special counsel jack smith is looking for in the classified documents probe. as with the $5 million defamation and sexual abuse judgment against donald trump, his own words are once again being used against him in a court of law. this time we re of course talking about that stunning february 2021 audio recording. donald trump bragging about a secret document with plans to attack iran at bedminster. to a writer working on a book, the discovery of that recording according to report from the wall street journal we discussed on this program last week, we know was a watershed moment that helped spur doj into pursuing a criminal case against the ex-president. days after his indictment on 37 felony counts, the ex-president claimed this. there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things, and it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. i didn t have a document per se. there was nothing to declas
civil war in their country. meanwhile, the leader of the wagner mercenary group now confirmed by the leader, the president there, lukashenko is in belarus as far as we re told. he will not face prosecution for leading that uprising. this is a highly unusual situation. there he is on the right-hand side of the screen. he backed down in the march to moscow and decided to turn his troops around. now the u.s. sending ukraine another half billion dollars in military aid. we re the largest supporter of that effort on the ukrainian side. let s listen to what s going on at the pentagon right now. general ryder is being pressed right now. i was clear at the top we won t get involved in this. we made it clear we re not at war with russia. we don t see conflict with russia. our support is supporting ukraine and enabling them to defend themselves. my question is about child soldiers. the u.n. released their report about armed conflict and allegations against children. according to th
that we ve seen before. president biden hurtling toward a rematch with former president trump. it could come down to guess what? five key battleground states. dana: they are nevada, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, and georgia. president biden won three of those by less than a single percent. republicans hope that low poll numbers will swing the states in their favor. martha: the party needs to elect its nominee. republican candidates converging on new hampshire ahead of the first in the nation primary. team fox coverage for you, karl rove joins us in a moment. first mark meredith in new hampshire where ron desantis is about to hold an event. hey, mark. good morning. you re right. the governor will be here in a few minutes from now. for months we ve been trying to read the polls to get a better idea who the eventual republican nominee will be. today for the first time through the power rankings we re learning the 12 states both parties will be fighting over spending mo
retaining any evidence a former allies now say that trump is a threat to nationa security and, president biden kicks off his 2020 foreign setting the tone of this campaign, focusin on policy over his potential opponent then, ukrainian forces recapture a village in the southeast with this counte offensive means for the future of the war and democracy abroa as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night what good evening once again i am alicia menendez, in for stephanie ruhle. the former president s hit wit new restrictions in hi criminal trial as he prepares to fight charge that he mishandled the nation most sensitive secrets today, a federal magistrat judge issued a protective orde borrowing in trump and his c defendant walt not up fo revealing or keeping any trial evidence that also means no posts o social media and they are no for allowed to review evidence unless a lawyer or staff membe from the defense team is present. the ruling follows a request from jack smith s
the president s son will plead guilty to federal criminal charges. the lead starts right now. hunter biden strikes a deal on a felony charge and agrees to plead guilty on two misdemeanors, the criminal prosecution the president s son now avoids, as the republicans blast the deal calling it a slap on the wrist. a trial for donald trump set to begin in less than two months as the former president argues his own defense of sorts on national tv. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, glclothing, pants, shoe many things. many things. and the urgent underwater rescue mission running out of time as the coast guard estimated 40 hours left of breathable air for the crew on board the missing sub. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. hunter biden has struck a deal with federal prosecutors one that the legal teams hopes keeps the president s son out of prison. he ll plead guilty to two misdemeanors for fail