today when donald trump was discussing the jack smith reports on the special prosecutor's investigation of donald trump, donald trump said, "cannon was thrown off the case." cannon was not thrown off the case. in fact, no one was thrown off the case. cannon was thrown off the case. those were his exact words. he was referring there to his favorite judge in history, judge aileen cannon who issued an order today while donald trump was speaking blocking the release of jack smith's report on donald trump. we'll discuss that momentarily with andrew weissmann. since no one was thrown off the cases involving donald trump, it's impossible to know who he meant and i'm not going to guess. that's a mistake. guessing what donald trump means when he says something incoherent is a mistake. that is an attempt to impose logic on what is coming out of donald trump's incoherent mind and that is impossible. all we know is donald trump said cannon was thrown off the case and whoever he was talking about, he could not possibly have meant cannon. it would be worth keeping a count from this day forward of how

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that is that donald trump's lawyers are attempting to block what is apparently a two volume report by jack smith on the special prosecutor's investigations of donald trump. as you know, the special counsel report of this kind is for them to be publicly released. with your own experience as a former u.s. attorney in federal prosecutor, what is your reaction to the trumpet lawyers trying to block this report? >> i suppose it is not surprising that they should try. they have no shortage of nerve. but for the attorney general to grant it would be indefensible. for the reasons that you mentioned, historically these reports are made public and these reports are funded with taxpayer dollars and the public has the right to know. it is astonishing to me as we sit here, the crime was committed four years ago. and in four years time the justice department could not bring that offense to trial, not as against the main perpetrator of donald trump. if the attorney general were to decide to allow this report to be buried, the lack of justice would be followed with the lack of any kind of accountability f

we are going to be right back with more on the breaking news that donald trump's legal team is trying to block the release of jack reports and also a judge today denied donald trump's appeal, trying to block his sentencing date friday in manhattan. we'll be right back with both of those stories. of those stories. for weeks. grandmother: we got the best seats in the house! ha! shingles doesn't care. 99% of adults 50 years or older already have the virus that causes shingles inside them, and it can reactivate any time. guest of honor: everyone's here for my birthday! cute. shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects! only shingrix is proven over 90% effective. shingrix is a vaccine used to prevent shingles in adults 50 years and older. shingrix doesn't protect everyone and isn't for those with severe allergic reactions to its ingredients or to a previous dose. tell your healthcare provider if you're pregnant or breastfeeding. increased risk of guillain-barré syndrome was observed after getting shingrix. fainting can happen so take precautions. most common side effects are pain, redness, and swelling where injected

to which there are no substantive facts to support. >> and neil, the report does say that donald trump knew jacke elements of the evidence here, that donald trump knew that he lost the election, that everything he was saying about it was not true. >> yeah. i mean, and what did donald trump say in response today? he called it a political hit job. i think all that the report shows is that jack smith hit the nail on the head. lawrence. and, you know, i think the report in the end is going to be important. it's going to be important for victims because smith talks about like how the capitol police officers were in shell shock and all the harm that happened to them. i think it's going to be important for history and the eyes of the american people and the world over the decades to come about what happened on january 6th. i think it's important for the tradition of law enforcement as well. it does show, you know, that we are better than some other countries where there wouldn't have been any investigation at all into what happened. but at the end of the day, you have to be left with nothing but a sens

kate. >> just after jack smith resigns, the department of justice releases his final report on the investigation into donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election. why? jack smith says there was enough evidence to convict donald trump at a trial. if there would be a trial and a much needed win for los angeles. the l.a. rams beat the minnesota vikings to advance to the next round of the nfl playoffs. we'll show you how the team played, paid tribute to the victims of the california wildfires. >> this park changed my life. >> superman. crazy. just that simple little thing over the horse. >> chris wanted to change the world. people are literally walking because of him. >> superman. >> the christopher reeve story. february 2nd on cnn. >> i'm oren liebermann at the pentagon, and this is cnn. >> hey, so i want a new credit card to grow my credit. now, experian can help me find credit cards with no dang decline. these cards won't do my credit if i'm not approved. no ding, no ding, no ding. >> get the free experian app. >> today. i'm barbara and i'm from saint joseph, michigan. i'm a retired school librarian. i'm al

jack smith, it's also alvin bragg. they overshot, and the public made a decision on election day that perhaps donald trump was not near the threat that continued democratic governance was. some of that's on jack smith, some of that's on alvin bragg for biting off more than they could chew, for moving too slowly, for not getting a conviction that would stand up with public scrutiny. so i view this today as mainly a pr report by jack smith. there's not going to be a competing report from the defense in this case. that's not how this works. so this is and there's not much new that the american public is going to be surprised by here. >> i just on the the the worst possible thing that jack smith had was fani willis, alvin bragg and all of the state prosecutors because the strongest potential cases against donald trump were the ones jack smith was bringing, particularly the one in florida where. >> but even there, he overshot. >> well, but even but again, look at this. look at the conspiracy statute and tell me he overshot the law is pretty clear on that one. it's just there's a mess of all these these really political stat

hearings set to begin for donald trump's cabinet, the senior advisor for donald trump's presidential transition, jason miller, will be here to discuss. plus, breaking overnight, jackith's report on donald trump's election subversion case released. why he believes he had enough evidence to get a conviction. >> trump's cabinet picks the candidates you've heard about for months. go before the senate. who will get the votes? >> i think we have great people. >> follow the trump confirmation hearings. >> follow the facts, follow cnn. >> sometimes you just need a moment self-care has never been this easy. gummy vitamins from nature made the number one pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand still congested. nope. >> uh-oh. >> new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray spray. goodbye new mucinex 2 in 1 saline nasal spray with a gentle mist and innovative power jet spray. goodbye to congestion. it's comeback season. >> here's to getting better with age. >> here's to beating these two every thursday. >> help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition. you need and the flavor you love. so here's to now. now available boost max kate made progress with her m

it comes after the release of jack smith's report on donald trump.onight the arrest involving wnba star caitlin clark, an alleged stalker arrested after traveling from texas to indiana. the player telling police she feared for her life. >>> the concern tonight over respiratory illness across this country. the new warning from the cdc this evening. what they are now seeing in at least 35 states. >>> tonight, the major news involving bob dylan. ♪ ♪ >>> the dylan treasures up for grabs. tonight here, we remember a beloved actress who played her role for nearly 50 years. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. we are back from california and it is difficult to put into words the scope of what we saw and tonight now this new warning coming in. our team remains fanned out across the fire zone. authorities now warning of very dangerous santa ana winds again tonight. the national weather service calling this a particularly dangerous situation, calling for winds up to 75 mile

chapter of the federal investigation of president-elect donald trump's role in the january 6th attack is a 137-page closing report from special counsel jack knowingly conspired to submit fake electors and overturn the 2020 election results, saying the evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction. smith reveals he did consider a fifth felony charge, incitement of insurrection, which would have banned trump from running for office again if convicted. but smith opted not to. trump has called smith politically motivated and deranged. >> i defeated deranged jack smith. he is a deranged individual. >> reporter: smith says trump's claim that he was influenced or directed by the biden administration is in a word, laughable. the former special prosecutor dropped his case after trump won reelection, citing policy prohibiting a sitting president from being subject to criminal prosecution. california democrat pete aguilar, who investigated the january 6th riot as part of a house select committee says if smith had been appointed sooner, trump might not have avoided trial. >> the january 6th committee did a lot of work on the front end, a

department of justice released a report on the federal investigation into president-elect donald trump with special counsel jackth writing, if it wasn't for trump's imminent return to the presidency there was enough evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial. the report, a final record of the doj investigation into whether trump illegally tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election. the federal government abandoned the case because of a doj rule not allowing the prosecution of a sitting president. trump on social media maintained his innocence and called smith deranged, writing, "he was unable to successfully prosecute him so he ends up writing yet another report." this comes as today trump's choice for secretary of defense will be the first cabinet pick up for a senate confirmation hearing. monday pete hegseth, an army veteran and former fox news host, got the support of republican alabama senator tommie tuberville. >> i'm 110% behind pete hegseth. >> reporter: but senate democrats have raised concerns. >> there has never been a nominee for an office of such serious consequence who is so unqua

today, donald trump, through his acting attorney general james mchenry, fired prosecutors who worked on jackump. the new york times reports. acting attorney general james mchenry on monday fired more than a dozen prosecutors who worked on the two criminal investigations into donald j. trump for the special counsel, jack smith, saying they could not be trusted to faithfully implement the president's agenda. a justice department spokesman said justice department veterans called the firings an egregious violation of well-established laws meant to preserve the integrity and professionalism of government agencies. what made it all the more jarring, current and former officials said, was that such a momentous and aggressive step was initiated by an obscure acting attorney general operating operating on behalf of a president with a stated desire for vengeance and few advisors with the stature or inclination to restrain him. the department did not name the fired prosecutors, but a person who worked with some members of mr. smith's team said many of the dismissals appeared to target career lawyers an

♪ >>> jack smith, the special counsel who took over two investigations into donald trump has resignede justice department. cbs's willy james enman has more tonight from the white house on what all of this means. willy, good evening. >> reporter: jericka, good evening to you. the attorney general has committed to releasing part of smith's report on election interference, but first he will have to get approval from the courts. in a move that was widely expected, special counsel jack smith departed the justice department, capping off years worth of federal investigations into president-elect donald trump. buried in a footnote in a court filing this afternoon, federal prosecutors revealed smith had, quote, separated from the department. smith handed over his findings to the department of justice on two criminal investigations into the former president. one focussed on alleged mishandling of classified documents and the other on allegations of election interference. >> let's remember that the two federal criminal cases pending against former president trump will never move forward. and so,

he talks about the release of special counsel jack smith reports on donald trump's election interferencease. he also weighs in on cabinet picks during an event hosted by political playbook. >> we have a lot of things to discuss that kind of fall right within your wheelhouse. but before we get into the latest justice department judiciary committee-related news, i want to talk about joe biden. he is leaving office in less than a week. his campaign in 2020 posited that his election might be ready to turn the page of the trump years and reinvigorate american democracy in the way he envisioned. trump is now coming back, so that project seems to have failed. what do you make of biden's legacy under the circumstances? >> first of all, thanks for having me. it's appropriate to be talking about joe biden here at union station, mr. amtrak himself. i barely recognize union station. pretty amazing that we have done it i. biden did put those trump years behind us and he beat donald trump by more than seven million votes, 300-6200 32 in the electoral college. we should never forget that. donald trump

doj releasing volume one of special counsel jack smith'sp t night saying donald trump would have beenvicted inction interference case if he did not win election. andrew, your initial reaction to this 137-page report literally hours after its release. >> i would call this jack smith self aggrandizing to convince public he would have gotten a conviction. every case i've seen go to trial where defendant was acquitted they said they believed the case would have ended in a conviction until something went wrong. this is jack smith going over details as to why he thinks he would have obtained conviction, it is not rebutting and does not go through due process system. defense does not have opportunity to respond or call witnesses that are necessary to get to fair and reasonable conclusion in a criminal case. i see this jack smith putting forth more of what he's put forth to the court and does not change anybody's assessment in the case. >> todd: so many important points, especially on due process front. it needs to be driven home, good luck finding one pros the cuter anywhere in history who d

against not just all the legal cases that were brought against him, but special counsel jack smith. donald trumpalled weaponization of justice. and it's happened at a level nobody's ever seen before. so many -- i defeated deranged jack smith. he's a deranged individual. i guess he's on his way back to the hague. and we won those cases. those were the biggest ones. laura: and so trump did not win those cases, geoff. jack smith dropped the cases against him because of the fact that donald trump won the election. the president-elect was also asked if he would pardon january 6 rioters who assaulted police officers, and he didn't answer that question. he said that rioters came to the capitol with not one gun. and that's not true, because multiple rioters were charged with carrying firearms. and as well, we should note, geoff, that today an appeals court rejected the president-elect's efforts to delay the sentencing in the new york hush money trial, which is scheduled for friday. so, overall, he injected a lot of grievances in this press conference against his perceived political enemies. geoff: meant

chapter of the federal investigation of president-elect donald trump's role in the january 6th attack is a 137-page closing report from special counsel jackth. smith argues trump knowingly conspired to submit fake electors and overturn the 2020 election results, saying the evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction. smith reveals he did consider a fifth felony charge, incitement of insurrection, which would have banned trump from running for office again if convicted. but smith opted not to. trump has called smith "politically motivated" and "deraned." >> i defeated deranged jack smith. he is a deranged individual. >> reporter: smith says trump's claim that smith was influenced or directed by the biden administration "is, in a word, laughable." the former special prosecutor dropped his case after trump won reelection, citing policy prohibiting a sitting president from being subject to criminal prosecution. california democrat pete aguilar, who investigated the january 6th riot as part of a house select committee, says if smith had been appointed sooner, trump might not have avoided trial. >> the january 6th committee did a

trump's legal team. >>> special counsel jack smith's report on donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election could as early as midnight. smith's report details allegations that the president-elect and several others tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of capitol that led to the attack on the u.s. capitol in 2021. today a judge denied the request to keep the report sealed. if no other court intervenes, it will be released. >>> up next, we'll talk to berkeley's fire chief about the similarities and the lessons learned from a prior firestorm. >>> we'll show you how bay area organizations are now helping our furry friends impacted by the disaster. >>> and a frightening magnitude 6.9 quake rattles touches of black. they say a lot without having to say much. they stand for elegance. refinement. and prestige. even a little can go a long way. and though they're darker than the darkest night. they make you see everything in a new light. the kia x-line nightfall collection. ♪♪ behold! a glorious round table pepperoni pizz... huh? behold, the pepperoni, grilled chicken and bacon pizza from round table! th

methodical laying out of the evidence and explaining how that evidence meets the laws that jack smith chose to indict donald trump on. the part that's unusual, though, is that four page introductory letter that caitlin just mentioned. it is an intense, almost emotional defense of jack smith's team. now, it's normal to see special counsel write something in a couple of sentences saying, my team was very hard working and had high integrity and was not political, but he goes on a rant. he quotes john adams, he quotes former attorneys general. he says the criticism of him was laughable, and i suppose one could look at that as an important and necessary example of jack smith standing up for his team. on the other hand, though, it's hard to read that and then conclude that everything that follows is completely separate from emotion and completely workmanlike, and has nothing to do with his personal feelings. so, as with many things, sarah, it's in the eye of the beholder. >> i'm just interested in him saying, look, this does not mean that you, donald trump, are exonerated. have you seen that before? >> sure. i mean, ro

trump's closest allies. and coming up on morning joe, the key takeaways from special counsel jack smith's highly anticipated final report on donald2020 election results. plus, what to expect. hours from now, when pete hegseth, who is donald trump's controversial pick for defense secretary, faces u.s. senators in what could be a combative confirmation hearing on capitol hill. also ahead, award winning talk show host graham norton will be a guest. morning joe is just moments away. >> empire makes it so easy that you just don't need to shop around everything. that we need to get it done and get it done right. the new flooring just right. the new flooring just changes type 2 diabetes?. discover the ozempic® tri-zone. i got the power of 3. i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. i'm under 7. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart attack, or death in adults also with known heart disease. i'm lowering my risk. and adults lost up to 14 pounds. i lost some weight. ozempic® isn't for type 1 diabetes or children. don'

>>> less than a week before president-elect donald trump takes office, the justice department tonight releasing jack smith's final report on trump and january 6th. smith saying he believes there was enough evidence to convict trump. but that voters re-elected him to the white house instead. >>> the developing headline at this hour. the american hostages, and will there be a cease-fire between israel and hamas, and is it close? ian pannell and what he's learning right now. >>> back here in the u.s., that outburst in court with caitlin clark's alleged stalker. what he said to the judge. what he's accused of doing. >>> princess catherine's new message about her cancer battle, declaring she's in remission. the first time she has used that word. >>> and america strong tonight. the firefighters and what they have found buried in the ash. there were tears, and this is really something. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight" with david muir. >> david: good evening. we do begin tonight with two breaking stories. the tense moments on capitol hill. president-el

special counsel has resigned after overseeing two federal investigations into the president—elect donald trump. jacko trump on january 7th — but it's release has been temporarily blocked. president zelensky says ukraine has captured two wounded north korean soldiers in russia's kursk region, which it partially occupies. the two men, who are receiving "necessary medical assistance" according to ukraine, are being held in custody in kyiv. ukraine believes there are around 12,000 north korean soldiers fighting for russia in the war against them. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports from kyiv. it was a special operation by ukraine's elite forces, who've released this video and say it's inside russian territory. their mission was to capture north korean soldiers. now kyiv is presenting their faces to the world — two men it calls the first firm proof that north korea and russia are fighting side by side. 0ne soldier had this russian military id. ukraine says it's fake. volodymyr zelensky announced the news as ukrainian intelligence said the soldiers had thought they were being sent for

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jack smith, encontraron suficiente evidencia para condenar a trump. si no hubiese ganado las elecciones. veamos. cierra un capÍtulo histÓrico en la polÍtica estadounidense. a dÍas del regreso de donaldto por mantenerse en el poder tras su derrota en 2020 y su supuesto rol en el asalto al capitolio en 2021. segÚn la investigaciÓn, trump recurriÓ a vÍas criminales para permanecer en su puesto, como por ejemplo, buscar que oficiales estatales ignoraran recuentos de votos reales y presionar oficiales del departamento de justicia y al ex vicepresidente mike pence actuar a favor de sus intereses. de acuerdo al reporte, cuando pence negÓ, trump le habrÍa dicho que cientos de miles de personas lo odiarÍan y que era demasiado honesto. el reporte ademÁs seÑala que, pese a argumentar fraude electoral, trump sabÍa que esta era una narrativa falsa y que sus palabras inspiraron a algunos de sus seguidores a cometer actos de violencia fÍsica. el 6 de enero, pese a este documento de mÁs de 100 pÁginas, los cargos contra trump fueron retirados en noviembre a raÍz de una polÍtica estadounidense que impide que un presidente en funciones sea procesado. sin embargo, smith concluye que habÍa suficiente e

trump tried to block the report from being released. last night he criticized the release. he called jack smith a lame brain prosecutor. all along donald trump has alleged that this was a political democratic effort led by president biden to in his words weaponizes the justice department against him. did jack smith address any of that? william: he did. he reiterated this quite a bit in his report. smith goes to great lengths to reject the allegation writing "nobody was in the department of justice ever sought to interfere with or improperly influence my prosecutorial decision-making. " smith writes throughout that the decision in this case, and in all of them, was his and his alone. he writes "the ultimate decision to brings charges against mr. trump was mine. it is a decision i stand behind fully." on the issue that president biden himself was somehow a puppetmaster in this smith says "for anybody who knows me, they know that idea is, in a word, laughable." amna: this report covered the january 6 investigation. there was another investigation by jack smith enter mr. trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents at his mar-a-lago

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the us justice department after overseeing two federal investigations into president—elect donald trump. jackeport on his criminal investigations into trump onjanuary 7 — but it's release has been temporarily blocked. smith's resignation came in a court filing submitted on friday — which urged to not further bar the release of the report. here's our north america correspondent merlyn thomas. special counseljack smith has resigned after completing two investigations into the president—elect donald trump. those two cases were about, one, mr trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents, and number two, his alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat against president biden. both of those criminal cases have been shelved and that's because of a justice department policy that sitting presidents cannot be prosecuted. but — the report still could be released. this has been a long protracted battle with lots of back and forths. but the bottom line is that a portion of these reports could still be released, and yet mr trump's legal team could still ask the supreme court to intervene a

tonight's pardons by donald trump are the final act in what special prosecutor jack smith described as a conspiracy against the government of the united states, led by donald trump, to overturn the presidential election leading up to and on january 6th. history should take these pardons as evidence, if not the final proof, that the people attacking the capitol, the people beating police, police officers, the people trying to kill police officers, the people who wanted to kill mike pence were all working for donald trump that day. leading off our discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, the former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he's an msnbc legal analyst. andrew, i want to get your reaction to this first pardon ever issued by a president who is himself a convicted felon and who was criminally was criminally charged for participation in a conspiracy that led to these crimes. >> well, first, i have some numbers for you because the department of justice, on january 6th of this year gave numbers that i think really help put

americans already know that donald trump is guilty and has committed many of the crimes that have been laid out in various proceedings. the fact that merrick garland and jacklly merrick garland, want to bring this to light. now to what end? donald trump will be sworn in as the 47th president. it needs to be on the public record. yes. but will he have any accountability? will it sway any republican members of congress? no. will he change his behavior? absolutely not. will he feel emboldened? because now we know, and he can still do whatever it is that he wants to do? absolutely. do his supporters still support him, knowing the crimes and misdemeanors that he has committed and will most likely continue to commit? yes. so this is where we are in our american democratic process. and many would argue that there were four years to bring this to light and possible prosecution. and democrats missed their opportunities, specifically merrick garland. >> aisha, let's talk about the position garland finds himself in here. he's already given his farewell speech. are we likely to see him? and should he find a way to make this report public, if not to the to the american

christie, in terms of the filings, but your take on the viability of the arguments raised by donald trump to block jackth, it's not just donald trump, by the way, but his co-defendants, walt noorda and carlos de oliveira. but christie to block the release. and let's talk about volume one, which is the january 6th insurrection election interference stuff versus volume two, which is the mar-a-lago classified documents case. >> yeah. so with respect to volume one, the january 6th case, these two co-defendants don't have a leg to stand on as to why they would have any standing to block the release of that report. it has nothing to do with them, nor does it have anything to do with judge cannon. but everybody's got the memo that if you want something done for donald trump, you go to judge cannon. so that's what they did. and she obliged. she she blocked the release of both of those volumes of the report, even though she had no basis to do so, no jurisdiction to do so. so right now, those co-defendants have gone back to judge cannon, even though the 11th circuit has agreed with the government that that the r

also ahead for us, special counsel jack smith has laid out in black and white the decisions he made in charging donald trump with crimes for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he lost in that now publicly released report, jack smith says that if it weren't for the 2024 election, he would not have dropped the criminal case against trump, and the ex-president would have certainly been convicted at trial. we'll dive into the facts that we're learning more about today from that, including the special counsel called trump's desire for political violence. we'll get reaction from someone on the front lines of that violence on the receiving end of it, actually, former police officer michael fanone, who was nearly killed by the mob of trump supporters during the january 6th insurrection. all those stories and more when deadline. white house continues after a quick break. don't go anywhere. >> this tiny home trend. not for me. now this is more like it. the same goes for my footwork. so i went hands free with wide fit skechers slip ins. just step fit skechers slip ins. just step in and go without bending an al

just two weeks before he heads back to the white house and donald trump is facing a new legal fight. his legal team versus special counsel jack smith. once again. donald trump jr.. >> s mission to greenland today. could it be just a coincidence, as his father and maybe more importantly, elon musk, indicate that greenland should be annexed to the united states? plus, securing the french quarter following the deadly new year's attack with the super bowl and mardi gras right around the corner. >> new plans for heightened security in new orleans. i'm sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. this is cnn news central. >> breaking overnight, the new legal fight that donald trump is taking on just days before he takes office. >> the president elect is now trying to stop special counsel jack smith from publicly releasing his final report on his investigations into the president elect and the two federal cases that were brought and dismissed. why is donald trump fighting this now? his lawyers read a draft of that report and argue in a new court filing that it contains, quote, baseless attacks, which they call an obvious effort to

the doj has just released special counsel jack smith's report on president elect donald trump's alleged efforts to interfere in the 2020 election. the report has now been transmitted to congress. it's more than 130 pages. cnn has obtained it is reading through it now to give you the very latest. moments ago, federal judge aileen cannon rejected a last ditch attempt by trump to block the release of the report. as you know, trump was the first president charged with attempting to overturn the election results. but that case essentially ended when the supreme court ruled that trump did have some immunity as a president for official acts. i want to go right now to cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez with what we know at this very minute. okay. we knew it was coming. evan, apparently, it's gone to congress. why has that been the first stop and at that time, the fire started around over there around 6:00. >> so i went outside and i began filming this fire. my mother was actually watching the fire from her home, but there was no adam. actually, there was not even a fire in altadena. so

so watching criminal cases against president donald trump, the domination of special council jack smith's team of the late has signed about people inside the department. federal prosecutors normally remain across presidential administrations in the us. trump says the attorneys were weaponized against him by jo biden's administration. the prosecutors were investigating trumps the last attempt to overturn his defeat and the 2020 election and his allies most handling of classified documents. so that it's time for sports is on the thank you so much trouble. house nation morocco has been drawn alongside mom in the the know good stages. they get that. so i think it's been good at the store last, we're not seeing the usual teams finishing the top 2 when we have the, the many groups of, for, it's taking some time getting used to having to. so a be across the agent guides is definitely going to be a challenge the for the people that sort of have to keep her across all of the stories. now present, install name all has i left out here while having played just 7 games during is 18 months with the sau

cleared the way for the usjustice department to release part of former special counsel jack smith's report on donald trump's interference and for keeping classified documents at his mar—a—lago resort. trump has denied any wrongdoing. and before we go, the largest religious gathering in the world is taking place in india. hindu monks clad in saffron havejoined millions of other pilgrims at a huge i2—yearly festival in the north of the country, the maha kumbh mela. to the beat of drums and honking of horns, millions have already plunged into the cold waters of the river ganges. and these are live pictures from prayagraj in uttar pradesh state where a procession is currently under way. you can see a lot of people there. the religious gathering attracts more than 400 million people and can even be seen from space. we will leave you with these images of people bathing in the waters. hello. we had really big contrasts in weather across the uk on monday. in highland scotland, here in plockton, there was a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, but it was very mild, and just along the road from here, we had temperatures

so donald trump and his acting attorney general, james mchenry, they got rid of everybody who was working for jack smith, the special counsel on those two criminal cases against donald trump. now, this is highly unusual because these were career prosecutors, people who had worked in the department long before smith came into existence as the special counsel worked on many, many cases. the yeoman's work of line attorney. investigations, prosecutions, criminal trials at the doj in the u.s. attorney's offices. those people are fired. now, there are more than a dozen of them affected. from what our sources are telling us and what the memo that was sent to them yesterday from the acting attorney general said, it underlined how this was both personal and political. the quote, you played a significant role in prosecuting president trump. i do not believe that the leadership of the department can trust you to assist in implementing the president's agenda faithfully. so the type of career employees that the department of justice who would have left a special counsel investigation and gone back to their hom

as jack smith writes in his conclusion, this is not any exoneration of donald trump.g a liability here is because of his election. and this opinion that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime or undergo trial. that is the only reason that this case was dismissed. and so the evidence here, there's nothing about politics. it is about donald trump's own inner circle who testified against him and said that he did these things to defraud the american people about the results of the 2020 election. >> there were other interesting insights into jack smith's decision making. can talk about why he chose not to charge trump with insurrection or inciting a riot. >> yeah, these explanations, chris, underscored what a thorny and complex case this actually was. they looked at this question of insurrection. they said there was some evidence to charge donald trump with insurrection. but the at the end of the day, this is a statute that has been rarely used in the history of the united states. and they were worried that it's not well defined and that, in fact, you know, the

former president and chief operating officer of trump plaza hotel and casino, jack o'donnell, also the author of trumped the inside story of the real donaldtrump. so, jack, you've had a front row seat to trump's businesses over the years, many years that you worked with him. and that's when i had mentioned other things steaks, you know, the watches, the vodka, all that stuff. even guitars. harry was showing a test to show what vitamins you might need to take. we've got the bibles, the nft's superhero crypto coin, limited edition coins for $100, which are made with $30 worth of silver. so i do you. i guess we're just going to see more and more of this, even though he's president. >> oh, sure you're going to he's going to leverage this presidency as much as he can. aaron, i think that's his top priority, to be honest. and the crypto thing is particularly scary on two fronts. it's very reminiscent of the junk bonds that he sold in the 90s, where small time investors could get in. and as harry alluded to, it's the crypto memecoins are incredibly volatile. so he's going to actually wind up hurting many of the maga people because they're going

and breaking news, a move that could get us closer to the release of jack smith's long awaited report on donald trump's election interference investigation. what a judge just announced. a lot to get to. but we start in california, where those powerful santa ana winds are back, gusting as high as 70mph and threatening to again supercharge wildfires that have left at least 24 people dead and reduced more than 12,000 homes and businesses to ashes. 23 more people are still unaccounted for in and around the city of los angeles. and for those left in the disaster's wake, there is the agony of uncertainty. today is my home still standing? where will my kids go to school? will my friends and neighbors rebuild or leave? and how long before i even know what my future holds? that answer will require patience, because this unprecedented disaster is still very much ongoing. the national weather service says the combination of strong winds, very low humidity and extremely dry conditions have prompted a rare and ominous red flag warning that is known as apds, or a particularly dangerous situation. it will start overn

and that is because we accept that donald trump is going to be president onjanuary the 20th, jack smithunsel, says you cannot put a sitting president on trial, but given what donald trump did after the 2020 election, in their view of the special counsel's office, there are issues of accountability, of the law, of us democracy in the entire system, because what smith sets out on this 174 page report is that donald trump and his co—conspirators carried out, a direct quote from the report, unprecedented criminal acts to try to overturn that election including pressure on state legislators to overturn their elections, including what is called false electives, false representatives to go to washington to vote for trump instead ofjoe biden as president, it included putting their own attorney general to overthrow the election, it included pressure on president to block the — included pressure on president to block the certification - included pressure on president to block the certification of - to block the certification of joe biden and when that'll failed, yes, it the instigation of those i

entitled to see and there also is likely to be information in there not only about donald trump, and according to jack smith why he took the documents and what he intended to do with them, but remember kash patel is all over that case. and kash patel has said that he saw donald trump declassify the documents. and we know that jack smith thinks that's not true. so it would be useful to have all of the evidence about that before kash patel's confirmation hearing. there is more to be continued there. it's a complicated story. but i think the main holdup there is not so much judge cannon or the 11th circuit it is really merrick garland and whether he is going to continue to adhere to the position that he does not want to release publicly the mar-a-lago portion of the report. >> merrick garland making the wrong call? shudder to think. shocker of all shockers. paul butler, lisa rubin, andrew weissmann, our dream team, thank you for being here and available tonight for this breaking news. join msnbc tomorrow morning for special coverage of the trump sentencing beginning on "morning joe." the sentencing is sc