Guilty. But if convicted of bribery, faces up to 20 years. Wei, if convicted of espionage, coud get life. Norah. Very serious charges. Mark strassmann, thank you. Now to a tragedy on the southern border. Mexican authorities have recovered the bodies of two possible drowning victims in the rio grande. Cbss Omar Villafranca reports one of the bodies was found near a floating barrier that was recently installed by the texas government to deter migrants. Reporter the two bodies were discovered in this remote stretch of the rio grande. The first migrant from honduras was found by Texas Troopers tangled on the controversial floating barrier buoys. Later, mexican authorities found another body three miles upstream. Officials are investigating what led to their deaths. He spoke to his emotional mother, who says he was her oldest son. Before he left, she told reporters he gave her one last hug and said, we cant keep starving here. I have to go. Mexican officials blame the drownings on the barri
Are ans ofolutely we will e yo it burns right up against homes. I drove home and saw the smoke and started, so i knew this was going to be bad. We get them here every once in a while, but nothing thats come this close. Relief from neighbors in East San Jose after firefighters gained the upper hand of the clayton fire. Good evening. Im julie julie haener. And im greg lee. The fire first broke out this afternoon around 230 near clayton road and villa de la vista in san jose. Ktvu zac sos joins us live tonight. And zach, more fire danger is on the horizon. Yeah, thats right. And as you can see, crews still out here working this fire. They do seem to have a good handle on it. At this point. Its around 20 contained. The good news to come out of all of this, so far, no homes, no structures burned. But cal fire says this fire came very close to doing just that. Overhead. And on the ground, crews descending on a fast moving grass fire in East San Jose as it crept perilously close to area homes
Tab thank you all so much for joining us this night and every night this week, Cnn News Night with abby phillip starts now proof that Donald Trumps legal strategy is working. Thats tonight on this side good evening im abby philip in new york and go all the way back to Donald Trumps very first legal filings and you can spot his legal strategy in plain view. One, make villains out of the people who are bringing you the cases against him. And to delay any and all Legal Proceedings until the latest possible day a day that he hopes comes after the 2024 election. Now, tonight, the former president appears to be winning his two front war on the calendar and on the prosecutors seeking to try him, take georgia, for example, Fani Willis Sat there and listen to trumps attorneys accused her of systemic misconduct prosecutors dont act like this. They said they dont hide affairs with coworkers. They said because she did, according to trumps lawyers, at least, they demand that she be cast out of that
Michigan primary. With President Biden facing the possibility of a significant protest vote over the situation in gaza and nikki haley hoping for something, anything positive with donald trump expected to easily win the republican primary and the nomination. Well get to all of that shortly. But first, we want to set the stage Just A Little Bit for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party. So we begin the reidout tonight with the freak show. The weekend was the annual conservative Political Action conference, cpac, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become. How extreme, you ask, well, as nbc news is reporting, nazis mingled openly at cpac, spreading antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say nazis. Nbc news noted in previous years, conference organizers have ejected well known nazis and White Supremacists such as nick fuentes from cpac. This year, racist Conspiracy Theorists didnt meet any perceptive resistance
The conspiracy to deny rights was absolutely essential, foundational to the big lie was the erasure of votes of black peoples votes in philadelphia, atlanta, detroit, milwaukee, and the erasure of votes from hispanic and indigenous and maricopa county. Amy then, we look at the crisis in niger a week after a military coup ousted the countrys president. Nigers new military leaders have just cut off military ties with france, its former colonial ruler. In view of frances casual attitude and situation, the National Council for safeguarding the homeland has decided against the agreements. Amy one of the leaders had received military training and met with a top u. S. Officer in niger just last month. African officers trained by the u. S. Military have now taken part in 11 coups in west africa since 2008. All that and more, coming up. Amy welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to four felony c