near. you believe there s enough evidence? they won t indict if there s enough evidence. former attorney general bill barr reiterating his belief that the former president is likely to be indicted for refusing to return classified materials. the latest developments connected to the mar-a-lago documents. this comes as a key witness in multiple investigations into donald trump, finally gives testimony to a grand jury. meanwhile, chris christie officially jumps into the 2024 race for the republican nomination, we ll on show you his pitch to voters and what he had to say about his past support for donald trump. also ahead, a republican revolt in the house, we ll explain why a group of far-right lawmakers intentionally tanked a couple of gop-led bills. and we have the latest on two major stories tied to the war in ukraine, the flooding caused by a destroyed dam and what we re learning about last week s drone attacks in moscow. plus, a merger that has stunned the sports w
and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, no ice cream for ian. sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. that s small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. they re looking to move a million-plus people. that process started last night, 2:00 for hillsborough, 6:00 for pinellas. but you ll see the biggest chunks of people fry trying to get out today. the topography of this area, there are bays and inlets, barrier reefs, the bay on one side, the gulf on the other. the water has nowhere to go. storm surge right now certainly the biggest concern as the projections are between 5 and ten feet. for historical context, the last time a major hurricane struck tampa direct
united states without having somebody running that conspiracy, can you? right, we know that hundreds of people involved on january 6th rioting at the capitol have already been charged, tried, in many cases convicted. this question, whether trump will follow them? that s the assessment, the most serious of the investigations into him and also probably the hardest to prove. what i m hearing from people close to the former president, yes, that s the concern, too. it s going slower, that s something that jack smith could bring charges on, likely would be further down the road as opposed to the mar-a-lago documents case, but still very possible and that would be perhaps the political death knell for trump. as she s been shrugging off these other investigations at least so far. chuck, one more question for you.
keepers members this week, i think maybe starting as early as today. ben, the big issue is this is i believe the first time of all the people who were there on january 6th rioting, were seditious conspiracy is in play. how could that be different? what would that mean? yeah. we might hear where these orders were coming from and who they were conspiring with. that s the most important thing trying to find the nexus between these militia groups and people at the white house. we know people like stewart rhodes was ready to fight for years. they believe they were protecting the constitution or something. but who were they working with, in contact with? these are messing up by texting the white house switchboard, that s a good clue, but they also used encrypted apps. we don t know exactly what was said in those more private spaces. we might get more detail in the coming weeks.