Legal experts tonight. Were discussing rico is a powerful charge because it is so broad. It is one of the broadest laws in the nation, the way georgia uses it, as the Washington Post explains, because prosecutors can weave together alleged crimes, violations of state and federal laws, activities in other states, the law as this d. A. Knows well, does not require a defendant to set foot in georgia to be charged. Why . Because rico is that broad, you do need, of course, something to happen in the state, in georgia, but you could be a person who stayed out of state. Maybe youre a busy coconspirator. Maybe youre a coward and send other people to do things for you. Under the Georgia State rico statute, a long as some people have committed these crimes of some kind inside the state, other people can be looped in. Thats one of the ways d. A. Willis came out with this strong, broad set of charges last night rounding up these 19 defendants. Theyre not all Household Names. I want to show you def
in the united states and around the world. i m alex marquardt in washington. and i m anderson cooper on the canadian coast. a new mission to investigate the debris of the imploded submersible. the company under intense scrutiny, as we re learning about early warnings that the sub might be unsafe. cnn s new reporting on the special counsel s january 6th investigation. sources revealing that at least two fake trump electors were given limited immunity in exchange for their grand jury testimony. and the chief of the wagner private military group makes a powerful claim, accusing leadership of killing a huge amount of its mercenary force, describing its actions as evil. we ll break down what this could mean for russia s war in ukraine. you re in the situation room. we are coming to you live from canada, st. john s, newfoundland. this is a key staging ground for the investigation of the deadly submersible. many critical questions remain unanswered, as a new mission is und
a lot of news tonight. maine now the second state to ban donald trump from the primary ballot. the news continues, the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight, straight from the source. donald trump has been disqualified from the primary ballot in the state of maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also, cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was, just days before the capital attack. almost hiring a private jet to fly copies of bogus ballots that were stuck in that mail. also, nikki haley announces of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. history has been met once again tonight. not the kind that donald trump wants. as he s now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine. a decision that comes now just after the colorado supreme court rul
maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was just days before the capitol attack, almost chartering private jets to fly copies of bogus ballots stuck in the mail. nikki haley says, of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. history has been made once again tonight, not the kind that donald trump wants, as he has now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine, a decision that comes nine days after colorado s supreme court ruled that trump is ineligible to be on that state s ballot because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. therefore, barring him under the 14th amendment of the constitution. here it is in black and white from maine s democratic secretary of state, shanna bellows, who said that he was, quote, n
the whole story. why rudy broke his promise to testify as we wait to see how much he has to pay the women he defamed. plus, how to process new polling that looks strong for the indicted front-runner, and as families of hostages visit the white house, the new biden message to israel to end the large-scale campaign, when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. i have some news about that recession that everyone said was coming. i think maybe it s not going to come. now whether you believe it or not or if you feel it or not, the united states economy, at the macro level, under president biden, is, according to nearly every metric we used to measure such things, in excellent shape. yesterday the chairman of the federal reserve, jerome powell, announced the fed will keep interest rates steady for now and forecast they will cut rates three times in 2024. that may seem obscure, the kind of thing the business press covers closely, but it s massively s