not, special counsel jack smith looking at trump s law and seizing voting machines were discussed, we talked with trump s national security adviser how close we came to constitutional recognize crisis in ukraine around bakhmut and in ukraine around bakhmut and florida pledge of allegiance no matter who it ends up being. we dig deep near the december 2020 overoffice meeting. now there are two reasons for that, first we have the perspective tonight of someone who knows the cast of characters in the meeting and worked with many of them over the years and secondly it s worth a look because of how unprecedented that meeting was in the oval office in terms of what was on the table. the former president tweeting, quote. that tweet which would be seen as exhibit a for allegedly inciting the mob that day, looks like the action he chose instead of another idea discussed during the meeting such as seizing voting machines and invoking martial law. former campaign manager bill told tuary
bret: good evening, welcome to washington i m bret baier and two big stories featuring big numbers. customs and border protection say within 300,000 people illegal immigrants and countered by border patrol attempting to enter the u.s. illegally across the southern border and just the month of december. we will head to the border to report on the major showdown between texas and the biden administration. but first the other big numbers tonight. we begin in new york, a jury or during former president donald trump to pay more than $83 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by e. jean carroll. a jury found previously sexually assaulted by a trump in the 1990s. the former president vigorously denied the allegations and wondered how he did that is the subject of the defamation case. alexis mcadams outside of the federal courthouse in manhattan with the latest tonight. good evening, alexis. good evening, bret. huge numbers in the courtroom in manhattan. e.g. harrell said dona
intercepting multiple rockets, comes after iran s president issuing a threat against israel after one of their commanders was killed in syria. trey yingst is live in tel aviv with the latest. trey. trey: good morning. overnight, according to u.s. central command, three strikes destroyed the targeted facilities and likely killed a number of kataib hezbollah militants. attacks in response to a drone strike against the irbil air base, three americans were injured, one critically, total number of attacks in the middle east to 103 since mid october. lloyd austin released a statement after the response saying let me be clear, the president and i will not hesitate to take action to protect the troops and we do not seek to escalate conflict, we are further prepared to take necessary measures to protect our people and facilities. after israeli forces were on high alert following an airstrike in syria that killed sayyed mousavi, the iranian president said it s an act of the zionist f
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. a really calm down. hi everyone, thanks for tuning into this hour we re bringing tomorrow s news tonight. we have a great lineup of reporters here with me. eric harry enten, erica hill making her debut, pablo sandoval and kylie atwood. also joining us is melanie s a known. tonight, biden and speaker mccarthy were at the white house trying to negotiate a deal on the looming debt limit deadline. that date is june 1st. even agreement cannot be reached by then, experts warn of a global recession that could take years to recover from. so let s get right to melanie where we have reporting on behind the scenes talks. melanie what s happening at this hour? alison, i just dashed over from the capitol. as we speak, representative for the white house and the speaker s office are meeting and kevin mccarthy told us earli
former director of intelligence says the only explanation for the pandemic is a leak from the chinese laboratory. the damage caused is very real. pizza delivery man was in the right place at the right time as a suspect happened to run right by him. police thanked the policeman for the assist and said if he is ever interested in a job, they are hiring. steve: live from the avenue of the americas as you look up that green stuff up there, that s central park. it is the 18th day of april. it is tax day. attention all people if you have not put your taxes in the mail, you have got until midnight tonight. it s going to be a beautiful day here in new york city. we have got 48 degrees. ainsley: taxes finished for you? steve: yes. a couple of weeks ago. pete: do people still put them in the mail. ainsley: my dad always did at midnight. pete s pete i know you can. ainsley: downtown main library midnight i always rode with him. pete: out of protest? ainsley: no, st