negotiators in washington. we ll have the key sticking points as the clock ticks down to a potentially catastrophic default. and later, nine lives. these so-called ghost cats were driven to the brink of ex tecs tinks, but are pouncing back. protects your way of life. yes, sir, it does. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from chicago with adriana diaz. good evening. all eyes are on capitol hill tonight as the deadline for a possible government default closes in. both president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy insist a deal is close. more on that in a minute. we begin this memorial day weekend at the national mall. thousands are turning out at the poppy wall of honor. the red flowers symbolizes bloodshed and lives lost in service since world war i. there are more than 645,000 flowers lining the wall this year. and as always, many of us are on the move for the holiday weekend. whether by ground or air, travelers are feeling the impact of the economy bo
complete, that s in addition to the ones joe said were secure in his garage, right here with the prized corvettes, adam schiff having a hard time defending, because it looks like the white house tried to cover this up. i m glad that there is a special prosecutor that has been appointed. you are glad there is a special prosecutor. to speak the classified documents are to be taken seriously, no one is above the law, so i am glad to see the justice department doing its work. it certainly embarrassing, right? i would like to see congress to its own assessments and receive an assessment from the intelligence community of whether there was an exposure to others of these documents, whether there was harm to national security. greg: you know things are bad when you lose adam schiff, even the media thinks that this torpedoes the notion that he is mr. confidence. this is very, very big deal politically. i don t think sitting down and hunkering down and just acting like it
do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? i m john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documents and he knew what they were. so this is all part of the argument over whether to release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago, prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence might be destroyed, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit and that process will kick into gear as soon as next week. and ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words and phrases coming from some former trump senior officials who are scoffing
every other american citizen in this situation. that was the chairman of the january 6th select committee, bennie thompson, weighing in on the report that former president trump plans to run for president again to help him avoid criminal charges. good morning and welcome to morning joe. we ve got a lot to get to on this tuesday, july 19th. in a moment, we re going to talk about the two trump white house officials who will testify in thursday s primetime hearing by the january 6th committee, as the panel shifts its focus to the three hours of inaction by former president trump during the attack on the capitol. plus, a defendant without a defense? opening arguments in steve bannon s contempt trial get under way in a few hours, despite the judge dismissing almost all of bannon s legal options. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham is fighting a subpoena in georgia, but the court documents only refer to him as mr. graham. we ll explain why that s significant. dozens of deva
revelations. the latest is mike pompeo who could sit for a closed door deposition with the committee as soon as this week. there s another one in the inner circle, mike pompeo. that according to multiple sources why do they want to talk to him of all people? might have something do with the 25th amendment. haven t heard the discussions among cabinet secretaries. from what i understand it was more of a thisthis is what a hearing, i want you to hear it and you should be on the radar, you re technically the boss of all the secretaries and the conversation progressed you should be ready to take action on this. that as a star witness is now cooperating with the justice department. that is cassidy hutchinson working with the feds. and working with a source, we don t know exactly what she is telling them, though, but we know what she told the committee. here it is. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now. and now