they are official, certified, and voted for joe biden. georgia republicans, they met at exactly the same time right behind those closed doors. they are not official, not certified, they still met, they chose donald trump, they say to keep his lawsuit alive. even as democratic party electors were meeting in the georgia state senate for the first time in 28 years to select a democratic president and vice president, one floor below, at the state capitol, georgia republicans were convening their own meeting to select their own electors who voted for donald trump. the 16 fake trump electors from georgia meeting in the state capital, fraudulently. that scheme, in addition to catching the attention of the department of justice, it also caught the attention of one prosecutor in georgia, her name is fani willis. she is the fulton county district attorney in atlanta. miss willis was one month into the job when she announced that she was opening an investigation into the multipronge
thanks to all of you at home for joining, us we have a lot to get to tonight. i want to start on december 14th 2020, a day we should not particularly remember. it was supposed to be a routine, day a boring day for state electors across the country as they officially cast their presidential votes. as we know very well, that was not the case in some states, including the state of georgia. democratic party electors, they re in the senate chambers, they are official, they are, certified and they vote for joe biden, but, georgia republicans, they met at exactly the same time right behind those closed doors, we re not, official not, certified they still met and certified on a, trump they say to keep his lawsuit alive. even as democratic parties remaining in the georgia state senate for the first time in 28 years to select a democratic president and vice president, one floor below at the state capital, georgia republicans were convening their own meeting to select their own
many of my colleagues have responded to what i think is a great moral test and challenge of our time. some 160 people safely evacuate from a new mexico national park after being trapped by flash floods. the roads that are washed out and we can t pass through. they don t even know about food and water for us. it is still raining. it s not letting go. i m phil mattingly in washington. pamela brown has the night off. you are in the cnn newsroom. investigators in russia say the car bomb that killed the daughter of a key putin ally was preplanned. a murder investigation is now under way after she died in last night s attack on the outskirts of moscow. her father is an influential russian ultra nationalist and also considered an architect of the ukraine invasion and often described as putin s brain. cnn s fred pleitgen has more. reporter: hi, phil. there is very little in the way of information coming out from that investigative committee as to where exactly things stan
appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
last week at sparks widespread outrage when charges were downgraded in the suspect was released without bail. governor hopeful is claiming credit for his rearrest. her refusal to repeal bill reforms biz criminals back on the street in the first place. alexis mcadams is live in eric city with more, alexis. there was a lot of anger here. everyone was waiting to find out what happened next. in the ex-con walked free. the innocent victim is still in a coma though. after the outrage were talking about new york s governor stepped in and said the convicted offender had clearly violated its parole, listen. quickset person is now in custody. that is at my direction. people of new york need to know that as their governor i will stand up and protect them. the guy was out before he was rearrested. police tell us 55-year-old was caught on camera punching in the fact of the head last week with the video is pretty hard to watch there for the guy had no clue a person was even behind him