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hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. new developments in what is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for every one of the criminal investigations into the twice impeached disgraced ex-president and his campaign to overturn the 2020 presidential election that he lost. we are talking about all the ways in which ex-trump officials and aides and allies are trying to prevent investigators from getting the answers to some of the biggest questions around the capitol insurrection and donald trump s potential criminal cullibilities. the new york times reports the justice department has asked a judge to force the two trump lawyers to provide additional grand jury testimony as prosecutors seek to break through the former president s attempts to shield his efforts to overturn the 2020 election from the investigation. that is according to two people familiar with the matter. prosecutors filed a motion to compel testimony from the two lawyers, pat cipollone and patrick philbi ....
whiteout conditions are already here. ice, wind, snow, power outages. millions tonight feeling the impact of the once-in-a-generation storm. plus, we have breaking news. more transcripts just released from the january 6th committee s investigation. everyone from the president s daughter to his attorney general in a top white house lawyer, what they all had to say, and how the committee s final report puts the blame squarely on donald trump. and shocking government numbers out of china about covid cases. new infections reportedly in the hundreds of millions this month alone and growing. let s go outfront. good evening, everyone. i m kate bolduan in for erin burnett. millions are trying for the holidays as snowy conditions caused a massive pileup of roughly 50 cars. we are told at least one person died in this crash. and it s not just in ohio, it s across the country. cars sliding, being abandoned on the streets of memphis, tennessee. today more than 5,000 flights ....
mar-a-lago. an urgent new warning that a ukraine knew clear plant may be on the brink of a disaster. there s shelling around the plant as images of the facility seen first on cnn are casting doubt on vladimir putin s claims. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin with a new legal blow for a key trump ally. senator graham losing, losing a new attempt to try to avoid facing a grand jury in georgia next week. the ruling happened a little while ago and caps a very eventful week in multiple investigations linked to the former president. go to cnn political correspondent sara murray here. senator graham is making every effort to try to avoid testifying. the senator made the argument he should not have to testify saying he did is legislative activity. well, the federal judge said this week i won t quash the subpoena. graham said will you stay the decision? will you put it on pause so ....
weeks ago. what we could learn when the document comes out. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, august 26th. i m willie geist. with us this morning, msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former united states senator and msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. and white house editor for politico, sam stein. we wake up to some news this morning. a redacted copy of the affidavit used to justify the search warrant executed at donald trump s mar-a-lago estate will be made available to the public by at least noon today, possibly this morning. federal magistrate judge rhinehart yesterday ordered it to be unsealed after the justice department submitted the redacted version for him to review. in the order, he outlined which sections of the affidavit the government redacted before public release, saying, i find the government has met its burden of finding a compelling reason, a good cause, to seal portions of the affidavit. because disclosure would reveal the ....
new information that is both urgent and important. the panel has not revealed any details publicly, but cnn has confirmed through sources that cassidy hutchhutchinson, who wa top aide to white house chief of staff mark meadows will testify today live. hutchinson is considered to be one of the panel s most consequential witnesses due to her proximity to the white house chief of staff, mark meadows, before and on january 6. hutchinson has been interviewed by the select committee at least three times before behind closed doors. clips from those recorded interviews were played during previous hearings. we saw cassidy hutchinson testify on many different parts of then president trump s efforts to overturn the election. remember, this was not just about the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6, it was about various other trump schemes to undermine the democratic election. for example, hutchinson testified to the committee that mark meldadows and rudy giulian were involve ....