was closed and secure. jim jordan and texas attorney ken paxton will weigh in in a few minutes. also what taylor swift might not know about the democrats that are trying to rule her. i will explain that tonight. also we begin tonight with this. it is time to stop funding the united nations, the who, the wef and get out of the paris climate accords and all these other globalist organizations. why are we supporting these groups? historically the un for example has been anti-american, anti- somatic. the who is the propaganda wing of china during covid. now a new israeli intelligence document spelling out very disturbing allegations against a dozen employees working for a un agency. the unrwa, which by
a hamas leader linked to the october 7th massacre. all of this escalating as the conflict could become a regional war. also, with less than two weeks before the iowa caucuses, the race for the white house kicks into gear with top trump challengers. and president biden returning from vacation to face new challenges, as he plans to hit the road with a retooled re-election message. and i ll be joined by the premium ambassador to the united states, after a new year began there with a barrage of deadly strikes against kyiv and kharkiv, and no agreement with continued u.s. military aid. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. tensions are growing throughout the wider middle east today, stoking international fears that the israel hamas war is now spilling far beyond gaza s borders. more than 100 people, including children, are dead after two explosions in iran ripped through crowds commemorating general souleymane. he was the prominent ahead of the revolutionary
this breaking story. good evening,. bret, good evening. two sources tell fox news a manhattan grand jury has voted to indict 24-year-old daniel penny in the chokehold death of 30-year-old homeless man jordan neely which means this case will go to trial. penny was indicted ton a second degree manslaughter charge for placing neely in a chokehold killing him on board a new york city subway train on may 1st. the grand jury was not considering his guilt or innocence but, rather, whether there was sufficient evidence and reasonable cause to believe that a crime had been committed here. it took 11 days for manhattan district attorney alvin bragg s office to charge penny. and the charge came only after protests in new york city from activists outraged penny was not immediately arrested and charged. prosecutors said they had enough evidence, witness interviews, photos, and videos to prove that penny recklessly caused the death of neely by cleaning him in a chokehold even after neely