Washington with a look at what is next. Reporter special counsel jack smith unveiled a historic indictment against the former president , charging him with conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct a proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct a proceeding in conspiracy against rights. The attack on our Nations Capital on january 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Drug prosecutors allege trump spread lies, even though he knew his claims were false and accused him and six coconspirators of organizing take a look others in seven states he lost. Trump has denied any wrongdoing. His legal team appears to be shifting blame onto lawyers who were advising him at the time. Everything that President Trump did was with the advice of lawyers and counsel. Reporter the indictment also lists six unnamed coconspirators who have not been charged in the case against the former president. Sources close to the investigation say the indictm
ticking time bomb, only 18 days until u.s. possibly default on its debt. the ripple effects across the global economy. congress leaves town without striking a deal. we re live on capitol hill with the latest. plus, a new dubious distinction for the twice impeached indicted ex president donald trump, he s the only former president of the united states to be held liable in civil court for sexual abuse. how the controversial cnn town hall where heat trump s repeated lies, could it get him more legal travel, that is ahead. and, exposing extremism, texas idaho murders online live revealed neo-nazi and white supremacy ideologies. later, who has infiltrated these far-right hate groups takes us inside these concerning surge of hispanic white nationalists. all of that is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you, i am katie phang. we re gonna start today s show with the hourglass quickly running out for congress to take action on the debt ceiling. lawmakers left capitol hill t
formerly president and would be the largest story in the political universe if it were about anyone else who has fewer legal problems. that is my factual introduction to the ongoing civil defamation and sexual assault/rape trial for donald trump. e. jean carroll alleges donald trump raped her in the 1990s. today is the sixth day of the trial and we are learning a lot as we are right in the heart of it. the jury also heard in a way from trump himself, but not live. instead, this jury, which is assessing these very serious allegations, heard from trump in a deposition that was taped in okay. now, there s no video of this new deposition available. we do know broadly what it looks like. it s a contrast to past depositions that trump faced. we also can tell you reporting today in what is a small portion of a 45-minute deposition was reported as evidence. this is something off the top i want to explain why it matters before i go any further. donald trump as a legal and political ma
we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. i m ari melber. the top story rocking conservative politics and fox news tonight is a huge new leak about this moment in 2020 when fox news accurately reported biden won arizona, which stoked a maga backlash which upended the network, fed the series of journalists that fox now is facing potential accountability for, potentially over a billion dollars in lawsuit fines. it s also now led to the absolute blockbuster leak to the new york times. if you re think, or i heard about other leaks, this one is different and new and narrates a secret meeting between fox execs and hosts about that arizona call. an internal freakout where viewers were mad and bailing on fox because they reported in that instance, one, undeniable fact about the election. and the executives and anchors, great bare and mar that mccollum, on this call they discuss they were losing viewers because they correctly called arizona for biden. and the
ahead of the trading day on wall street, the u.s. government steps in to protect a failed bank, promising depositors they won t lose a penny. one film won everything, everywhere, all at once on this year s oscar awards. already-flooded parts of california bracing for yet another powerful storm. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. we begin in the united states where the biden administration is stepping in to contain the fallout from the sudden collapse of silicon valley bank. authorities say customers will have access to all their money starting monday morning. the president also promised to hold those responsible for the bank s failure fully accountable. he will speak about the issue in the coming hours. regulators also shot down another regional institution, signature bank, fearing it was also on the brink of collapse. cnn s arlette saenz has more. reporter: the biden administration took extraordinary steps sunday to ensure that al