and, as a new, hour and you attack on the doj by donald trump. he former president upping his accusations against the department of justice as we learn about threats against individual investigators looking into trump s alleged crimes. plus the freedom caucus votes to oust representative marjorie taylor greene. why is one of the gop s loudest provocateurs this one? i will ask democratic congressman river garcia. and the president will soon leave for the nato summit after announcing new weapons will be sent to ukraine. russia is not happy about it. u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor explains why. and later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s, there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. reporter: how his choice of words erodes public trust in our institutions, especially because gop base. just this afternoon trump railed against the criminal investigation into his handling of classified information in
explains why. later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s. there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. we begin this hour with donald trump s baseless attacks that apartment of justice, and how his choice of words erodes public trust in our constitution, especially no gop case. just afternoon, trump railed against a criminal case into our handling of classified information, in a new social media post. without evidence, as always, trump, again claimed the fbi illegally targeted him, with the doj s, vote, very corrupt. with fact check, trump was charged with a crime because of his decision to hold on to top secret documents, even when the government asked for them back. that, of course, not what he tells his supporters. trump tells his supporters the government is not out to get him it is out to get them. later this hour, when he stopped at a campaign event in las vegas, he is short to continue his attacks, and that might e
for votes. kevin pmccarthy huddling with those to become speaker of the house. one doubling down on his opposition just moments ago. plus new details of the idaho murder. how the spektrct was tracked do and putin suffer ing on the battlefield. losses growing inside russia. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erica hill in for erin burnett. house leader kevin mccarthy still on the hill at this hour, still meeting with members of his party with just hours to go for that critical vote of speaker of the house. dozens of republicans seen going in and out of mccarthy s office. among them congressman matt gaetz. significant, one of the republicans who s been a hard no on his gavel. moments ago leaving mccarthy s office, gaetz offered this update. give in to your demands? might vote for him tomorrow? i don t know. i m a no. i m a no. tomorrow the entire conference gathers to hear mccarthy make his final case for the speakership. shortly after that, if he doesn t get su
Clear by the white house that this is clearly being investigated. at least some issues with staff or visitors. the biden family of course that s really really unfortunate some type of briefing on this issue. because quite frankly james comer has nothing else to talk about. he doesn t want to make government better go actually doesn t want to cut taxes for real people. he doesn t want to ensure that we get america working or in a better place. he is focused on scandals. i think that is something that has been true for security klobuchar began. let s talk about, as you said, policy and some of the things you are actually trying to get done specifically. efforts to loosen the rules around past marijuana use for military recruits and applicants for security clearances. the goal is to increase the number of defense personnel found that 54% of u.s. adults say they have used marijuana in their lifetime. i am curious about how this issue sort of ended up at your
Issue. because quite frankly james comer has nothing else docket. he doesn t want to make government better go actually doesn t want to cut taxes for real people. he doesn t want to ensure that we get america working or in a better place. he is focused on scandals. i think that is something that has been true for security klobuchar began. let s talk about, as you said, policy and some of the things you are actually trying to get done specifically. efforts to loosen the rules around passed marijuana use for military recruits and applicants for security clearances. the goal is to increase the number of defense personnel found that 54% of u.s. adults say they have used marijuana in their lifetime. i am curious about how this issue sort of ended up at your desk, and why these strikes you as something such an important priority. i think first i will take to the city of california my, state marijuana is legal here in the state of california. it is something that voters took on. and the