obstruction, conspiracy, lying and espionage. what happens now? when it comes to republicans in congress, this time it is not so certain. a lot of them are split. some are willing to stick by donald trump, like senator eric schmidt of missouri who said that the charges are, quote, unequal application of the law. nor senator john barrasso of wyoming who said, quote, it feels political, it s rotten. others are being a little more cautious. after all, these are espionage charges. there s, quote, no way to defend the allegations said rep don bacon of nebraska. i would not feel comfortable with a convicted felon in the white house, said a rep from colorado. there isn t a clear ideological common denominator within this split. we re going to explore why that is. what is clear, and maybe this is part of the reasoning for some is that this indictment might not be the only criminal trouble that former president trump could be in. there are two more investigations related to overturnin
rule of law. of our southern border. do you agree with that? [crickets] totally consistent with jump of intees cease animal. it did escape from a chinese lab in wo wuhan. an accident followed by a cover-up. congressional baseball game brings together republicans, democrats and fans of all gladges studio b deep into left field and bounce into the bullpen. republicans took 15-6. ainsley: straight to a fox news alert. marine veteran daniel penny indicted on a second degree manslaughter charge connected to jordan neely s death on a new york city subway train. he said he acted in self-defense and protect those around him after neely said he was going to kill him. steve: ashley strohmier joins us here in studio m with the latest ashley. the indictment is under seal right now. the manhattan d.a. is expected to formally announce 24-year-old daniel penny s indictment later this morning. new york city mayor eric adams confirming in a statement to the associated
they just got off two buses as they were headed to a church. governor abbott issued a statement saying he is sending them where they want to go. noting that l.a. is a self-declared sanctuary city. the democrat mayor karen bass went after that move call it cheap political games and a despicable stunt. she claims her city is prepared for it. okay. you asked for it, it is coming. abbott s move expands the program that sent thousands of people to vice president kamala s doorstep in washington as well as new york, philadelphia, chicago included. it is deep in crisis there, as you know in chicago. i mean, the crime is off the hooks. nearly 10,000 illegals are there now. some sleeping still in the police precincts. shuttered ymcas and abandoned schools. the homeland security committee holding a hearing to look into mayokas for his dereliction of duty. former border patrol chief testified mayokas new the administration s only border policy was to let as many people in as they possibl
sources, the grand jury has voted to invite daniel penney, the marine veteran will now face trial for the choke hold death of jordan neely, 30-year-old homeless mentally ill man that witnesses say was threatening passengers aboard the new york city subway last month. we don t know the exact charges that he is being indicted on y yet, but he was facing a second-degree manslaughter charge. this grand jury had been hearing evidence and witness testimony on this case since may 31st. they weren t considering whether penney was guilty or not guilty, but rather whether there was enough legally sufficient evidence and reasonable cause to believe that a crime had been committed here. the bar for indictment is low, he only needed 12 of the 23 grand jurors to vote yes to indict, and they have, there will now be a trial. the manhattan district attorney alvin bragg said they believe there was enough evidence. witness interviews, photos, videos, in this case, to prove that penny recklessly
john king here in for anderson tonight. thanks for your time. the deal that might have been. some breaking news, new reporting of a trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department, and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces. on the hunt for russian commanders, to corner and kill. and later, a father a speaking out about nearly using his children and their remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. but we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president. one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. it just hits the washington post, quoting one of donald trump s new attorney s proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former presidents team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. just aussie of the post shares the byline on that story. h