polling as we speak of some kind. kind news unspooling always. thank you for joining us at home. today has not been a good day for the republican party. it began with a fourth defendant flipping in the george racketeering case against donald trump turning jenna ellis tearfully pleading guilty in state court. this afternoon we are bombshell new report from abc news the trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, has been granted immunity and special counsel jack smith s federal interference case. mr. meadows has reportedly told smith team that he long believe the trumps was being dishonest about his claim that he won the election. which is certainly something new. now that report has not been confirmed by nbc news, and meadows lawyer is denying it, so we will have a lot more on that later in this hour. but we start with the absolute debacle unfolding among republicans in the house of representatives, which is entering its fourth week. fourth week, without a speaker of the h
this afternoon we have a bombshell new report from abc news the trump s former chief of staff, mark meadows, has been granted immunity in special counsel jack smith s federal interference case. mr. meadows has reportedly told smith s team that he long believed that trump was being dishonest about his claim that he won the election. which is certainly something new. now that report has not been confirmed by nbc news, and meadows lawyer is denying it, so we will have a lot more on that later in this hour. but we start with the absolute debacle unfolding among republicans in the house of representatives, which is entering its fourth week. fourth week, without a speaker of the house. right, now republicans are holding a vote behind closed doors to choose their fourth nominee for speaker in less than two weeks. this morning, after five rounds of voting behind closed doors, the party nominated its third speaker candidate, congressman tom emmer. and then, just four hours and ten min
burnett outfront next on cnn thanks for watching. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now outfront next trump. tonight s spreading a lie that the fbi tried to kill him, even though it s been widely been debunk. this is a hearing on trump s classified documents case devolves into a shouting match tonight, plus breaking news. justice samuel alito under fire for a second, flag outside his home this one carrd by rioters on january 6 will he views the mrs. alito did it excuse again. and on the ground in tehran tonight is mourners flocked to the president s funeral and a top official reveals what happened on that president s helicopter that someone had survived for hours. let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight. the breaking news, trump claims deadly force authorized the quotes. the former president and his allies absurdly accusing president biden of trying to assassinate trump. and moments ago,
the day might be i imagine alice looking down on all of us, right? now from that big roundtable in the sky, making your case with a smile and a kind word. yes, alice has views might not have aligned with yours, but we need more alice s in the world, not fewer, no need to figure out how to settle debates without tearing each other apart, we need that alice knew that and that s why we are grateful for her, grateful for her legacy. and that will stay with us in the days and weeks and years to come. alice, we love you we miss you theory is various countries that announced plans to formally recognize a paleinian state and the trump classified documents case is clearly heating up right now, happening right now. indeed, the judges holding the first hearing, since delaying the trial, and it comes as new photos show trump s personal aide moving boxes around mar-a-lago and happy to be alive. that s what a passenger on that term. million singapore airlines flight told reporters before
we are following news this morning where another codefendant in the trump georgia case just plead guilty. overseas we are hearing from one of the two hostages and what she says are the horrifying moments about t kidnapping. and we will talk to netanyahu about what the releases mean for the war. and then we will talk to congressman gregory meeks. and meanwhile, congress is trying to decide who they think could be the next speaker of the house. we will break down who could have a path to victory. we begin this very busy hour with breaking news out of georgia where just this morning a former trump attorney, jenna ellis, plead guilty in the state s election interference case. ellis is the fourth codefendant to accept a deal instead of going to trial. if i knew then what i know now, i would have declined to represent donald trump in these post election challenges. i look back on the full experience with deep remorse. i have taken responsibility already with the bar thi