$20 million for what he. had eminent indictment watch. trump attorney makes their case directly to jack smith in washington. the exact same thing happened in manhattan. chancellor is making an argument and they see. charges tonight on the show than what it could mean for charges. he could be wearing an ankle brace it well accepting the nomination. plus, former cia director john brennan on the national security concerns. then, a roundtable of white house insiders kate bedingfield, robert gibbs and me. there is an awful lot of really good republicans. that s the maga republicans are difference again. and the republican field shrinks by one. that is the strategy. every candidate needs to understand the responsibility of getting out, and getting out. quickly new hampshire governor christened in a joint and we live when all this starts, right now. good evening from new york. i am jen psaki for chris hayes tonight. as many of you know, i have experience working wi
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
trump. just as trump s legal issues grow more precarious, his political challenges are also growing more complicated. his republican opponents testing new ways to take him down, but do they risk focusing too much on the former president? we ll explain the trump trap coming up. take a look at this. u.s. and chinese warships coming heartstoppingly close to coming close to the coast of taiwan. both sides warning a military confrontation would be a, quote, disaster for the world. we re on the verge of a decision that could drag the country into uncharted territory as new clues indicate we could soon find out if special counsel jack smith is going to do something that s never been done before, charge a sitting or former president with a federal crime. nbc news learned that the grand jury investigating donald trump s handling of classified documents will be back in session this week after they ve been on hiatus. in fact, nbc news has confirmed that some members of trump s legal
new activity in the florida grand jury. there are no multiple witnesses expected to be heard by this grand jury. amid reports that the former president was told he is a target of the investigation. there s just more and more signs that the case is coming to fruition. then, first christy, now pence. well attacking the front runner have ever any effect on a republican electorate? anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. plus, new evidence of the ongoing threat to democracy from an old trump world figure. all we have to do, claudia, is find 11,000 plus votes. and halted flights, cancel the games, and tens of millions breathing toxic air. david wallace wells on the unmistakable consequences of not doing enough to combat man made climate change. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we have had an absolute whirlwind of new developments today in the federa
i am prepared and the corsages that you get may skate under the disclosure limits. i m prepared to disclose right now all of the flowers i have received in my entire life, which i believe is exactly zero. i will change that. i am going to change that is going to change. you don t have to there you go. no, i m going to. if i get those flowers from you, i m disclosing. that s going to be great. exactly. you heard it here on this network. it s going to happen. thank you, alex. have a great show. thank you. well, once again today, down trump said something that no other former president of the united states has ever said. at 3:36 pm today, donald trump said, on social media, no one has told me i m being indicted. when defendant trump was indicted in manhattan in march, he was the first to leak that he was going to be indicted. but he was off by over a week in his prediction of when it would happen. so, it remains a distinct possibility. that the next tim