trumpian twist. the former president repeatedly called a liar to his face by the writer e. jean carroll during dramatic testimony. carroll laying out a blow by block account of how the attacks ended the world she had been living in. the former president shaking his head, slamming the table in anger and complaining about carroll s testimony loud enough for the jury to hear it. is there any amount of money that could finally get trump to back off? plus, why a split between republican leaders mitch mcconnell and speaker mike johnson could derail today s big white house meeting before it even gets going, with critical issues like government funding, wartime spending and border security all hanging in the balance. can anything get done? and the man behind the murders at club q hit with 50 additional hate crime charges stemming from the 2022 attack that left five people dead and stunned the lgbtq community nationwide. that gunman now facing multiple life sentences on top of the
are not going to be going anywhere. he says putin thinks he can wait us out. he said that is not possible. they spoke about that. they spoke about artificial intelligence, at the end of the news conference, i did pose a question to him rating now about the situation as it relates to former president trump. i asked him specifically how he s able to convince americans that they should trust the independence and fairness of the department of justice given his predecessor. former president trump has attacked his credibility, his integrity. he has never once as we have witnessed, he said, told the department of justice to do in any form or fashion, and he said, because i am honest. in fact, that s why you can trust me. the biggest take aways in the news conference. pride month is celebrated around the country. the president did speak in support, in backing of the gay and lesbian and transgender community, calling on congress to pass the equality act, which would incorporate protec
committee, defending his justice depend and to the probes, and allegations that he s weaponized the doj. paula reid is in washington. how has the hearing gone so far? he clearly wants to highlight the work of the rank-and-file employees who are not working on the special investigation, but as well at another high-profile investigation into hunter biden. the attorney general was grilled about why a special counsel is not overseeing the huchblter binden investigation. let s listen to how he explained that. i promised to leave the matter of hunter biden in the hands of a u.s. attorney for the district of delaware, who was appointed in the previous administration. so any information like that should have gone should or should have gone to that u.s. attorney s office and the fbi squad working with him. i have pledged not to interfere with in a investigation, and i have carried through on my pledge. there you hear him defending the trump-appointed u.s. attorney who stayed o
. thank you so much for joining us to night. and now we report on the eve of the arraignment of a former president. tomorrow marks the first court hearing in this case, new york versus donald trump, defendant this is the legal process which compelled trum topp to come to w york today from florida because he had to. the only alternative would have been resisting arrest and making the nypd come get him which they re capable of doing for any defendant. tomorrow trump goes downtown and like any citizen or any criminal defendant, he ll surrender, temporarily, to the custody of the lawful authorities there we know a bit about that process. the fingerprinting, booking, and like anyone, afforded rights and given an opportunity to enter a plea authorities ramped up security including thousands of members of nypd that are on a stand ready order. but lately donald trump has been trying to promote and fundraise off the charges and it s worth recalling tonight as we know more than we us
Thats a Scenario Questioning if theres real accountability, if donald trump the nominee of the Republican Party, if he can effectively delay or punt so many of his trials, then is there accountability . Well, it depends how you answer and the simple or simplified narrative dont actually capture whats happening in these strange and extraordinary times. That brings us to our top story. Here is convicted trespassers were about to explain for the january 6th attack. You can see him pushing forward. This is passing police lins to break into the capitol that day. Witnesses said he fashioned weapons, hiding them in his pants pockets. His name is charles hand, hes a january 6th convict from georgia. Hes someone the Republican Party claims should not be able to vote. The party has stripped Voting Rights from millions of people based on these criminal records. Trump opposes Voting Rights for felon. Now as trump is embracing january 6th felons and other criminals and those convicted of sedition,