witnesses expected to be heard by this grand jury. amid reports that the former president was told he is a target of the investigation. there s just more and more signs that the case is coming to fruition. then, first christy, now pence. well attacking the front runner have ever any effect on a republican electorate? anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. plus, new evidence of the ongoing threat to democracy from an old trump world figure. all we have to do, claudia, is find 11,000 plus votes. and halted flights, cancel the games, and tens of millions breathing toxic air. david wallace wells on the unmistakable consequences of not doing enough to combat man made climate change. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we have had an absolute whirlwind of new developments today in the federal criminal special counsel investigation into donald trump s misha
all right. dana, thanks. dana: have a great show. bret: gogood evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are following two major stories, first former president donald trump is appealing a decision by maine s democratic secretary of state barring him from primary ballot in his role january 6th, 2021 capitol riot. expecting a similar appeal over colorado s decision to remove the decision from that state s ballot. we begin with claudine gay s resignation as the president of harvard university. the departure comes amid several plagiarism accusations criticism over her december congressional testimony where she was unable to say unequivocally calls on campus for the genocide of jews violated the policy. gay is the second person to resign following the testimony along with former upenn president liz magill. mollie lyon has that story from our boston unit tonight. good evening, bret. harvard president claudine gay making it official announcing her decision with heavy hear
new activity in the florida grand jury. there are no multiple witnesses expected to be heard by this grand jury. amid reports that the former president was told he is a target of the investigation. there s just more and more signs that the case is coming to fruition. then, first christy, now pence. well attacking the front runner have ever any effect on a republican electorate? anyone who asks someone else to put them over the constitution should never be president of the united states again. plus, new evidence of the ongoing threat to democracy from an old trump world figure. all we have to do, claudia, is find 11,000 plus votes. and halted flights, cancel the games, and tens of millions breathing toxic air. david wallace wells on the unmistakable consequences of not doing enough to combat man made climate change. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we have had an absolute whirlwind of new developments today in the federa
reports said at least four people are dead after a series of powerful earthquakes rocked japan. the country secretary one buildings were demolished and the disaster. emergency crews are still working to rescue those trapped under the rubble and president biden is pledging to provide whatever help is needed. good afternoon, in new york, happy new year, and he did. happy new year to you, rich, i am in los angeles and we began the special edition of fox news live with matt finn and japan quade spirit of matt, what more can you tell us? right now most of the western coast of the country of japan is under a tsunami advisory right now. that is what they are warning. there could be a number of after shakes or quakes in the coming hours or days. so people have been urged to seek higher ground and be of high alert. we ve had some horrifying video come in the past couple of hours in the first video appears to show the inside of a home. there is a tv on the wall and a baby
strained relationship between china and the united states. and on capitol hill, kyrsten sinema is in the spotlight. the arizona senator is staying sigh leapt on whether she will support a major bill for her own party. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 3rd. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we re going to begin with that major victory for abortion rights. voters in kansas have rejected an effort to remove the right to the procedure from the state s constitution. this marks the first time abortion rights was put to a vote since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade back in june. with the november midterms coming up, the kansas vote signals that abortion could be an energizing issue. according to an associated press estimate, turnout for yesterday s primary far exceeded other recent contests with about 900,000 kansas voters casting a ballot. president biden celebrated the win, writing in part, this vote makes clear what