good evening. tonight, president biden talks to nato allies about imposing massive consequences if russia invades ukraine as 8,500 american troops go on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. we have hive reporting from ukraine and washington tonight. first, though, there is breaking news on a story that was big from the start. when a georgia district attorney requested a special grand jury to investigate possible election-related crimes by the former president. well tonight, we have just learned that that request is now approved. here with more, cnn chief legal an list jeffrey toobin. so how big a deal is it the special grand jury has now been given a green light? well, you know, this investigation his hasn t gotten as much attention as january 6th in washington or the manhattan district attorney but this is a very serious criminal investigation and the fact that a district that a grand jury has been impaneled means there will be subpoenas, possibly
classes will be held again there. and we are watching a tropical system closing in on florida. the timing and potential impact. your forecast coming up in a few minutes. so grateful to have your company in the morning. 6:00 on saturday, june 4th. thank you for being with us. a pleasure to be with you, christi. we begin with a setback for the committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. the justice department saying it will not indict two feormer trup officials. the committee says the decision not to prosecute the two puzzling. this comes as the committee is getting ready for the public hearing next thursday when new evidence and witness testimony are expected to be unveiled. let s go to cnn reporter zachary cohen. he is here with details. zach, walk through the decision against prosecuting meadows and scavino. how could this impact the investigation? reporter: good morning. the committee is frustrated by the decision not to prosecute dan scav
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And ransack the capitol and interfere with the transition of power. this is deadly stuff. i hope they will treat it that way when the hearings begin this week. that s where i want to get your thoughts on. it feels like for a lot of folks january 6th was a long time ago. i talk to folks who don t keep up with the latest details in the investigation. how does the committee successfully break through what you just alluded to? the normalization. oh, that was yesterday. it will be one of the harder things for the committee to do. keep in mind they all running for re-election this year and all members of congress. in the heat of the primary campaign, it is hard to be restrained and bring to the proceedings the tone and gravity it requires. that is the main task.
Make some effort to cooperate with the committee. obviously mark meadows handed over information before he stopped cooperating. we learned the department of justice did not find enough to bring criminal charges which is a blow to the committee s ability to enforce subpoenas at this time. we are looking at public hearings coming up through june. it is really crunch time for the committ committee. there are still subpoenas for five lawmakers they have not been able to enforce. we will see how it effects the investigation and the impact on the hearings. this is a big blow to the committee. this news about meadows and scavino is coming the same way the former white house peter navarro was indicted. what consequences could he face if convicted? reporter: unlike meadows and scavino, navarro made no evidence to negotiate with the