Breaking strike against major u. S. Automakers is now under way. For the first time in history all three companies are facing a union walkout. The strike is targeted for now but could expand dramatically in the coming days if workers demands arent met. And cnn is now on the ground in libya where thousands are dead and thousands more are mission after a catastrophic flood. This hour well bring you a live update from the disaster zone. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the the situation room. Lets get to the Breaking News and new development in the Special Counsel case against donald trump, a new court filing revealing witness harassment directly resulting from the president s public statements. Jessica schneider is digging into this new document. Prosecutors are saying they need to put a limit on what trump can say about this case. Whats the latest . The Special Counsels team in this long motion, they are laying out all of t
Enforcement agencies all over Fulton County to then make sure that these grand jurors are safe. So i think one consideration the court also needs to make in allowing this is the safety of these grand jurors and their concerns that have already been voiced. But ill just say the Georgia Supreme Court observed the grand jury as a Public Institution serving the community might suffer if those testifying today knew that the secrecy of their testimony would be lifted tomorrow. The indispensable secrecy must not be broken except where theres a compelling necessity. Theres been no compelling necessity raised by this defense to pierce this veil of secrecy of the grand jury. What was the cite for that, the last one . Sorry, judge. Where is that coming from . Kessler, judge. Can you spell that one for me . You have that case, judge. In my stack. Can we just pause one moment . Sure. And then the state talked about this, but i wanted to point out, talking about deliberations and the fact it should
Live tv, we saw the turning over of that. It was right in the middle of other business. That is not the way we see it. What about the tone of it . It is civil, but that is a little bit different from the two sides and the judge. Well, that is a little bit of the you want a speedy trial, and welcome to the speedy trial, and Terabytes Worth of discovery you can go through prior to the october 3rd start date. But i see that just what we have seen of the judge before in this case taking a methodical approach piece by piece and playing it down the middle. It is not a lot of, you know, bombasts or a lot of the loud voices. It is a, this is how it should be run, and hopefully how it is going to be playing out for the rest of the trial. One interesting nuance that i picked up on is when the Defense Attorneys for chesebro and powell were talking to the grand jurors, they said, look, we are not the kind of grand jurors are going to dox them. And they are aware of it. Yes, because the names are p
guaranteed of this progress so we are moving carefully. that s tonight s last. where the 11th hour stephanie ruhle begins now. r stephani tonight, republicans in the house vote for a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden in the final days of the year. but here s the question. do they have any evidence? then, federal election interference case put on pause as trump s legal team accuses jack smith of trying to steal their christmas. then, the showdown over the abortion pill, now headed to the supreme court while reproductive rights hang in the balance, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today president joe biden officially became the subject of a formal impeachment inquiry. late today, in a party line vote, or the gop-controlled house voted to 21 to 2:12, officially approving an investigation that has been underway for months. house republicans ha
impeachment inquiry into president joe biden in the final days of the year. but here s the question. to they have any evidence? then, the federal election interference case put on pause, as trump s legal team accuses jack smith of trying to steal their christmas. then, the showdown over the abortion pill now headed to the supreme court, while reproductive rights hang in the balance, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. today president joe biden officially became the subject of a formal impeachment inquiry. late today, in a party line vote, or the gop-controlled house voted 221 to 212 officially approving an investigation that has been underway for months. house republicans have been focusing on the business dealings conducted by president biden s son hunter. they have accused joe biden of profiting from those deals when he was vice president, which he has repeatedly