tonight, new reporting that donald trump s former chief of staff has appeared before the grand jury. why mark motors test of money could be the key for federal mastications into his former boss. then chris christie has officially thrown his hat in the 2024 ring. in an already crowded republican field. a huge surprise in sports, a golf merger no one saw coming. as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. stunning new revelations involving donald trump s final chief of staff in the special counsel s investigation. the new york times reports, mark meadows has testified before a grand jury in jack smith s investigation, according to two people briefed on the matter. the times points out meadows is a key figure in both of the special counsel s investigations. tom channeling of classified documents, and his efforts to stay in power after the 2020 election. the times reports this, it is not clear precisely when mr. meadows test
authorities ramp up security. then, republicans quick to defend the twice impeached trump but some want to have their cake and eat it too. how will it all shake out in the 2024 race? and vladimir putin s visit with china s president just days after a warrant was issued for putin s arrest. what this relationship signals for the war in ukraine as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good evening. i am mehdi hasan in for stephanie ruhle. we are in the midst of an extraordinary moment in our nation s history. the people of america are watching, waiting to find out whether manhattan district attorney alvin bragg will bring criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote,
criminal charges against the former president, donald j trump, related to a hush money payment related to stormy daniels. it would mark the first indictment of a former president in u.s. history. the grand jury in the case heard from another witness today, attorney bob costello, robert costello, the new york times describing him as appearing, quote, at the request of the former president s lawyers providing testimony aimed at attacking the credibility of the prosecution style witness. that star witness is former trump lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. the times as that costello was once a legal adviser to cohen when he was facing a federal investigation into the hush money payment following his appearance. castilla s book about what he told of the grand jury. michael cohen told us that he was approached by stormy daniels lawyer. stormy daniels had negative information that she wanted to put in a lawsuit against trump. michael cohen decided, on his own, that s what he told us
tonight. former vice president mike pence testified today before the federal grand jury, investigating the former presidents actions surrounding the january six riot and an attempts to overturn the 2020 election election. i am john berman in for anderson. just pause and listen to that again. a former vice president just testified in an investigation about whether a president, his running mate, illegally tried to overturn an election. so much has happened in the last few years, it s easy to get numb to the mind bending is historical explosions taking place. it s the first time in modern history a vice president has been compelled to testify about the president he served beside, and add to that, he might run against trump in 2024. it s also the first time that this vice president has testified under oath about the today we are rioters were seen yelling, hang mike pence at the capitol, as well as personal interactions with trump and the events leading up to that day. he previous
our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn news room former vice president mike pence testified before a federal grand jury on thursday for more than five hours. latest numbers show that the u.s. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.1% in the first quarter of 2023. never in a million years did i imagine that as american citizens my parents would be left to fend for themselves in a warzone. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, april 28, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where it is another first for donald trump. like most of the others, it is not a good one. never before in more than history has a vice president been compelled to testify about direct conversations with the president he served. that is the situation mike pence found himself in on thursday before a grand jury. katelyn polantz has the details. reporter: former vice president mike pe