and i m abby phillip here in washington. our special coverage of the federal indictment of donald trump continues. this case, the united states of america versus donald j. trump, along with walt nauta, hs bead man. a former president of the united states a defendant in a federal case. if convicted, he could go to prison. the indictment s 49 pages accuse him of breaking seven federal laws, including willful retention of national defense information, withholding or concealing documents in a federal investigation, false statements, and conspiracy to ob instruct justice. he is facing 37 separate charges including one for each classified document that he s accused of keeping illegally. documents allegedly stashed in a bathroom, a shower, a ballroom, bedroom. the former president allegedly showing some of them to people and also trying to conceal them from investigators. i want to begin with cnn s senior legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, who s been tracking all of th
and breaking news about hunter and the irs and with less than two years ago until the 2024 election, democrats are playing the race card. they are trying to vilify the state of florida. all eyes are on the biden white house where joe is still refusing to come to terms on a debt ceiling that is eminent. according to democrats, the sky is falling. it is all kevin mccarthy s fault when it is anything but kevin mccarthy s fault. why do democrats care so deeply about this when mccarthy was begging the white house day after day to sit down and negotiate this? take a look. we have to negotiate. our government is designed to have compromise. he is the president. he is playing with the financial markets of america by saying he would not negotiate. let s be rational and reasonable and sit down and negotiate. he told congress we were going to meet. at the democratic retreat, he told the democrats we were planning meetings. he has never had one. time is ticking. he needs to come to t
it turns out that ron desantis, florida governor popular, won by 20 points, who they thought was anti-trump in tone and substance, he sounds more america-first and first then ukraine for as long as it takes. earlier this week, desantis called ukraine a territorial dispute not dispute not in our national interest he slammed by his virtual blank check to ukraine and open-ended as long as it takes commitment without objective benchmarks for success. he noted that this war distracts from our many other challenges, and he rejected further escalation with long-range missiles or f-16s, because the nuclear risks he believes is unacceptable with russia. the pro-war coalition heard this and they went wild. now you might ve thought that desantis had pushed for, i don t know, russia to join nato as a reward for invading ukraine. the anti-woke guy ron desantis, his ideal is putin s russia, where there are no gay people or women in power, where there are no christians. that s how he
another night for the history books, with only one thing for sure. the 11th vote was not the charm tonight for kevin mccarthy s bid to become speaker of the house. no nominee having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. and with that, the 11th rejection done with about three hours shy of the 11th hour in the third day of his failure to become speaker. the call went up to end the proceedings until noon tomorrow. the question is on the motion that the house stands adjourned until noon tomorrow. those in favor say aye those aye! those opposed, no. no! in the opinion of the chair, the no s have it. the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having risen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. the motion to adjourn prevailed. the day ended without kevin mccarthy holding a single holdout. kevin mccarthy still beli
before the 6th. pence pushing back every time. was it your impression that the vice president had directly conveyed his position on these issues to the president, not just to the world through a dear colleague letter, but directly to president trump? many times. and he had been consistent in conveying his position to the president? very consistent. and then the new memos show ing pence s legal and political advisers spending weeks whether pence could block or delay the electoral vote count. their conclusion doing that would break multiple laws. the author of that second memo, former counsel to the vice president, greg jacob, will testify today. so will federal judge jay michael ludig, who rejected a theory by trump adviser john sman that pence could unilaterally reject lectors. and if he tried any way, the new york times reports that emails from eastman predicted a heated fight in the supreme court. much more on that, and the connection to justice thomas wife