dangerous cult as evidenced by his creepy rally for jd vance this weekend. as the new special master gets to work, why does trump seem so confident that his preposterous claims of executive privilege will hold up? plus, why ron desantis may have gravely miscalculated the politics of using migrant men, women, and children as political pawns. we begin tonight with qanon. the conspiracy driven cult born in 2016 on the idea that there is a kabul of pedophiles including prominent democrats and media elites running the world, drinking the blood of babies. and only donald trump can stop them. they also believe that jfk jr. is leading their resistance movement against the baby eating hordes. despite the fact he s been dead for more than 20 years. that bonker idea, which used to be relegated to the darkest corners of the internet, has now become mainstream in today s republican party. they even got some congress members in the faith. that was evidence this weekend at a rally in yo
down survivors. this as the remnants of the brutal storm cause dangerous high tides and flooding right now in virginia. also tonight, we ll bring you a cnn exclusive report from a key city just recaptured by ukrainian forces. ukraine s ambassador to the united states joins me this hour to discuss all the latest news from the war zone. and we re tracking very dramatic developments in the oath keepers seditious trial now underway after both sides deliver opening statements and witnesses begin testifying. prosecutors accusing the group of concocting an armed rebellion against american democracy. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight with a rapidly growing death toll from hurricane ian. autho authorities now say at least 104 people were kill ed in the catastrophic storm and now officials in one county are under fire over the timing of evacuation orders. ca
Protesting after the Supreme Court threw out a petition to delay tamars vote with the country deeply divided there are fears of violence here in kenya with the latest also coming up a surprising twist in the case of a german human rights organizer on trial in turkey prosecutors are reportedly demanding he be released. And a german president can call their steinmeier says he wants better ties between berlin and moscow steinmeyer meets with president Vladimir Putin as part of his visit to russia will ask our correspondent in moscow what kind of reception he received. Also the Anti Semitism scandal rocking italian soccer fans of romes club a lot c. O. Left stickers in their stadium and frank wearing a rival teams jersey will examine their reactions. City of it and you cough which happened recently but he also pointed out that dialogue is important and he pointed out these store called ties that russia and germany share and now it was similar with putin he also said there were difficulties
Walter shaw said this, Imagine Nixon Waiting for a stack of pardons after the watergate breakin. He has the power to put his henchmen above the law. That is what trump is telling manafort and others with the pardon of dsouza. For more, we have jim acosta an at t acosta at the white house. Reporter the president is not only considering granting pardons with celebrities, but he granted a pardon for Dinesh Dsouza and considering Martha Stewart and blagojevich. Dsouza has made offensive and racially loaded comments over the years about former president obama. The president is considering each case on merits. Here is what Deputy Raj Shah
corruption charges. And the u. S. Is Hitting Tariffs and they are hitting back. The u. S. Slapped tariffs on the eu, mexico and canada. The three had Temporary Exemptio exemptions, but the white house let those expired after it did not get what it wanted in negotiations. The goal is to help u. S. Steel workers. Metal tariffs could raise prices. Think cars,
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Robert mueller is not. See you in a bit. Here onset for another day, dan goldman, an msnbc legal analyst along with our pal nbc News Reporter carol lee. It is less hot than it has been all week. You picked a good day to be here. Dan, let me start with you, if you look at what each side wants, they are both looking for leverage. And the sticking point, one of them seems to be this idea much an in person interview. What is the framing behind that . The trump team wants questions on collusion only and special counsel wants to hear about it all. I think Rudy Giuliani is trying to figure out a way to drum up some leverage because ordinarily the witness of the defendant or target or subject does not have the leverage, the prosecutor does. And but because bob mueller is not talking and Rudy Giuliani is, hes able he has the whole Public Domain to make all of his arguments, even though as
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