Go as a federal jury meets tomorrow as Special Counsel jack smith gets new evidence in the maralago case. Plus, remarkable new video into outfront of Ukrainian Forces taking out one of putins prized Rocket Launchers as a Putin Arch Nemesis loses his appeal. His wife is outfront. A longtime republican operative quits ron desantis. Why he says the problem isnt the campaign, its desantis himself. Ed rollins is my guest. Lets go outfront. Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, new Surveillance Video in the maralago case just surfacing. A development tonight, a breaking development. Well share more details in a moment because it comes as two major indictments are looming for trump. In washington The Grand Jury investigating trumps efforts to overturn the election are expected to meet hours from now. In georgia a grand jury that could vote on whether to indict trump met today. That vote could come as early as tomorrow. In atlanta where barricades now surround the Fulton County supe
i did everything right and they indicted me. and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it s still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, right now, speaking as of today, it does look like donald trump is way ahead of everyone else. and that is in large part because florida governor ron desantis, who was initially hyped up is the candidate who could take on trump, has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis line should commit with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 p
minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
readout on the florida governor s standing in the 2024 race and the uphill fight to catch donald trump. new reporting this hour on why he said what he said. plus, mike pence is doing it today, tim scott is doing it, so is ron desantis and francis suarez, but donald trump is not. most are walking in parades, but not the former president. he s giving more evidence he s running a very different kind of campaign. no labels says they want to give voters a third-party alternative, but some critics wonder if what they really want is to deny joe biden the presidency. i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with that old saying, honesty is the best policy. at first blush, that might seem like what an operative for the ron desantis super pac is doing, stating the obvious, that things in the desantis campaign are not going so well. listen to steve cortes and his assessment of how his candidate is doing. look, right now in national polling
thursday, january the 18th. steve: all right. here s where we are starting. border backlash, more than a dozen democrats now speaking out against top democrat joe biden s border policies. what s that about? well, one democrat is turning the table on republicans in the meantime, calling on them to push to remove the statue of liberty. what? ainsley: brian, that s when you say ugh! brian: ugh! ainsley: ron desantis moving campaign workers to south carolina but insists he is not done making his case in new hampshire. we went to south carolina and knocked out a couple of events and did what we planned to do in new hampshire. that was caricature to skipping new hampshire when it wasn t. brian: no, it shows he is fighting another day regardless of how new hampshire comes out. and he ll be back after being detained. while arnold schwarzenegger was held by customs for hours at munich airport according to some located in germany. the second hour of fox & friends starts r