The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Order is, territory now. And i wonder if theyve had a chance to explain to the president what you reported last week, that under this beefed up postenron witness tampering law, he may have more exposure than he understands. They seem to be leaning on a First Amendment defense, which is not going to hold up if your reporting holds up hes being scrutinized for the way these fit together. What Rudy Giuliani said today is this is ridiculous, the clip you played. The Idea Obstruction by tweet. He said it was bizarre and idiotic and there was nothing to it and the president can express his opinions. The thing about the president and obstruction and collusion, you know, interference or whatever you want to call it is the president usually focuses on the russia question. He says, this is a witch hunt. There was no collusion. He repeats that over and over again. The thing is that does the president rea
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with osama bin lauden. they are charged with terrorism, conspiracy, attacking civilians and more. if convicted, all five could face the death penalty. cnn s alex marquart joins us now. tell us how long this trial goes forward? when do we expect to hear decisions? reporter: well, this pretrial is continuing today after it started yesterday, jim. i think more than anything, it just drives home the fact you just touched on, that 20 years after these attacks that claimed almost 3,000 american lives, that the fate of these men has not yet been decided. these five alleged terrorists including khalid sheikh mohammed are accused of some level of planning and execution of the 9/11 attacks. you mentioned some of the charges. they include among other things, terrorism, hijacking of aircraft, attacking civilians, murder and more. what we saw on tuesday, jim, and what will continue today is a pre-trial hearing. yesterday s lasted around 2 1/2 hours and consisted primarily of questioning of whethe
call, deputy a.g. richard donohue in pressuring him to say the election was corrupt. what about ongoing security threats at the capitol? proud boys and oath keepers are already under investigation for the insurrection. now the a.p. is reporting they re planning another rally september 18 to demand justice for those charged in the january 6 investigation. are you worried here about what could transpire, and does that fencing need to go back up? i am worried, and i think they could get involved in trying to attack the capitol again. these people are not seeing reality. they re coming up there fired up with the idea that the election was stolen and these people who assaulted the citadel of our democracy, the icon and representation of our republic which the 9/11 people from afghanistan, osama bin lauden tried to attack.
in the last few days of the u.s. military presence in afghanistan. two afghan air forces, as they try to retake a number of districts. but they ve had only limited success there. military leaders pushed for a small military presence in afghanistan to assist afghan forces in their fight against the taliban and other groups, and their ability to hold the country and keep the government together. but in the end biden decided the only troops that remain there, 650 or so, or perhaps some more, will be used to guard the embassy there. he wants a diplomatic presence in the country and to perhaps assist in protection of kabul international airport. a necessary facility if you want to move people in and out. biden opposed president barack obama s troop surge about a decade ago, and that opposition is evident in the decision to get out. he didn t see a need after the elimination of osama bin lauden a decade ago, and no terror threat posed to the homeland to stay longer. jim? a lot of folks in