proceeding, and conspiring against the rights of voters. it ties these to the violent attack of trump s voters at the capitol on january 6th. special counsel jack smith spoke on that after it was filed. it was fueled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u.s. government, a nations process of collecting, counting, and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the u.s. capital on january 6th, are our heroes. they are patriots, and they are the very best of us. since the attack on our capitol, the department justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case has brought consistent with that commitment, and our investigation evander individuals continues. the indictment names trump as the only defendant, but it describes six coconspirators working with him to contest joe biden s win in 2020. trum
they did not talk to one another. the judge ordered trump not to communicate with his longtime aide walt nauta. we are hearing from trump s republican rivals. former president mike pence told the wall street journal he cannot defend his old boss alleged conduct. nikki haley, on the other hand, said she would be inclined to pardon if he was convicted. cnn this morning starts right now. donald trump wasted no time turning his historic arrest and arraignment on federal charges into a campaign fund-raiser watch. just hours after he pled not guilty to 37 felony counts in miami trump gave a speech to a crowd of political donors and supporters at his golf club in new jersey. his speech was full of misleading and false claims including this one. whatever documents a president decides to take with him, he has the right to do so. it s an absolute right this is the law. federal prosecutors say trump illegally kept classified documents at mar-a-lago and hid them from the f
the u.s. inching closer to running out of money to pay its debts. a deadline is as close as 12 days away, but the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and republicans have collapsed and it is not clear when face to face talks will resume. meanwhile, president biden will cut short his asia trip to address the debt crisis. before heading home tomorrow from the g-7 summit in japan, biden will meet with ukraine s president. president zelenskyy is making a dramatic appearance at the gathering to ask world leaders for help in the war against russia. russia claims a major victory in ukraine. today the head of the mercenary wagner group says his fighters have captured bakhmut after months of brutal fighting, but ukraine says it still holds a small portion of the city. cnn s phil mattingly is at the summit in japan. let s begin with the debt crisis. a u.s. default would of course hurt economies around the world. so what is the level of concern there and where do things sta
menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion access since the farr of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed antiabortion federal judge in texas matthew has merrick suspended a proven o mifepristone, one of the mos widely used abortion medications in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said - for the millions who need it well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is because o viewable to them not just in a week but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge and one quarter an one state turned upside down the fda s approval process for safe and effective medications we have to go to court and see an appeal. this is not america. what we saw by that one judg in that one court in that on state. that is not america. adding to the uncertainty and to th
chuckat schumer, released a joi statement, with senator manchin saying that theem west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats rt big new budget dea. despite objecting to it, just two weeks ago. now, we don t have all the details yet, but a one-page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas. including a 15% minimum tax on corporations, along with other provisions to make the ultra wealthy pay their fair share of tax. lowering affordable care act premiums for millions of americans, allowing medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs, something democrats have been trying to achieve for over a decade. decreasing energy production and decreasing carbon emissions over the next 40%. which would be huge. and 725 pages. obviously, this is not a done deal yet reactions from other democratic members of congress have ranged from cautious optimismge to outright frustratn at having apparently been kept out of t