dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
are trapped beneath rubble after monday s powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n terrified today, has the government creo the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coast guard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passenger jet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic tv pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, before the plane was completely engulfed in flam
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
chris christie s formal announcement that he s running for president, which we ll be bringing to you, we have breaking news right now in the trump investigation. mark meadows is testifying, trump s former chief of staff has now testified, we before a federal grand jury investigating trump. we are learning the special counsel is now using a grand jury in florida as well. we ve got a lot of details for you tonight breaking. and disaster in ukraine now a dangerous blame game of who is behind the destruction of a crucial dam. the breach unleashing deadly floodwaters, and now threatening the largest nuclear power plant in europe. plus, the pga tour sells out to the saudis. is professional soccer about to be next? good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. trump s former chief of staff testifying. cnn confirming that mark meadows has testified before a federal grand jury investigating trump. meadows is a key figure in the two investigations related
president trump s pressure campaign on to local election officials and michigan to not certify the 2020 presidential election results. is here to talk about this bombshell and about the colorado supreme court s ruling to boot trump from the ballot there. unfinished business, congress left town without a deal on immigration and aid for ukraine and israel, not to mention a overall budget to avoid a government shutdown. we dissect washington s long and incomplete to do list with max cohen of punchbowl news. and reverse migration, charles stops by to discuss his new documentary calling for black americans to change the nation s political calculus by moving to the south. i m jonathan capehart, and this is the saturday show. it s just one page, one sentence. quote, the petition for writ before judgment is denied. that should have been my bad, i m not a lawyer, but with that one sentence, the supreme court rejected special counsel jack smith s proposal to accelerate a decisi