he took us through his conservative fphilosophy that started out as a congressman from indiana, as governor. he was vice president along the way. and then talked about the leadership going forward. i think an extraordinarily well-written speech. one thing i ve noticed in his presidential campaign, a lot of candidates aren t giving these historic speeches that elevate why you want to be president. you cannot walk away from this not knowing why he wants to be president. you can quibble with should he be or, you know, if you re trying someone else, but you know why he s running. i was struck by we ve heard some themes throughout. he s been talking sometimes off camera, sometimes to smaller groups. he put it all together and talked about donald trump repeatedly, i lost track of how many times, and clearly a day after a chris christie jumped when he gave a full-throated attack on him. mike pence was more reasoned, more midwestern, more like we need to move on. he said different times call
trying to determine whether documents removed before corker went through the boxes himself ahead of a meeting with justice department officials looking to retrieve them. this brand-new reporting, which we should mention has been independently verified by nbc news, raises a whole host of questions when viewed in terms of whether it helps to understand an essential question in the case, did on trump clearly and fragrantly commit obstruction of justice? as jack smith barrels towards a possible indictment of an ex president, we started this argue each day this week with breaking news that could lay out the building blocks that amount to an obstruction case. but it is just one branch of what we believe that investigation encompasses. the other, of course, is the actual mishandling of classified documents, including some of the nation s most closely guarded secrets. it is, by nature, more opaque to us as a viewing public. but as a matter of u.s. national security it is it of
preventing people from from worshiping? that s the essential question. he is stronger today than he was yesterday. people in south carolina even those who don t like president trump see this is a politically motivated prosecution. good i just didn t do the job i need to do to get the ball close. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is probably april 7th nine am here in london three am in nashville, tennessee, where the republican controlled state legislature has voted to expel to democrats. spoke. that s justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson, protesting the
just no dodging it. so this is a real moment, i think of reckoning for donald trump. well, joining me now is cnn presidential historian tim naftali. he s also a former director of the nixon presidential library. very good day, sir. let s start with the most essential question you were historian by trade. what is at stake? mr trump is the first. individual individual first former president in american history. to have been indicted. for something he did. wow. he was not in office. in his case. it was something he did before he was elected. there was a president in the 19th century ulysses s. grant who was mixed up in a controversy actually a fraud in new york city that occurred after he left office. donald trump is the first person about whom there s probable cause of a crime committed
his answers didn t make anybody feel better that the intelligence garnered from tiktok was not going back to china. has prompted kevin mccarthy to say this. it s very concerning that the ceo of tiktok can t be honest and admit what we already know to be true. tiktok has access to tiktok data. house moving forward to protect americans from technologically tentacles of the chinese communist party. the essential question who has control of the algorithm and real serious concerns that control goes all the way back to the communist party of china. the ceo asked questions about the parent company of tiktok bytedance was very cagey in his answers and should give everyone pause. the ultimate question is what do we do moving forward? is it an all-out ban? is it for sale? ultimately make sure we are protecting in particular young people who rely more and more on