Tonight. Theres a big lineup of news tonight with smart voices on a scary assassination threat. More indictments coming. A republican Loyalty Pledge. An alleged racist slur in that brawl, you know the one im talking about. Also a Serial Killer suspects dna. And the fires burning maui. First, everyone, the threat of Political Violence against Public Officials taking now a very deadly turn. A accused of threatening to assassinate the president of the United States and other lawmakers walled by fbi agents attempting to arrest m. More on that in just a moment. Were learning the man also threatened some of the people who were prosecuting donald trump. He was also seen in public wearing a trump hat. To be clear, this investigation is ongoing, and there is no evidence that we know of to suggest that he was either inspired by trumps rhetoric or directed in any way. Full stop. But it would be irresponsible if we did not identify the noteworthiness of this moment. The threats that donald trump h
Fascist dictatorship, and so bill barr, after, ive got to say, humiliating himself for several years, bill barr decides, this is where i get off. This is enough. This is my line. I believe in an imperial presidency, but i dont believe in a fascist presidency. Thats what donald trump was asking him to do. Asking him to steal an election. Asking him to arrest his political opponents. Asking him to do the sort of things, again, that fascist dictators do. He wouldnt do it. Now, trump has turned on him. As far as fani willis goes and jack smith and everything else, again, we can point you back to it and play it for you again, what we were saying in 2019. If donald trump lost in 2020, he would run again, and hed run again simply to avoid all the crimes he was committing. Im not good at math, but that was four years ago. Four years ago, we were saying he will run again so he can try to avoid jail. Going to jail. Here we are. I must say, a lot of people were saying that, so its hard to believe
hundreds of millions of dollars in fines. the next hour starts right now. as i ve been to a very good day from msnbc headquarters of new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news at this hour, we have some new details to share from the biden administration on the u.s. air strikes on iran- backed targets in iraq and syria. a senior administration official told nbc news that the strikes, quote, said the strong signal about the capability that we have and other things that we are going to do. the u.s. striking five targets in seven facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard and the militants they support of the region. this is in retaliation for three american soldiers killed in jordan. a senior administration official also telling nbc news that iraq received prior warning that, of the strikes, contrary to the claims of iraqi government aggression against iraq sovereignty. we go right now to nbc s allie raffa at the white house. ali, what are we hearing from the
out front next we are following several breaking news stories this hour. first, the united states striking back. new video just in to cnn right now showing the aftermath of 85 targets hit in iraq and syria. president biden warning that this is just the beginning of the strierks. and more breaking news. mass confusion surrounding ukraine s military. president zelenskyy calling the fired head of his entire military, the commander in chief. what s going on. and postponed, the department of justice election interference case against donald trump is delayed indefinitely. why? we ve got the details. let s go out front. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and good evening. i m erin burnett. we do begin tonight with the breaking news. america strikes. the biden administration carrying out a mass series of airstrikes in both iraq and syria and i want to show you some new video that we have just gotten in of what s happening on the ground. this is the aftermath of one of the
his mountain of legal troubles. new reporting from the new york times revealed the ex president has spent a staggering $50 million of donor money on his legal bills and he has a lot of legal bills to pay. he faces 91 felony counts in four cases. a lawsuit that threatens to take down his family business. not to mention the millions he owes e. jean carroll after losing two lawsuits. from that new york times reporting, quote, mr. trump has used funds in his political action committee known as save america to underwrite his legal bills. the account was originally flooded with donations that were collected during the period immediately after the 2020 election. he was making widespread and false claim of voter fraud. with save america s coffers nearly drained last year, mr. trump sought to refill them through a highly unusual transaction. he asked for a refund of $60 million that he had initially transferred to a different group. a pro trump superpac to support his 2024 campaig