a busy day today the investigation of the former president and his allies. top of the list, and this is big, cnn learning right now that some members of the trump inner circle or trying to convince him to release surveillance video of fbi agents executing the search warrant at mar-a-lago, the search the turned up 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret sci, one of the highest levels of classification. now, we don t know what that surveillance video might show. a source tells cnn aides aren t sure if the former president himself has seen the whole thing, we don t know if it s all just a political plot. that s a safe bet when it comes to the former president, after all. but we do know that they have already seen with the fbi calls an unprecedented number of threats against agents following the mar-a-lago search. that isn t stopping eric trump from teasing a release. you still have these surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the
all right, this is the big news tonight. cnn projects that vocal trump critic liz cheney has lost wyoming s gop primary. we ll go straight to cnn s jeff zeleny he s, in wyoming for us. also king at the magic wall. let s go to john first. john, liz cheney losing her primary tonight. what are the numbers? showing their showing, don, look at the numbers right here, not quite 2 to 1. but harriet hageman, the trump backed challenger to liz cheney is winning, and winning convincingly. many votes ahead, about 57% of polls reporting. you see 62 to 33, or 62 to 34 if you want to round that up for liz cheney. and you can see on the map here, mostly filling in with harriet hageman s color, the salmon color, which is what we give to trump endorsed candidates. i want to make one key point, don, education is increasingly the big dividing point in american politics. and the two counties where liz cheney is leading, albany county, it is the highest percentage of college graduates in the st
wyoming has drawn a line in the sand. if we put you in power you will be accountable to us. you will answer to us. and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire. you wyoming has put the politicians on notice, not just here but all across this great country that our representatives work for us and not the other way around. and in alaska, some polls are closing right now. always in a different time zone. incumbent republican, the summit cow ski, who also voted to impeach trump is facing kelly chiba who trump has endorsed. also saint former republican nominee sarah palin mount a political comeback. she s running for the house seat and we will keep you posted. those races as well. back in wyoming liz cheney reminded everyone that she is a proud conservative republican with that loves our party loves our country. more cnn s jeff zeleny is there and has this report from jackson. congresswoman those cheney in wyoming concedes defeat and her congres
thirds of the vote, and this was a seat cheney won by more than 70% two years ago during her concession speech, cheney, who is vice chair of the january six committee, said she could have easily won a gain, but that would ve meant embracing trump s lie about the 2020 election. and that was a path she could not take. wyoming voters punished her for that stance. this is a fight for all of us together. i am a conservative republican. i believe deeply in the principles and ideals upon which my party was founded. i love it s. history and i love what our party has stood for. but i love my country more. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand, that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us. you will answer to us. and you will do what is in our best interest. and if you don t, we will fire you. cheney warned freedom must and cannot die, and we must be very clear eyed about the threat we face. direct words there. cnn s jeff zeleny was there, and has this report from jac
the story this morning is in wyoming, and that s where jeff zeleny is joining us now with the latest. jeff? reporter: good morning. we re getting more details of what the next steps for congresswoman liz cheney will be. overnight, her campaign team filed paper work with the federal election committee changing her campaign to a leadership pac that allows her to donate to other candidates, it allows her to travel around the country, sending a message. but the name of the leadership pac, so interesting, the great task. and she used those three words last night here in wyoming. the great and original champion of our party, abraham lincoln, was defeated in elections for the senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our union, and he defined our obligation as americans for all of history. speaking at gettysburg, of the great task remaining before us, . reporter: so that is the name of the new leadership group