cast nationwide, with voters taking a leap. states for democracy, bodily autonomy, extraordinarily high. one of many reasons that president biden is picking up the pace of the campaign trail, doing what he can to boost democrat chances across four key states. moments ago, the president wrapped up a speech for candidates in pennsylvania, including senate candidate john fetterman. he and former president barack obama are reuniting tonight, making their first biden and obama joint appearance before the midterms. three days until one of the most important elections, one of the most important elections of our lifetime. it s going to shape the outcome will shape our country for decades to come, and the power push if the all come is in your hands. this hour, president obama will speak. we ll take a speech live, so stay with us. we will, on the other side of the state, former president trump with dr. mehmet oz, that rally in pennsylvania, doug mastriano, starts in about an
he s currently getting treatment with paxlovid as we hear that and that is to reduce the likelihood that, in fact, he would be hospitalized or have more severe symptoms from covid. the first lady has tested negative as well. the vice president has been informed of the president s positive test as well so following this breaking news story out of washington and, of course, the fallout from all of this because the president has an incredibly busy schedule ahead and how he s going to deal with all of. i want to bring in mike who has been standing by for us following what s going on inside the white house as the president continues to isolate. we re told that the president will isolate until they re quite conservative about it, until he tests negative. if you know differently than me, let me know. what else are you hearing? reporter: no, that is, in fact, the white house protocols for just this scenario, whether you re the president of the united states or whether you re a ju
pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses
how a mega-drought is transforming the grand canyon and the groom stranded on his wedding day and the police boat that saved the day. announcer: this is “nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening a disturbing warning tonight apparently tied to the fbi s search of former president donald trump s home last week fbi and homeland security advising agents in a joint intelligence bulletin of an increase in threats to federal law enforcement, identifying threats coming online, some reportedly with personal information of possible targets attached, addresses, family members at least one suspect now charged tonight after threatening posts were allegedly linked to him. mr. trump himself warning today about what could happen if the temperature of the country is not cooled down the ex-president also accusing the fbi of seizing his passports during its execution of the search warrant. kelly o donnell starts us off tonight with late details reporter: tonight federal agents
developments in the doj s criminal investigation of january 6th and the efforts to overturn the 2020 election. cnn is live in the capital with the latest. good evening. we appreciate having you. what are you learning about today? reporter: this is a significant development in terms of the department of justice investigation into donald trump s election interference and how that led to what happened on january 6. both jacobs and marc short were the first big witnesses that the january 6th elect committee were able to cooperate that were inside that orbit of the white house, the oval office, west wing and the days leading up to january 6. what the testimony revealed at that time, was the intense pressure campaign that was put on vice president mike pence and the steps that he stood to resist that and satellite on the fake collector plot going on around the country. these are things we did not previously know until the committee was able to crack core of mike pence and the inn