Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, who is facing calls to resign after a new book claims that milley took steps to limit the former president from taking possible dangerous military actions after he lost the November Election and after the January 6th riot. Im going to discuss with former Defense Secretary William Cohen in just a moment. Were also going to take a look at a new Cnn Poll showing a majority of americans believe that our democracy is under attack. And a temporary fence going up all around the Capitol Tonight ahead of saturdays rightwing rally in support of the January 6th rioters. But first the president s big show of support for general milley. Lets discuss now with William Cohen, the former Defense Secretary. Secretary cohen, thank you for joining us. Good evening to you. President biden has great confidence in general milley in the face of calls for his resignation, even courtmartial. But some republicans, because milley called together top Military Leaders to go ov
We begin In Washington where fences are going up around the u. S. Capitol ahead of this saturdays right wing rally. Dubbed the justice for j6, organizers say their goal is to show support for the hundreds arrested in the January 6 insurrection. And now Capitol Police want to make sure there isnt a repeat of those riots. Cnns Ryan Nobles filed this report before the fences went up. Reporter it is very clear that Capitol Police and the security forces responsible for protecting this area are preparing for the very worst on saturday ahead of that rally in support of the people that were arrested for taking part in the January 6 insurrection. Right now this area behind me at the capitol is all open to the public, but in just a matter of hours, Security Personnel will begin constructing a large fence that will wrap around this entire area. And you can already see some of the Security Precautions that are in place, these are cameras that have been put at strategic places around the Capitol S
Early this afternoon. It comes amid frustratingly slovak Evacuation Process from kabul. The united states has the capacity to evacuate 9,000 people a day, but instead weve evacuated just 9,000 total in a week. That includes 350 americans who were flown out in the last 24 hours. But that is just a fraction of the 15,000 americans who may be stuck in afghanistan right now. In fact the pentagon admitted yesterday that they are not even sure how many americans are still there. And then there are Tens Of Thousands of afghans also trying to get out of the country, nbcs chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has that story. Reporter we are in doha and we took one of the evacuation flights from the kabul airport. That is the only way out of the country right now, the only safe way. The Civilian Airport is closed and all of the land crossings to other countries are controlled by the taliban. It was a long flight, it complicated journey and for many lifechanging. This is what you have to face
went to prison. donald trump was famously listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in that case. that is in fact what opened up the criminal inquiry in the first place. the times is reporting that inquiry is now focusing at least in part on the chief financial officer of the former president s company. now, simultaneously tonight, the atlanta journal constitution is breaking the news that in the other known criminal investigation into the former president, the one in fulton county, georgia, as to whether or not president trump illegally tried to pressure election officials into changing that state s election results, that case reportedly is being brought in front of a grand jury this week in atlanta. the atlanta journal constitution reporting tonight that fulton county prosecutors are going to go before the grand jury in georgia this week and ask them for subpoenas for witnesses and dock units in that case that reportedly targets the former president. we have never had a
atlanta journal-constitution is breaking the news that in the other known criminal investigation into the former president, the one in fulton county, georgia, as to whether or not president trump illegally tried to pressure elections officials into changing that state s election results, that case reportedly is being brought in front of a grand jury this week in atlanta. the atlanta journal-constitution reporting tonight that fulton county prosecutors are going to go before the grand jury in georgia this week and ask them for subpoenas for witnesses and documents in that case that reportedly targets the former president. we have never had a president or former president criminally prosecuted in this country. but on two different fronts state prosecutors in new york and state prosecutors in georgia we are getting closer and closer to that prospect all the time. again, the chief financial officer of the president s business reportedly in the crosshairs of state prosecu