jury investigating fundraising fraud. and breaking reports that stephen miller has been subpoenaed. then, new signals that donald trump s favorite judge maybe backing down to the justice department. plus, a victory for democracy and reproductive rights as the states supreme court smacks down michigan republicans. and as king charles greets his subjects for the first time, melissa murray on coming to terms with the imperial past of the british empire. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the department of justice s investigation into january 6th, attempted coup, is once again expanding its scope. quite a bit, in fact. the doj sent out a raft of new subpoenas this week for just learning about. subpoenas of former trump white house and campaign officials. reportedly relation to trump save america pack, as well as the fake elector scheme. top trump policy advisor in speech writer stephen miller, and trump s white house political director brian jac
ukraine and an all out effort to avoid a rail strike here in the united states. well, the clock is ticking for negotiators to avoid the potentially crippling rail strike here in the united states. talks led by labor secretary marty walsh have been going on throughout the early morning hours. one official tells cnn don t expect a resolution any time soon. a strike could put a serious dent in a u.s. economy already struggling to recover threatening deliveries of amtrak is warning of cancellations and more to come. more from pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the breaks on a rail worker strike that could bring a major blow to the economy. bosses met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting eve
tonight. a walkout by 60,000 workers could derail the u.s. economy. the biden administration is considering executive action to avoid a shutdown. let s get the latest from cnn s pete muntean. reporter: it is the latest effort to put the brakes on a possible rail worker strike that could deal a major blow to the economy. bosses representing unions and railroads met with the labor secretary in a last-ditch effort to reach a deal by midnight thursday. that s when 60,000 workers could walk off the job in solidarity with train engineers fighting for sick time. a strike will mean freight rail, which makes up 40% of all freight in the u.s., will grind to a halt impacting everything from parts for cars to fertilizer for farming. transportation is a big part of the cost to the consumer and i don t believe there s one person in the country that it won t affect. reporter: starting thursday, some railroads will stop accepting shipments of grain critical to feed livestock and drivin
workers who worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic. the unions representing more than 50,000 engineers and connecters, they were threatening the first rail strike in 30 years. the hang up was over a system that the union said penalizes workers for sick leave and doctors visits. amtrak had already cancelled routes in anticipation of the strike. with the midterms looming there was pressure to get a deal done here. the disruption would have been had catastrophic impacts on industries, travelers and families across the country. but the story is about what didn t happen. no disruption, at least one that won t last more than a few days now. let s go to jeremy diamond at the white house for the details of the deal. reporter: good morning. 20 hours of negotiations finally leading to an agreement between the unions and the railway companies involved here. this deal would avert a strike that would have started at midnight tonight. president biden announcing the deal in a statem
announcing a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide freight rail strike. a shutdown that could have had catastrophic consequences for the economy. talks involving the unions, rail companies and labor secretary marty walsh went on for 20 hours. we re told that president biden, who calls himself the most pro-union president ever was instrumental in getting over the finish line. last night was a historic night for rail labor. we re proud of what was accomplished. we wanted to take a few seconds and thank secretary marty walsh, deputy secretary julie sue and definitely president joe biden, everybody pulling together to make sure we could get our members what they deserve. this is the quality of life issue that we have been trying to get to our members. so we re going to hit the ground running. we ll have more information here in the coming hours. some tired looking leaders emerging as the sun was arising there. jeremy diamond is at the white house. what do we know abou