if you think george is tough, wait until you see alan. how do you feel, sir? are you going to testify? how things have changed for alan weisel berg. from a guest spot on the apprentice to a five month sentence in prison. the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago says he is inclined to release some of the affidavit. the same judge receives anti- semitic threats from trump s followers. he cashes in on the red, making millions of dollars. reports from ukraine that russia might be planning a false flag disaster at a ukrainian nuclear reactor complex. good evening, everyone. i m tiffany cross. we begin with new developments. many, many, many, many legal troubles starting in a florida court house. the judge says he is inclined to unseal some of the affidavit used for the search of mar-a- lago. justice department reactions that it will not undermine its investigation. judge 100 approved the warrant. responded to interest from several media organizations to releas
republican news organizations, or fox news and all the right-wing echo chambers. they don t want to face the republicans who are forcing these laws on people. they don t want to face the real implications of these laws and what they mean when ten year old girls get pregnant by rape. that is really what we are dealing with here. thank you, ayman. yeah. thank you, my friend. thank you. it has long been the official position of this program that if donald trump is to become a criminal defendant, the most likely place where he will be charged with a crime or crimes is atlanta, georgia, where district attorney fani willis is conducting a grand jury investigation in which the breaking news of the night is that every one of these 16 republicans who falsely claimed to be george s elected members of the electoral college are now targets of that grand jury investigation. that news was revealed in a court filing in which the criminal defense lawyers for 11 of the republicans have
ukraine s first lady in a speech to congress detailing the suffering caused by russia s invasion and causing for more aid to defeat the enemy. translator: you help us and your help is very strong while russia kills, america saves. i appeal to all of you on behalf of those who were killed, on behalf of those people who lost their arms and legs. i am asking for weapons. weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else s land but to protect one s home and the right to wake up alive in that home. the comments follow new revelations from the white house that putin s army is planning to tighten its grip over eastern ukraine by annexing the donbas region and the territories surrounding the crimean peninsula, fortifying their position away from the port city of odesa. at the start of the year, russia told the world it was not planning to invade ukraine. now we are expected to believe that they re not going to plan to annex ukrainian territory. annexation by force w
transparency in this unprecedented situation and he set in motion essentially a process where the justice department can come and propose redactions to this crucial document that backs up that search and seizure at mar-a-lago last monday. so during this hearing there was a media lawyer advocating for transparency here, saying the judge is in the place of the media, in the place of the public and becomes the gatekeeper here for what is released widely. but the judge also was hearing from the justice department, from jay bratt, the head of counter intel, one of the top attorneys that we know has been working on this investigation. and one of the things that bratt emphasized is that this is an ongoing criminal investigation that needs to be protected, there s grand jury activity described in that affidavit, there are several witnesses whose interviews with the fbi or with the grand jury are also described in that affidavit, that it does have extensive information about the inves
scheme, as he tries to avoid more jailtime. and also today, walmart, walgreen s, and cvs, all ordered to pay up in a multimillion dollar opioid settlement. where will that money go, as prosecutors claim they helped fuel a silent epidemic that left so many americans hooked and hundreds of thousands dead. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we ll start with our politics lead. major developments when it comes to learning more details behind the mar-a-lago raid. this afternoon, u.s. magistrate judge bruce rhinehart ruled he will unseal additional documents surrounding the search and left the door open for releasing parts of the actual affidavit, which lays out in detail why the justice department felt the need to take the unprecedented step of searching the home of a former president. the doj is against revealing that affidavit. they say it would provide a road map for their criminal investigation to possible future defendants. and they say it could chill future cooperation b