Much great to see you. Thank you for thanks to all of our viewers for joining us tonight. Cnn News Night with Abby Phillip starts right now tonight. Breaking news. Kamala harris and Tim Walz Sit Down for their first Interview Right here on cnn its. A Highstakes Interview for the new ticket. Well discuss the biggest questions voters want to hear and on the verge of a deal the debate of the season two weeks from today, as Harris And Trump it closer to a faceoff. Plus if at first you dont succeed indict again Jack Smith reworks the indictment against trump in the Election Interference Case what does it mean for the campaign live at the Table . Scott jennings, bakari sellers, Doug Heye and Lauren Leader Welcome to a Special Edition of Newsnight State of the race good evening im Abby Phillip in New York. Lets get right to what america is talking about tonight. An interview 37 days in the making. That is how long its been since president biden dropped out of the race, believe it or not, its
Week but theres no question overall two big things stuck out to me. First of all this week was an extraordinarily reminder of just how much legal trouble the legal president is in. Its really something to have all eyes glued on the courthouse in washington, d. C. Watching what jack smith is going to do, waiting for an indictment in the investigation and his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, only to have a new separate Superseding Indictment Draft in the investigation into his mishandling of classified documents. All happening within the span of hours. You really cant make this stuff up sometimes. And put 1 figure on this mountain of legal trouble, just last night the Washington Post came out with a new piece detailing the more than 40 million trumps Political Group is spent on legal costs to defend not just trump, but his advisers and others in the first half of this year alone. The first half of this year alone, at 40 million from Trump Supporters all across the country footing l
to weigh in on both of the sprawling federal investigations into the former presidents. he s coming up first. plus the chair of the house democratic congress, pete aguilar, on how the party should be messaging around all of trump s legal troubles. later, officer harry dunn defended the capitol, and democracy on january six. alaska how he feels now that an indictment and that case might be right around the corner. well a lot happened this week, there s no question. overall, two big things stuck out to me. first of, all week was an extraordinary reminder of just how much legal trouble the former president is in. i mean, it really is something to have everyone on edge, all eyes glued on the courthouse in washington d.c., watching what jack smith is going to do, waiting for an indictment in the investigation in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. only to have a new separate,
should ve done more on january 6th. like what? well look, i think that it s been well documented, his conduct when it first started, how he sat there, he could ve obviously lyndon harder. even his own kids were texting saying he needs to do more, he needs to do more. from the committee s investigation and hearings to the governor s ears. he clearly watched some of them. sure, we still don t know what we ll see in an indictment, or when it will be. we still don t know what the specific charges will be. we still don t know what jack smith s team has that the committee did not. the american people already are well versed in the broad strokes with the story. the story for democrats is how can they continue to remind the american people about the clear and present danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. joining me now is congressman of california. he served in the january six committee, doing all that important work. he s the chair of the house democratic caucus. sometimes, con
the steam of the craziest in the conference. by doing that, he will set a train emotion that he may not be able to stop. of course, mccarthy isn t thinking ahead. he s thinking how do i keep my speakership for another day, maybe another week. he s not thinking about what he s doing to the contrary, which is, i think, really devastating the country. these faux investigations, and this potential abuse that the impeachment power. but it may be hard to stop. that s an interesting thing to watch and no. congressman adam schiff, thank you so much for coming in joining me today. coming up, former top doj official on why that tape of trump waving around a classified document just got much more important. plus, democratic caucus chair, pete aguilar on the plans to fight back against an impeachment inquiry of president biden. later, harry dunn, one of the officers who defended the capitol on january six, on his feelings about another woman indictment. we ll be right back. indictment. we ll be