the special counsel investigation on trump s attempt to overturn the election, tonight a look at how jack smith s prosecution of that plot could play out. plus, breaking news in that investigation with reporting tonight that trump s son-in-law jared kushner has testified to the january 6th grand jury. also, the radical normalcy of joe biden on the world stage. he s leading a united nato after his predecessor publicly sided with putin. hollywood showdown, the actors have joined the writers on strike. what they re fighting for and how it will affect what you see on tv and at the movies. we begin tonight with breaking news in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump s efforts to try to remain in power after his 020 election loss. late this afternoon the new york times reported that federal prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks including trump s son-in-law jared kushner on whether trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 20
day. also cops describing black citizens as monkeys, animals, boy. officials calling out police in a overnight u.s. city for racist abuses and practices. tesla under fire. questions about the self-driving feature about another crash. and an investigation into tesla steering wheels on one model, steering wheels that can potentially fall off. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start with new heart breaking details about the kidnapping of four americans in mexico. we re learning that the two were immediately shot when gunmen approached their car, she watched them die. the autopsy of the two victims were finished this morning and the remains are expected to be returned to the u.s. soon. today the president of mexico pledged to see the investigation through and get to the bottom of what happened. diane gallagher starts off with more details on where the investigation stands now. feel good to know she s coming home. reporter: the mother of survi survivor latavia mcg
what this prosecution memorandum alleges and what you think can be proven by jack smith if he were to prosecute a case like this. well, we took the evidence we found in the public record, much of which was pulled together by the january 6th committee and very helpfully released in a report along with a whole host looked through.ocuments which we since then there s also been quite a bit of public reforth. so we analyzed all of that and essentially realized that probably the best case that special counsel jack smith could bring would be a kind of three-act case focusing on strategies that trump and his lawyers and lawyers for his campaign put together in order to try to overturn the election through both legal and illegal means in the court and in the white house itself. and when that failed, pushing
election that trump was going to say he won even if he really didn t. i repeat, bannon said that before the election. so, joy, the evidence suggests that trump he d lost but he just didn t care. as far as he was concerned, losing the election didn t mean that he still couldn t be president, and that extraordinary subversion of democracy by a sitting president is exactly why jack smith has to prosecute this case. joshua, let me ask you this question. in your report you talk about you assume it s going to be a narrow prosecution. there are a lot of people who were a part of this scheme, and there are a lot of witnesses, from mike pence to jared kushner, you can go on and on. if it s a narrow prosecution like in the documents case, where it s just nauta and trump, who would you think would be the
the special counsel investigation on trump s attempt to overturn the election, tonight a look at how jack smith s prosecution of that plot could play out. plus, breaking news in that investigation with reporting tonight that trump s son-in-law jared kushner has testified to the january 6th grand jury. also, the radical normalcy of joe biden on the world stage. he s leading a united nato after his predecessor publicly sided with putin. hollywood showdown, the actors have joined the writers on strike. what they re fighting for and how it will affect what you see on tv and at the movies. we begin tonight with breaking news in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump s efforts to try to remain in power after his 020 election loss. late this afternoon the new york times reported that federal prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses in recent