been talking to the special counsel, and jack smith responds to trump team s efforts to delay the documents trial. also tonight, how conservative republicans managed to attach restrictions on abortion access to a key defense bill, and what that could do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able the say who left a pact of cocaine in the west wing, the secret service still says case closed. why? good evening. jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election, being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing a ten could hinge on whether or not he believed he had won. tonight there is new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence for people who know or heard him indicate he d lost. jared kushner and hope hicks have both gone before the grand jury, and some of the questions asked was whether the former president was told he lost the election. other mem
The vote was 221 to 213. mostly along party lines. joining us now from capitol hill, where do things stand right now? anderson, the bill is in peril. and that is because as you mentioned in the previous vote series, the house adopted a number of controversial amendments that seriously jeopardize the bill s chances for passage because democrats said they re not going to vote for the final bill. the amendment include an amendment that would ban the pentagon from being able to trave cover travel costs and an amendment to ban the pentagon from covering medical services for certain transgender troops. that what means is most of democrats are now going to vote against what has been a historically bipartisan bill on capitol hill. and it s unclear whether speaker kevin mccarthy even has enough republican support to get this thing over the finish line. that s because some hard-line conservatives are threatening to vote against the measure,