surrounding former president donald trump. why a grand jury could soon hear from former vice president mike pence. also, our exclusive interview with the leaders of three powerful congressional caucuses, the first time the three have sat down for an interview together. we stand in unity together. i think that is the power of the tricaucus, the power of us is being able to stand together, to make change, and to be there to support each other. but first, the breaking news, a second military base used by the u.s. in syria coming under attack today. it is happening just one day after a drone strike killed one american worker and wounded several troops at a different coalition base. intelligence officials believe the drone came from iran. president biden authorized new air strikes in response. joining us now is nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. good morning. tell us about the new attack and what more do we know about iran s role? reporter: yeah, jos
cnn learning right now some members of the trump inner circle are trying to convince him to release surveillance video of fbi agents executing the search warrant at mar-a-lago, the search that turned up 11 sets of classified documents, some marked top secret csi, one of the highest levels of classification. we don t know what that surveillance video might show. a source tells cnn aides aren t sure if the former president himself has seen the whole thing and we don t know if it s all just a political plot. that s a safe bet when it comes to the former president after all. but we do know that they have already seen what the fbi calls an unprecedented number of threats against agents following the mar-a-lago search but that s not stopping eric trump from teasing a release. you still have the surveillance tape; is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely with the right time time. we have more on this. there is a hearing tomorrow to unseal the
2022, reading scores saw their biggest drop since 1990. math scores plummeted during that period for the first time ever. these are some of the worst declines that the study has seen in its 50-year history. it could take a generation for some scores to rebound reports the wall street journal. the learning loss could weigh on economic output in this country in the years to come. pete hegseth and leo terrell are here. first, to david lee miller that shows us what s in the study. hi, lee. the nation s schools are getting a failing grade based on the test scores of 9-year-old students. let s start with math. the decrease was where s than nine points. so called lower performing students saw scores draw by 12 points. black and hispanics decreased more than white. when it comes to reading, the average test core dropped five points. some problem learners saw a decline by 10. reading scores by white, black and hispanic students were impacted equally by the pandemic. an education p
Antiisrael protesters making their voices heard disrupting congressional testimony bite sofs by the Vice President. Democrats try to revive a failed border bill in time for the election and is the iconic home of Elvis Presley going on the market . Well bring you there the latest on the fate of grace land. Bret but, first, breaking tonight, the defense has rested in the historic criminal trial of former president donald trump. The judge dismissing the jury until next tuesday now the judges and the attorneys on both sides are trying to decide on Jury Instructions. A crucial part of this trial and how the jury will eventually come to its verdict. Correspondent nate foy is where hes been from the beginning, outside the New York State Supreme Court again tonight with the latest. Good evening, nate. Nate good evening, bret. Judge juan merchan didnt provide a ruling or a timeline of a ruling about trumps request to dismiss the case. Instead today, after testimony from bob costello, lawyers on
jonathan turley and others can list them. but challenging the search warrant. challenging the interview of his attorney, attorney client privilege. a lot of things challenged prior to getting to trial. martha: absolutely. evan cochran, his attorney is one of the sources in this indictment. they did require and receive the right to talk to him. we know that that will be one of the things that the trump folks will argue that that was a breach of attorney client privilege. it s a sort of situation where everything around the charges are the issues that the trump team is likely to press on. it s an election year. we re in the middle of the potential prosecution of the lead candidate during that election year. it s interesting, bret, when we look at the numbers and the support, 81% of gop voters say they think this is a political