thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we are so grateful. the beat with katie phang in for ari begins right now. have a great show. thank you. and welcome to the beat. i m katie phang in for ari melber. we begin with house republicans using the power of their gavel to drive home one critical point that could shape the entire 2020 election, that donald trump is facing multiple criminal charges for mishandling classified documents. i mean that was ultimately the result of their much hyped hearing featuring robert hur, the special counsel who investigated president biden s classified information. today hur repeated his report s findings, that the evidence did not support any charges for biden. we did not, however, identify evidence that rose to the level of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. because the evidence fell short of that standard, i declined to recommend criminal charges against mr. biden. republicans had hoped t
thanks for getting us started. it s been a wild ride. i m in for ari melber. we start today continuing with that breaking news in the special counsel s mar-a-lago probe. a third defendant added to the classified documents case. carlos deoliveira, who helped trump s codefendant walt nauta move the boxes them shows that jack smith is not slowing down as he still also pushes forward in the january 6th probe. joining me now is maya wylie, ceo of the leadership conference on civil and human rights. and emily bazelon. i want to thank the both of you for joining us. you re getting this news in realtime like we are. maya, i want to start with you. this is pretty good news. i think it s a very big showing from special counsel jack smith that his investigation has not slowed down, that he s definitely moving forward, making sure if you re not going to cooperate or be a part of this, then you re going to be facing charges. hoar s the caveat. maybe he is a cooperator. we don t know yet
president. we re getting new information right now on the multiple fronts in this trump investigation. tonight, the u.s. justice department details systemic violations by the minneapolis police department, saying the problems of excessive force and racial discrimination led to the murder of george floyd. dozens of guilty verdicts against the gunman behind the 2018 massacre at a pittsburgh synagogue. now that a federal jury had its say, will the killer be sentenced to death? welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with a new request by the special counsel in the classified documents probe. the filing reflects prosecutpro fears donald trump might go public with information about the investigation. paula reed is joining us now. walk us through this protective order as it is called, this request. reporter: wolf, this is a request from prosecutors that we would expect in a ca
making some history, perhaps major leaguing donald trump the first former president to be indicted with a federal crime. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing in evidence the justice department s investigation of former president trump s handling of classified documents is expected to meet again this coming week in washington. that s according to multiple people familiar with the investigation. prosecutors working for special counsel jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for months, but activity appeared to have slowed in recent weeks. that was based on observations at the courthouse and through sources. another major sign that investigation could be close to wrapping up, trump s legal team was spotted at the justice department today. you can see them leaving shortly before noon. this was weeks after they requested a meeting with merrick garland to discuss this case. it is unclear who nay met with at do
simply the best. the lead starts right now. what s love got to do got to do with it remembering an entertainment legend. tina turner dead at the age of 83. plus, ron desantis bucking the trend. less than two hours to go before the florida republican using twitter and elon musk to launch his campaign for president. coming up, how donald trump, the front-runner, is responding to desantis unconventional approach. and we re not going to default. we re going to solve this problem. oh, really? how s that fwgoing to happen. only eight days until the u.s. possible default. negotiators on both sides go back to the drawing board to try to avoid economic catastrophe. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with sad news in our pop culture lead. music legend, tina turner, has died at the sage of 83. a post on her verified facebook account says today we saw good-bye to a dear friend who leaves us her greatest work. her music. tina, we will miss you dearly. you re