To defend themselves, citing the threat of Foreign Military intervention. They claim to have information a foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. I spoke to former state Department Official Bisa Williams earlier to get insights into the situation. We are now learning more about the Acting Deputy Secretary of states unsuccessful attempts to negotiate some kind of settlement to see a return to power of president Mohamed Bazoum. Why do you think she wasnt able to make any progress there . Im not sure i would characterise that as unsuccessful completely. My understanding was that the Acting Deputy Secretary left the door open for continued discussions and that basically
those datetes will be e reresch. ac 360 starts right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, breaking news, the supreme court takes the case that could knock the name donald trump off at least one state ballot and possibly redefine parts of the constitution. also tonight, president biden launching his campaign year with a full floated accusation saying the former president is, quote, willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power. and the latest batch of documents from the files of jeffrey epstein, that and new reporting. thanks for joining us. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court tonight agreeing to review the colorado supreme court decision, which labels the former president an insurrectionist and bars him from the ballot. it comes on the eve of the third anniversary of that insurrection. the news also caps a day that saw the current president speaking bluntly and at length about what he sees as the ongoing threat his opponent
closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trump s handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. congress is on memorial day recess, but negotiation teams from the white house and house republicans are hard at work trying to seal an agreement to raise the debt ceiling. all signs show that they are inching closer to a deal that would raise the limit on federal borrowing and avert and unprecedented, catastrophic default. treasury secretary janet yellen added new urgency to the negotiations, over the last few months, she has warned congress that the debt limit could be reached in early june, and potentially as early as june 1st.
a former president of the united states now a convicted felon. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us on this important night. donald trump seethed as he left the manhattan court room today as a convicted criminal. and then here he is arriving back at trump tower, waving at crowds. today, a jury of 12 new yorkers found him guilty 34 times over of creating false business records, including these checks with his signature, tied to hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels. the jurors unanimously agreed with the prosecution that these payments were part of a scheme to conceal crimes that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election. we have team coverage as we answer some of the major remaining questions. how will this affect the presidential election? is this the only criminal trial trump will face in the months ahead? and will trump face prison time? cbs s robert costa will start us off from
Recent allegations, are you willing to have this do it . The Witness Testimony is before you. No witness who was there supports that i was there okay, im going to take that as a no. Did you watch dr. Fords testimony . I did not. I plan to. Thank you. I plan to, but i did not. I was preparing mine. At the end of the day, donald trump sent this out. Quote, judge kavanagh showed america exactly why i nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest and riveting. Democrats Search And Destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham, an effort to delay and resist. The senate must vote. White house Deputy Press Secretary raj shaw added this. The president was thrilled with his testimony. He was strong. He was passionate. He was very convincing because he was telling the truth. The president stands firmly behind judge kavanagh. Judge kavanagh is the white
houses nominee for this open seat. Hes going to get confirmed. Let us bring in our lead off panel on a thursday nigh