law. but what caused this search now? what triggered the apparent approval of attorney general merrick garland and fbi correct director christopher ray, what can we read into this? searching the home of a former president for possible crime would require approval by the justice department and a federal judge would have to agree probable cause has been committed. we have not heard from the doj, that s not unusual, of course, the news is drawing a surge of criticism from republican backers with house minority leader kevin mccarthy even vowing revenge against attorney general merrick garland. cnn s leilayla santiago begins coverage. live outside of mar-a-lago with the latest. leyla. reporter: brianna, if you think about it, it was this time yesterday that fbi agents were going into mar-a-lago. and what exactly they re looking for, what exactly came out of the home. here s what we know so far. we know according to sources familiar with the investigation this was related to pr
good evening the u.s. supreme court tonight ending a term that reshaped the court itself and the country in dramatic fashion. the first black woman to be confirmed as a supreme court justice sworn in today justice ketanji brown jackson replacing retiring justice stephen breyer she joins a court that days ago rocked the country with its ruling overturning the long-established constitutional right to abortions the term ending today with split decisions for the biden administration on immigration and the environment. in a win for its border policy, the court saying the administration acted properly in trying to end the trump-era policy that requires asylum seekers wait in mexico while their cases are decided. but the court also undercut the administration s climate change efforts, saying the epa overreached in its efforts to move the country from coal production to cleaner alternatives justice correspondent pete williams has details. reporter: in one of the most important envi
trump s political strength is still evident at the polls. overnight south carolina republican congressman tom rice was defeated by a trump endorsed candidate. rice was one of ten republicans in the house who voted to impeach the former president and one of the first to face republican primary voters. another race in south carolina did not go trump s way, congresswoman nancy mace at times a trump critic survived a primary challenge. in another significant development republican mayor flores flipped a democratic house district in south texas, this is a pretty significant special election victory that builds on republican gains among latino voters in the region in the 2020 election. joining me now is cnn senior data reporter harry enten. harry, i think the marquee race last night was in south carolina, people looking to see what would happen to this republican that voted to impeach donald trump. looking to see what exactly would happen and here is what happened, look, it s
and, russia makes a push to take a key ukrainian city. we are allies in kyiv with details. their first hearing was a smash hit, of sorts, which drew some 20 million viewers. the genuine sixth committee is about to reconvene in front of tv cameras once again, just hours from now. the focus will be on what former president trump knew about the election results, and when he knew it, even as he kept pushing the big lie that he was the victim of massive voter fraud. here is the preview now from marshall cohen. reporter: the second public hearing from the january 6th select committee is shaping up to be a block buster event. the witness list includes donald trump 2020 campaign manager bill stepney and. that was a bit of a surprise. he is appearing under subpoena. we will find out soon how helpful he is going to be. it is notable he is even showing up. the panel also hear from bj pack, the u.s. attorney in atlanta who was pressured by the trump white house to backup trumps false