special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
we should be wondering why it was so fast. i mean, look, most times and charles can agree or disagree with me. as a former prosecutor, when you get a verdict this fast, it s usually a verdict of guilty. this jury has salt through multiple weeks of testimony. this trial started with jury selection january 23rd, i want to say. it s been going more than 61 witnesses presented by the prosecutor. we heard from experts witnesses, we had cell phone evidence, blood spatter evidence. at the end of the day, i think what really moved the needle for the jury was the rebuttal closing from the prosecution. when the prosecutor got up and said, alex murdaugh kicked the person he loved the most, and it wasn t his wife. it wasn t his son. it was himself. and in order to preserve his lifestyle, his addiction, his financial fraud, he picked himself. and if that s what the jury heard last before they went into the jury room, i would not be surprised to see if the verdict is guilty. ellison ba
on his push to end the fox news lies. plus do you think ashley babbling babbitt was murdered? do you think the cop who shot or was doing his job? i think the officer did his job. congressman gallego and why the speaker s office is suddenly meeting and greeting the family of ashley babbitt. and how a massive push in the biden white house and a parody account on quitter twitter got on gouging cultures with insulin. s not anymore. [applause] all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. amid the fallout from the exclusive revelations that fox news hosts and executives knowingly and deliberately spread lies in the wake of the 2020 election, democrats are stepping up to demand action. a new interview with washington post chris murphy of connecticut laid out the stakes this, weight quote, i don t think we ve ever had a moment like this, where major news network has been exposed as deliberately diluting its viewers or readers. this is a seminal
Large crowds approaches have amounted to some. Freedom. Successes but not a change in the revolution which is what most of the people that are protesting want now what the people today are protesting and they feel involved and also by the support of some military that we saw supporting one way though they want the end of the corner for the leader presidency and as a future patient thats what they call it and to start a government of transition and then to have free and Fair Elections that is the whats motivating people to protest today that is what was motivating then to go to the protests tomorrow on the day and thats what were seeing today. The role of the military hes going to be in there but its also quite confused at the moment we have why though saying that he has. The Militia Leaders supporting him and the president say that he has total loyalty from the army. Yes its very confusing
sometimes we have journalists here have to read between the lines because we do not get official