officials have been interviewed in the special counsel s investigation into trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. this is the former president s lawyers move to stop prosecutors this their tracks. plus, putin s spin. russian state tv in overdrive after a top general slams the country s military leaders and is fired for it. this as we learn more about putin s alleged meeting with the man who tried to overthrow him. and tonight, an arrest in serial killings othat terrorize new york for decades. the suspect, a married father of three, and an architect. let s go outfront. i m erica hill in for erin b burnett. cnn learning exclusively the special counsel has met with more top officials from states crucial to trump s attempt to maintain power after the 2020 election. interviewing the secretary of stays from pennsylvania and new mexico. these are the latest of course in a growing list of state officials whose cooperation with the special counsel is now public. the h
capitol hill custodians waste no time erasing any memory of george santos. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed, and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal lawsuits say that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. judge tonya chutkan ruling with precision, quote, the court cannot conclude the constitution cloaks former presidents with absolute immunity for any federal crimes they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it s a decision that may set off a chain reaction for our democracy. today a federa
trampled on, that the special grand jury and its findings have no authority, and he cites the fact that he is running for election as one of the reasons why this the findings of the special grand jury, the special purpose grand jury should be set aside, should be thrown out because, again, he s running for office. so this is, of course, erica, something that the former president and his legal team have already tried before. they went before the judge who had overseen the special purpose grand jury asking that judge to toss out the findings of the grand jury. now he s essentially doing another hail mary pass, trying to go to a higher court. we don t know whether this will work this time or whether this will be the final gambit, the fani willis said a decision is near on possible charges. as we look at the hail mary,
from this place as of yesterday and last night. let s get to nbc s morgan chesky in dallas following thes toer following the story for us. walk us through when and how this tragedy took place. reporter: alex, good morning, incredibly tragic event that took place in houston that police say is very much under investigation. they re trying to find out what took place here, but when you see that video that you briefly showed, absolutely heartbreaking. this took place at a highly anticipated concert by popular musician travis scott. officials say it was around 9:15 last night that at some point this crowd, of which there were about 50,000 people at this concert, but particularly this crowd at the front part of the stage started to surge its way forward for an unknown reason. that is currently under investigation, and it s at that point that they say some people in the crowd started to fall down, get trampled on, and
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