another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well
they re not gonna do him like. that it looks pretty and wrinkles. i m going to tell you, a close-up, there may have been lent. there is no crushing. hats off to you. it looks great. it looks great, he sounds great. have a good show. thank you. the breaking news of the night is that the very first significant filing in the case of the united states of america versus donald j trump and not a, the criminal defense lawyers case lied and there has been much suspense surrounding the first filings in that case. much of that spent has centered on judge aileen mercedes cannon, who was appointed by defendants trump to the federal court after joining the republican investigation. the society that grooms right-wing republican lawyers to become federal judges. judge cannon s ruling on the current dispute before her, which is when to set a trial date in the case, might tell us whether she is going to be as blindly devoted to donald trump s defense as she was when donald trump s cri
when you are doing that show together in the afternoon? is it the same jacket? well, i mean, steve and i never did a show together though we do have a constant mind meld i d say, right? i think it is evening steve or i guess we cease evening steve without the jacket. maybe it is there it is. it s nine pm there you go. it is alex wagner tonight steve that we get you know, we get evening where, we get a formal jacket, and doesn t he look great? i mean doesn t he? what a gentleman! let s applaud him! one question for steve. does that jacket have an actual hunger of its own or does it live as a rolled up ball in a pillow? no they were cleaning it off before this segment. i must have dropped it. they looked rolled him. they re not going to let our boy out, they re not going to do him like that. it looks pretty honoring, golden bear to tell you. i am close-up, there may have been land, but there s no crushing. hats off to you! it looks great it looks great. th
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority. he made public remarks, he commemorated the air force pilots killed in prigozhin s armed rebellion. and today speaking at a tech digital conference. but the visit really unusual. this is un-putin-like behavior. having actual human contact, a
. it s 4:00 in the east. happy friday. it is just ahead of the one-year anniversary of the earthquake that completely up ended women s health and american politics. of course we re talking about the supreme court ruling overturning roe v. wade and eliminating abortion access and abortion rights for millions of american women. looking back it is hard to understate the legacy of that dobbs decision. first there is, of course, the rulings near immediate impact on women and reproductive health care in america. the new york times reports this. in the year since roe fell, 20 states enacted laws banning or restricting abortion, forcing a rapid shift in the country s patchwork of abortion access. at least 61 clinics, planned parenthood facilities, and doctors offices stopped offering abortions in the last year. most were in the 14 states that banned abortion outright, but the uncertainty surrounding laws in several other states also caused providesers there to shutdown. all of it h