potential trouble in trump world times four. today, former aide steve bannon is back in court, staring at the possibility of a criminal conviction for defying a congressional subpoena. the prosecutor charging that he thought he was above the law. electors have been told by fulton county d.a. they could face criminal charges. after yesterday s breaking news that critical secret service messages from january 5th and 6th are almost certainly got forever. now nbc news has learned within the past hour, secret service employees were sent at least two e-mails reminding them to preserve the texts you b. they disappeared anything. that is all being investigated. from wisconsin, the mind-boggling revelation in the midst of these investigations, former president trump is still calling election officials on the phone, as recently as last
death of a black man during an arrest last year. vido now showing officers hitting him and pinning him to the ground. he could be heard saying, i can t breathe. here s our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. reporter: tonight, washington state s top prosecutor charging three tacoma police officers with the killing of a black man. the evidence suggests for little to no reason. manuel ellis was beaten and tased while his hands and feet were shackled. i can t breathe, sir. i can t breathe. reporter: there you hear ellis complaining to the officers that he was having difficulty breathing. the autopsy states he died from a lack of oxygen due to physical restraint. justice has already walked out those doors the moment manuel s soul left his body. reporter: ellis had been walking to a friend s house after a visit to a local convenience store after a night of playing drums at his local church. according to authorities, police jumped out of their vehicle and attacked ellis afte
in washington state for the death of a black man during an arrest last year. video now showing officers hitting him and pinning him to the ground. he could be heard saying i can t breathe. here s our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. reporter: tonight, washington state s top prosecutor charging three tacoma police officers with the killing of a black man. the evidence suggests for little to no reason. manuel ellis was beaten and tased while his hands and feet were shackled. i can t breathe, sir. i can t breathe. reporter: there you hear ellis complaining to the officers that he was having difficulty breathing. the autopsy states he died from a lack of oxygen due to physical restraint. we want answers. no more talking. reporter: ellis had been walking to a friend s house after a visit to a local convenience store after a night of playing drums at his local church. according to authorities, police jumped out of their vehicle and attacked ellis after a brief conversat
11 others lost their lives in that violent unprovoked attack. we just wanted to take a moment to remember them. i m brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. the lead with jake tarppper. it s snowing in washington, d.c. yes, mr. president, winter is come. the lead starts right now. president trump today rage tweeting. frenzy tweets about the mueller probe calling the investigation a total mess as an expression about glass houses comes to mind. trying to cover up a murder and exonerate a dictator. saudi arabia s prosecutor charging 11 men in the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi concluding the crown prince had nothing to do with it. will the white house and president trump go along with what critics are calling a cover-up? plus, the trump administration and u.s. government cracking down on
translation of what is next. this trick is transferring ammunition used in killing of unarmed people. in addition the sources say the plane delivers iranian revolutionary guard soldiers to fight alongside the syrian military. this is the route the plane is taking according to our intelligence sources from iran over iraqi airspace into syria. because the turkish government says iranian cargo planes are not allowed to fly over precisely this region to prevent this kind of arms smuggling. the arab league told the iraqi government they want this new air route shutdown of the problem, bill, the iraqis don t have any air defense systems. they can only simply tell the iranians to stop. there is no way right now at least to end the resupply route. bill, back to you. bill: leland vittert from jerusalem. juliet has more now. charges have been filed in that deadly soccer riot last month. egypt s top prosecutor