that he might compel him to testify. he s not really being moved by some of fox s arguments to prevent it potential testimony from him in the in the truck. trial yesterday in a court hearing of virtual court hearing he had rejected some of those arguments saying that you know, the 92 year old is been traveling. he was at the super bowl recently, for instance, he has indicated he is looks forward to traveling between his various residences across the world. and so it s likely or potentially likely that the judge could compel merak to testify in this case, but you re expected to see if this does go to trial. some of the biggest names in right wing media being a being taken a stand. oliver darcy. thank you for your reporting. as always, and ahead . we are going. i will speak to the nashville police chief john drake about the tragic shooting in the city and the investigation into the shooter. that is after a quick break.
this was mentioned yesterday in the news conference that i was at with you yesterday. you know, regarding any warning signs, could anything have been done to prevent the shooter? we know in tennessee. there are no red flags, which would red flag laws. excuse me, which would help prevent or remove weapons. i should say anyone that is deemed a threat by a judge. and in that news conference, chief, you said that look, there is no law for that. you acknowledge that. but you said had it been reported that she was suicidal or that she was going to kill someone and it was made known to us and we would have tried to get those weapons. with all due respect, it was reported, though , right? i mean, we spoke with avery and a patent here on cnn, who said on the day of the shooting just minutes before this woman got a message from audrey hale, former middle school teammate, basketball team mate that she was going to die that she was going to do something bad. she made several calls. i think one was
starting at $20 consumer cellular called if i ever heard, but yes, it is. by killing themselves. they ensured. their immortality. it s a mean it s the cult of cults. heaven s gate sunday at 10 on cnn. former president donald trump s strategy of exhausting opponents with litigation just ran into a major roadblock and his resulting in another win for special counsel jack smith, a federal judge is ordering former vice president mike pence to testify before a grand jury about discussions he had with trump in the run up to the january 6th insurrection. pence for his part just moments ago, refusing to say today if he will appeal. cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz joining me now katelyn polantz more about what pence may do. pence what he has said so far
think you have to make sure as a mayor that you re thinking of the victims first, and always in those 1st 24 hours, something that mayor cooper was dogged on. and move forward to make sure that police can do their job as well. uh so shooting crisis are different than other crises and having tabletop exercises before they happen, because they are happening, all too often is sadly with a mayor has to consider in their jobs today. sadly that is the truth. nan whaley really appreciate you. thank you very much. mike pence , must testify about former president donald trump s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss that order coming from a federal judge, but the former vice president won t have to divulge everything. the details are next. what does it mean to be ever better? it s your customers getting what they ordered when they expected discover how rider e commerce makes your customers experience
testimony come fairly quickly here. katelyn polantz always appreciate it. thank you. and cnn senior legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor elie honig joining me now? hi there. l a so what exactly is the judge saying pence must testify about and what he can refuse to talk about . how much leeway does does pence have camera. mike pence has to testify about most, but not quite all of what he knows the best way to understand. this is to go through the history here. doj subpoenaed mike pence, and then they got hit with two separate legal objections. first donald trump, not a party to the subpoena, but he came in as an outsider, and he objected. based on executive privilege. the court rejected that, they said basically executive privilege. usually what courts will say is that it does not apply in the criminal context. it s meant to protect legitimate conversations between presidents and advisers so that one lost separately, mike pence invoked this speech and debate clause, whi