washington, d.c. i m in for nicolle wallace. we begin with the one thing that has consistently haunted the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted vice president, something that has time and again kneecaped donald j. trump, in the way his adversaries, even the legal system has struggled to do. we re talking about donald trump s own words. today we re reminded that words do, in fact, matter, particularly when they are uttered during a deposition under oath. it s part of the $370 million civil fraud suit brought by new york attorney general letitia james. as viewers of this show know well, that trial has not been short on fireworks between trump grandstanding outside court or grandstanding inside the court. time and again, trump has turned this trial into a cross between a maga rally and a wwe wrestling match. whether he s sparring with the judge or delivering last week s blistering six-minute soliloquy in open court, or final day of proceedings. this is not the first t
welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with president biden touting a significant win for his agenda, coming as the country struggles with inflation and he faces low approval ratings. let s get straight to the white house, our chief correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. if this bill passes as it s expected to, it will be a much needed win for this president. yeah, wolf. and one that was kind of a surprise to a lot of democrats and even some white house aides whenever it was announced that senator manchin and senator schumer did have this deal. of course, that culminated yesterday when the snenate passd what is known as the inflation reduction act. it s a far cry from the build back better bill from a year ago, but it still does have significant proposals in it, including over $300 billion for climate change and energy reform, it also allows for the first time medicare to ne
Stand. abc s alex perez from minneapolis. reporter: former police officer derek chauvin today, for the first time, speaking in court, declaring he won t testify in his own defense, telling his lawyer and the judge he was invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. i have repeatedly advised you that this is your decision and your decision alone. right? correct. we have gone back and forth on the matter, would be kind of an understatement, right? yes, it is. have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth amendment privilege? i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. reporter: chauvin s lawyer then resting his case, but the prosecution wasn t finished. they called a rebuttal witness to challenge the new defense theory that george floyd s death may have been caused in part by inhaling carbon monoxide from the tailpipe of the police vehicle. it s simply wrong. reporter: dr. martin tobin,
Inappropriate? i think it s inappropriate. i think it sends a message that the president may be trying to influence the decision of michael cohen. look, the prosecutors can influence the decision of cohen, they can threaten him, they can cajole him. they can even offer him money, they won t do that, but they re allowed to, under the rules of the of the courts today. they have tremendous leverage over him. but i think it s inappropriate for a president to dangle a pardon. it s not inappropriate for a president to grant a pardon. now, one reason for not granting a pardon, if the president granted a pardon, there goes michael cohen s fifth amendment privilege. he no longer is exposed to criminal prosecution, so, the first thing the prosecution would do is call him in before the grand jury, tell him he has no fifth amend pt, he has to answer the questions, if he doesn t answer the questions, at that point, he can be held in contempt and the president would have to pardon him from the c
Do. jamie: tony, her supervisor asked for her resignation. she is not compelled to take it unfortunately. that s what we are in the midst of seeing. if she were somebody who had a degree of integrity or ethics she would resign or again is he very least agree not to take pay while there was an investigation or at the very least agree to be an active participant in these hearings. the government has the congress rather has this oversight role. now, she is saying i did nothing wrong. well then what are you hiding by invoking your fifth amendment privilege? unlike most sandals or controversies, it s not a matter did something wrong happen or what actually wrong happened. we know what happened and we know if it happened. we need to know why and how it happened. and she is preventing that from becoming part of the public record. i don t want to get too specific about the case because i really wondering what the impact is on the irs and really the administration because some people will