To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t
County georgia. A grand jury bused in as prosecutors lay out their evidence that donald trump tried to steal the states electoral votes. Witness testimony moved up from tomorrow to today, the trump attacks on a key witness, and Text Messages that directly link the former president s legal team to a Voting System breach. And hawaii wildfire aftermath with the death toll close to 100, were hearing about government failures, failed fire hydrants, Warning Sirens that didnt go off, plus a claim that live power lines were not cut off. The raid on a small kansas newspaper, the editor targeted in the raid joins me this hour. Welcome to the lead. Im jack tapper. We start with our Law And Justice lead. Right now a grand jury is deciding whether to indict donald trump. It was expected to take at least two days for Fulton County District Attorney fani willis to produce her evidence. A number of key witnesses who had been told to show up tomorrow and testify have now been called in to testify. Thos
Trial on the trail. Donald trump lashes out after a third indictment. Those indictments arent worth the paper theyre written on. How will he defend himself and will he go to trial before the election . Trumps attorney john lauro joins me in moments. Too honest. A central figure in the new case, the former Vice President ramps up his criticism of his old boss. The president ultimately continued to demand they choose him over the constitution. What does he make of the case . Gop president ial candidate mike pence is next. Plus, on message. With just over two weeks until the gop debate, other candidates struggle to break through. Mr. President on. Is there a new opportunity to edge out the frontrunner . Gop president ial candidate Chris Christie joins me ahead. Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is watching Court Filings pile up. Donald trump is kicking off a new week juggling an ever more crowded legal calendar after his third indictment over alleged attempts
Indictment. Those indictments arent wort the paper theyre written on. How will he defend himself . And will he go to trial before the election . Trumps attorney john loro joins in me moments. And too honest. A central figure in the new case, the former Vice President ramps up his criticism of his old boss. The president ultimately continued to demand that i choose him over the constitution. What does he make of the case . Gop president ial candidate mike pence is next. Plus, on message. With just over two weeks until the gop debate, other candidates struggle to break through. Is there a new opportunity to edge out the frontrunner. Gop president ial candidate Chris Christie joins me ahead. Hello, im dana bash in washington, where the state of our union is watching Court Filings pile up. Donald trump is kicking off a new week, juggling an evermore legal calendar over his third indictment over alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. As usual, the former president is lashing out at
Not us this investigation heated up about his predecessors actions. He has tried to be very careful, knowing that this is going to be an ongoing issue as we get closer to, you know, his repeat match up, if you will come against former President Trump. John nancy cordes with president biden. White house correspondent. Thank you nancy. Scott macfarlane has some more details as we wait for the special counsel to walk to the microphones. Scott, what do you know about the judge . Reporter if you go to the last quarter of the indictment, you see references to january 6th, a lot of talk about fake electors, a lot of talk about what was known about the election but if you get to the bottom quarter, you see references to what the special counsel calls the defendants exploitation of the violence on the chaos on the capital, and one of the references is to then House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy, in a conversation donald trump had during the riot with Kevin Mccarthy in which there was a referen