all. i look forward to bull durham s report. that s the one i look forward to. what happened to durham? where s durham? and by the way, where s durham? he disappeared. the long awaited durham report is now finally out, but it fails to prove the deep state conspiracy against donald trump that the former president and his allies claim that it would. we ll explain what it actually says just ahead. plus, an update on the progress of debt ceiling talks ahead of another high stakes meeting today at the white house. also we ll look at the latest on ukrainian president volodymyr you len skae s european tour aimed at restocking his arsenal. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. after four years of investigating the fbi s investigation into possible collusion between the trump 2016 campaign and russia, special counsel john durham finally released his findings yesterday. in a 300-page repor
Happy holidays. We begin the Special Edition of the readout with a look back at what has been a monumental year for the democrats historic performance in the midterm elections, to the january six hearings, to the Supreme Court overturning roe v. Wade. The fbi rating the home of a former president , and everything in between. 2022 has been incredibly consequential for and politics. I hear thats left us rights as human beings, and whether you have more of those rights if, say, youre a former president. Or if you are if you have a uterus and live in a red state. Well, 2023 maybe the air we finally got some answers. To start, well learn who exactly will be running for president in 2024, and, who if any in the Republican Party, will stand up to donald trump. Though, maybe dont hold your breath on that one. Speaking of which, we could find out if the twice impeached disgraced former president will actually be held accountable and any of the laundry list of investigations that he is under. Th
writing, alvin bragg is trying to turn this into a federal felony, the stormy daniels case is to convince that it is biassed and politicized. ashley: we start with brooke singman, here to walk us through the next steps in the case. brooke: a manhattan grand jury has indicted former president donald trump. he could surrender by tuesday. investigating trump for hush money payments made. one was to stormy daniels and one to former model karen mcdougle. we contacted mr. trump to coordinate arraignment on supreme court indictment, which remains under seal. guidance will be provided when selected. the former president says this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan da alvin bragg is a disgrace, doing joe biden s dirty work and america realizes what democrats are doing here. people in florida are rallying around the former president protesting in front of his home at mar-a-lago as ron desantis says he will not assist alvin
trump s legal team says the president is expected to turn himself in early next week according to district attorney alvin bragg s office. quote. we contacted mr. trump s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the manhattan s d.a. office on arraignment supreme court indictment remains under seal. guidance will be provided when the arraignment it date is selected. fact that the grand jury indictment remains under seal means we don t know the exact charges. bragg has been investigating trump for alleged payment made leading up to the 2016 lengsdz. that includes $130,000 to adult film actress stormy daniels. bragg questioned witnesses about another 150,000 paid to model karen macdougall allegedly that is. the former president has denied all of these allegations along with affairs with both. all the while bragg has been trthrust national debate. saying in part this is political persecution and election interference at the highest level in history. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg
pittsburgh pirates in an 8-1 win over the dodgers. today he got his first start at third base. the news continues. cnn prime time with michael smerconish starts now. thank you. he was once a politician but it wasn t until he pumped up the volume on talk tv that this provocateur defined today s era of politics. i m michael smerconish in new york. [ crowd chanting ] for nearly three decades, that was the chant heard over the course you have more than 4,000 episodes. controversial, unapologetically brash, rowdy words used in the headlines covering the news of jerry springer s passing. my favorite from the bbc. era era defining. he truly ushered in an era of television that no one in the world had ever seen before and i argue set the stage for today s political landscape. springer was 79. his family says he died peacefully today. at his home in suburban chicago after a brief illness. reports are that he had cancer. the son of holocaust refugees, he became a global sensati