about these elections would russians go to the polls knowing there was almost no doubt president vladimir putin would be re-elected well, history is set to repeat itself as russians are voting right now. and putin is running against no real opposition. thank you so much for watching news night. laura coates live starts right now. hush. money, classified documents in a ruling that could change everything. and donald trump s criminal cases tonight, and laura coates live well i ll, if you add march 25th on your bingo card, looks like you are out of luck. my friends, because that s when donald trump s first criminal trial was supposed to start. now i say supposed to start because it s so often happens in the universe of trump legal cases, it s delay, delay, delay in this case, delayed all over again. he should actually put on some t-shirts just a thought there, like he did when he was with his fulton county mug shot. see, you thought i was kidding for a second. that was a r
breaking news from pakistan as well, dozens dead, more than 100 injured in a bomb attack on the political rally. we are also following the extreme weather, major storms in the northeast of washington, d.c., area, as they leave at least one person dead, while dangerously high temperatures, those continue to be down on millions of americans. we will tell you where some relief is being seen this week. all that plus the new video from lebron james s son, brawny, and what appears to be a remarkable recovery after suffering cardiac arrest this week. we will have the latest on that and look at the heart health risks for young athletes. all that coming up. we will start with the former president on the campaign trail this weekend, as he faces a growing list of legal issues. trump now unleashing a barrage of attacks on his own republicans in congress. as i mentioned, he is challenging their loyalty by threatening to primary gop lawmakers who did not pursue investigations into the curr
and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g
another official who prosecutors in the special counsel s election probe have spoken to, details and what it could suggest. republican lawmakers grill the republican appointed registered republican fbi director, is there evidence for their allegations? i will ask the republican former us attorney who recommended them for the job, chris christie joins us. later, ray epis, january 6th protester in hiding after right wing media painted him as a plant. the lawsuit they just filed against fox news. good evening, the breaking news, new word another top state election official has spoken with prosecutors in connection with the former president s efforts to overturn the eleck. she is joselyn benson, michigan secretary of state, she joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmakerer rusty bowers and two republican officials in talking to jack smith s team. what have you learned about secretary of state benson s interview with jack smith? well
real life drama for hollywood actors as contract talks collapse setting up a strike. plus president biden in finland to welcome one and eventually two nordic nations to the nato alliance. and federal prosecutors talk to the top elections official in michigan. what does she know about efforts to overturn the 2020 vote. welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. we begin this morning with a developing story out of hollywood, california, where contract negotiations with the s.a.g. actors union and major studios and streamers broke down overnight. this sets the stage for hollywood s first big shutdown in more than six decades. union leaders say its national board will meet a few hours from now to formally authorize a strike. s.a.g. has about 160,000 members. if they go on strike, they would join hollywood screen writers who walked off the job in may. more on this coming up. but first president biden with a meeting of nordic leaders in finland this morning fo