Might see some new evidence in this case before Election Day, because here, Judge Chutkin is allowing prosecutors to submit hundreds of pages of evidence and arguments that they have gathered against former President Trump related to efforts to subvert the 2020 election. And the reason shes allowing this is because she believes the Supreme Court it has issued her a task and that is to look through the allegations here. And the evidence and determine which portions of this case maybe immune from prosecution under their ruling granting former President Trump, but other president s partial immunity for official acts. So this could potentially be filed on thursday. It will be filed under seal so its possible that she could release this at some point before the election. But of course, jake, if trump is reelected, both of smiths cases will be dismissed. And paul, as you know, there are lots of other legal threads to the election. This afternoon. For example, theres A Critical hearing in mis
for the world. much more on that on cnn news central ahead. we will see you tomorrow. an unexpected slowdown at the border, but will it last? dhs says it s too early to know. that s not stopping immigration politics, though, from heating up once again. hours ago a new bus of migrants arrived at the vice president s residence. four russian aircraft down inside russian territory. what this tells us about what the ukrainians can do now and in a much discussed spring offensive. the travel forecast is in, more than 42 million americans will be on the move this memorial day. are the roads and airlines ready? these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. so this morning there s a surprising quiet at the southern border as federal officials report a dramatic drop in border crossings, which is the opposite of what so many had predicted would happen after title 42 ended. they warned it would be chaotic for a while, remember? well, instead this was
plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
they ve got everything that they want it essentially. they are out of moderates who may not want to move forward with this. and as ryan just said, that may play out in the passage of the rules package, so it govern mccarthy becomes speaker, we still got about three or four hours in front of us of work that congress has to do tonight that might not get done. and indeed, they won t have been i mean, there is the swearing in that has to happen. the opportunities for this to get delayed, for congress to still not be seated and functioning in the way that we have sort of gotten used to it functioning our myriad. and i think, as ryan rightfully points out, it s precedent. what we ve seen over the course of the last four days is very much a taste of what may be to come for the months, if not years ahead. all right, that part doesn t in tonight, alex. thanks very much. have yourself a great weekend. we ll see you next week! thanks, ali. good luck tonight. u next wand it is st
pottinger and former deputy press secretary sarah matthews t. two were inside the white house on january 6th 20, 21, were among the most high-profile officials to resign in protest in the aftermath of that attack. the new york times is reporting this about their role. mr. pottinger and ms. matthews are expected to help narrate what was unfolding in the west wing during those 187 minutes in a hearing that the committee sees as a capstone to a series of public sessions in which it laid out in detail trump s efforts to remain in office despite his defeat and how they led to the storming of the capitol. ms. matthews is expected to, among other things, speak to the efforts to get mr. trump to issue a statement. people familiar with the planning said by having them testify, the committee is sticking to what is now a tried and true practice of having trump insiders tell us the story of january 6th and explain the ex-president s push to overturn the 2020 election. with help from al