So good to see you again. When this all happened last night, i thought of many things, but i did think of you, and ill tell you why. Its evidence related. You have used your knowledge, your program over the many months of this to talk about how initially it was pretty clear that the Justice Department was not going beyond the events of that day, and you and i talked about that. Other reporters have weighed in, and im curious even though i know you have been talking about it for two hours how you think we got here. Because what we saw in this indictment that i thought was both strong, gripping and bad for the indicted donald trump, was how long and repeatedly they tried to end democracy in america. Yeah, the indictment is so harrowing, and i think that jack smith was at this for just ten months, obviously he built on all of the good work of the committee. I have learned that things are never as clean as what they appear, and we dont always have all the facts before them. But i think the
- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. a really calm down. hi everyone, thanks for tuning into this hour we re bringing tomorrow s news tonight. we have a great lineup of reporters here with me. eric harry enten, erica hill making her debut, pablo sandoval and kylie atwood. also joining us is melanie s a known. tonight, biden and speaker mccarthy were at the white house trying to negotiate a deal on the looming debt limit deadline. that date is june 1st. even agreement cannot be reached by then, experts warn of a global recession that could take years to recover from. so let s get right to melanie where we have reporting on behind the scenes talks. melanie what s happening at this hour? alison, i just dashed over from the capitol. as we speak, representative for the white house and the speaker s office are meeting and kevin mccarthy told us earli
welcome to the show. first time president contending with a far-right opposition party. with the approval ratings in free fall. what would your next move be? how about hopping on air force one, and taking a right to meet a brutal foreign leader that you previously condemned? that is about joe biden is doing, by having to saudi arabia friday morning. he will meet with crown prince, mohammed bin salman, all man who was openly denounced on the campaign trail, and said the country should be a pariah. but biden hopes he can increase oil flows, as lower gas prices. a new york times college poll finds that biden s job approval sits at 33%. that is not even the worst news for the president. that poll also shows that 64% of democrats, want biden to step aside for another democratic presidential candidate in 2024. while only a quarter of democrats think biden should get the nomination again. compared to the 49% of republicans at the poll, support donald trump in 2024. his poll numbers
difference. the first charge is for attacking american democracy. the first charges that tie him and his top aides and lawyers to january 6th itself. we don t know if this case will result in the conviction of donald trump or do so before the election, as discussed with nicolle. he is legally presumed innocent. we don t know if the unindicted coconspirators will be indicted or not. we don t know if they may fortify this case against trump with their own testimony. what we do know tonight, and i want to get into this with you, is that this case changes everything. we know the past parade of trump scandals and probes and even some indictments are now dwarfed by this coup conspiracy case that jack smith unveiled. prosecutors can charge someone with very basic evidence and leave the wider story, the extra
depending on the state where you live, if you re registered independent, in certain states you can side, but the reality is that the most zealous voters and engaged voters for both parties are typically who make up the majority of those are gonna go out and vote in a primary and are looking at republicans. those tend to be folks who are most energized for trump. or, his brand of politics. i was fascinated, he bribed him s got, i was fascinated by his announcement today because i thought it was out of a different era. i felt like i was 12 years old again watching george w. bush running in 2000. the compassionate conservatism, our best days are ahead of us. and, if you look at the polling, what in fact most republicans believe that our best days are behind. us make america great again. so i just view all of this, and i view this with the trump scandals and the idea that all of these guys are trying to run against him, and, first time