And defended the words he used to explain that decision in the report he sent to merrick garland, the attorney general. I said President Biden was old and he had a poor memory because thats what i saw when i interviewed him, hur keeps on saying. Anticipating that testimony, the white house released a transcript of that interview between President Biden and Special Counsel hur hoping to refute those findings. So lets get into it. Find out exactly what that transcript says. Also what democrats and republicans got out of todays testimony. Joining us now, nbc News White House correspondent, mike memoli and lisa rubin. First off to you, mike. You read the whole transcript. I tried to get you on the show yesterday, you couldnt come on. You said you were doing Something Special in secret. Now we know what it was. You were reading the transcript. Does it line up with the way hur described the interview . Certainly in the mind of democrats, no. Thats part of what the reaction was and what we sa
nikki haley s pat the victory, impossible no difficult yes. the lead starts now. in south carolina nikki haley gets ready to make a new pitch, why she says she should stay in the race in losses in iowa and after, more gop heavyweights are urging her to get out. her number 1-man will be here as nikki haley assesses her campaign. a big endorsement for president biden as campaign 2020 for its closing in on a race between president biden and donald trump and a new mystery involving russia when a plane crashes with conflicting accounts about who or what was on board the plane. was it 65 ukrainian prisoners of of war or was it weapons for war as ukraine says? welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. republican voters delivering donald trump another victory sending them one step closer to the white house. nikki haley s campaign insists they still see a path forward to dethrone donald trump after his double-digit victory in new hampshire. in the modern history of elections it i
good morning, top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom i m erica hill. i m jim sueciutto. the head of the epa is headed to ohio two weeks after a train derailment that leaked chemicals into the air and the ground and the water. why are people getting sick? everybody that came here the rail company norfolk southern abruptly pulled out of last night s town hall, citing security concerns we ll go live to east palestine in a moment. standing by for news out of georgia this morning. the fulton county district attorney is expected to release parts of a special grand jury report on former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. it is expected what will be released will be concerns that the panel had about witnesses lying under oath. we are monitoring that. we ll bring you those details as soon as it s released. let s begin in east palstein ohio. residents demanding answers in the wake of that train wreck. they packed a town hall meeting. railroad o
alec baldwin is facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter tonight, the 2021 rust movie set shooting. cinematographer halyna hutchins was killed when she was struck by a live round of ammunition that was fired from a prop gun. held by eligible when. the movie s armorer, hannah gutierrez, will also be charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. baldwin s attorney says the actor feels blindsided. and is gearing up for a fight. i want to start with cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, entertainment reporter, chloe melas, they ve both been covering this story since the beginning. let me begin with you here, josh, you actually spoke thud to the dea intent on bringing these charges. what are you learning about these charges? you know, laura, i spoke with the district attorney and the special counsel here in the first tv tv interview since those charges were announced. and what the dea said specifically, this basically comes down to, in her view, negligence. negl
under way as the united states of america hits its limit on debt. how this sets up a showdown for congress and the white house as republicans vow to cut future spending before agreeing to pay the bills already due. stunning news, actor alec baldwin is going to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the tragic deadly shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the rust movie set. the actor is gearing up for a legal fight while hutchins family is weighing in. and new reaction to the shocking announcement by new zealand s prime minister. why is popular celebrated leader jacinda arden really, really resigning? welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. growing fears of a looming economic crisis that could affect every single american. today the united states officially hit our debt ceiling. that s the limit set by the u.s. congress on how much the federal can borrow to pay its bills. we re not talking about new spending, money the united states government owes. it is