a new wave of deadly attacks on civilians. does a weakened vladimir putin and a divided russian military help ukraine? to the extent moscow is distracted by its own internal divisions, it may help. it s early days. i think this will play out over the next weeks and months. president biden is in chicago to deliver a key economic policy address as the white house crafts a strategy to combat the growing concerns among voters over the president s age. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in new york today. former president trump s explanation for the leaked audio recording from bedminster, where he appears to be showing a classified document about the war in iran to people with security clearances at his new jersey golf resort or people without security clearances, of course. that s evolving by the day with two new lines of defense on tuesday. first in new hampshire, to fox news digital. a whole desk full of lots of papers, mostly newspaper articles, copies of maga
trying out pathetic new excuses for his fur loined classified documents as the january 6th investigation moves forward with two big names meeting with the special counsel. and despite trump s increasing desperation, kevin mccarthy is still predictably, genuflecting at his mega masters feet. reportedly apologizing for daring to suggest that trump might not be the strongest candidate. and president biden delivers a potent message for the presidential campaign, the american economy is roaring back after the pandemic. as republicans try to take credit for infrastructure they voted against. but we begin tonight with the on going humiliation of kevin mccarthy. the republican house speaker more known for his fears than for wielding the gavel. the latest fiasco kicked off on tuesday when mccarthy went on cnbc to discuss the messiness of a twice-impeached, now twice-indicted former president becoming his party s nominee. you think he could win an election? could he win an elec
attorney general ken paxton. what is behind it and what it would take to officially remove him from office is next. also, deal or no deal. key negotiators say progress is being made, but with no deal on the table yet, and lawmakers leaving washington, what is being done right now to prevent a massive default in as littles as six days. our reporters are following all of the latest developments. that extraordinary move out of texas where just yesterday a republican led house investigative committee voted to bring articles of impeachment against attorney general ken paxton. and guad venegas is joining me. tell us about the allegations and what comes next. the investigative committee decided to move forward with the 20 articles impeachment and it will go to the full chamber of the house where 149 members will vote. if they decide to move forward, paxton will be suspended, he will have to wait for the process to then go to the is that the. governor abbott would have to appoint
finds former president donald j. trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll. the witness who testified in the case is outfront tonight. plus, breaking news. embattled congressman george santos lied about his resume and he is now facing criminal charges from the doj and we learned he can be arrested in just hours. putin mocked after one single tank was on display for russia s big victory day parade, what happened? a russia insider who predicted this is my guest. let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, sexual abuse. a new york jury today finding former president donald trump sexually abused writer e. jean carroll inside a department store dressing room in the 1990s. jurors needed to believe that trump subjected carroll to sexual contact by physical force without her consent. the jury did that and they also found trump liable of defaming carroll. it awarded her a massive sum of $5 million in damages. and in the statement carroll writes,
it because we put so much on the onus of individual shoulders. and the broad aggregate sense, it s way better than i feared it would be. we will take that statement and run with it. thank you, my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. one of the many revelations to come out of the january six committee hearings was trump attorney general bill barr described, in his own words, how he pushed back against trump s claims of election fraud. he called those claims bogus, crazy stuff, and, most incuriously, complete bias. despite the heroic headlines generated by barr s testimony, it is a good point to remember that barr did not say anything publicly debunking those same claims of election fraud until december 1st, which was nearly a month after the 2020 election. in fact, before his post trump rehabilitation tour, this was the bill barr we knew. what happened to the president in the 2016 election, and throughout the first two years of his administration, was a