Ill see you tomorrow. Happening now, Breaking News. A surprise. A surprise from donald trump in the Georgia Election Subversion Case. Stand by for new details on the trump teams decision not to try to move the criminal charges against the former president from state to federal court. Also tonight, President Biden attempts to sound the alarm about the threat to democracy here in the United States posed by trump, maga republicans, and gop hard liners in congress. Will his message break through as he prepares for a potential rematch with trump next year . And the Government Shutdown countdown is growing more urgent with just two days, two days, to the deadline. Tensions among House Republicans boiling over with no solution in sight. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the Situation Room. Lets get right to the Breaking News in the Georgia Election Subversion Case. Donald trump and his legal team deciding not to try to move his
And the late senator john mccain, the president described a Battle For The Future of our country against a movement led by the former president , facing criminal charges for trying to overturn an election, while also running for the white house for a third time. There is something dangerous happening in america right now. There is an Extremist Movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy, the Maga Movement. Not every republican, not even a majority of republicans adhere to the maga extremist ideology. I know because ive been able to work with republicans my whole career. But there is no question Todays Republican Party is driven and intimidated by maga republican extremists. Their extreme agenda carried out with fundamentally all the institutions of institutions of american democracies as we know it. My friends, theyre not hiding their attacks. Theyre openly promoting them, attacking the free press as the enemy of the people. Attacking the rule of law as an impedimen
We will leave this re and take you to the Supreme Court in a case challenging the criminal statute us to charge january 6 defendants with obstructing a federal pr. This is life coverage on cspan three. The statute, therefore, prohibits impairment of the integrity of availability of information and evidence to be used in a proceeding. In 2002, congress added section c to cover other forms of impairment known unknowns so to speak. It was after all the dawn of the information age. Until the january 6 prosecutions, section 1512 c to had never been used to prosecute anything other than evidence tampering. That was for good reason. This court has said that otherwise when used in a criminal statute needs to do similar conduct in a different way. The government would have you ignore all that or disregard all of that and instead convert c 2 from a catchall provision to a dragnet. One of the things that would cover his section c 1 that leaves them to do some independent work. The january 6 prose
Here and we need to continue to amplify the needs of the island. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a mosque in egypts Sinai Peninsula was the scene of mayhem and carnage today. At least 235 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, as militants attacked a crowded house of worship during friday prayers in the town of bir al abd. The attackers detonated explosives and shot worshippers as they tried to escape. Egypts government declared three days of mourning. President trump condemned the attack, and spoke this afte
Amplify the needs of the island. Woodruff all that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff a mosque in egypts Sinai Peninsula was the scene of mayhem and carnage today. At least 235 people were killed, and more than 100 injured, as militants attacked a crowded house of worship during friday prayers in the town of bir al abd. The attackers detonated explosives and shot worshippers as they tried to escape. Egypts government declared three days of mourning. President trump condemned the attack, and spoke this afternoon with egyptian president ab