testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
the only advantage to all of this is that instead of reversing what we did on the ira to save the planet or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs, you re wasting time. you look miserable. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out republicans for their grievance politics and using the house floor to appease donald trump by censuring democrat adam schiff, who led the first impeachment against the former president. it comes as there s a growing riff between two of the most outspoken, far-right members of the house over how and when to impeach president biden. also ahead, we re learning more about the case special counsel jack smith is building against donald trump in the classified documents case. not looking good. plus, a man convicted of attacking a washington, d.c., police officer during the capitol riot shows a complete lack of remorse for his actions. we ll show you the officer s reaction to what happened in court yesterday. and we ll have
league starts right now. terrifying scenes in the czech republic. a gunman s deadly rampage, killing his father and then targeting a school. you see these units left hiding outside on the ledge of a building. what we are learning at this hour about this rare type of attack for europe. , all eyes on the u.s. supreme court as special counsel jack smith pushes back today against a team of trump. will the justices weigh in on whether or not trump has immunity before christmas? first, a new low for rudy giuliani. filing for bankruptcy today. his list of people he is trying to skip out on paying includes, how about this, hunter biden. welcome to the league. we start today with our law and justice league. rudy giuliani facing the stiff cost of his campaign of lies and disinformation in service of donald trump. if you thought mr. giuliani s lowest point came outside for season total landscaping, or perhaps that infamous hair dye drip press conference, i forgot how bad tha
$150 million in damages to two georgia election workers he defamed. we re breaking down the huge verdict against the former trump lawyer tied to his lies about the 2020 presidential election. i ll speak live to an attorney for the two election workers this hour. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we begin this hour with a major breaking story. the former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani, ordered to pay an enormous price for falsely accusing two georgia election workers of fraud. jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. it is, wolf. it s about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and
by hamas. the lead starts right now. three hostages shot and killed today. tragic news, plus, verdict watch at a dc courthouse that any moment we expect the jury will return a verdict, one that could cost and cnn exclusive. the case of the missing classified binder. once in the hands of donald trump, how did this notebook with top secret material on russia just vanish? poof. in the final hours of the trump presidency, and could the information now be in the wrong hands? welcome to the lead. we start this hour with an exclusive from a team of cnn journalists that report a binder containing highly classified intelligence on russia s attempts to in the election, disappeared in the final days of donald trump s presidency. there s many theories of where it might be. and who may have taken it. one theory is from cassidy hutchison. who wrote about mark meadows taking the file in her book. i watched him climb into the limo, noticing the binder tucked under his arm. it s a