joins me live to discuss the new strategy. and, rebellion, speaker kevin mccarthy s far-right flank isn t happy, and that has messed things up in the house. could a government shutdown be in our future? i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. it has been a rough week for twice impeached, and twice indicted former president donald trump. you re seeing a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. it wasn t meant for this. and act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of law. the espionage act has been used to go after traitors and spies, it has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. okay, let s be clear. the classified documents, legally did not belong to trump. which is why on tuesday donald trump had to surrender at a miami federal court to face 37 counts of mishandling cl
The new normal. Eight People Killed in a texas Shopping Mall rampage. A 5yearold child among the injured. It is just unfathomable to see the carnage. What will it take for americas leaders to act . The state from uvalde, democrat roland gutierrez, will join me on his efforts to change gun laws. Tough talk. President biden and Speaker Mccarthy set to meet with the nations Financial Stability hanging in the balance. America is not a deadbeat nation. We pay our bills. Reporter will we, when the bill comes due next month . Top democrat dick durbin will be here to talk about that and a crisis at the Supreme Court. Plus power struggle. New setbacks for russia and a growing threat in the middle east. A Special Cnn Exclusive as the House Intelligence Committee heads overseas. Republican chairman mike turner and ranking democrat jim himes join me. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is once again shaken. Eight people are dead and at least seven others injured outsid
it s 4:00 in washington d.c. a hail mary move by the disgraced ex-president that serves as an indication that special counsel jack smith may well be close to making a decision on whether or not to indict donald trump. we re at donald trump s dear attorney general, the special counsel is being mean to me phase. make no mistake we have been here before. late yesterday lawyers for the ex-president asked for a meeting with merrick garland. the letter itself was brief, filled with the usual trump rhetoric about being persecuted despite the fact that the ex-president is the one who has resisted handing over some of the nation s most sensitive intelligence secrets. documents he kept just one lock, one door away from hundreds of people at his pay for membership club to the government who rightfully owned the documents and asked for them back. the new york times says the letter asserts that trump is treated unfairly in the investigations led by jack smith. the washington post is r
scott are expected next week, and our panel is going to tell us what to look out for on the political horizon. and with the migrant crisis straining cities, we re going to tell you about a big story in the headlines this week that one of the men involved now calls a scam. the head of the veterans organization accused of rounding up homeless men and telling them to claim that they were veterans being displaced from their hotel lodgings to make room for migrants. she denies it. tonight we have the facts. and the new york mayor is calling for an investigation. and ai feels like a run away train headed our way. tonight we re going to talk to a former google executive who worked in ai and tech for decades. his warnings ahead. but first, a segment we call on the lookout. the storys that we see on the horizon. first, the 2024 gop primary is heating up. south carolina senator tim scott filing papers today with the ftc to run for president. he s expected to make a formal annou
a border is not open pretty has not been open and it will not be open subsequent to may 11. homeland security secretary downplaying expected chaos ahead of the end of covid air rules help manage millions showing up at the border. thousands prepared across our southern border now the white house says it has got a plan for the republican say communities along the border and beyond are being pushed to the breaking point. this is not a texas problem for this is a united states problem or. public and governor greg abbott is here only on fox news sunday . well skip border state democrat congressman henry cuellar. in just days and present biden will meet with house and senate leaders to hash out a plan to address the looming debt ceiling crisis after months of fighting in the press. it is time for the speaker and that maga republicans to stop the brinksmanship. house republicans voted for a plan. joe biden is missing in action. shannon: what happens to your while if the