for 48 hours, he dug in his heels, even as, one after another, members of his government resigned. in all, five cabinet level and 23junior ministers quit because he wouldn t, along with a couple of dozen parliamentary aides. on wednesday evening, the prime minister sacked one of his oldest allies who d told him to go. another, who d accepted promotion from him just the night before, deserted his cause. mrjohnson insisted the voters had given him a mandate to govern and he would do just that. some feared he was considering a fresh appeal to the nation by calling a general election. a prime minister who d dissolved parliament once when he couldn t get his way might do so again. in fact, come thursday lunch time, borisjohnson decided he had to go. he announced his resignation blaming not himself but the herd instinct of his party. when time is up for tory leaders, they are visited by the men in grey suits , political grandees. the verdict in the dateline studio is delivered
joining us this hour. tonight, polls have just now close in new york. home to seven consequential primaries into special elections that may tell us a lot about the role abortion will play in the midterms. steve kornacki joins us at the big. board florida political girl, mark caputo is here as for the democrats choose their pick to take on governor ron desantis. plus, breaking news tonight about the top secret document trump had at mar-a-lago, information being called quote, among the most sensitive secrets the u.s. ole. donald trump reportedly wouldn t show some of the material, even to some top eight. one of the washington post reporters who broke that story, carol lanning joins us live. the jury finds two men guilty of kidnapping as the irs because of threats from the far-right. we start tonight with what you might call a quintessential new york moment. i will take you out. you can take me? out how are you gonna do that? watch. that would then republican candi
it s a huge legal development that comes amid those pressures on donald trump over the allegedly criminal evidence seized from his home in the fbi raid last week. so let me tell you exactly what s going on in english. we have never come on air before to report about a giuliani indictment until now. his legal programs have focused on clashes over testimony, subpoenas, getting his law license suspended, which was partially response to what he did in georgia, and we ve reported on him being under investigation in more than one probe. now don t get me wrong. those are serious legal problems, but none reach this level of indictment of what happened when you re booked for a mug shot and criminal trial and possible incarceration. so this is a new level. unlike probes into corruption or his past lobbying ties, this one is all about trump and the possible election crimes giuliani may have attempted for trump. and specifically, for donald trump, in georgia. like when giuliani, a former
good evening to you ryan. once again. what do you learning about these top-end states testifying before the grand jury? don, i was good to be with you, this is a significant development. in terms of the department of justice s investigation into donald trump s election interference and how that led to what happened here on january 6th. both jacobs and marc short were really kind of the first big win this is that the january 6th flight committee were able to cooperate that right inside that war room of the white house, the west wing, the oval office, on the days leading up to january 6th. but their testimony revealed to the committee at that time with the intense pressure campaign that was put on by president mike pence is period of time. and the steps that pence did to resist that. it also really shed a light on things like the fake elector plot that was going on around the country. these are all things we didn t previously know until the committee was able to really crack