for a criminal indictments, four criminal trials barreling towards him. and now the former president is openly threatening to weaponize the justice department against his political opponents if he takes back the white house. congressman jamie raskin is here with his reaction, and he s coming up first. plus, special counsel jack smith unveils a big clue about how he plans to prosecute his case. as trump s lawyers ask for his federal trial to be televised. the law firm of andrew weissmann and niel cattiel is here to weigh in on all of it. also today, resounding victories for democrats and crucial races all across the country, as republican culture wars fall completely flat. we ll talk about what it means for 2024 and beyond. and later, a trip to the forum, a bike ride through georgia with raphael warnock. we talk about the fight for democracy, the former president, and balancing his life as a pastor with his life as a united states senator. after a long stretch of dark po
congressman jamie rosman is here with his reaction, and he s coming up first. plus, special counsel jack smith unveils a big clue about how he plans to prosecute his case. as trump s lawyers ask for his federal trial to be televise the law firm of andrew weissmann and is here to weigh in on all of it. also today, resounding victories for democrats and crucial races all across the country, as republican culture wars fall completely flat. we ll talk about what it means for 2024 and beyond. and later, a trip to the forum, of bike ride through georgia. we talk about the fight for democracy, the former president, and balancing his life as a pastor with his life as a united states senator. after a long stretch of dark political predictions for democrats, and a lot of freaking out over poll numbers, things can start to feel a little bit better this week. democratic governor was reelected in kentucky, democrats swept control of the virginia legislature, which most people were not
put up around the capitol complex. we spoke with homeland security with the upcoming rally and here is some of what was said. take a listen. i think people are rightly concerned that this encourages people to come, again, it is a ridiculous effort to kind of overturn the election. let s remember, police officers died and were seriously injured for politicians who claim to be supporters of the police, overlooking police being killed, or otherwise being seriously injured, is a real deep contradiction. so i think this is not a good message. i do think though that there s now word getting out that perhaps some of the right wing groups will stay away because they re afraid they may wind up actually getting trapped. and we re also learning new details about concerns some capitol police officers had about their own colleagues on january 6th including one officer who was reported to the
resources in place to prevent anything bad from happening, this official telling me, we are ready. ryan nobles, cnn is capitol hill. earlier, cnn together with michael chertoff about the upcoming rally. here s a little bit of what he said. i think that people are rightly concerned that this encourages people to come. again, it s a ridiculous effort to kind of overcurrent election. let s remember, police officers died and were seriously injured for politicians who claim to be supporters of the police, overlooking police being killed or otherwise being seriously injured is a real deep contradiction. so, i think this is not a good message. i do think, though, that there s now word getting out that perhaps some of the right wing groups will stay away, because they re afraid they may wind up actually getting trapped. still ahead, thousands of migrants are packed under a bridge after crossing into the u.s. from mexico.
when people may be seeking asylum. i ll let you read the rest of that the bottom line is this, the president has told people to go to ports of entry. customs and border patrol is saying the shining city on the hill which is el paso is full. so you have this deep contradiction and messages continuing to be sent from this administration around the world that basically america is closed. the things that should not be normal, mika, children with numbers on their arm, children dying in the desert, children being held in a tent facility in texas able to speak to their lawyers only 20 minutes a week. these things are becoming normal by this administration which continues to shape policy on the fly without any transparency. and, julia, trump s tweet just so cruel and how the policy is supposed to work to keep people from coming. everything about it is heartbreaking and i don t think represents who we are. this separation crisis still