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New legal trouble for Donald Trump, not from that New York case, but right here in Washington in the special counsel probe. Just hours ago, former vice president Mike pence signaling he'll testify in a federal investigation. Our new reporting as Donald Trump goes on the attack. The Attorney's office in Washington has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a 17-year-old who was shot...

A site unlike any in American history. A former president brought here to Manhattan to be criminally indicted. The prosecutor here accuses Donald Trump of paying hush money to undermine the 2016 presidential election. They include claims by a doorman that trump fathered a child out of wedlock, now known to be not true, as well as hush money payments to hide sexual relationships with two different...

Donald Trump is meeting with his new legal team as he prepares to be the first former president to see the inside of the courtroom as a defendant. On Tuesday, he will travel down to lower Manhattan to surrender to the New York district attorney,

A rare high risk severe weather alert, tornados touch down as the threat for more deadly twisters continue. The people of New York vs. Donald Trump, security stepped up in Manhattan and what his lawyers are saying about a plea deal.

 An explosive political and legal moment, a former president indicted while he runs once again for the presidency. And tonight, Trump moments ago vowed to fight back, calling this indictment political persecution at the highest level in history.

The breaking news out of the Vatican, Pope Francis is in the hospital with a respiratory infection. Pope Francis undergoing treatment for difficulty breathing. New information tonight that the shooter in Nashville may have had weapons training.

A major ruling with potentially historic consequences. Sources say former Vice President Mike Pence has been ordered to provide testimony about any illegal acts committed by former President Trump. Prosecutors are focused on conversations the two men had in the days before and on January 6th.

A targeted attack in Tennessee, A scene that has become all too common in America: A mass shooting. This time at a private Christian grade school in Nashville. We've just learned more about the six victims, the three children, all 9 years old.

The aftermath of a strike by American jets against what U.S. Officials called the headquarters of the Iranian-backed Islamic revolutionary guards in eastern Syria. A federal judge ordered some of trump's closest personal political and national security aides to testify before a different grand jury probing the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

California is assessing the damage after two reared tornadoes touched down, and f1 tornado with 100 and mile-per-hour winds tore through the L.A. Suburb of Montebello, damaging more than a dozen buildings. Violent clashes erupted in France today, as an estimated 1 million people took to the streets, protesting the government's move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. In Paris, a few dozen p...

California is picking up the pieces after being slammed by yet another major storm system, including an apparent tornado. The fed raises interest rates again to fight inflation amid turmoil in the banking world. Drug shortages are on the rise for some life-saving medications, including those used in cancer treatments. Why it is now considered a national security threat.

New York City, Washington, D.C., and Mar-a-Lago all on high alert as police and protesters brace for a possible indictment of Donald Trump. The New York City police department placed steel barriers and cameras around the criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan ahead of possible protests.

Today marks 20 years since the start of the U.S. Ground invasion of Iraq, beginning a war that cost the United States an estimated $2 trillion and the lives of nearly 4500 U.S. Troops. Barricades are going up today in downtown Manhattan outside a courthouse where a grand jury is deciding whether or not to charge Donald Trump with falsifying financial records linked to two hush money payments to po...

Banks across the country are looking to boost their cash reserves. U.S. Banks borrowed more than $150 billion from the federal reserve this week alone. A new record. What does that tell us?

Poland says it will supply Ukraine with about a dozen fighter jets. Becoming the first NATO country to do so. Poland's president says four of its soviet and made mig-29's will be sent in the coming days.

The Russians say relations between the U.S. are at a low point while officials warn all of this could increase the risk of miscalculation. In the race to reach the debris of the down drone, U.S. Officials say the Russians arrived at the scene first, about 60 miles southwest of the crimean peninsula.

Nearly 27,000 residents in California are under evacuation orders due to flooding and landslide risks, as the latest atmospheric river batters the state. We have team coverage of the storms on both coasts. 

Ukrainian forces are fighting with all their might. As Russian soldiers and mercenaries try to close in on Bakhmut. New York's governor declaring a state of emergency and activating the National Guard, because some areas could get up to 18 inches of snow.

Tonight, we take a look at an innovative program taking flight at one major U.S. Airline. Hoping to tackle the industries pilot shortage. Plus, it's Friday, so we go "On the road" with an army widow who is keeping a long-held promise to her late husband.

Mcconnell, the longest-serving Republican senate leader, is a childhood polio survivor who has fallen in the past, tripping at home in 2019 and fracturing his shoulder.

Tonight, what the FDA is saying about a nationwide shortage of Adderall and how it is impacting patients. Plus, ahead of March Madness, meet the Rutgers player who traveled halfway around the world to live the American dream.

Two planes in Florida collided in midair late this afternoon and crashed into a lake. Tonight, what we are learning about the conditions of those on board. It is just the latest scary incident over America's skies, including that united flight in which a passenger threatened to take down the plane.

The FBI tonight offering $50,000 in reward money for the safe return of the Americans who were in Mexico to buy medicine and got caught in a shoot-out. President Biden has been briefed and the state department is working to secure their return. The 2024 presidential election may be more than 19 months away, but the fight for the Republican nomination is full steam ahead with candidates and potenti...

The same system that has been creating this severe weather also going to bring a lot of snow to the northeast. Possibly a foot to even a foot and a half of snow in some of the higher elevations. the U.S. Today pledged another $400 million in military assistance to Ukraine as it fights off Putin's brutal invasion. The fighting has intensified in the eastern city of Bakhmut, with Russian forces on t...

Millions under severe weather alerts from California to Mississippi. Severe turbulence puts seven people in the hospital.