did you think that i did, my friend. i thought it was pretty wild and i will leave it there a lot going on have a great show. thank you, and thanks to yo at home for joining us thi evening. you know a court case is going to be interesting when the judge asks the jurors question like these has anybody ever been to a rally for mr. trump? does anybody believe that th last presidential election was stolen what about the three percenters? communists proud boys kkk? thin blue line has anybody been a member? those were the questions tha the judge had to ask potential jurors in that civil cas brought against president trum by e. jean carroll that case centers on allegations the trump rape eugene - in a new york city departmen store in the 1990s those are allegations that trump denies the questions that the judge will ask the jury in that case they basically tell yo everything you need to kno about trump s base of suppor right now. are you a member of a radica militia group? h
have ever faced charges in connection to the payments to daniels, even though trumps was implicated in the case by the federal government. back in 2018 in a sentencing memo for michael cohen, federal prosecutors said that trump, quote, acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual win is none other than the ex-president himself. the meeting today is also taking place at a time when discussions of the criminal culpability is being royaled by allegations of the veteran prosecutor mark pom rans who said the question of criminal culpability over hush money payments is one of many significant unanswered questions about the multiple state, local and federal investigations into the ex-president. watch that. i am myself at a loss to understand what happened at the conclusion of the hush money investigation or for that matter why there was no federal investigation of trump s business finances, husband tax returns, his financial statements shs when th
counsel investigating donald trump could finally get testimony from former vice president mike pence. that could be incredibly significant. you know, it s a month of pushback, and now pence, it appears, is going to finally testifying. the special counsel s investigation into trump and his actions on january. six. a spokesman for the former vice president says he will not appeal a judge s ruling in order that he must appear before the grand jury that s investigating the insurrection and trump s efforts to overturn the election. that means pence could testify about the one on one conversations he had with trump leading up to that day, including what we know is a heated phone call that happened the morning of the riot when pence, refused trump s efforts to get him to try to block the certification of president biden s win, plus a cnn exclusive this morning as cnn sources are telling cnn that former national security officials have testified that trump was repeatedly warned he di
steve bannon to testify publicly on the eve of his federal criminal contempt trial for refusing to honor the committee s subpoenas. among those scheduled tomorrow, a former spokesman for the oath keepers which played a central role in the coordination and execution of the capitol insurrection. just moments ago, president biden was joined by gun safety advocates at a white house event celebrating bipartisan legislation signed last month. while the administration is struggling with the grim reality, on the cover of today s new york times about how many in the president s own party as well as independents are souring on him. and hundreds of firefighters in california are in a desperate battle to protect 3,000-year-old historic sequoia trees from the wildfires. we begin with the january 6th insurrection. joining me now ali vitali, jeremy peters. and tim miller, author of why we did it. ali, take us through what we can expect this week from the hearings and how they might
we begin with more on twitter and the latest security concerns. as you ve been hearing, the company s former head of security alleges the social media giant has hidden negligent security practices, misled federal regulators about its safety, and failed to properly estimate the number of bots on its platform. twitter has denied the allegations saying they contain many inaccuracies and inconsistencies, but the revelations could have huge consequences for twitter, including possible fines and the potential unravelling of elon musk s bid to buy the company. joseph menn, from the washington post, was one of the reporters who broke the story. he explained what motivated peiter zatco to file this whistleblower complaint. peiter zatco is an unusual person, one of the most famous actors in america and has pioneered and co ordinated disclosure where security researchers find flaws in programmes and work with the vendors to establish fixes for the problems before going public. he led cy