the special counsel investigation on trump s attempt to overturn the election, tonight a look at how jack smith s prosecution of that plot could play out. plus, breaking news in that investigation with reporting tonight that trump s son-in-law jared kushner has testified to the january 6th grand jury. also, the radical normalcy of joe biden on the world stage. he s leading a united nato after his predecessor publicly sided with putin. hollywood showdown, the actors have joined the writers on strike. what they re fighting for and how it will affect what you see on tv and at the movies. we begin tonight with breaking news in the special counsel s investigation into donald trump s efforts to try to remain in power after his 020 election loss. late this afternoon the new york times reported that federal prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses in recent weeks including trump s son-in-law jared kushner on whether trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 20
exploding at frustration with the upcheck of the alliance lead by president biden. i think the other boom you might hear, the echoing boom might be republicans heads exploding because they actually i think it s almost as embarrassing that the united states congress took a vote on whether to defund our ally that is being invaded by russia, that they literally the fact that kevin mccarthy had to let them take that vote i think is also quite humiliating. your thoughts? that s expecting a party that has no shame to be capable of feeling embarrassment. i think that s donald trump has reshaeb shaped the republican party. joe biden restored leadership on the world stage, restored diplomatic leadership. if there s a domestic political contrast to be drawn, it s how donald trump let himself reshape the party, someone who is transactional by nature. if vladimir putin is the highest
of the list. well, here s part of the white house s statement on yesterday s call. president biden made clear that the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. so what does a decisive response look like? i d say it encompasses three critical elements. one will certainly be a looetful package of economic sanctions, potentially up to and including detaching russia from the international swift system which is what allows countries to trade goods and services back and forth. so sanctions, economic. secondly, diplomatically, i think you ll see the democracies of the world rise up together and in particular nato will probably reinforce all of the nato countries along the russian border. the baltics, poland, romania, et cetera. and thirdly, you ll see a very significant upcheck of weapons
putin s russia getting an upcheck and the iranians getting an upcheck. that s a bad day for american geopolitics. and, jonathan lemire, let s talk about the winners and losers and everybody knows this. the republican senators have said this. evangelical leaders have said this? who are the winners? vladimir putin, assad, isis, and the iranians. our biggest geopolitical foes. who are the losers? of course the kurds, who end us destroy the isis caliphate. israel, and americans who are now going to have to confront a reinvigorated, strengthened isis. now, joe, you re exactly right in terms of the breakdown of winners and losers. and i like the point about the