Charged with any crime. Will they be or there they flip on him . The testimony of former Vice President mike pence proving to be a key part of this historic indictment. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. Great to have you back, first of all. Thank you. Quite a day it is. This morning donald trump has been charged with trying to obstruct the peaceful transfer of power. It is unprecedented. It is historic. And it puts the nation in truly uncharted territory. Two monumental almost foundational forces directly at odds. On the one hand as peter baker of the New York Times writes, can a sitting president spread lies about an election and try to employ the authority of the government to overturn the will of the voters without consequence . On the other hand the wall street Journal Editorial Board suggests it, quote, potentially criminalizes many kinds of actions and statements by a president that a prosecutor deems to be false. We will explain how S
that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote, insane. but some democrats did not give him a pass either, and a lawmaker who was their will join us. also, mending fences. a high stakes sit down between president biden and president zelenskyy, ending on a high note tonight. after tensions had been simmering about nato membership. how are they able to smooth things over? a top white house official will tell us about it. i am kaitlan collins. and this is the source. tonight, we have cnn exclusive report. reporting. the special counsel s te
good evening once again, good to be back with you, i am stephanie ruhle. and tonight we are tracking important developments in several investigations into the former president, donald j trump. nbc news reports that fulton county, eight fani willis, it will begin choosing to grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president sho
some of tommy tuberville s blockade on military proposals, a move that leaves this country less safe. i a. am michael steele in for my good friend ayman my heady. be careful. if you re claustrophobic. tonight, we begin with the walls closing in on donald trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. as investigators at this federal state livers move toward the final stages of their probes. now let s start with the special counsel, jack smith s inquiry. according to reporting for the new york times and cnn, federal prosecutors recently sat down for hours, apparently, with both trump s son-in-law, jared kushner, and his former longtime aide hope hicks. and nbc news confirms that prosecutor spoke former white house communications director alyssa according to the times, what could the commission was asked quote, a according to four people briefed on the matter. that line of questioning suggests prosecutors are trying to establish whether mr. trump was acting with
will begin choosing two grand jury s tomorrow. if we ll estates pursue charges against donald trump, these jurors will be the people signing off on them. meanwhile, special counsel jack smith wants to take the classified documents case to trial this december. both sides have agreed to a hearing next tuesday about handling evidence that was supposed to happen this friday. the judge has yet to give the okay. the timing of the trial is absolutely key, you know why, because we are just seven months out from the first presidential primaries. the judge knows that, if this trial does not occur by the end of this calendar year, that it is going to be right up in the grill of people deciding who the republican nominees for president should be and, right now, the favorite in fact is the defendant. the case is also the focus of a new political ad that started airing in the battleground states of arizona, georgia, and wisconsin. in it, former cia and nsa director michael haden is jus