breaking news, new reporting on the trump attorney who wanted to try to settle with the justice department and keep his client from facing charges. the catch, his client. also tonight, cnn gets frontline access to ukrainian special forces on the hunt for russian commanders to corner and kill. and later, a father is speaking out about nearly losing his children and their remarkable, simply remarkable story of surviving 40 days in the colombian jungle. we begin with the new reporting on what you might call the exit ramp not taken by the former president, one that might have kept him off his current road to trial in the documents case. quote, one of donald trump s new attorneys proposed an idea in the fall of 2022. the former president s team could try to arrange a settlement with the justice department. he joins us on the telephone now. josh, walk us through this reporting. one of the president s attorneys wanted to turn down the temperature, went to the former president
democrat party and its radicalism. the war on constitutional ism, on national sovereignty ocapitallism, classrooms and parents. almost an alien party if you will with its embrace of american marxism. there is other great threat we face because of its association and attachment to democrat party, i hate to say this, someone who spent part of his career a wonderful time at the department of justice as chief of staff. we have to fear federal law enforcement. in specific, the u.s. department of justice, and the fbi which is a piece of the department of justice. first, i want to make a recommendation to you, each american, each of you file a freedom of information act request with the department of justice and fbi for any information the government might be keeping on you. with all of these stories of big tech and fbi, working together. and the massive databases now and montherring that is taking place monitoring, you may not believe it many of you most of you are patriots. but
to vice president pence, mark short, greg jacob, they were both asked during their grand jury testimony about the fake elector scheme and the roles of trump lawyers rudy giuliani and john eastman. this morning in additions, the new york times and washington post are reporting justice department investigators back in april received phone records from key officials and aides in the trump administration including chief of staff mark meadows. all of this as the attorney general himself, merrick garland, is speaking out in a new interview responding to criticism that the justice department isn t moving fast enough. let s begin with cnn s evan perez. he s been standing by. what more are you learning about the justice department s investigation here? how broad and far they re looking? reporter: well, in this interview with nbc yesterday, the attorney general, merrick garland, made clear that this is a very broad investigation. this is what he described it as, an investigatio
on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. sandra: big show coming up. first, america reports with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of kavanaugh s home to protest demonstrations that are prohibited under federal law. the protest and in your face exercise just hours after police arrested a man accused of planning to assassinate the justice. police have charged nicholas roske with attempted murder. he could be indicted as early as today according to a criminal complaint. roske was planning to kidnap and kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abort
exactly the worst attack on the u.s. capitol in more than 200 years came to be. who was behind it and how the threat still looms over every aspect of american democracy? the washington post is reporting this about what to expect this. bennie thompson and liz cheney will lead the evening s presentation which will lead testimony from caroline edwards, she is a u.s. capitol police officer who was seriously nnged as pro-trump rioters and members of far-right extremist groups forced their way into the building. here s what january 6th committee member congressman jamie raskin told nbc s garrett haake to have officer edwards testify tonight. 150 officers ended up wounded, injured, hospitalized. the united states capitol has never seen anything like that. we ve had officers who ended up with broken ribs, broken vertebrae, broken arms, legs, feet, missing fingers, contusions, concussions and traumatic brain injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome that dozens and dozens of the