For more information how you can help victims of Hawaii Wildfires go to cnn. Com impact or text hawaii to 707070 to donate. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. A brand new Special Counsel now focused on hunter biden. The lead starts right now. The Attorney Generals surprise announcement. The prosecutor who was overseeing The Hunter Case is now being elevated to a Special Counsel. What will this mean for the president s son . What will this mean for the president . And donald trump might be told to zip it. The judge in the 2020 Election Fraud case signaling that she is going to be willing to restrict sensitive evidence as she tells trumps attorneys the former president s right to free speech is not absolute. And hawaiis catastrophe sadly getting worse. Historic towns gone, homes burned to the ground, 55 lives confir confirmed lost, and that number is sadly expected to climb. Welcome to the lead im jake tapper. And we start with our Law And Justice lead with a new Special Counsel
At the white house, right now, President Joe Biden preparing to Face Congress and the American People and deliver a speech that could have huge consequences for his reelection campaign. Theyll soon leave for the us capitol to give his state of the Union Address. Less than 48 hours after his long anticipated rematch with donald trump became a reality. Welcome to a Special Edition of ac360. Im Anderson Cooper and im jake tapper. About an hour from now, President Biden will walk into the House Chamber under enormous pressure to forcefully and successfully sell his vision for america and his argument for a second terme. Mister President Biden needs to take advantage of this opportunity with tens of millions of americans watching to make his case and perhaps, perhaps the most important speech of his decades long career in public life, this will be a critical test of the 81 year old commander in chief. He will try to convince skeptical voters that they have benefited from his presidency, and
Thanks. Good evening. Im bret baier. The Southern Border Crisis hits New York City to the tune of billions of taxpayer dollars. How chinese nationals are taking over the illegal Marijuana Business in many parts of the u. S. We will bring that you story. And we will talk with the republican who is leading the Polling Heading into tomorrows California Senate primary election. But, first tonight, breaking, a major victory for former President Donald Trump and his attempt to return to the white house. The u. S. Supreme court has unanimously ruled the state of colorado cannot remove him from its primary ballot. The former president calling that a big win for america. This comes just hours before the Super Tuesday primaries and as President Biden prepares for a crucial state of the Union Address thursday night. We have live Fox Team Coverage tonight, brit hume with political analysis. Peter doocy is at the white house with the current president preparing for the state of the union and trying
Need. The American People want to know the truth. Whats what our committee has been doing. This is a diversionary tactic. Bring it on. Ukraines Intelligence Services foiled a russian plot to assassinate zelenskyy. Ukraine russia fired nearly 500,000 shots at ukraines forces in the past seven days. Western officials are telling cnn they are getting increasingly sober updates on ukraines counteroffensive. Arrest warrants issued in this massive brawl in montgomery on a boat dock. Many questions remain about the melee that appeared to be very much split across racial lines. Doing his job, and for some reason they didnt like it. Its an unfortunate incident. Shouldnt have happened. Something we are investigating right now. Good morning. Top of the hour. So glad you are with us. Victor blackwell with us all week. Good morning. Good morning. A lot to get to, especially that Video Everyone is talking about. Unbelievable. Its creating memes across the internet. We will get into that. Starting wi
classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit