lawyer has receipts, and that special counsel jack smith has them too. the guardian reporting trump s lawyer evan corcoran warned trump about retaining classified documents, which could be significant in the probe. corcoran memorialized the warning in nearly 50 pages of note described to the guardian with three people with knowledge of their contents. the notes being produced to a federal grand jury after an appeals court allowed the attorney/client and work product privileges between corcoran and trump to be pierced because judges believed trump might have used corcoran s legal advice in furtherance of a crime. prosecutors have fixated on trump s valet, walt nalta after he told the d.a. trump told him to move boxes out of the storage room before and after the subpoena. that does not look good for trump. meanwhile, trump s legal team is thinning out. one of his top lawyers, tim parlatoe resigning, and siting problems with lawyer boris epshteyn. epstein is particularly close t
the president ordering 1500 active duty troops to the southern border. already thousands of of people camped out ready to enter the united states and cities are unprepared for the coming surge. plus countdown to crisis. the treasury secretary puts a clock on how much longer can pay its bills. the calendar crunch spurs the president and house speaker to set a meeting, but there s no movement on the big details. and ron desantis nears his 2024 moment by making clear culture war fights on abortion on the mouse, even on the death penalty are central to his campaign in waiting. up first for us this hour, a big biden white house plan to help with a brewing border crisis. sources saying the pentagon will deploy 1500 more troops to the borderer. the decision comes days before the pandemic era title 42 expires and days before as a result of anticipated surge of migrants against the united states. natasha bertrand, tell us more. when that title 42 will end, it expires may 11th, the
good morning good morning, everyone. let s get started. it is wednesday, april 26th. a debt ceiling plan vote today. it s no the clear if they have the votes, right? president biden says he is going to veto the bill. sounds like they don t. also today, the taliban killed a suspected isis mastermind who was behind that 2021 suicide bombing at the kabul airport. that is when they killed 13 u.s. service members. this is according to the white house. the pentagon says the u.s. was not involved in that operation. also, the woman who says president trump raped her could take the stand today in her battery and defamation lawsuit against him. court is going to get under way in the e. jean carroll case. and the former ( gorepublica governor of arkansas is running so far in the primary. and kim kardashian says she is willing to step away from the cameras and become an attorney full time. our wide-ranging conversation coming up. cnn this morning starts right now. i like how
house run official. now formally challenging his old boss. the former vice president not holding back during his campaign rally in iowa saying that he was proud to stand by president trump during their term, but not on january 6th. listen. on that fateful day, president trump s words were reckless. they endangered my family and everyone at the capitol. the american people deserve to know that on that day president trump also demanded that i choose between him and the constitution. now voters will be faced with the same choice. i chose the constitution, and i always. [ cheers and applause ] raucous applause for pence s line. during his speech he also accused trump of being soft on abortion and the war in ukraine.
in new hampshire. just days before his official entry into the gop primary. today, though, senator tim scott made his run official, joining a field that includes nikki haley and asa hutchinson. but early polls show donald trump still with a commanding lead among gop voter, even as some party elites insist that trump can t win the election. so if past is prologue, that means president trump is going to have a hard time in those swing states, which means that he cannot win a general election. now if trump does become the gop s nominee, despite all the indictments, potential indictments, and civil verdicts that he faces, then the nation is headed towards a 2020 rematch. joining me now is lincoln project founder rick wilson, and also excuse me, contributor for vanity fair as well as host of the podcast fast politics. rick, molly, i had to have you