today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led
today on inside politics, two new rulings, two 6-3 decisions, two more sweeping changes to american life. the supreme court tilts the scales to the right on speech versus gay rights and on a signature biden policy to zero out student debt. plus, the ruling sparked fury in congress and celebration on the gop campaign trail. republicans say the justices ruled correctly. democrats say they are controlled by the maga right. and justice versus justice. the final day of the term sees another pair of on-the-bench trading jabs over law and life. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, it is a new world defined by new math. 6-3, the supreme court ends its session with two more decisions and two more clear reminders that elections have consequences. donald trump put three justices on the bench, neil gorsuch, brett kavanaugh, and amy coney barrett. they have all ruled in the last two days to push the country right in ways that many of you will
today on inside politics, cnn obtains audio that pits donald trump against himself. trump wants you to believe he was playing pretend, but listen here and you decide if it sounds like trump was telling the truth about showing off a classified document. this was done by the military and given to me. plus john roberts doesn t break. the chief justice with a theory to let states rewrite how they count your votes. and the house speaker opens pandora s box. kevin mccarthy suggests that maybe donald trump is not the republicans best bet to beat joe biden. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, which donald trump do you belief within the former president s legal team has to contend with a new problem. prosecutors can play this to a jury. isn t it amazing to have a big pile here? look. this was him. they pregnant prented me this. this is off the record. this was him. this was the defense department. this was him. this wasn t done by me. this was h
Happening now, a federal judge is imposing the Prison Sentence for the former proud Boys Chairman who was convicted of Seditious Conspiracy due to his role in the january 6th violent attack on the u. S. Capitol. He faces a steep sentence. Prosecutors are asking for 33 years behind bars. Cnns evan perez joins me now from outside the Federal Courthouse. So prosecutors asking for 33 years. Of course, it is up to the judge within guidelines. But what do we expect here . Well, jim, the judge, timmy kelly, has given far under what prosecutors have been asking for. This is the fifth member of the proud boys. Hes one of four of them who have been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. He wasnt actually at the capitol on that date. He had been arrested just before january 6th, before the crowd gathered that day. In part because he had weapons on him and he was involved in a previous altercation, stealing a sign at a church right here in the district of columbia. So for that reason, he wasnt here. B
No accident. Its bidenomics. Why do you think most people still dont feel positive or feel good news about the economy . I think the people of 300,000 plus people are better about the economy. You are not the happiest people in the world, which you report, i mean it sincerely. It gets more you get more legs when you report something is negative. Sandra moments ago and President Biden latest attempt to sell bidenomics yet again to the american voter. This after the latest jobs report shows more jobs added than expected but those gains could be bad news for millions of americans drowning in debt and struggling to afford basic goods and higher mortgage payments. Im sandra smith in new york. Hi. John good to spend friday afternoon with you. John roberts in washington. This is america reports. U. S. Economy added 336,000 jobs, the Unemployment Rate steady at 3. 8 . But that is likely unwelcome news for Federal Reserve chair jay powell as the hiring pickup could make him less confident that