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dramatic new video at the rust trial, what the armorer told police about alec baldwin and about loading the gun before a deadly shooting. and a hospital visit reviving concerns about pope francis. what we know about the health of the 87-year-old pontiff. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments. we begin with that big breaking news about mitch mcconnell. nbc s garrett haake is reporting from capitol hill so you ve had a little bit of time to gauge reaction. what are you hearing from folks? reporter: the word consequential keeps coming up here, whether you liked mitch mcconnell or hated him, and the opinions certainly span that spectrum on capitol hill. no one in either party can deny the enormous effect he s had not just on this institution but also on the judiciary and the supreme court, which he almost single handedly help donald trump remake by holding up the appointment of merrick garland back in 2015 now, 2016. his legacy here will ....
plus capacities of some of the oldest members are in the spotlight. and a powerful heat dome breaking records. happy industry, everybody. i m christine romans. nice to see you. we begin with significant new developments in the special counsel s prosecution of former president trump for mishandling classified documents. breaking overnight, the justice department says donald trump s lawyers want to be allowed to discuss classified information with the former president at his mar-a-lago and bedminster homes for the sake of convenience. prosecutors asking the judge to say no. they argue that classified information should only be reviewed in a specially protected room called a scif. another big development came thursday, jack smith brought new charges against trump, walt nauta and a maintenance worker. smith says that the three conspired to try to delete surveillance from the florida club. paula reid has more. reporter: and new charges and a new co-defendant for former pre ....
admitting that he climbed steps, skrafl and helped others in the mob. and in niger, the president imprisoned but declaring that democracy will prevail. and our reporters are following the latest developments. and we begin in washington with those new comments from former president trump about the meeting today between his lawyers and the special counsel s office. yasmin vossoughian is joining us. what did the former president have to say? reporter: former president trump putting a tweet out i should say a post on truth social saying my attorneys had productive meeting with the doj explaining that i did nothing wrong, was advised by many lawyers and that an indictment would only further destroy our country. no indication of notice was given during the meeting and then he went on to disparage the press in that post as well. let me just say they are not required to inform the former president s attorneys that an indictment is incoming. what we know so far, the u.s. m ....
who will be that winner? south carolina senator will be throwing his support behind donald trump tonight. who does that hurt more? nikki haley who was the former governor of the palmetto state or ron desantis who just moved most of his campaign staff to the palmetto state. what the florida governor makes of this latest move. ron desantis is here and only here. neil: welcome. busy show for you. the governor will be joining us shortly. bryan llenas in new hampshire on the fast-moving developments and separating move by senator tim scott. bryan? neil, good afternoon. well, for senator tim scott ready to endorse former president donald trump. we know that they will make an appearance at a rally in new hampshire. it s important to know that sources tell fox that both haley and trump called to try to woo senator tim scott on their side. but in the end, the senator chose the frontrunner, trump. now, he did that despite the fact that haley is the one that appointed scott to ....
eastern for cnn s coverage of that iowa caucuses. anderson cooper and kaitlan collins are going to pick up right now with more on the debate. so you tomorrow. [applause] you are looking there at the debate stage at drake university and dumoulin, iowa. tonight s cnn republican debate, that last one before monday s iowa caucuses just now wrapping up. joining me here in just a moment, one of tonight to contend with florida governor ron desantis. anderson, he ends s, nikki haley former south carolina governor went one-on-one for the first time on the debate stage with far more focus on each other on the debate stage then they re competitor who was not there, donald trump, the former president, who s holding arrival town hall a few miles away. that s, right kaitlin. but their respective records and state office, the two also political punches right from the very beginning of the debate when it came to questioning the others sincerity and honesty. nikki haley is r ....