but the district attorney there is still talking to witnesses and trump s lawyers are calling their own. and the blossoming friendship that has the world on edge. russian president vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping leading in moscow. what this might mean for ukraine. then, could parents be forced to buy separate plane tickets for their infant children? the new push that could ban babies from laps. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we start with our politics lead and the flurry of new developments in the various and sundry trump investigations. police in new york are setting up security cameras and barricades as they prepare for possible unrest after a possible indictment of the former president. trump said he expects to be arrested as soon as tomorrow over that hush money payment to porn actress and director stormy daniels. trump s former lawyer michael cohen was back answering questions at the prosecutor s office today over that $130,000 payment to k
something to talk about. plus, more of my exclusive interview today with congressman benny thompson who s the chair of the january six committee. we ll give you more the hunter before we talk about everything from where the country goes now to the direct line he sees from january 6 to 4 for president trump. and, southwest airlines is finally getting their travel troubles under control. after leaving thousands of passengers stranded for days. we are talking to the vice president of the southwest flight attendants union, about how this debacle might have been avoided. i am simone sanders townsend and i have something to say. . we after years of legal wrangling, americans are finally getting a look at former president donald trump s financial records from before and even during his time as president, now, donald trump infamously bugged nearly 50 years of tradition by refusing to just close this financial records to the public. and, this is a problem because nearly every presiden
days before republicans assume the majority in the house and likely dissolve the january 6th committee, members released a new batch of testimony involving efforts of those closest to the former president and their attempts to overturn the election. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. and included in the new transcripts is testimony by donald trump jr. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election, as in overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his fathers allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady melania trump s opinion of trump jr. and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a purported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of these baseless election fraud claims if the president s allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack. let s s
transcripts his testimony by donald trump jr.. and remarks about what he believed was a, quote, sophisticated legal rationale to overturn the election. as an overturn the will of the people. one nearly identical to what his father s allies would soon attempt. and there is also some rather unflattering testimony involving first lady millennia trump s opinion of trump junior and others in her husband s inner circle. also tonight, new details of a reported conversation involving senator lindsey graham who said he would become a champion of the most baseless are election fraud claims if the presidents allies could, quote, just give me five dead voters. it is a lot to unpack, so let s start with cnn political correspondent sara murray who has been digging through these transcripts all week for us. sarah, what more can you tell us about these new details from donald trump jr. s testimony to the committee? well, pam, i mean this is interesting because we have of course previously
also claims he does not remember who sent it to him. it says, we have operational control, total leverage, moral high ground, potus must start a second term now. state assemblies can step in and vote before the electoral slate. republicans control 28 states, democrats 22 states, once again, trump wins. that s the road map the day after the election, ron, for how to keep donald trump unconstitutionally in office. okay, fast forward to january six, when they tried some of these things instead of a donald trump jr. is texting a different tune. here it is. we need an oval address. he has to leave now, it s gone too far, it s gotten out of hand. i mean, what did they think their shenanigans would lead to? it led to chaos and violence. yeah, there is a dangling threat in the first series of text or emails that i cannot imagine the special counsel will be interested in investigating because as you know, donald trump jr. is really the first one to suggest, this in the report, sug