good evening, everyone. welcome to cnn tonight. former vice president mike pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating donald trump to testify about his former boss. a special counsel seeking information from pence about his interactions with donald trump leading up to the election and what happened on january 6th. [ chanting ] nothing like that or like this has ever happened before. plus, the latest installment of the george santos soap on that raffle we have new info involving puppies, amish dog breeders and $15,000 worth of bad checks. and what liberals can learn from ron desantis. there s a piece in the new york time that warns liberals not to underestimate desantis. he may resemble trump but not in his intellect or resolve. right to the news. with me in studio, we have natasha, former assistant special watergate prosecutor nick ackerman and john berman. seamless, people. seamless. you walked all the way over here. across a bridge, everyone. gre
pence has been subpoenaed. this is been a major move by the special counsel investigating donald trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. pence was key to trump s plans to stay in power. this is what the former president said on january 6th. i hope mike is going to do the right thing, i hope so. i hope so. because, if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. all vice president pence has to do is send it back to this dates to recertify and we become president and you are the happiest people. okay, i want to bring in cnn chief law enforcement intelligence analyst john miller. also legal analyst jennifer rodgers, and andrew mccabe, the former fbi deputy director. great have all of you tonight. jennifer want to start with you, we had nick akerman on last hour, former watergate prosecutor who said that without pans there is no indictment. that the special prosecutor does not bring in indictment without pence s testimony. do you agree with that? i do not kn
i am on social media @profmmurray and check out my podcast, strict scrutiny, where we discuss all the things about the supreme court and the legal culture that surrounds it. you can find it wherever you get your podcast. and that does it for me. have a great weekend. the reidout with joy reid is up next. tonight on the reidout while the march began as a response to roe, we don t end as a response to roe being overturned. why? because we re not yet done. they are not yet done. on the 50th anniversary of roe, anti-abortion forces are actively working to further crush the reproductive rights of women, regardless of how unpopular it is with the american people. also tonight, why kevin mccarthy might be mumbling, i ve made a huge mistake, after striking down proxy voting in the house. and while there s nothing at all wrong performing in drag, it s actually quite fabulous, the hypocrisy of alleged drag queen george santos helping to push the right s anti-lgbtq agenda
sbolduan starts right now. in the next hour, president biden will deliver remarks on u.s. support for ukraine. he s expected to announce the u.s. will be sending a-1 abrams tanks to ukraine. this long debated move also comes just as germany confirms they will also be spending tank to say ukraine. both of these moves have been in the works for a while, a step both countries have resisted for a variety of reasons. these coordinated announcements now also pave the way for other european countries to do the same and supply tank to say ukraine. as ukrainians are preparing for a big spring offensive by russia. we re going to discuss all of this with nato secretary-general stoltenberg. what are you hearing, oren? reporter: we re told about 30 tanks will head to ukraine, one of the most advanced tanks pretty much out there. how soon? this will take time. we ve seen the coordination between the german announcement to send its german-made leopard tanks and other countries to send
share information about ongoing investigations. including donald trump s mishandling of classified documents. what that means for the gop s efforts to probe the agency. plus, donald trump dropped the lawsuit against new york tierney general letitia james a day after he and his lawyers or saw plus 1 million dollar fine for another, quote, frivolous case brought against hillary clinton. could we see trump upending even more lawsuits? and, congressman george santos long list of lies and controversies just keep piling up. a small newspaper exposed much of his inconsistencies weeks before the election. but, no one paid attention, why? i ll put that question to the papers publisher straight ahead. we have a team of reporters from capitol hill to the white house and ukraine following the latest for you this morning. and a good morning to you, thank you for waking up with us. thanks for starting your saturday here on msnbc. house republicans have made it clear that they plan to use t