Again, that wasnt the perceived goal here. That was the perception among his supporters that think its gone too far. Lets get more from Griff Jenkins. Thats right, neil. Fox news confirmed that former President Trump is indeed in the courtroom right now. He entered at about 3 52 p. M. So just under ten minutes ago. Hes wearing a blue suit, a red to you. Flanked by his two attorneys. Fox has confirmed that we expect him to plead not guilty to the four felony charges hes facing in this indictment. Three are conspiracy charges, one is obstruction. Before he entered that courtroom, a little less than an hour ago, his motorcade entered the garage here at the federal courthouse. He was processed and fingerprinted. Theres no mug shot taken because the court says theres plenty of pictures of him to provide. Hes not arrested. But he is obviously being processed. Now we wait for this Court Proceeding to get underway at the time of our note from our producer, jay gibson inside, the Magistrate Jud
minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
country, actually worldwide. we are going to ask them about lowering the price of insuli and making drugs affordable fo everybody in this country. bernie sanders, a pleasur as always. that s all in on this thursday alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex there s a lot of people underestimate in - great show, as always. and thanks to you at home fo joining us this evening. it is a big test for the vic president of the united states a test of his competence, an of his fitness to serve second in command. just a heartbeat away from the presidency in that moment, the vice president failed, he failed to spell the word potato. potato. very good and a little bit to the end, they spell that again. potato that was former vic president dan quayle in 1992 telling it had to add in eat t the end of the word potato a lesson for all kids an adults everywhere, there is no easy at the end of the wor potato i myself remember at the tim vowing to never spell potato run
learned the fbi searched pence s home in indiana and looking for any classified documents. we understand an additional classified document was discovered and removed and this was a so you will can aed consent search. which means it is one that was agreed to by both sides without the need for a search warrant issues in advance. but he was not eager to welcome the investigators. the new york times has reported this. negotiations on such a search were a rising tension between the two sides. the historic nature of an fbi search of a former vice president s home should not be diminished. but as we said, all of that is a back drop, half of the complete picture coming into focus this afternoon. because on the other hand, as we sit here, pence is now the subject of a subpoena. from the justice department relating to donald trump s efforts to hold on to power in the aftermath of the 2020 election. remember mike pence never spoke to the january 6 select committee. but time and again,
failed because this man is continuing to use a seditious lies to try to hold on to power in this country, is illegally pressuring witnesses to not give testimony to one of the branches of government that has a sacred obligation to protect the constitution. i mean, if you think about it, we have candidates all over the country proudly campaigning on this seditious lie. it is time. i feel very strongly that there is a mountain of evidence now about this man s state of mind and exactly what went down, and that when he couldn t do it legally, he said screw the law. i don t care about the law. i want to hold on to power, and that is a crime. well, so much there to unpack in your one response, claire. i think in some ways, the quietest witness was the most tragic one. it was mr. ayers. he was one such radicalized trump supporter. he described himself as a family man and a working man. he said everything about his life has changed. in an eerie way, there was an echo to a life bein