hearings on capitol hill where lawmakers are probing whether or not the fbi and doj have politicized justice to attack american civil liberties. this is falling under that brand-new subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government, ohio republican jim jordan. welcome back as america reports rolls into hour two. i m sandra smith in new york. john: sandra, good to be with you. as we watch our colleague, jonathan turley on the stand. two of the witnesses are senators leading investigations into the biden family business dealings. david spunt has been watching the opening statements. he is live ste justice department now. david, what are you seeing? senator ron johnson has paid close attention not only to the department of justice but the fbi. he noted in his testimony, john and sandra, he wrote more than 50 letters to the fbi and doj and said few of them were answered adequately, many were not even responded to. this is a hearing as you mentioned for a new subco
goodbye to that show. yes, no. exactly thank you very much my friend, great to see you, enjoy th best of your evening welcome to a, man over the nex two hours or bring you everything you need to kno about donald trump s statement that he expects to be arrested this coming week. the legal, financial, political, an psychological angles to it all we ve got it all covered. we r also gonna take you back t where it all started, 17 years ago, within alleged affair and to figure out how we got t this point in time. and will examine the stunning revelations this week from another investigation into trump. fulton county has another recording of alcohol trump made pressurin unofficial to overturn the results of the 2020 election i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we began with the news that everyone is talking about fo better or worse. this morning, donald trump posted on socia media claiming that leaks from the manhattan district attorney s office indicate tha h
to comment but it appears they are basing this case on an untested legal theory president trump is criticizing the theory as well as da alvin bragg hours after posting this on truth social. the former president wrote in part, with no crime being able to be proven and based on an old fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors fairytale, the republican candidate and former president of united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week if this case centers around one 30,000 dollars hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election. president trumps lawyer at the time michael cohen we did guilty to his role in the payment in a federal case and claims it was meant to keep daniels quiet about alleged affair trump the nice. federal prosecutors claimed the former president and his business reimbursed infer that payment but the questions are, how to trump financial record the payment and can prosecutors prove he to p
new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former boss s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. i think that the vice president has a lot of information. i have no doubt really that he answered the questions openly, honestly, and fully. plus, russia unleashing on ukraine overnight with the worst strikes in weeks. the death toll still climbing at this hour. we re on the ground in that war-torn country with a live report. and later, extreme weather, the iconic yosemite national park closing over fears a massive snow melt could lead to unprecedented floods. intense flooding also suspected to have caused this train dera
phang show, live from miami, florida. we ve got lots of news to cove and lots of questions to answer, so, let s get started. indictment watch with th latest news that the new yor district attorney s office may indict former president donald trump as early as next wee i ll talk to glenn kershne about the indictment might loo like a what we can expect next in the process and breaking overnight, wyomin becomes the first state to outlaw abortion pills. i want to know, could this jus be the beginning as we await a texas ruling that could have national implications? and an arrest warrant for th president of russia. vladimir putin the international criminal court accusing the russian leader of war crimes i ukraine. have the white house i responding the chilly morning you, i m katie phang we begin today wit the strongest signs yet but new york red jury may have already returned an indictment for former president donal trump. we can see his arraignment a soon as next week. nbc