back at home, new developments into the investigation of former president donald trump s handling of classified documents. another grand jury is expected to convene in the case where they are asking what could this mean? and then chris christie expected to throw his hat into the ring tonight. meanwhile, authorities in california are investigating two private planes carrying migrants from the border and dropping them off without warning in california. we will talk to the state s attorney general that says this could mean criminal charges. in florida, calls are growing for the arrest of a woman that shot and killed her neighbor. she knocked on the door, unarmed, no weapons, just wanted answers. we begin this hour with breaking news out of ukraine. overnight an explosion destroyed a critical dam in russian-controlled territory that is threatening tens of thousands of people. ukraine officials are urging residents to evacuate with water levels reaching critical levels withi
just closed and the result is expected to become clear in just a few hours. around 64 million turks were eligible to vote turn out in the first round was closing in on 90% and they had a choice between two veteran candidates: the two times president recep tayyip erdogan and the opposition leader, kemal kilicdaroglu. the election takes place amid a faltering economy, with inflation in double figures and a cost of living crisis. both of the candidates have been out to cast their vote. this was the incumbent president, recep tayip erdogan, in istanbul. he arrived by limousine, with the crowds kept back behind barriers, and more or less had the polling station to himself, when, along with his wife, he cast his ballot. and at exactly the same time as that was happening in istanbul mr erdogan s opponent, kemal kilicdaroglu cast his vote in ankara. the polling station was a little more crowded, and the supporters were able to get up a little bit closer, but everything seemed
meeting moments ago, symbolically at the reagan library is beijing warns the chinese government will quote resolutely fight back plus one day after donald trump s arrest and arraignment in new york. two major developments in the federal case investigating him one a cnn exclusive the grand jury testimony. revealing the trump was warned he could not legally sees voting machines, plus the decision from his vice president, mike pence that could set up his own historic testimony before the special counsel. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the world s superpowers on edge and potentially provocative show of solidarity between democracies. moments ago, taiwan s president, sighing when wrapped up a news conference with us house speaker kevin mccarthy on the republicans home turf in california in the chinese government is not happy about it. the top official in beijing warning that size visit could lead to a quote serious unquote confrontation with the united sta
the argument that mike pence was making was the best one legally. so i think what we re really looking for is when could we see mike pence in front of a grand jury and sarah cnn s learning that former trump national security officials from the department of homeland security , chad wolf and ken cuccinelli have testified to a federal grand jury about trump s efforts and desire to seize voting machines. after the 2020 election. they said that they told the president and his team that he had no authority to do so. this really speaks to how special counsel jack smith is zeroing in. on the various ways . trump tried to overturn his election loss. that s right. i mean, this is excellent reporting from my colleagues at cohen sort of looking at how the special counsel is digging into a bunch of these schemes the trump team considered to try to overturn the 2020 election. of course, we know that one of these sort of crazy ideas under consideration was seizing the voting machines, and
and the president biden national security team an entire american government remain committed to bringing brittney griner home safely to her family, friends and loved ones it. more breaking news from the justice department. attorney general merrick garland announcing federal charges against four current and former metro police officers for alleged crimes connected to the warrant issued in the death of breonna taylor. those alleged crimes include civil rights offenses, unlawful conspiracies, unconstitutional use of force and obstruction offenses. the four defendants were charged through two separate indictments. democrats facing election battles in the fall are hoping the massive turnouts in the kansas abortion probe is a sign of things to come to well the party waits to see whether kyrsten sinema will sign off on legislation to lower healthcare cost and boost climate initiatives. in the next hour, president biden will talk with senate democrats about the package. the pres