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president was talking to as people were breaking windows and climbing into the capitol. so read into that what you will. we re getting a better idea the sheer scope of that committee s work. 20 new subpoenas are about to be handed out, apparently. chairman benny thompson tonight offering few clues as to who they re going to call. who s in this next batch? like what kind of well, some of the people that have been written about, some of the people who haven t been written about, you know, we re just doing our body of work. among those expected to be served, as they say, and we ve said this many times before, trump attorney general john eastman. he is the trump-friendly lawyer who argued vice president menace indeed had the authority to overturn 2020 presidential election and then blamed him for the attack on the capitol when he didn t. vice chair of the committee liz cheney confirms to nbc news the committee has interviewed already 150 people. not among them, howe ....
be served as they say and we ve said this many times before, trump attorney john eastman. he is the trump friendly lawyer who argued vice president, mike pence, indeed had the authority to overturn the 2020 presidential election and then blamed them for the attack on the capitol when he didn t. vice chair of the committee list cheney also confirmed to nbc news that the committee is already interviewed over 150 people. not among them however is close trump ally steve bannon, who the house found in contempt two weeks ago for defying the subpoena, it is now up to the attorney general, merrick garland, to decide what happens next and so far he is not saying, also tonight nbc news confirming a story first reported by the washington post that the manhattan da a has convened a second grand jury to investigate the trump organization. the post puts it this way, one person familiar with the matter said that the second country was expected to examine how former president donald tr ....
government spending programs, tax hikes and inflation that s hitting all of us. welcome, everyone, i m david asman in for neil cavuto. you are watching cavuto live. new polls in a key race has democrats scrambling. we re talking about the battle for virginia s next governor where a once-thought easy win for former governor and democrat candidate terry mcauliffe is in a dead heat with republican glenn youngkin. former president obama is coming in to help terry healthcare all live today. pride mcauliffe today. president biden will be headed there tuesday. david spunt is in wilmington, delaware, where the president is spending the weekend. hi, david. reporter: hi, david, good morning to you. as you mentioned, big race in virginia just south of me. we re getting down really to the final days, down to the wire of that gubernatorial campaign. and president biden and his team at the white house, they are eager, eager, eager to go ahead and help terry healthcare all live ....
offshore. one of the main people trying to fix the crisis is here to explain, what s the hold up? plus, an armed gang in haiti kidnaps a group of american missionaries, including five children. we ll have a live update from port-au-prince as the fbi arrives. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead. the death of an american icon and hero. and the first generation son of jamaican immigrants. general colin powell who served as the very first black secretary of state and the very first black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff died today from covid compli kagsss. powell had been fully vaccinated against covid but his immune system was vulnerable, a source tells cnn he was being treated for parkinson s and multiple myloma, a type of blood cancer. president biden calling powell a dear friend and patriot of unmatched honor and dignity as reaction poured in from around the globe. biden had the honor of interviewing general powell several ti ....
trafficker. in jail for three years after russia accused him of assaulting a police officer. it would be a big deal at any time but it s extraordinary because it s happening amid russia s bloody war in ukraine. president biden in his statement confirming that reed was on his way home. said that the negotiations that allowed us to bring trevor home require difficult decisions that i do not take lightly. we also know that reed s family, they were becoming increasingly worried about his health. saying that he d been denied proper medical treatment while in prison. cnn s kylie atwolie atwood is l the state department with us. what are the details you re picking up? reporter: senior administration officials say this was months in the making but over the last few days, that s when these intense talks with russia really took root that resulted, of course, in this prisoner exchange with trevor reed. we should note that he was detained in russia in 2019, and according to the u ....