welcome to a special edition of cnn primetime. i m laura coates, and look congress is returning. they are coming in hot. republican set to hold hearings on the perceived weaponization of the government. all the, while special counsel jack smith, he may be very closely to decide whether donald trump over his weaponization of the government. of, course the efforts to overturn the election. separately, tomorrow in georgia, selection begins for a grand jury that will also decide whether to indict him. in a, moment i will speak live with a key, witness and a special counsel investigation, former trump official can . here is your evenings cliffsnotes, or the coats, notes on the various alleged schemes that jack smith is likely to be considering. one, scheme trump considers a plan to use the military to seize voting machines. in, another military-related plots, allies floated the idea of even using martial law, using troops to redo an election. he could also order, he could orde
good evening. i m kaitlan calollins and tonig we re learning more about what the special counsel jack smith is zooming in on in what is believed to be the closing stretch of his january 6th investigation. this is exclusive reporting tonight, new reporting, on cnn. our sources are telling us that jack smith and his team have signaled a continued and seemingly renewed interest in what was one of the most chaotic meetings to ever happen inside the oval office. this was december 18th in 2020, six weeks after trump had lost this election, as the lawyer, sidney powell, trump s former national security adviser, mike flynn, and the former ceo of overstock.com floated some of the most desperate suggestions to keep trump in power. martial law was brought up. so was the proposal to have the u.s. military seize voting machines. you may remember hearing about it from the people who were there and later testified before the january 6th congressional committee. i was not happy to see the
the news continues. cnn primetime with kaitlan cnn primetime with kaitlan collins starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. i m kaitlan collins. a seismic shift is being felt across the nation again tonight with the drop of two more crucial decisions on the final day of the supreme court s term, as a reshaped court continues to reshape american life, how americans live, pay their debts, and even get into college. three monumental decisions in a row. today it was on student loans and gay rights on the heels of yesterday s affirmative action ruling. president biden has said that he is angry and disappointed after the supreme court blocked his student loan forgiveness plan. and he is accusing the court tonight of misinterpreting the constitution. the president is also blaming republicans, when he was asked if he gave borrowers false hope. i didn t give any false hope. what i did, i felt was appropriate and was able to be done and would get done. i d
thank you so much for joining us. ac 360 starts now. the ruling is seismic. now come the aftershocks. john berman here for anderson. tonight what happens now that the supreme court has gutted affirmative action in a decision that could profoundly change college admissions and more broadly reshape life for millions in this country. also, what we are learning about the arrest in the washington neighborhood where the obamas live of a heavily armed man with materials to make a molotov cocktail who is also wanted in connection with january 6th. plus, what we re learning about a new cooperating witness in the january 6th probe of the former president, and why he could be in a position to now say a lot. first, the supreme court s history-making decision today, dismantling a pillar of affirmative action. specifically, college admissions. in it, the court ruled by a 6-3 margin that race conscious policies at harvard and the university of north carolina violate the 14th amend
captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight on 360, trump s latest excuse. it wasn t a crime, just bravado. woodward and bernstein join me live. also vladimir putin moves to look in control as questions swirl about what really happened with this weekend s rebellion. author and columnist thomas freedman joins us. plus, e. jean carroll now the defendant, countersues, claiming she defamed him. good evening. when we left you last night, the former president had just floated a new explanation of the tape of him apparently sharing a classified plan for attacking iran, which he was not authorized to have, with people not authorized to see it. and that explanation now is, i was just bsing people. he didn t say bs. he said it was bravado, fancier word, same bs. before reading you his latest excuse, here are his actual words, july 2021, showing off the documents. this is secret information. look at this. this was done by the military, given to me. i think we can probably