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worry around the coronavirus pandemic builds. his coronavirus advisers were grilled on capitol hill today. instead the president choosing to focus on an issue he hopes unite and invigorate his political base. at least right now the votes aren t there. and progressives are skeptical. in fact, one of the leading progressive adds vo cats for voting changes who happens to be from georgia, snubbed the president, electing not to show up in atlanta today white house correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight live from the north lawn. good evening,. peter: peter good evening, bret. the president isn t even back here yet the naacp is already pressuring him to back up today s big talk saying in a statement voting rights should not simply be a priority it must be the priority. it s not the only thing on the president s plate as covid continues to spread more than ever. it s worldwide. it s not slowing up very much. peter: covid cases in this country climbing higher, 1 a ....
thinks he needs to protect property. he says he wants to put out a fire, but the first thing he does is drop the fire extinguisher on the ground. his ar-15 isn t going to put out a fire. so why is he really there? and we all agree you can t use or threaten deadly force to protect someone else s property. you are here to decide whether or not his actions are legally justified, not to buy pathetic excuses that might be given to you. as a teacher, when a student says to you, the dog ate my home work, that s an excuse. it doesn t get you out of the home work assignment. if you panic in a situation that is not reasonable, that is an excuse. it is not a legal justification. if you re 17, if you don t have training or experience, if you put yourself in a situation where you re in over your head, if you re scared, those are excuses. those are not legal justifications to kill. they do not erase your personal responsibility for your own actions. the court has read to you the inst ....
[laughter] dana: if you do, i hear it counts for two votes. bret: two votes, all right. thank you bret: good evening. i m bret baier, we are coming to you live from bedford, new hampshire for the second voting and first primary of the 2024 presidential election cycle. we will set the stage tonight for the now two candidate race in tomorrow s primary election in just a moment. first breaking tonight, federal agents can begin removing razor wire southern border in an area texas has taken over. 5-4 decision seen as a big win for the biden administration and comes as texas officials officials are refusing to back down installing new barbed wire fencing in that area. immigration and border patrol officers, the border issues actually were top issues for voters during the iowa caucuses. they are trending issues here new hampshire. bret, the decision that came down just hours ago, really does effect what happens here in shelby park. can i tell you border patrol from wha ....
his ton aides here in bedminster, new jersey. we learned today he is facing 37 felony charges for his handling of classified documents after leaving the white house and in some cases prosecutors say he showed those documents to people who should not have seen them and in one case he is accused of showing a plan of attack put together for him by the department of defense. our laws that protect national defense information are critical to the safety and security of the united states and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. special counsel jack smith announced the first federal criminal case ever against a former u.s. president. the federal felony charges trump faces include willfully retaining national defense information, withholding and concealing documents. making false statements, and conspiracy to obstruct justice. the former president calls the indictment the box hoax and smith a deranged lunatic. they can t stop because it ....
neighbors against neighbors. a fight over who gets to use the river that fuels life. we visit two states that are facing off. hello. welcome to the lead. we begin this hour with our world lead. a pair of escalating international crises. russia and the united states are now indicating they re ready to hold talks about a prisoner swap. just a day after a russian court convicted american basketball star brittney griner of drug smuggling, and sentenced her to nine years in prison. potential prisoner swap talks could include fellow american paul whelan who has been detained in russia since 2018. we ll have more on that in just a moment. first another crisis unfolding. china is taking dramatic new steps of retaliation for house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan including sanctioning pelosi and her family. plus, military escalation. taiwan s defense ministry reports dozens of chinese war planes crossing into its air defense territory today. in return, the white house ....