Good evening everyone, and welcome back to our special breaking news coverage, im laura coates on this a stunning night in american history. As the 45th u. S. President s criminally indicted now for the fourth time. Donald trump now accused of leading a criminal enterprise to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. Im kaitlan collins, its not just trump. 18 others have been charged alongside him in this 41 count indictment tonight, including his former Chief Of Staff, mark meadows. His former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, and the onetime mayor of new york. All 19 defendants are facing racketeering charges. I mean, the indictment states all, quote, refused to accept that trump lost and they knowingly, and willfully, joined the conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in favor of trump. Joining me now here in d. C. Is cnns evan perez, also the washington correspondent of the atlanta journalconstitution, tea mitchell and is back as well. Tour former house judiciary special co
grilled republican fbi director is there evidence for their allegations i will ask the republican former u.s. attorney who recommended him for the job of presidential candidate chris christie joins us. later ray apps the 6th protests are now in hiding after right-wing media painted him as an fbi so we have a lot of plant. his people taking, ship attorney joins me to talk about the obviously no one is lawsuit they ve just flying into out of chicago right now filed against fox news. and the good, evening the breaking news incoming threat for starts us off tonight. new tornadoes. and again, word that another top state these two areas circled out election official has spoken with federal prosecutors in connection with former presidents efforts to overturn the election. she is jocelyn benson, michigan secretary of state. she now joins her georgia counterpart, brad raffensperger, former arizona republican lawmaker, rusty bowers, and to nevada republican party officials, in talkin
that does it for us, the news continues. the source with kaitlan collins, starts now. tonight, straight from the source, we have exclusive new information on the january 6th investigation, special counsel jack smith has another key witness. and she is about to join us live. plus, the fbi director coming face to face with some of his harshest critics during what turned out to be a tense hearing on capitol hill, blasting republican claims of bias against conservatives has, quote, insane. but some democrats did not give him a pass either, and a lawmaker who was their will join us. also, mending fences. a high stakes sit down between president biden and president zelenskyy, ending on a high note tonight. after tensions had been simmering about nato membership. how are they able to smooth things over? a top white house official will tell us about it. i am kaitlan collins. and this is the source. tonight, we have cnn exclusive report. reporting. the special counsel s te
the january 6th committee is about to reveal a minute-by-minute count of president trump s actions and inamb inaction after the deadly capitol attack after weeks of testimony by trump s inner circle, investigators are zeroing in on the day of the insurrection and form per president trump himself. the president summoned the mob and lit the flame of this attack. on capitol hill tonight, house investigator are expected to show never-before-seen have you video clips of the attack. the house select committee is promising to give us an inside look with what donald trump was doing, with whom he was talking and what he knew of the unfolding riot at the capitol in real time. it is going to focus on the infamous 187 minutes, a little over three ours, from near the end of trump answer speech ur urging rally goers to head to the capitol and the video in which he told supporters to leave the capitol and go home after the deadly attack was well under way and blood had already been sp
government targets. ukraine s president volodymyr zelenskyy urging extra caution on this holiday. [interpreter] we are sure to retaliate against any former russian tara. but please tomorrow be sure to follow security rules. please respect the curve. you act on the air right sirens. pay attention to official announcements, and remember, we altogether have to get to our victory. a lot more from ukraine in just a moment. but first, one of most powerful democrats in the u.s. congress will not be heading back to capitol hill next year. newly-drawn new york congressional map created a contentious matchup between jerry nadler and carolyn maloney. cnn projecting nadler, the chair the judicial committee, will be the democratic nominee in new york s 12th district. bring into and maloney s three decade long time in congress. and now florida projects val demings will win the florida primary and will challenge republican incumbent marco rubio. demings, a former police chief, ser