Wildfires. Only 3 of the disaster has even been searched. The governor calling it A Fire Hurricane that spread faster than a mile a minute. Now a new lawsuit gets the states main electric provider. Hours from now the District Attorney set to begin presenting her case to a grand jury in the Georgia Election subversion case. This means a potential fourth indictment looms over former President Trump. Cnn learns about key evidence obtained by prosecutors. And a home explodes outside of pittsburgh. Gas systems were operating as designed, according to officials. It could take months or years to figure out why. The raid of a newspaper Head Quarters in kansas is raising serious concerns over First Amendment rights. Police seizing everything. Also the lapd says a mob of people stole 100,000 worth of merchandise during a daytime robbery. Well show you what was caught on camera. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, thank you for joining us. Theres a lot of news, but were starting with
good morning to you, it saturday, january the 20th. i m ali velshi. three days, three remaining candidates for the republican nomination are gonna face off in the new hampshire primaries. ron desantis, nikki haley, and donald trump. they re all holding offense throughout the state this weekend. and in the normal presidential election year, the race would really be ramping up right now. we would be talking about momentum from iowa and how the independents would line up in new hampshire and who would last through south carolina and to make it to super tuesday? this isn t a normal year. this is a post trump era of american politics, and anyone who s been tank attention to the republican party and as long as it s concluded the try some piece multiply indicted experts wouldn t will be the last man standing. that s how thoroughly he has taken over the gop. the former presidents decisive victory in iowa on monday resulted in the republican party consolidating its support for him eve
word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. velshi, who i in many ongoing legal challenges, including news that, on monday, defending donald trump may become witnessed all. trump a source close to donald trump tells nbc news that he is, quote, planning on testifying, end quote, in his own defense, when trial resumes next week in e. jean carroll s civil defamation suit against the disgraced former president. the decision to testify would come with a great deal of risk for trump because, in court, he is not allowed to lie about her, or about what a jury found that he did to her. that s already been settled. today, newly-released video from an under oath deposition in another trump case the penalties for trump civil fraud are currently being decided by a new york state judge. that deposition shows what we might expect from witness trump. i was very busy. i conceded this. the most important job in the world. so, millions of lives. i think you ve got to nuc
trump maybe come witness donald trump. a source close to donald trump tells nbc news that he is planning on testifying, and quote, in his own defense, when trial resumes next week in e. jean carroll s civil defamation suit against the disgraced former president. the decision to testify would cover a great deal of risk for trump, because in court, he s not allowed to lie about her or about what a jury found that he did to her that s already been settled. today, newly-released video from an under oath deposition in another trump case the penalties for trump civil fraud are currently being decided by a new york state judge. that deposition shows what we might expect from witness trump. i was very busy. i considered this the most important job in the world. so, millions of lives. i think you ve got to nuclear holocaust. if i did not deal with nor north korea, i think it would have had it nuclear war if i weren t elected. i think he would have a nuclear war wealthy peopl
crime, terrorism and other threats to their safety while safeguarding our civil rights. they do so at great personal sacrifice and risk to themselves. just before midnight, mr. trump posting on his social media platform that he is encouraging the release of documents his own lawyers could make public ahead of the court s disclosure. the house of representatives is expected to pass a $430 legislation, including new climate and clean energy investments and some controls on drug prices. a minimum tax on large corporations. i will speak to john podesta, former senior white house advisor on the state of the biden presidency three months before voters are heading to the polls. i will be joined by deborah tyce on the efforts by the biden administration to free her son from the assad regime. we begin with former president trump and the justice department. joining me now, ken dilanian, phil rucker, paul charlton and michael beschloss. welcome all. ken, give us the latest this is