The first Warning Signs for the trump campaign. Hanging above the first three indictments trumps team waiting for another shoe to drop in georgia where fulton d. A. Fani willis says she has a duty to prosecute. I took an oath and the oath requires i follow the law. Also sharing see the questions. The shocking news from the Justice Department tied to two u. S. Navy sailors arrested for spying. The Sensitive National secrets at the heart of the case. We begin with former President Trumps next big day in criminal court. Such five days after republican candidates take the stage for the first primary debates later this month. The former president on truth social bemoaning the high cost of his court battles, quote, my political opponent has hit me with a barrage of weak lawsuits which require massive amounts of my time and money to adjudicate. Resources that would have gone into ads and rallies will have to be spent fighting these radical left thugs in numerous courts throughout the country.
with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and i will see you tomorrow night, also on the panel discussion, and leitao will do the last word to 10 pm. i think tomorrow, rachel, the case about what happened in georgia it s gonna be clearer than ever to this country. and i long felt that that is where the clearest case of criminal conduct is to be found. i think that, i think that isim for the crime to happen on tape, and be released as soon as it happens, that should just be a new rule, that you have to crime on tape, and the tape has to be on tv that night. that helps, i think, in terms of this like, simple-ing it down so that we can all get it. you know, i ve listened to many hours of wired taps by the fbi investigations that they brought to court. and you know, you listen to the, what did he say, what did he mean, what was that. and he kind of mumbled that thing. there s a lot of interpretation that goes into it. they wire tap, and that s r
region. we ll get a live report from kyiv. this afternoon the house january 6th committee will hold its fifth public hearing on what it has learned so far about the attack on the u.s. capitol. today s hearing will focus on how former president trump tried to use the justice department to help him overturn the results of the 2020 election but failed because of pushback and resignation threats, like this one from former acting deputy attorney general, richard donahue. the president said, suppose i do this, suppose i replace him, jeff rossen, with him, jeff clark. what do you do? i said, sir, i would resign immediately. there is no way i m serving one minute under this guy, jeff clark. donaghue will testify today as well as steve engel. adam kinzinger, one of two republicans on the panel, will lead today s questioning. committee chairman, bennie thompson, says the panel will wait until later next month to hold more hearings because it needs to look through new evidence it
Trials in georgia. For Federal Court, its a no go. As we wait to see if donald trump moves his case as well. Were going to see Meadows Decision, what it might mean for the president s future if he makes the same request. Plus, a georgia judge says hes skeptical of fani willis. Plans to put all of that including Donald Trump On Trial next month. I believe, and i will tell you why i think that she knows exactly what shes doing. Im simone, and i have something to say. We start today with the devastation in morocco, where a powerful earthquake hit late on friday night. At the center of the 6. 8 magnitude earthquake, about 36 miles east of marrakech in moroccan highlands, high at less mountain range. It claimed more than 1300 lives, and that number is expected to grow. The scope of the damage is unknown as crews are working to rescue any survivors trapped beneath the rubble. Heres nbc news 1400 front matt bradley with more. That frenzied Rescue Effort is underway as the death toll and injur
issue for the biden administration and, you know, and for texas. this is something that texas put into the river without federal approval and has become something that something of an eye sore and also a diplomatic sticking point. the mexican government want this out and has said so to the biden administration and right now, they re in court to try to get texas to remove it. what is the status of that legal fight, david? we re expecting something to happen next week. there s a deadline for filings in the case from the state of texas for them to explain why they re not in violation of a federal law that says essentially you can t just put whatever you want in a waterway in the united states. so texas has to explain itself and, you know, they may lose in the initial, you know, court fights but this is something that governor greg abbott has been sort of seeking is a direct confrontation with the federal