Narrowly tailored order to stop the former president from Making Statements that could, well, intimidate witnesses or jurors or even lead to harassment. And how do you think trump is responding . Ill give you a cliffhanger and tell you about that in just a moment. Plus, its day one of the autoworkers strike, the first in history against all of the big three automakers. And the union is now warning that more workers will go on strike if they dont get the better pay and the benefits theyre demanding. Theyre walking the picket lines as we speak right now, but in a matter of hours, they will be back at the Bargaining Table. Meanwhile, the companies are fighting back. Ford laying off 600 workers. Tonight ill talk to one striking worker. Shes a mom of seven who works up to six days per week and is barely making enough to survive, she says. I want to begin with the latest on the filing from the new Special Counsel, of course jack smith. Joining me tonight, washington correspondent t. M. Mitchell, associate professor of law at Georgetown University vida johnson, jamelle jaffer. So glad youre all here right now. Perhaps its no surprise. Theres been a request for a gag order of donald trump. We saw this coming in many respects, right . The real issue here, though, is how do you have a gag order in place in a way that actually makes sense for somebody who needs to still be vocal . I mean hes running for office, number one. Hes also, vida, a criminal defendant who, if he were in a courtroom, could attack through counsel the credibility of those who are accusing him of something. How do you balance that . Well, thats a great question. You know, most people who are accused of crimes who are at liberty have some limitations placed on their conduct. Most of my clients might have some, you know, reporting conditions, and he hasnt had very many conditions imposed on him. And he was warned and his lawyers were warned not to say anything that could affect the integrity of the case. Unfortunately, some of the things hes been saying on social media seem to have gotten under jack smiths skin. So i thinkt the judge will admonish him and tell him that he cannot or at least tell his lawyers that he cant, you know, use Witness Names and cannot intimidate or bribe witnesses. I mean, we have a little bit of his reaction already to this idea that he is, well, the proposed gag order. Listen to what trump is already saying. Did you see today that deranged jack smith hes the prosecutor. Hes a deranged person. Wants to take away my rights under the First Amendment. Wants to take away my right of speaking freely and openly. So its a little more complicated. Speaking openly and freely, hes not talking about his preferred latte in this fall. But hes talking about potentially and hes being accused of intimidating, threatening or otherwise. What do you say to that argument . Obviously hes trying to put out there, theyre trying to shut me down. Its a First Amendment issue. Vida is exactly right. To most defendants, this isnt a big deal. This is whats to be done in a case to ensure its hamm pro handled property. The problem is hes running for office. Did he win the last election . Was he trying to influence the vi psident to engage in illegal activity . Did he cause an insurrection . Those are all issues at stake in this election. So hes not got a crazy point, but he cant intimidate witnesses because hes a president ial candidate. So the judge is going to have to find some way of restricting him. The problem is whats going to happen when he violates the order, which hes going to . Is she really going to impose sanctions . Is she going to put him in jail . That seems highly unlike. All that does is play right into his hands politically. By the way, she has already said there is a chance if he engages in this behavior this is judge chutkan she could move that trial date earlier. One of the issues, if you put back on the screen what is being asked for from the speal counsel, what theyre trying to limit him. One of them involves statestatements of prospective witnesses and beyond. Theres an overlap in terms of whats already publicly available in places like georgia by the way, where we know maybe grand juror information, et cetera. The taste and the appetite for information and what he would then build on, is there attention in your mind between what the press is trying to access and how he uses the information . I think even in this request for a gag order, there are provisions that he can quote from the Public Record and that he can make statements about his case. What theyre trying to get him to do is prevent him from attacking individuals, whether its the prosecutor, the judge, potential witnesses, or jurors. I also want to point out in georgia, since you mentioned that case, as a condition of his bond agreement, hes under a similar gag order already. And i think it has im not saying its eliminated his criticism of some of the people involved in the georgia case, but i dont think weve seen some of the rhetoric we saw from the president before that bond agreement. Now, again, the implications are a little bit different because, again, its a condition of his bond. But it can happen, and i think most people who are facing a case arent talking about the judge and the prosecutor on social media. Theyre probably not talking about the case mucat all. Theres a War Donald Trump to move forward social media if theres a gag order. The question is will he comply . Were looking at some examples right now. Weve highlighted a portion of it. By the way, this is the tip of the iceberg in many ways. Talking about a biased, trumphating judge. Talking about jack smith being deranged. He calls the doj a gang of thugs, crime ridden and beyond. This is just a couple things. I should mention a couple things just this last month by the way. One of the difficulties, vida, im sure youre seeing is all the different types of indictments facing this president. One is, of course, in manhattan. One is, of course, in georgia. Youve got maralago. Youve got washington, d. C. So him making a statement, youre going to have to be, as a prosecutor, trying to figure out, are you talking about me . Its like a Robert De Niro taxi job . Theres actually three other indictments happening right now. How, as Defense Counsel that was a damn good impersonation. It was de niro on a friday night. Thank you very much. How do you, as a Defense Counsel, figure out a way to help him in court, to say, your honor, hes making general statements hes already made even before the indictments . Well, you know, i dont think hes really listening to his lawyers. But if im i think youre right, vida. I think youre right. But i will say that, you know, hes presumed innocent. So i do think he has a constitutional right to say, you know what . The prosecutors are making up stories about me. He could even say that the witnesses are making up stories about me. I know thats not exactly what jack smith wants. He wants to limit arguments against the witnesses credibility. But i think thats just integral to the presumption of innocence, that you should be allowed to say things like, you know, those people are lying. That makes sense, of course. But then you think about a Defamation Case like the e. Jean carroll lawsuit where he believes he was simply denying an allegation. And hes saying the person is a liar. And why is that something that im going to be held to account for . Its different in a criminal context, though, youre saying, in the sense of this is somebody whos presumed innocent, as you of course are in the civil world. But what are the guardrails . Are there any rules that would apply for a defendant to say what they can and cannot say prior to trial . Its clear that you cant bribe witnesses, and its clear you cant threaten witnesses. And you cant obstruct justice. Thats one of the charges hes facing. So you cant do things that would try to interfere with an ongoing investigation. So there are tons of things that hes just not allowed to do, and he can face criminal prosecution. I think one thing thats really interesting here, too, is that his words have already led to this particular judge getting threats and racial slurs. Weve seen that there was already a person arrested for doing those things. We can just look at january 6th and see that his words really have a lot of consequences. I think thats going to be what the prosecutions argument is going to be. Speaking of consequences and words, we know tonight that there are the Special Counsel obtained about 32 dms. One, i wonder who slid into them, and whose dms he slid into. Its going to be interesting. What are they possibly looking for here . Apparently theyre looking for the series of dms between october and january, so right around the time the riots are being planned, while the insurrection is being planned. They want to see who is he talking to, whats he doing, who is he encouraging, whats going on here . Whats really interesting is the government got in a big fight with twitter, which wanted to keep it public tell donald trump that he was being his dms were being sought. The government fought hard to keep that out. The judge agreed with them. Now its out. Now we know its happening. It will be really interesting to see whats in those dms if anything. It could be totally innocuous, but they did produce 32 of them. Isnt it crazy to think about a man who doesnt email, doesnt keep records. Hes intimating all of his directions and commands and youre supposed to extrapolate something more when he says it. But this might be a part of what is being used potentially as evidence . I just think its so interesting that we think President Trump we know he had control of his twitter. I mean think about that. Most highlevel officials are not tweeting. Theyre not checking their own dms because their dms are flooded with foolishness, and they let a staffer, a lowlevel staffer, handle all of that. So to think that the government had an indication that donald trump, himself, is dming people on twitter, i think is just really, really interesting. And if and when the contents of these dms come out, it may really be earth shattering. I guess well see. Its got to be good. Think about it. At the same token, i wonder about the slippery slopes of things. Every time Something Like this happen, social Media Companies have been fighting this because they have the privacy concerns. I know donald trump said a year or two ago that he believes that twitter was akin to the government, that they could possibly censor the First Amendment, which we know they cannot. I do wonder overall how this is going to play out if this kind of information is allowed to come in. What do you think . I mean, i just think its hard to even know what it is that were looking at. But if it is him planning, you know, the insurrection, as you point out, then i think this is going to be very damning evidence. Its going to be used directly against him. I just want to interject as a very online person, we know were signing our life away when we join these social media sites. You know what i mean . The fact that my dms at any given time could be subpoenaed or just leaked or used in some way by a third party that the social Media Company authorizes, i believe is probably already on the table as it exists. So it doesnt surprise me that much. Vida, jamelle, thank you so much, all of you. Coming up, everyone, the union is warning more autoworkers may go out on strike while the companies are hitting back with now layoffs. Next, were going to go live right to the picket line. Responds to both of you for up to 44 minutes more restful sleep per night. Save 1500 on the sleep number climate360 smart bed. Shop now at sleep number. Com. Hi, im jill and ive lost 56 pounds on golo. Hi, im barry and ive lost 42 pounds. Jill and i are a team. If she tells me to do something, i usually jump on board. Golo was doable, its realistic, and its something we can do the rest of our lives. Feeling sluggish or weighed down . Could be a sign youre not getting enough daily fiber. Metamucil capsules can help. Psyllium fiber gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. Promoting digestive health, for a better you. Metamucil capsules an easy way to get more daily fiber. Well, tonight historic strikes continue to be under way. The workers are demanding better pay, better benefits, and job protection. But the united autoworkers and the big three u. S. Carmakers, well, right now they remain deadlocked. I want to go to cnns gabe cohen, who is on the scene for us in toledo, ohio, at the stellantis plant, where more than 5,000 workers are on strike. Its the larger group, by the way, of the three plants that are striking. Gabe, what is happening tonight . What are they telling you . Reporter well, look, laura, over the past 24 hours, ive asked so many of these workers how long they think they can strike like this. And the answer that i keep getting over and over is as long as it takes. Look, they point to the ceo salaries for the big three automakers, each making more than 20 million a year, plus those massive, even record profits that those companies have been enjoying. And theyre telling me they want a bigger piece of that pie. Look, the 13,000 or so workers who are now on strike between this ohio facility, one in michigan, and one in missouri are now making just 100 a day in strike pay. Each of them paid by the union because theyre not making a salary right now. But they were told to be prepared for this moment, and thats what many of them told me they have been doing for months, even years, some of them, knowing that this moment was coming. So as you can hear, the energy level tonight, day one, is still extremely high. This chanting and cheering. But its going to be interesting, laura, to see if that energy level stays high after days, even weeks with such little income. The uaw did not have negotiations today. They went on strike last night. But they do say that they will return to the Bargaining Table tomorrow. What do we know about that . Reporter yeah, laura, thats right. Heading back to the Bargaining Table tomorrow. The union says it has sent new counteroffers to each of the big three. And now theyre awaiting their responses. We dont know the details of whats in those proposals, but were learning more tonight about just how big the divide is between the sides with the head of the autoworkers union, sean fain, saying tonight that 80 of the members demands, 80 have not been met by the automakers in their offers to the union. Heres a little bit of what sean fain had to say at a rally just a couple hours ago in detroit. Class war has been going on for 40 years in this country. The Billionaire Class has been taking everything, and the Working Class has been left scraping, paycheck to paycheck, just trying to survive. Its time to put an end to that class war. And its time to pick a side. Reporter so as you can hear there, laura, obviously there is a lot of energy from the union, and it seems like the divide is wide. Not a good sense of progress here, but were going to see what happens tomorrow at the Bargaining Table. And no indication yet whether or not this will be concluded anytime soon and how many people how many more might go out on strike. Gabe, thank you so much. I want to bring in california congressman ro khanna. Hes also the deputy whip for the congressional progressive caucus. He joins us now. Congressman khanna, thank you for joining us. This is very significant. Were 24 hours in practically. No more negotiations yet until tomorrow. But the ripple effects have already started. Ford basically said, i see your strike, and i raise you with layoffs. They told 600 workers, who arent striking, they shouldnt come to work today. Gm told 2,000 at a Kansas Car Plant that their factory would likely shut down next week for the lack of parts. Are you worried this strike could rapidly escalate . Laura, im going to be going on monday to stand with the uaw workers both in toledo and in michigan. And you had mary barr on cnn earlier, and she was asked basic questions which she was unable to answer. She was asked, how are you making 30 million a year, 300 times more than the average union employee, and yet no one is talking about cut ceo pay. No one is talking about the cuts to the 5 billion they spent on Stock Buybacks and yet theyre not willing to increase the wages so that uaw workers make a fair wage. They need to be very careful not to engage in any retaliation in terms of laying off folks because that, as you know, is illegal. You know, we did invite the executives to join the program this evening. They declined. But youre right that many have gone on to talk about these things more broadly. And the amount of pay that the uaw is asking, they want a 40 pay raise. They want to reinstate pensions. They Want Health Care in retirement. They want Cost Of Living adjustments. These are things that Many Americans dont already have, but compared to the execs, of course, its a very different story. But how do you explain to people why these concessions are necessary without comparing to what the executives or the socalled fat cats are getting when you have Many Americans who are looking at this issue and comparing what they presently have to them . Well, you said this is what we used to have in this country in terms of a family supporting wage. It used to be that you could go to work for an auto company, and you could support your family, and you could own a house. That was the american dream. Then what happened is these big corporations basically Offshore Jobs, they went for cheap labor and the Working Class and middle class was hollowed out. And shawn fain, to his credit, is saying enough. Workers deserve dignity, especially, laura, because billions of your and my dollars are going to subsidize these companies. They cant come asking the government for billions of dollars and then say theyre going to continue increasing executive pay, continue enriching shareholders w