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trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the matter say trump s lawyers asked the department of justice not to charge the former president. earlier, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann said this meeting is a sign of what s to come. there is no reason to have the meeting if there weren t going to be potential charges. when you look at what the facts are, it would actually be a violation of the rule of law for donald trump, not to be charged. not long after, his lawyers left the department of justice, donald trump himself posted this on his social media platform, quote, how can doj possibly charge me, who did nothing ....
end. then, nikki haley fanning the culture war flames. a fact check on what she said over the weekend. and apple debuting a 3500 dollar headset. but is there more to this? with just a hefty price tag, as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. good monday evening. i am stephanie ruhle, with a lot of news to cover tonight. and the special counsel s investigation into donald j trump s handling of classified documents appears to be at equivocal stage. and i know i ve said that to you before, but this time, i really think it s different. this morning, three members of trump s legal team went to the justice department to meet with the one and only jack smith. remember, just two weeks ago, trump s lawyers sent an official letter to attorney general merrick garland asking for a chance to make their case. the attorney general was not at today s meeting, we don t know everything that was discussed. but the washington post reports this, people familiar with the ....
i m jim acosta and begin in the middle east where a cease fair between islamic jihad was supposed to go in effect. more rockets were fired toward israel from gaza after the agreed upon time. they continued blaring sirens warning of incoming fire also. for days now we have seen attacks like that one right there in that dramatic video. this is an israeli air strike on gaza where at least 33 people have reportedly been killed over the past few days since wednesday, palestinian forces have fired over 1200 rockets towards israel in response and cnn s ben wedeman joins us now from jerusalem. ben, what more do we know about the cease-fire? reporter: well, the cease-fire, jim, was supposed to go into effect at 10:00 pacific local time. that was an hour ago, but until about half past the hour, there were still rockets going out of gaza and israeli air strikes going in. since then, however, it appears that the cease-fire has taken hold. the situation has calmed down and in the ....
the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection ....
we need to take some action because there should be no other child that should suffer the way my son and all the other parents here have lost their children. we need to get that bill passed. the parents of tyre nichols calling for action as their son is laid to rest. we ll have much more from yesterday s service and the push to pass police reform. plus president joe biden and house leader kevin mccarthy take the first step to finding common ground on the debt ceiling. and also ahead, another day, another scandalous headline for one george santos. this one involves the fbi. we ll tell you what the feds are investigating. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 2nd, ground-hog day. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with the investigation into president joe biden s mishandling of classified documents in another consensual search of one of the president s homes by the fbi. a personal atto ....