campaigning, elections set to show much of a grip donald trump still has on the gop. our correspondents are standing by live later on in the show. i m hallie jackson with you on this monday afternoon in washington. so let s get right to ken delainian and danny. ken, we haven t heard from guy during the trial. he didn t testify on his own behalf. he wasn t expected to make a statement today, but that has changed and he s now going to speak, we understand. reporter: yeah, the latest twist in a day that s been full of them here, hallie. earlier, guy reffett was trying at the defense table as his daughter was testifying in his defense and talking about his mental health issues and trying to blame what happened on donald trump. and after that, the justice department suffered a major setback when the judge ruled against imposing a so-called domestic terrorism enhancement on the sentence, which is the first time the doj tried to do that, saying that this conduct was domestic terro
2017, former president obama, you might have forgotten this. the new york post remembered. they shipped 30 million pages of sensitive and possibly classified materials to chicago. all right. and now trump and his advisers have yet a new excuse for why trump kept classified documents. plus, arizona used to give us republicans like john mccain. well, now the fringe is firmly in control of the party there with election deniers and extremists rising to the top. also tonight, an important victory in sali berisha for reproductive rights, but across the country more young girls are being forced to give birth. and fresh off her defeat in the wyoming primary, liz cheney is blasting kevin mccarthy and had some thoughts on the possibility that he could potentially be the next speaker. good evening, everyone. i m tiffany cross in tonight for joy reid and we begin with the ever-evolving excuses from donald trump and his team over why classified documents, including some classi
asked to turn those security cameras off when this search occurred and refused to do so. i want to read to you what one person close to former president trump told us when we asked do you think that this is a good idea? should he release these tapes? here is what that person said. quote, it s one thing to read a bunch of numbers on an inventory list, it s another to see law enforcement agents actually carrying a dozen plus boxes out of president trump s home knowing they probably contain sensitive documents. i don t see how that helps him. so, again, this has drawn mixed reactions inside the former president s orbit with some aides saying it s a good idea, release the footage, get it out there. among those steve bannon the former white house chief strategist to president trump. others saying we should hold back. maybe continue to tease this but don t ever actually release the footage, brianna. look, it depends on where you re looking at this from. for the people who think t
cnn through the crime scene. plus, she s the one that we wanted and treasured. singer, actress, and icon olivia newton-john passes away. hello, and welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with our politics lead. president biden began his week on the cusp of a huge win for his party. the senate this weekend in a marathon voting session passed the democratic branded inflation reduction act strictly along party lines. every single republican voted against it. the bill now heads to the house. it is expected to pass along party lines there as well. and president biden could sign it into law as soon as friday. the massive $750 billion bill contains sweeping health care provisions, tax increases on wealthy corporations, and the largest climate investments in u.s. history. and this comes as the president and first lady tour eastern kentucky, where hellish flooding killed more than three dozen people and caused catastrophic damage to communities. presi
the lies. if you ask how many republican congressmen believe trump was re-elected i d say maybe a couple but 60% of our base does. conspiracy theories. that could have been mickey mouse. i m watching this is the craziest thing i ve ever seen, and then people just bought it. lawsuits. they tried to not have your votes counted. they did not want your vote to count. potentially illegal pressure campaigns. i just want to find 11,780 votes. what he was asking for wasn t supported by the facts, wasn t supported by the constitution. extraordinary scheming. let s talk about the memo. just breathtaking that you would have laid out such a clear game plan that so clearly violated the constitution. and all too many in the republican party do you believe this was a free and fair election? and maga media who followed along. unverifiable dumps of votes. stop the steal! and it all might have worked if not for a few people in key places. notably among t