possible indictment. we are in uncharted waters, people, and a shifting hazard. if you don t have to be outside, then don t be outside. that s the mayor of washington, d.c. dangerous thick smoke from canadian wildfires is moving south. major cities in the u.s. are elevating their alert as air quality is getting worse. plus, new russian aggression on the battlefield. the significant losses for ukraine as ukrainian forces try to breach enemy lines. welcome to the load. i m jake tapper, and we ll start today with our law and justice lead. donald trump is gathering with his top aides reaching out to allies on capitol hill ahead of possible criminal charges, criminal charges, being filed against him. sources say the justice department recently told trump s legal team that the former president is a target in the federal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified documents after he left office and, of course, possible obstruction of justice charges related to
worshippers, but also that he did so specifically because they were jewish, he did so in a truly horrific way. we did learn new details, today just about how violent and seemingly intentional this shooting was. prosecutors said that robert bowers went through the synagogue, methodically going room to room, and in their words hunting jewish worshippers. now after a while, law enforcement did come, in swat teams engaged in a shootout with mr. bowers, they were able to get him to surrender. it was during that point when he was why are you doing this? why did you do this? and the prosecution said the response was, quote, all jews need to die. are killing our kids. so that is really what the prosecution is saying. now alison, i should, say the defense in this, case they are not disputing the case that robert bowers killed these 11 people, the defense said that these actions were incomprehensible, and inexcusable. there is no question that it was a planned attack. that main defen
today on inside politics, together again. barack obama and joe biden are teaming up to promote one of their biggest accomplishments. we have details on their rare white house reunion and whether the former president can help the current one get reelected. plus a growing divide. the u.s. and israel are no longer in lock step on how to prosecute the war against hamas terrorists. as a top biden official meets with the leader of the palestinian authority in the west bank. republican candidates have one month left to make their case to iowa voters. nikki haley just agreed that the cnn debate stage will be one of her final stops. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with obama and biden joining forces again. the former president taped a new ad with his former vp on the importance of obamacare. cnn s kevin liptack is at the white house. you broke this story. tell us about this. reporter: it s always interesting to see how this white ho
i m julián castro, in for alicia menendez. welcome to american voices. we begin with paying a hefty price for pushing a big lie. on friday, trump s former personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, was ordered to pay a whopping hundred 48 billion dollars for defaming to georgia election workers. elie freeman and her daughter shaye moss. by repeatedly and falsely accusing them of election fraud, during an emotional testimony on wednesday, freeman said those lies unleashed a mob of angry trump supporters after them. she was flooded with racist and violent threats. forcing her to moveut of her home. many of those messages were shared with the jury. and they listened. the jury unanimously decided giuliani was liable for defamation. intentional affliction of emotional distress, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. after the verdict, freeman and moss said their lives will never be the same again. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies and passed so many others to keep that flame b
cnn, which once defined cable news, is now under fire after this week s trump debacle. underilities new ownership, it s now just one more outlet for the libertarian billionaire point of view. also tonight, the unserious caucus, jim jordan continues to carry trump s water, pursuing a pointless investigation of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. as james comer more or less admits he s got nothing on the bidens, but he s going to keep pretending he does anyway. and we begin with the continued clean-up on aisle five at cnn in the wake of widespread criticism over its decision to air a town hall with the twice impeached civilly liable for sexual abuse former president donald trump on wednesday night that played out more like a pep rally or a maga version of the jerry springer show. on thursday, cnn ceo chris lict mounted a defense of the town hall during the network s morning editorial call. insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even fro