chris jansing reports follows with ana cabrera right now. hello on this busy friday. i m ana cabrera in for chris jansing, and it appears to be down to two. a senator from ohio and the governor of north dakota emerging as the front runners as donald trump inches closer to making one of the most consequential choices of his campaign, picking a running mate. but could there still be another name on the list? plus, turning to trump s legal woes, the former president may be the one charged with mishandling secret documents, but in a hearing in florida today, special counsel jack smith appears to be the one with the most to lose. in an unusual decision, the judge is hearing arguments about whether jack smith should have been appointed in the first places and whether he has the authority to prosecute trump going forward. and rain bringing some relief to central new mexico where massive wildfires have destroyed hundreds of homes, forced thousands to flee, and left at leas
i m cnn closed captioning bronchi by meso book.com our firm only represents mesothelioma victims and their families. if you or a loved one who has been diagnosed with ms ophelie oma, call us now good evening. i m jim acosta, info more coats on this thursday night, the justice system is rigged against him. donald trump says, he claims it s being weaponized and some massive conspiracy to keep him from winning reelection. there s no evidence of that, of course, but put it aside for a minute and just consider the reality of the moment today, the united states supreme court, once again, did not release a decision in the immunity case. that s the case in which trump is arguing he is shielded from any prosecution because he was once president. his appeal and the court s slow consideration of it has led to a significant delay, which favors donald trump now, the court could rule on it tomorrow war until next week, perhaps even later. but either way, the delay is tao. so signific
recuse herself from donald trump s classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website s tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there s new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book apprenti
hands covered, we didn t even know what he was going to do to her, so are just first instinct was just my dad just pulled them off and pinned him in the corner of the building i understand that your father got injured in all this house. he how s he doing can you repeat the question, please? sure. i was asking how your father is doing today because i understand that he may have gotten injured during all of this yes my father, yes, he did get scratched. he did get a bit. but he is fine right now? yes, ma am. well, i am sure that the young lady that he helped saved as so so thankful this morning. and thank you for coming on and telling the story. i appreciate you. all right a new our cnn news central starts right now all right. we re standing by as a new hearing and donald trump s classified documents case is about to get underway. could we see jack smith blocked from prosecuting the former president? we re live outside the florida courthouse and new numbers from bor
bret: good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight two u.s. adversaries raising eyebrows this national security circles causing real concern here in washington as both country s leaders touted their nuclear ambitions today. russian president vladimir putin saying he will revisit his country s policies on using nuclear weapons while iran is drastically expanding one of its not so secret nuclear sites. we begin with russia. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details tonight lye from the pnc. good evening, jennifer. jennifer: good evening, bret. more nuclear saber ratling from vladimir putin during his second stop in acre shah in search of friends. weapons for his war in ukraine, and a return to the cold war. the veiled threat came thursday during a press conference in vietnam. putin said he was thinking of changing russia s nuclear doctrine, lowering the threshold for the first use of a nuclear weapon. currently russian doctr