out. donald trump facing 37 counts for his handling of classified documents including willful retention of government documents, obscu obstruc documents concerning nuclear weaponry of the united states. u.s. vulnerabilities to attack. the indictment includes images of boxes stacked across mar-a-lago including a ballroom, a shower and bathroom. a storage area. donald trump accused of personally being involved in taking documents from the white house. and after authorities asked him to return them from allegedly suggesting hiding or destroying documents. also allegedly asking what if we just ignore the request? tonight, and aid former president trump also charged in the case, queues of allegedly helping to hide documents at mar-a-lago. pierre thomas tonight and our chief legal analyst don abrams and her entire teams to anybody on the gravity of the charges and what this means now in the race for president. meantime, our political team reaching out to all of the republican can
criminal charges in this case? plus, a republican limits on tape he tried to interfere with elections and texas. ken paxton, yes, the same can paxton who just got impeached is now under renewed scrutiny for that admission. and the latest on breaking news out of virginia. fighter jets from kadri s ignace on it boom that reverberated across the area. welcome to the show. nbc news is reporting the federal grand jury that has been hearing evidence in the department of justice s investigation into former president donald trump s handling of classified documents is, wait for it, expected to meet again this coming week in washington, d. c.. now we don t know yet if an indictment is coming, which would be major. the first ever federal indictment of a former president, he would be indicted in new york over the hush money case, but not federally. but what we do know is prosecutors were speaking for jack smith have been presenting the grand jury with evidence and witness testimony for
been achieved. crisis averted, senators stop the default clock with a late night vote to suspend the debt limit. plus donald trump tells his side. former president s first comments on cnn s report that he admitted on tape to taking secret documents and why didn t he do it his first four years? florida s ron desantis taking direct aim at trump just days before three more candidates are set to join the already crowded gop race. wo happy friday, everybody. we made it. and we begin with government default averted. a bipartisan vote in the senate late last night to suspend the nation s debt limit through 2024. president biden praising congress for its work in a statement adding that he looks forward to signing the bill as soon as possible. the president will deliver his oval office address to the nation tonight at 7:00 eastern. more now from melanie zanona. reporter: after weeks of intense negotiations and with just days to go before the default deadline, congress has
pretty happy about that. that is all in on this thursday night good evening, alex chris, i m all in favor of robust transparency in terms of health and everything as it regards our public officials and especially our president it s painful t oh, it s the worst. and in public. it s such a vulnerable moment for anyone that trips. and then the recovery and then it s on stage anyway, it s just it s funny. he gots back air force one ande said i was sandbagged. literally, it was a big sandbag. thank you, my friend, as always. in july of 2021 joe biden had been president for half a year, but the last days of the trump administration were still very much being reported on. the ways in which trump had tried to overturn the 2020 election in an series of escalating maneuvers which ultimately resulted, of course, in thed, attack on the u.s. capitol. so it was during that summer, july of 2021, when the new yorker published this exclusive story. you re going to have a
united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster joining you from london. just ahead democrats are feeling very good tonight. we ve saved the country from the scorch of default, we may be tired but we did it. no way i could lose iowa. let s see what happens. i don t think so. we ll have to do some really bad things to lose at this point. hard to end. even 150 lifetime shows, to me my band, my office, it is more than just work. it is my home. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, june 2, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. a weeks long battle to raise the government s debt limit is finally over. the senate narrowly voted in favor of a compromise deal removing the risk of an economic meltdown in the u.s. that would have been felt around the world. the bill cleared the lower house a day earlier and was passed by the senate last night. once the president signs the bill in