report in our next hour, on the ground, and what some are describing as hell on earth. i m going to talk to a doctor on the front lines of the covid battle in india. but we do want to begin here at home, and the turning tide in the battle against covid-19. as of this week, more than 100 million americans are fully vaccinated against coronavirus. and cases are finally on the decline. the news has revived hopes that we are approaching a turning point in this crisis. and even motivating some city and state leaders to announce reopening plans in the state of california, for instance, disneyland welcoming guests on friday. the park had never closed for more than one day in its entire 66-year history prior to this pandemic. meanwhile, on the east coast, mayor bill de blasio announcing this week new york city would fully open by july 1, joyfully declaring it the summer of new york city after more than a year of unprecedented loss. it s some of the most hopeful news we have had sin
but they instead, they had to break down i wouldn t say break down, but smash on my doors in a frightening way. lucky i don t get frightened very easily. he did exactly what a president should do as the president of ukraine. he asked him to investigate a vice president. i ve been fighting all my life. i ve been fighting crooks all my life. i m fighting crooks again. the only tragedy of it is, they have titles from the government. all right, federal prosecutors have not given any clues if they re pursuing giuliani alone or whether he is just a conduit to a bigger fish. for a deeper look into this investigation, i m joined by msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner. thanks for joining us on this. my first question to you, what stage of the investigation are we in when one s house is raided and they are scouring the home for any electronic information? so, we are probably closer to an indictment than one might think, because this investigation has been up and running for som
chesky live on the scene and chief investigative reporter jonathan dean. what is happening on the ground right now? reporter: very tense situation playing out as we speak. we are about a quarter mile from congregation beth israel s synagogue where this hostage situation is taking place. that s according to three senior law enforcement officials who say earlier this afternoon they were made aware that a man had entered the synagogue and took the rabbi and a potentially unknown number of others hostage and is asking for the release of a federal prisoner you mentioned. we have seen a large amount of law enforcement converge on the scene. we know the s.w.a.t. team is present near the synagogue, and we are outside of the perimeter that s about a quarter mile away. we do know that there is some sort of communication ongoing between that man inside the synagogue and officials, however we don t know exactly what s being said at this point in time. an incredibly disturbing audio rec
indictment of donald trump on thursday donald trump became the first former commander in chief in history to face a criminal indictment. that s after a grand jury in new york voted to indict the former president as part of manhattan district attorney s alvin bragg s investigation into a hush money payment made into adult film star stormy daniels back in 2016 now that indictment is currently sealed, and that means we and a whole lot of people do not know the specific charges or charge that have been levied against donald trump we do know bragg has been focused on a felony charge of falsifying business records which carries a maximum prison sentence of four years donald trump denies any wrongdoing, denies having an affair with stormy daniels, and he is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law that trial has not yet occurred. bragg s investigation is one of many against the ex-president. back in 2018 cohen, trump s former lawyer and fixer, was ntenced t
excessive climate change. good afternoon, i m jim sciutto in for erin burnett, and outfront tonight, preparing for battle. cnn has learned that investigators want to force former trump officials to testify in court, and will use the court to do so. they want to know the actions of former president trump around january 6th, and this is the clearest sign yet that they are zeroing in on trump s actions as he tried to cling to power. this development is coming as the january 6th select committee is speaking to former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and former secretary state steve mnuchin, and a key witness, mnuchin had conversations with trump cabinet members hours after the cabinet, and he had a conversation about trying to remove trump by evoking the 25th amendment, and a number of people that he spoke to included secretary of state pompeo, and tonight, pompeo also appears closer to sitting down with the committee. we have had discussions with them about potential a