starts today. we love getting nightly news with lester holt backs appeared we love your work, and the diplomacy. indeed. have a good weekend, you, too. welcome to the beat. let me start with something serious. law enforcement sources still us that alvin bragg has received a formal death threat, through a letter that was a littled to him that set, quote, alvin, i m going to kill you, end quote. it contained a white powder. it s been deemed by authorities as nonhazardous. this is what s happening. we talked about last night why it s not a drill, why these threats don t work historically, but why donald trump, who is under investigation for abusing power, for inciting an insurrection, is now back at the same playbook. he is out online, using his plate form. talking about depth and destruction and posts violent imagery. the probe is part of a much larter legal storm. and we re going to report on these always. we have to understand he s moving from a position of extrem
to the country today, this as johnson has been rocked by a new wave of resignations. joining us now from london, nada bashir. good morning, we ve been following these developments the past few hours. what do we know so far about the reports that johnson will step down? reporter: good morning, christine. just gone 10:00 a.m. here in london and clearly a lot has happened. boris johnson now expected to stand down from his post as prime minister. we are expecting him according to downing street to make a statement in the coming hours. we re also waiting for that lectern to come out here to address the press, give that statement announcing his resignation. we understand that he spoke with the chairman of the 1922 committee, that is the committee of back bench members of parliament here in the conservative party who would oversee the process of both the prime minister resigning and of course that potential vote of confidence. but it hasn t reached that stage. the prime minister n
from a rooftop with a military-style weapon that he purchased legally. there are a lot of questions remaining about how the suspect slid past safeguards in illinois. red flag laws, despite his threatening violence in the past. in the meantime, six of the seven people killed in the attack have now been identified. that includes a couple whose toddler was found alive and alone after the shooting. let s begin our coverage with cnn s josh campbell outside of the courthouse in illinois with today s top story. reporter: boris, we learned a lot about this investigation over the course of the last 24 hours, specifically, two police encounters in 2019. authorities tell us that they were called in april of 2019 to the alleged shooter s home. the family member indicated that he had allegedly attempted suicide. police ultimately determining that there wasn t a policing issue. the suspect was apparently under the care of a mental health professional, and fast forward to september of the
come down to the same thing. will prosecutors get the testimony they need to get to the truth? in every criminal case, people who are fact witnesses are required to respond to federal subpoena, and state subpoenas. here we have a number of witnesses who said, for whatever reason, they are privileged from testifying. now we re seeing the court say, no, you re not. just like in any other criminal case, prosecutors need to get to the bottom of this. we have central witnesses, like mark meadows, who was around donald trump on january 6th, saw the conduct t incredibly witnesses like mike pence. that all happens on the one hand. at the same time, alvin bragg is obviously have close to making a charging decision in a case that could have great implications
that the district attorney here in fulton county has really she is drawing concentric circles tightening around the former president with each round of subpoenas, we re seeing a group come into testify that is closer and closer to donald trump. her latest round of subpoenas with rudy giuliani, lindsey graham, these are the closest to his inner circle, those were the first out of state subpoenas and the first subpoenas to anybody directly related to the trump campaign. so we re seeing closer and closer her effort to get information directly about donald trump, his intentions and his actions here in georgia. and the beg quig question, w she subpoena the former president? she hasn t ruled out. she s been asked many times and she said that she will just gather the evidence that she needs. and so it is something that we certainly see still a possibility. something that she i don t think would be afraid do. she is a very meticulous