significant step that he has decided not to appeal. they are now willing to put mike pence before a federal grand jury. trump is nervous. he thinks that the special counsel here may know quite a lot. take our support for the people of taiwan. seriously, we are not isolated and we are not alone. it s gonna be weeks upon months to be able to recover. you can see all the way back in the woods. that s the roof of the building. live from london. this is cnn newsroom. max foster and bianca nobilo. this thursday, april 6th nine am here in london , four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with another blow to form president trump. mike pence says he ll testify to the grand jury of the special counsel investigating the january 6th capital riots. the former vice president has signaled that he won t appeal a federal court ruling ordering him to testify under oath about trump s actions leading up to january 6th. but there are some limits to what pence may be willing to discuss. cnn s kat
meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a
this pain hurts so bad park police will not confirm the current status of their officer who shot delanoe martin, the head of the park police union, has defended that officer telling the washington post the use of force was justified and the union stands behind the actions. the officers took. brian todd, cnn, washington. russian president vladimir putin says relations between his country and the u. s. are now in quote, deep crisis made that comment to the new u. s ambassador to moscow as he went on to say that washington s support for 2014 revolution in ukraine was to blame for the current conflict. we also heard from president putin during a meeting of russia s security council, where he alleged without any evidence that western intelligence services may be involved in terrorist attacks carried out within russia. and in the hours ahead, russian president vladimir putin is set to sit down with his belarussian counterpart for a second day of talks in moscow. putin said last month that ru
crashed in a house that s out of sight here. also we can tell you this evening that the u. s park police will not confirm the current status of the officer who shot delanoe martin, the u. s park police union. the head of that union, though, has defended that officer telling the washington post that the use of force was justified in the union stands behind the actions that the officers took alex brian todd here in washington d c tonight with that report, brian. thank you. now just ahead. liberals celebrating big wins in key elections in wisconsin and chicago. why those races could be important bellwethers for the 2024 election that s next. your business will save over 1000 bucks. what are you going to do with it? i c could use a newew n . with t m mobile for business save more than 1000. bucks versus verizon and with our price lock guaranteed will never raise your rate planver. why it is so bad. if i woulhave