this heat. something of a crisis because of this heat, not something we have before, this heat, not something we have before, and if you want to know why he was before, and if you want to know why he was booted out, this says it all really he was booted out, this says it all reall . ~ . really. we will leave it there. thank you really. we will leave it there. thank you very really. we will leave it there. thank you very much. - that s it for the papers this hour. we ll be back at 11.30 for another look. goodbye for now. sport we love it. it s fun to watch, fun to play, there s huge money at stake, but there s always the risk of injury. we re becoming more aware of the long term health effects associated with playing certain sports and that includes the effects of concussion, which can be catastrophic in later life. yeah, it s not surprising. even the odd time that i ve watched a bit of boxing or rugby, the number of hits to the head that people get. yeah. and
it cannot come at a more critical time. with more legal exposure for the twice impeached former president after cassidy hutchinson provided a smoking gun, starting with as she exposed in the clearest detail yet that the former president was aware of the threat of violence from his supporters on january 6. i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i overheard the president say something to the effect of, i don t fin care that they have weapons. they re not here to hurt me. take the fin mags away. let my people in. they can march to the capitol here. that s damning in light of the former president s speech to his armed followers. fight like hell. if you don t fight like hell, you are not going to have a country anymore. that kind of fight like hell, fight, fight, fight language was what the former president s lawyers said would be foolish to include. they were urging the speech writers to not include that language for legal concerns and also for the optics of wh
also tonight, cnn has learned that former president trump s lawyers are now in direct talks with the u.s. justice department about the january 6th criminal investigation. stand by for our exclusive new reporting as sources now reveal that trump s attorneys have warned him that indictments, criminal indictments are possible and wnba star brittney griner is sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted by a russian court on drug charges. the u.s. is now reviewing for moscow to accept a proposed prisoner swap aimed at bringing griner home. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news right now. a texas jury awarding more than $4 million to the parents of the sandy hook shooting victim suing alex jones over defamation and distress over his repeated lies about the tragedy. cnn correspondent drew griffin is working the stor
shouted out to join the debate. they were already in those early hours, doing more than preparing for a speech that day. they had a specific operational plan that morning. and a filmmaker embedded with them saw that and recorded it. as we begin this hour of msnbc tonight, and we dig into what s important on what transpired the week and during all the buildup to the january 6th hearings reaching this investigative findings stage, it s important to listen to what that star witness then embedded filmmaker told us. because that s why he was one of the star witnesses. that s why 20 million people were subjected to hearing exactly what he said last night. we met up with the proud boys somewhere around and they are starting to walk down the mile easterly in a direction towards the capitol. there was a large contingent, more than i expected. and i was confused, to a certain extent, why we were walking away from the presidents speech. because that s what i felt we were there to co