could hold a vote to charge donald trump with new federal crimes. also, a battle over razor wire, and a massive floating barrier in the rio grande now heading to court. the law governor abbott is accused of breaking as the justice department sues texas. the alabama woman who claimed she was kids napped admits it was all a lie. sara and kate are off today. i m john berman with rahel solomon, this is cnn news central. we expect a federal grand jury investigating former president trump s election interference to convene today. and it comes as we re getting new details about what special counsel jack smith is focusing on. overnight, cnn learned that the special counsel, now in possess of a batch of documents from former trump attorney, rudy giuliani s team, trying to find fraud after the 2020 election. the documents include affidavits claiming there are widespread irregularities and shoddy analysis supporting and supposedly revealing fraudulent activities. and cnn has als
then, intimidation and bullying. whistle blow arers say they are facing the doj s wrath for speaking out. the fbi will crush you. this government will crush you ask your family if you try to expose the truth about things they arehat doing that are wrol wero areng all examples of that. maria: coming up, house judiciar y committee chairman jim jordan on the weaponization of jon ofe biden s government.me plusnt, why did the fbi leadersp tell agents to report on trumptn collusion only orally and not keep a paper trail? the durham report finallyy released five years after then-intelligence committee chairman devin nuñes broke the news first right here on this prograthm five years ago.am devin nuñes is bac fk with moreu the fbi s politics-led investigations. then, he s threatening to hold antony blinken in contempty of congress many if hi bs biden s botched afghanistan withdrawal. house foreign affairs committee chairman michael mccaul on. afghanistan, china and why joend bid
numbers soaring and think the race is over. how about the year 2000. fighting for the nomination texas governor george w. bush. out of nowhere maverick senator john mccain. people were surprised when the bush coronation turned into a cage match. if you don t take care of social security, my friend, that s all hat and no cattle. that s cute. they are always cutest when they are true. it s not true. brian: bush would get the nomination and face al gore. it was not a tough battle. bradley would not win a primary. so much for the so-called experts. who could forget 2004. howard dean led john edwards, richard gephardt and john kerry in the polls. people would love howard dean but he finished almost as fast as he rose with the dean scream in california. we are going back to washington, d.c. to take back the white house. brian: former new york mayor rudy giuliani was leading in those polls. governor mike huckabee stole into prominence from behind. remember tv start fred thom
inspector general s investigation have even been released. and right now, arguments are set to begin in louisiana where the fate of a widely used abortion pill rests in the hands of three judges our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. yamiche alcindor is following the case in louisiana. yamiche, what can you tell us about what s happening today? starting just this hour, three conservative judges will be hearing oral arguments on whether mifepristone should remain available. each of these judges, we should put our names and faces up of people have a history of supporting restrictions on abortion, and each were nominated by republican presidents. as viewers may remember, a group of anti-abortion activists to get this pill off the market. they are arguing it is unsafe, and the fda should never have approved it when it did two decades ago. the justice department is arguing that taking the medication off the market would cause great harm to women and
baseball bat at the office of congressman gerry connolly. threats against members of congress continue to rise. this is just the latest. at the white house, we re just hours away from another high-stakes meeting between president bidened and top lawmakers to negotiate a detd ceiling deal. we ll play for you a brand new warning from the treasury secretary about what could happen if the country goes into default. overnight, a massive wave of russian attacks targeting ukraine s capital. the biggest in weeks and come as more european allies pledge new support. we begin this hour with that deadly rampage in new mexico. three people were killed, six others were injured after a gunman appeared to open fire at random on a residential street, according to local police. authorities say the suspect shot at least six houses and three cars with an ar-style weapon. the 18-year-old gunman was confronted and killed by law enforcement. according to the gun violence archive, there hav