here with me now is really time to time opinion columnist ellzey and former assistant special prosecutor nick akerman and michael cohen, donald trump s former fixer. guys, great to have you here. oh, i have to talk about your book, michael. you re also the author of revenge, how donald trump weaponize the u.s. department of justice against his critics. he s also the host of the podcast mea culpa. okay, we re pasture accomplishments, michael. now we can get to the segment. so lying to the grand jury. that sounds serious. it s absolutely serious. so now what? i think is gonna be an indictment coming out fairly shortly. i think you re going to see donald trump indicted. you re going to see a number of other people indicted that are involved in this whole plot in georgia. really? you think donald trump is going to be indicted? what clued into having? they re looking at the judge s opinion that came out, at least his first one, he talked about the fact that he wasn t
lawyer is testifying in a matter of hush payments in a federal court in west texas behind closed doors, no cameras, no audio recordings. we start there because what happens in this courtroom and this judge decides could ultimately have consequences for every single woman and every single family in america oral arguments took place in a case brought by anti-abortion groups challenges the completely legal, completely safe long-ago approved routine and decades old use of medication for abortion those groups today asked a judge to order a stop to the use of an abortion pill as their case makes its way through the courts it s reported at the hearing the judge, quote, asked government lawyers on wednesday about what he characterized as an accelerated process for approving one of two drugs used in most pregnancy terminations nationwide in response the justice department lawyer said there s tremendous evidence showing this pill as safe, even when a doctor does not administer it it s
this. the company is now cooperating it according to the spokesperson. we should note, alex, how we got here. that is when they voluntarily shut down production of infant formula to calm the michigan plant. where several reports of infants getting sick after consuming some of the products. this only worsen the instant i formula shortage. investigators moved in. they look into what is happening. they were not able to find the source the bacteria that was linked back to the kids that got sick. long story short, there is an agreement to say that they will take steps to ensure that their products are safe moving forward. beside open up that plant. it there is the news today. i remember you covering it as well. there was nothing on the shelves. how are they going to do about treating their children? was there any reaction to this before the legal aspects? great question. it is something that has been lingering for quite some time. people wanted some answers and some accountabi
a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news smith is overseeing the dual probes involving pence s former boss regarding the classified documents trump took with him to mar-a-lago and the january 6th attack on the capitol. we do not know exactly why he has subpoenaed pence and if it is in reference to one or both of these probes but when a former vice president of the united states is subpoenaed, it is a big deal. according to abc news which was the first to report this news, it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. not surprising, but spokespeople for both the former vice president and the special counsel have declined to comment. joining me now is my colleague and anchor of the beat, ari melber. peter strzok, former fbi counterintelligence agent, and charles coleman, former prosecutor. ari, i m going to start with you. it is a big deal, but not a specifically big deal because we don t know exactly what these probes are abou
hire, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on a very busy day of news and more details on what promises to be a blockbuster hearing on the january 6 hearing and we ll have much more on that. we begin with the verdict in the alex jones trial where a jury has just awarded nearly $1 billion in damages to the family members of the sandy hook victims, people who suffered from the lines that alex jones started spreading hours after the massacre. harry lipman joins us, a former u.s. attorney and former deputy assistant attorney general. let me just not go the down the rabbit holes of alex jones but the families had pain and suffering from the massacre being described as a hoax and the nearly billion dollars in damages does nothing, nothing to deal with their grief but it was as signal, it seems harry, that the jury felt that it was represent henceible. even his defense attorney said in close, nicole. this is a despicable human being and, of course, he s the vilest vermin out there on