this after the u.s. justice department informed the former president he s a target, a target of the probe. also tonight, washington, d.c. monuments are shrouded in haze as wildfire smoke from canada drifts to the nation s capital. we re tracking this air quality emergency as it moves into the mid atlantic and threatens the health of tens of millions of americans. and the flood disaster in ukraine grows even more dangerous as the region is rocked by shelling and the kyiv government accuses russia of shooting at rescue workers. i ll acquit white house official john kirby about that devastating dam collapse and the broader state of the war right now. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with donald trump apparently in imminent legal peril. once again, the u.s. justice department moving toward a final decision on indicting trump in the classified documents probe after alerting the for
is planning donald trump on trial in august of next year 2024. willis is planning to go forward with that r. i. c. o. trial regardless of the presidential campaign. we begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report. for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection, from trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump aid has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d. a. fani willis has brought this assertive r. i. c. o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing what she called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interes
to all of the details of what they went through. the degree of difficulty of what they were dealing with it so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with what i was working in the senate on similar issues. look it is like i just cannot believe how easy we had a compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and andrew weissmann because apparently, there was some, you know, trump legal developments today that are worth discussing, and maybe this week in a big way. if ever there was a day for your defendant, trump, franchise, this is it, my friend. this is it. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, here is the kind of newsday it has been on that defendant trump beat. our first guest tonight, former fed
for me for now. but now, it s time for the guy who i ve been talking about for the last few minutes. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and thank you for that. we taped this interview with the white house negotiating team in the room where it happened today. and i could still be there. i could listen. i could listen for hours on end, all of the details of what they went through. and the degree of the difficulty of what they were dealing with is so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with when i was working in the senate on similar issues. look, i just can t believe how we had compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and and
trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought this assertive r.i.c.o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing which he called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. but on this case, she previewed these upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and those codefendants actually formed a legal gang, or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather than abide by george s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeerin