camera. he was the beginning of all of this. and the attention should continue to go to him, to all of the victims and the survivors of the victims, the family. but we have to remember, you re right, ahmaud arbery started all of this. we watched all of this. we watched as those men shot him in the middle of the street because they thought he was chased him down. chased him down, yeah. and shot him. you know why the timing matters? here s why. and i just realized this, which is kind of my impetus for tonight. i like bruce springsteen. he was going to be okay either way. i just don t like the hyper attention and you re wrong and you don t say anything about it. we forget in this country. it s innocent until proven guilty, not the other way around. in the court of public opinion, you re a dead man if you can t find an excuse and an immediate one. that s a whole other story. here s why i don t like it. you know who doesn t forget these stories? the people who want you
something he sees as part of a pattern of democrats trying to turn him against former president trump. here s one of the member of committee said about that very report just a few hours ago. we would just like him to come in and share with us what he knows, he knows what s right for the country. he knows what happened in the election, he knows the pressure of the campaign he was under. i think it ll be of service to the country by talking about. but he also knows there s a political cost that comes with that. i hope he makes the right decision. the price president has very material testimony, and we hope to do the right thing. in new news that is no surprise, republican congressman jim jordan now signaling he may not comply with the committees requests for voluntary interview. about what he was doing on the six. lee esther de jordan s and the committee a lengthy letter, saying in part quote, this request is far outside the bounds of any legitimate inquiry. he called it an
district attorney s office in georgia, is important stuff to put it mildly. that means they are in there, making their arguments about why he should not be criminally charged. yes, there s nothing that we can read, there s nothing that we can extrapolate directly. we can t say, this definitely means the investigation is at this, pointer that this is going to happen in the investigation, or this is not. but to the extent that the president s lawyers, have a lot to deal with right now given nine pending civil suits against him for january six. plus all the legal stuff that s happening with this business, all this stuff, for them to be taking in-person meetings, with this prosecutor s office, in december which is when we know at least one of these meetings happened. that is news, and it means that this might be a more concrete worry to them than we had previously understood. we will have neil conte all join us in a moment, i m going to hand him, that i m going to hand him yo
the justice department and the drugmaker warning of chaos if the new restrictions are allowed to go into effect. rachel scott standing by. d gul bob lee in san the suspect in court today. prosecutors revealingly was stabbed three times including twice in the chest. what we are now learning about the potential motive involving a possible fight over the suspect s sister. several wildfires breaking out just north of new york city volunteer firefighters and residents battling the flames and trying to protect their homes. the state of emergency in broward county, florida after more than 2 feet of rain fell in fort lauderdale in less than 24 hours. family facing a massive cleanup as the waters recede. victor oquendo in the flood zone. for the first time since the end of their administration fpd t and his potential rival former vice president mike pence appearing at the same event. the nra convention in indianapolis taking place in the wake of two deadly mass shootings in nashvi
ruling to testify in the special counsel s january 6th investigation. pence is now poised to recount for the first time under oath. his conversations with donald trump leading up to the january insurrection. also tonight, kevin mccarthy leads a defiant show of force in the face of stern warnings from china, the speaker and a bipartisan delegation of u. s lawmakers holding a historic meeting with taiwan s president on american soil. speaking with top democrat who was in the room for the talks. and later this hour, we will go live to jerusalem amid rising tensions in the middle east. there are new fears that violence could boil over after israeli forces raid one of the holiest sites in islam for the second straight night. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today . i m alex marquardt in your in the situation room. let s get straight to our top story tonight. special counsel jack smith notches a major victory, securing a