happening now, new fears that russia s war against ukraine is about to get a very serious boost from china. i ll acquit white house national security official john kirby whether beijing is actively considering sending lethal aid to putin s forces. also tonight, a new assessment on the origins of the covid pandemic is stirring up major controversy. we ll tell you why the u.s. energy department now believes the virus likely emerged from a chinese lab. and breaking news, new legal filings in the dominion voting systems lawsuit against fox news. the fox chairman rupert murdoch admitting underoath that popular tv hosts endorsed false claims about the 2020 presidential election. 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 our coverage tonight with the war in ukraine. the deepening alliance between russia and china sending chills throughout the u.s. intelligence community. our senior national secur
to the scene of the crisis. in mcallen, texas, the testimony from border chief as republicans search for answers and solutions. the white house accusing them of playing partisan games with the hearing. that is rich, considering democrats are playing their own. they were going. even spent our tax money on travel to get there and suddenly a political flip, they all cancelled on the border hearing. a republican spokesperson tells us the members booked travel and called a witness before backing out. here is what they missed. chief ortiz, does dhs have operational control of our entire border? no, sir. harris: what is it exactly the dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas has been saying? not that truth. here he is last year. will you testify underoath, do we have operational control, yes or no? yes, we do. we have operational control at the border? we do. harris: it was bad back then, it is historically raw and dangerous now, you know it is not under control. art delqua.
a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news smith is overseeing the dual probes involving pence s former boss regarding the classified documents trump took with him to mar-a-lago and the january 6th attack on the capitol. we do not know exactly why he has subpoenaed pence and if it is in reference to one or both of these probes but when a former vice president of the united states is subpoenaed, it is a big deal. according to abc news which was the first to report this news, it follows months of negotiations between federal prosecutors and pence s legal team. not surprising, but spokespeople for both the former vice president and the special counsel have declined to comment. joining me now is my colleague and anchor of the beat, ari melber. peter strzok, former fbi counterintelligence agent, and charles coleman, former prosecutor. ari, i m going to start with you. it is a big deal, but not a specifically big deal because we don t know exactly what these probes are abou
And detroit, where hes aiming to rally up support amongst black voters. Thats a key demographic and recent polling shows him losing ground to former President Trump. The big problem for him, trump expect today speak later on this afternoon at the n. R. A. Convention happening in dallas. A very busy weekend it isment welcome to fox news live, im aishah hasnie. Good afternoon to you, griff. Griff and President Biden will deliver the Commencement Address at morehouse college. And Lucas Tomlinson kicks it off at the white house on latest on the president s plans. Hey, lucas. Thats right, President Biden just took off aboard Air Force One for georgia. A critical swing state in the 2024 elections, a state he lost in 2016, but won narrowly at 2020. And he took the motorcade over there and the president did speak yesterday at the africanamerican museum in washington. My predecessor and extreme Maga Friendsing going after diversity, equity and inclusion across america. They wants it for some no
We will hear argument this morning in case 23939. Trump versus the United States. Reporter tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. As his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the Supreme Court. This court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up with the pardon for president nixon . If everybody thought that president s couldnt be prosecuted what was that about . If it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isnt it . Tonight, Rachel Maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. Lawrence odonnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbcs special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the Unit