Notably michigan, a state that had been of significant to bidens reelection bid. In 2020, particularly in the detroit metro area. Also where he made history last september after the United Auto Workers went on strike, he joined them on the picket line, the first time a sitting president had already done that. As a result, he earned the uaws endorsement in january, which bolstered his aspirations to be quote, the most prounion president in american history. While many unions like the american federation of teachers, and the service employees international Union Workweek to back harris this week, the uaw has held off doing so, at least so far. Michigan exposes some of bidens weaknesses. The president aced fierce opposition from the large arab population over his stance toward the war in gaza, which land to the abandoned Biden Movement that called for primary voters to challenge the reelection bid. It was particularly effective in michigan, even though biden still easily won the primary i
going to talk about in a second of what happened at the capitol. still denying it, still saying it s nothing. wanting to move past it. and you cannot move past that without acknowledging and having at least some consequence or consequences for the party, for the republican party now and the former president of the united states. someone has to answer for what happened on january 6th. a direct assault on our democracy. no question, don. there has to be accountability. if there is no accountability for trump and his crew and what they did to this country on january 6th, we are in a heap of trouble. there s just no other way around it. i mean, to me that s why we have to keep holding their feet to the fire, don, no matter how much they complain over at fox and the five and all whatever their shows are called. they ve got greg and tucker. they complain about us calling them out. but guess what? we re going to keep doing it. it s not going to stop. yeah. i have no idea what
well, i mean, look, there s example after example that comes every single night if you look at what s happening with the supreme court, what s happening with affirmative action, what s happening with a woman s right to choose. what s happening with election laws around the country. that is a direct, right, example of elections have consequences. absolutely. there s an election coming up in 2022. but you look at what s happened since the last election. look at the big lie. look at the people who are lying about the new video that i m going to talk about in a second of what happened at the capitol. still denying it, still saying it s nothing. wanting to move past it. and you cannot move past that without acknowledging and having at least some consequence or consequences for the party, for the republican party now and the former president of the united states. someone has to answer for what happened on january 6th. a direct assault on our democracy. no question, don. the
grand jury has been given the green light? well, you know, this investigation has 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 the district a grand jury has been impanelled means there will be subpoenas and possibly search warrants, and this is a big problem for the former president because it all starts with that highly incriminating tape where he appears to be trying to coerce the secretary of state of georgia to commit the crime of election fraud. part of the initial investigation was centered on that phone call, which took place january 2nd. now that a special grand jury has been granted, i mean, do they go wider than that? do they still focus on that? are there other investigative avenues they go down? well, there it has to be broader. because there have to be other people who have talked about the effort that the president made to corrupt the elect
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