hello and thanks for being here. it s 10:00 eastern. this morning, news on multiple fronts in the special counsel probe into donald trump. nbc news confirms trump s attorneys met with the special counsel himself. as we learn another grand jury, this one in florida, will hear testimony this week, could a potential indictment be imminent? plus, two more for 2024. former governor chris christie jumping into the race today followed by former vp mike pence tomorrow. plus, some breaking news in ukraine, russia accused of targeting a critical dam, waters rising, hundreds of thousands in danger and a nuclear power plant in jeopardy. we ll go live to the region. later, royal drama. prince harry becoming the first royal to testify in court in more than 130 years. his testimony against the tabloids today in london. let s begin with new developments in special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. a grand jury in florida is now set to hear more testimony in this
the u.s. inching closer to running out of money to pay its debts. a deadline is as close as 12 days away, but the high-stakes negotiations between the white house and republicans have collapsed and it is not clear when face to face talks will resume. meanwhile, president biden will cut short his asia trip to address the debt crisis. before heading home tomorrow from the g-7 summit in japan, biden will meet with ukraine s president. president zelenskyy is making a dramatic appearance at the gathering to ask world leaders for help in the war against russia. russia claims a major victory in ukraine. today the head of the mercenary wagner group says his fighters have captured bakhmut after months of brutal fighting, but ukraine says it still holds a small portion of the city. cnn s phil mattingly is at the summit in japan. let s begin with the debt crisis. a u.s. default would of course hurt economies around the world. so what is the level of concern there and where do things sta
Jack smith has secured his most valuable witness yet, mark meadows. Prosecutors dont hand out agreements like candy. Mark meadows was at the center of so much of this. He could speak to trumps mindset in a very specific way. Welcome, everyone. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. We begin with the federal election interference case against donald trump. The former president s Chief Of Staff mark meadows we learned was granted immunity by special counsel jack smith and met with his team more than once according to a abc news. He allegedly told investigators he didnt believe the election was stolen and talked about this moment on election day in november 2020. Frankly, we did win this election. We did win this election. [ cheers and applause ] meadows reportedly telling investigators that he believed trump was being dishonest and saying that cnn anchor of the source, kaitlan collins, joins us now. We have been asking for, i dont know, a year plus, whats up with mark meadows .
Really clamped down on, there was no way a scandal could really get out. it s the opposite now, it feels this sense of harry being in this kind of mission that he wants to make the press accountable. here he s once again putting himself on the stand to be grilled, to be cross-examined and not doing a terribly good job up against a whip smart attorney. he s doing it to defend his privacy, but what he is doing is opening himself up again. but time will tell whether it pays off or not. thank you so much for discussing this. i appreciate your insights and your perspective. big news in the world of golf this morning the pga tour and liv just announced that they
Federal prosecutor, ellie honig. and the author of untouchable, how to get away with it. let s first listen to what tim said about the mar-a-lago documents case when i asked if he had ever seen a declassification lawyer, which the president s lawyers said initially after the mar-a-lago search warrant was executed. i never saw the order itself. that would not be something that we would have access to. if it was a written order as opposed to an oral order. what do you make of that? well, first of all, that was a really interesting and i think, nuanced interview. tim partilatore is a smart attorney. if there was an order written or verbal, he absolutely would have known about it as a defense lawyer.