Members of parliament and the assembly of experts and exercise in democracy in the west asia region where there are practically no democracies. Irans leader has said not voting should not be chosen since it does not help any reforms that need to take place or for there to be any improvements. In this edition of the spotlight we will look at why these elections are so important to iran and why the enemies of iran in particular from the west are trying so hard to downplay the importance encouraging iranians not to vote. First let me introduce our guests. What is professor of the university of tehran joins us from tehran. Also joining us is shabir risi, political commentator who joins us from chicago. Welcome to you both. Let me first of start with you and im going to uh get right to the one of the most important aspects of this and thats democratic vote. I mean, if you want to take a look at the stats themselves, 40 elections held in iran since the victory of the islamic. Revolution, the
officials have been interviewed in the special counsel s investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is the former president s lawyers move to stop prosecutors this their tracks. plus, putin s spin. russian state tv in overdrive after a top general slams the country s military leaders and is fired for it. this as we learn more about putin s alleged meeting with the man who tried to overthrow him. and tonight, an arrest in serial killings othat terrorize new york for decades. the suspect, a married father of three, and an architect. let s go outfront. i m erica hill in for erin b burnett. cnn learning exclusively the special counsel has met with more top officials from states crucial to trump s attempt to maintain power after the 2020 election. interviewing the secretary of stays from pennsylvania and new mexico. these are the latest of course in a growing list of state officials whose cooperation with the special counsel is now public. the h
investigation. after three years, millions of dollars, special counsel john durham finally releases his report into whether the fbi had a legitimate reason to investigate trump in 2016. so what did he conclude? plus, a congressman s staffer and intern on her first day both attacked today by a man with a metal baseball bat. details we re just getting in from police. the florida culture wars continue. this time a fifth grade teacher says she s being investigated for showing her class a 2022 animated disney movie rated pg-13. the alleged offender is ethan, an animated gay teen character. welcome to the lead. we start with breaking news. the year s long investigation is over. john durham, the special counsel investigating whether there was any misconduct by the fbi in the trump-russia investigation just released his findings. for years donald trump and his supporters pinned their hopes on the investigation by the former u.s. attorney for connecticut. john durham named spe
he s in custody. gary, what have we learned? reporter: just about ten minutes ago, a police officer here in cobb county, georgia, said the alleged gunman is under arrest. this gated community behind me in smyrna, georgia, northwest of the shootings, waterford place, there are police cars behind the gates. we were following them as we arrived. about five minutes down the road we saw the police cars zooming by. we followed them here, a police officer was sitting outside here. i asked him what was going on, he told me we have apprehended the suspect alive, no shootout, it appears he surrendered peacefully. there were about 100 police officers and s.w.a.t. vehicles next to the park where the atlanta braves play baseball. they re on the road tonight. the boundary, there are shops, restaurants and theaters next to the stadium. full of s.w.a.t. vehicles and police officers looking for the suspect. earlier in the day, the car believed this man hijacked was found in a parking lot in
stopping that interview. deadline: white house which has a lot more about this starts right now. hi there, everyone, we come on the air with a whopper of a breaking news story for you. a settlement has been reached in that massive $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by dominion voting systems against fox news it was that kind of day. everyone waiting for a vatican-like puff of smoke a lot of delays. a lot of pontificating and a lot of wondering what might be happening and now, we know nick confessori, the judge in this case, at 3:57 as we sat waiting to come on the air, quote, the parties have resolved the case do you have anything to say about that look, this is a very big deal it surprised many people, today was going to be the opening day of arguments there was a two-hour delay after lunch. no one came back with the arguments. we saw the two parties in the courtroom, waiting in the courtroom, exchanging some paper. and before air time, we get the announcement f