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actually put a former president on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task even as donald trumps civil fud trial stretched through december of 2023. and in 2024 as youve probably heard because youre watching the news former president trump faces different criminal trials while running again. special counsel jack smith, for the coup in washington, and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. the head of d.a. pushing on those rico trials after winnin...

trump and rnc chair woman, ronna mcdaniel, try to pressure to republican canvassers and michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election results. the paper reviewed recordings of trump and mcdaniel on phone calls with to local officials just days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but its statements nbc spokespeople for trump and the rnc did not dispute them. this afternoon, michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, so the chief suspect ...

be a major political minefield for now. it deny special counsel, jack smith, requests to fast-track a decision on whether donald trump has broad immunity for actions he took as president while challenging his 2020 election loss. this means justices will allow the case to move forward through the regular appeals process. it is likely that the court will also be soon confronted with another trump case. today trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of a colorado high c...

on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task, even as donald trumps civil fraud trial stretched through the december of 2023 and in 2024 as you probably heard because youre watching the news defendant trump faces several criminal trials in different jurisdictions while running for president again. so, special counsel jack smith leading the prosecution of trumps coup in washington. and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. atlanta d.a. pushing ahea...

plus on to the senate now for a big bipartisan breakthrough. a month scramble of meetings, breakdowns and near rebellions leads to 314 yes in the house on a deal to steer the united states around a debt default. from wall street to the whout, one of the most powerful men in corporate america doesnt say no to a future in politics. up first for us, critical new cnn report ing on a special counsel investigation evidence trail that we now know includes a record ing of donald trump admi...

good. >> i will take that into my new year. mark, appreciate it, my friend. thank you. >> take care. and "cnn this morning" continues right now. good morning. welcome to "cnn this morning." 8:00 a.m. on the east coast. republican candidates crisscrossing iowa. nikki haley, ron desantis and donald trump all holding events in the hawkeye state today and they arent holding back against each other. defense secretary lloyd austin condemning recent attacks on commercial ships in the re...

whats moved this needle with the media? >> absolutely. absolutely. theres no question. you look at the polling and right now donald trump is seven point ahead of joe biden and trending upward. joe biden is trending downward. >> another republican says the quiet part out loud, brazenly admitting that his partys anti-biden crusade is nothing more than a time wasting political stunt to help trump. jamie raskin joins me to respond. as governor, high school teacher and author. wait until yo...

>> good evening. tomorrow, the man who many expected to give the former presidents toughest primary challenge of 2024 makes it official. floridas governor, ron desantis, getting into the race, taking on his fellow floridian, launching the campaign in a streaming event with elon musk on twitter. his opponents former favorite megaphone. which he used in 2016, of course, to pummel the rest of the republican field, including former florida senator, marco rubio, and floor -- jeb bush, who y...

>> thank you fo her and robbie kaplan here together, i -- watching them come out of the courthouse every day during the trial, youd see them come out and they would wait for one another depending on which one would come out for, as they would hold hands and walk out together, holding each other like a united front. seeing them together, seeing them as an indivisible pair in this together in every possible way, really i felt like i understand more about how e. jean got through this. how...

c confirmed could happen as soon as june 1. manu raju has the latest. >> reporter: speaker kevin mccarthy has been pessimistic as talks have occurred on the staff level the past week to try to avoid the nations first ever debt default. the white house has resisted calling for the national debt limit which is more than $31 trillion to be raised without any conditions whatsoever to avoid the prospects of the u.s. not being able to pay its bills. the house did pass a bill that included a ...