With more than a dozen of his closest allies. That is according to some news accounts. An it this come though thafternoon. The grand jury had heard from half of ten witnesses expected to testify in this case at this stage. Among those witnesses, former Georgia State representative bee wen. Present for the 2020 hearing where Rudy Giuliani pedalled false election claims an urged legislators to appoint a slate of fake trump electors. Two other witnesses who were expected to testify tomorrow have been called in as well. They include journalist george chidi, who stumbled upon a december 14th, 2020 meeting of Fake Electors, as well as Former Georgia Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan, hes a republican who has been openly critical of trumps baseless claims of fraud in the state of georgia. Signs a potential end game in fani williss Criminal Investigation into the expresident and his allies is where we begin today with our favorite reporters and friends. Former Top Justice Department official, ou
i did everything right and they indicted me. and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it s still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, right now, speaking as of today, it does look like donald trump is way ahead of everyone else. and that is in large part because florida governor ron desantis, who was initially hyped up is the candidate who could take on trump, has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis line should commit with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 p
and that s in large part because ron desantis, who was initially hyped up as the candidate has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis should come with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 points behind trump and the average of the national poll. even a top official at a pro-desantis superpact recently conceded his campaign has been a bust so far. right now in national polling we are way behind. to be blunt and honest, it s an uphill battle. i don t think it s a winnable battle but clearly donald trump is the runaway front-runner in the first four states which matter tremendously. polls are tighter. we re clearly still down. we have work to do and wood to chop. it does seem like a bad sign when one of your top surrogates has to admit that but it s true at least and a lot of reasons the desantis campaign is doing so poorly. one reason is what some are calling a lack of charisma which seems to be alienat
look at the red, white, and blue on the bridge. brian, you spend a lot of time there. is it always like that or is it just for memorial day? brian: no. i didn t even notice. i drove over there. there was a big memorial day sara outside of jaguar stadium they got the second biggest wall in the whole country commemorating all those who fought in northern florida lost their lives dating back to world war i. there is a huge thing there. i drove over the bridge. i didn t look at the side of the bridge. a bit of a surprise to me to see that. appropriate for this military oriented area. steve: sure. if you were approaching because brian is appearing live at a diner today live in the jacksonville area. had you arrived at work on a boat you would have seen it. ainsley: that s right. we are not suggesting that you pull over on the bridge and look over the edge to see if it s red, white, and blue, never a good idea, brian. brian: no, i probably wouldn t do that be in traffic i
spring arrived weeks ago. i was just out west. it was like 30 degrees colder. it was the weird est thing. the weather is just all out of whack. it s crazy on the west coast we re seeing these blid saturday, but here on the east coast,s there was an 80-degree day in d.c. in february. that is not a good sign for the future. it really isn t. get your skiing in now before it all goes away. here s what we are watching on cnn this morning. you don t think he needs f-16s now? he doesn t. president biden rules out sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. and this morning russia continues to hammer targets there. we re going to take you live. and number two, gripping testimony in alex murdaugh s murder trial. are you a family annihilator? a family anigh lite r later? did i shoot my wife and son, no. we re going to take you to the courtroom as murdaugh takes the stand. why he says he lied to police but had had nothing to do with the their deaths. a hotter than expected