Saying if trump were to begin posting details from grand jury transcripts it could have a Chilling Effect on witnesses. Remember this is just 24 hours after his arrest and arraignment in his third indictment over election interference and after the judge warned him against making threats. Lets go straight to john dean, hes the former Nixon White House counsel. And john, you and i have spoken about this and donald trump so many times, but, you know, as i was discussing with one of our producers before this program got started, in the past we would talk about Donald Trumps tweets and his social media posts and wonder what the impact might be, but it sounds as though the Special Counsel in this case, jack smith, is really seizing on this very inflammatory, threatening sounding post from donald trump on truoct to the judge. The government arguing that the restrictions that theyre seeking are necessary to prevent trump from publicly disclosing sensitive discovery information. Can you walk u
Special counsel jack smiths team has now charged both with multiple crimes. Including conspiracy to obstruct justice. If convicted, they couldve face yearslong prison sentences. In the district courthouse in washington, d. C. , we will be awaiting for another possible indictment in the investigation into trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election. And two new developments today. First, according to the Washington Post, trumps pack to save america spent about 40 million in the First Six Months of 2023 covering his legal fees in some others in his orbit. Also, an internet for one of the maralago employees named in a superseding indictments alongside former President Trump said he had not secured a floridabased lawyer ahead of the First Court Appearance and miami on monday. Later on the show, two stories i need you to stick around to hear. One, a major milestone celebrated by one of the biggest black sororities in the country while a black fraternity is moving its annual convention out
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
election lies. he also slammed the justice department for indicting him on federal charges over his decision to government secrets at mar-a-lago. sentiments he echoed once again in new attacks this afternoon on his knockoff twitter. the gop front runner feeds grievances to his base, president biden will his showcase his economic achievements. friday, the president highlighted new efforts to lower health care office things that sneak into your cable bill or surprise charges when you check out of a hotel. biden also emphasized the importance of his infrastructure legislation. biden and other administration officials have been going to republican held congressional districts to tout the white house is the administration hopes to show their policies have spurred job growth, domestic manufacturing and economic development while reminding the public the republicans largely opposed the measures. the job report shows biden s economic with another 209,000 jobs added. and
so long, they have a pretty good sense of what they re going to get asked and what response they should have. that was sarah fisher, senior media reporter and cnn media analyst this morning joining us now. so, sarah, the big moment from today s hearing is when meta ceo mark zuckerberg was pushed by senator josh hawley to turn around and apologize to the families of various victims of nefarious activities that happened on social media. here say is a little excerpt. [ applause ] the things that your families have suffered and this is why we invest so much and efforts to make sure that no one has to go through the types of things that your families have had to suffer. what was your reaction to that? i thought it was very emotional, jake, and it wasn t just him, it was also snapchat ceo evan spiegel who apologized to the families. normally the tension is between the ceos and the members of congress. what made this testimony different was that you had those family memb