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Much. Lets im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Good morning, everyone. Hope you had a good evening. Good morning. Good morning. A lot to get to. Five things to know for this tuesday, october 3rd. Mccarthys next move. All eyes watching to see how the House Speaker responds to Congressman Matt Gaetz formally filing a motion to remove him from his leadership post. And happening today, a courtroom split screen. Hunter biden set to be arraigned in federal court in delaware and former President Trump expected to head back to court in new york for a second day of his Civil Fraud Trial. Also, 9yearold charlotte rescued in a dramatic raid two days after she was abducted. Police tracking down the suspect based on a ransom note left for her parents. This also breaking overnight, texas congressman henry claire carjacked In Washington, d. C. At gunpoint. His car, his phone, his ipad all taken. We are told, though, he is okay this morning. And after five months of strikes, late night is finally back. Its kind of weird coming back after being gone for five months. The nbc converted this to a spirit halloween. My writers got fresh air and sunshine and do not care for that. Now theyre back safely in their joke holes doing what they do best, Making My Prompter word screw full of good and ha ha. I am so glad late night is back. Im glad theyre back. Im offended by the notion that writers dont like the outdoors or sunshine. The prompter joke screen. Theyre a lot smarter and more coherent than we are. Which makes me think how important the words on our prompter are. Kevin mccarthy is hoping to pull it together, too. Will he, wont he . Well see. A vote could come as soon as today to determine the fate of House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Looks like hell need democrats to save him. Congressman matt gaetz moved for a vote to potentially remove mccarthy as he leads a right wing revolt against his own leader. We havent seen a move like this in more than saa century. Comes as congress is scrambling to prevent a Government Shutdown next month. I have enough republicans where at this point next week, one of two things will happen. Kevin kmark thi wont be the speaker of the house or hell be the speaker of the house working at the pleasure of the democrats. Im at peace with either result because the American People deserve to know who governs them. Mccarthy can only afford to lose four republicans. Five already said they would vote to get rid of him and at least 13 other republicans who are undecided but open to voting him out. That means mccarthy needs support from democrats to hold on to the gavel. House democrats are set to meet hours from now to decide what to do. Speaker mccarthy will try to kill the measure preerd ocedura. Lauren fox, as we look at the timeline and how things may happen over the course of the next 24 to 48 hours. Big question what do democrats do . Yeah that is the key question this morning, phil. Theyre going to huddle around 9 00 a. M. This morning. Their leadership has been telling them for the last several weeks dont go out and freelance your own deal with their republican friends. Also keep your powder dry because we want to have a broader conversation about this. Expect that that conversation is going to start to unfold this morning at 9 00 a. M. Now, we asked repeatedly yesterday if jeffries and mccarthy had a conversation to this point about the future of mccarthys speakership. And yesterday mccarthy said he had not spoken to jeffries. Obviously well be watching to see if that changes given the dynamics because there are a handful of republicans who have already said they are willing to oust mccarthy. That means he is going to need democrats. Here are a couple republicans who talked a little bit about why they made that decision. Really i see it as two things. One, do i vote against my friend, Kevin Mccarthy, or do i go with my conscience. Thats where im at. Im currently praying about it, but if it was right now, i would vote to oust him, yes. Im open minded. I havent decided yet. But ill tell you something, its very important that matt puts accountability reporter mccarthy has two legislative days to take action. This is a privileged resolution that matt gaetz brought to the floor yesterday, but obviously he could act as soon as today. He has a couple of procedural tactics he could deploy. The question, of course, are where are democrats going to be given the fact you now have five republicans who said they would been willing to remove the speaker from office. One thing to keep in mind is that matt gaetz yesterday went to the floor a couple of times. When he finally made the decision, it came with the thing in mind that there were going to be members who would be missing likely on thursday. Senator Dianne Feinsteins funeral is on thursday. If they were going to take this a, conservative hard liners wanted as many people as possible. You dont want to lower the vote threshold. Gaetz said hell do this as many times as he needs to. He wont do it just once. All eyes on the democrats. Theyll be essential to what Kevin Mccarthys future is. The word is leverage to say the least. Lauren fox, keep us posted. Busy day. Well, we have some good news to share with you this morning. 9yearold Charlotte Senna is safe at home after a two day search. She went missing while on a camping trip over the weekend. A suspect is in custody. Police say the crucial piece of evidence that led to a break in the case was a ransom note that was left at the parents home. Jean casarez is following all of this. Thank goodness this is what everyone was praying for. And its the news we have this morning. Fantastic news. Charlotte and her family, they were camping a little bit up the road here. This was the staging area where 400 searchers would gather before they would go out to try to find her. Its empty this morning because charlotte was found alive. She knew she was being rescued. She knew that she was in safe hands. Reporter Charlotte Senna, the 9yearold who went missing saturday while camping with her family in Upstate New York has been found. Our prayers have been answered. Reporter an amber alert had been issued for the young girl sunday morning, after an exhaustive search of the state park left authorities fearing the worst, that charlotte had been abducted. Approximately 400 certified search and rescue personnel, including the fbi, were searching for charlotte, who disappeared while riding her bike near her familys campsite. As each hour went on, hope faded because we all know the stories, the first 24 hours theres hope. When you hit 48 hours, hope starts to wane. Reporter the governor says a break in the case came early monday morning when the suspect left a ransom note in the sennas mailbox. He literally drove up to the familys mailbox, assuming they were not home. 4 20 in the morning, opens the mailbox and inserts the ransom note, leaving a critical piece of evidence behind, his own fingerprint. Reporter police tested the document for fingerprints and searched Law Enforcement data bases. Police worked diligently trying to find a match for a fingerprint. The hit came at 2 30 in the afternoon. There had been a dwi in 1999 in the city of saratoga, a fingerprint was found that matched what was found on the ransom note. Reporter investigators were able to track down the suspect, 47yearold Craig Nelson Ross jr. , who resided in a camper behind his mothers home. Two s. W. A. T. Teams entered the camper and located ross and charlotte. The little girl was found in a cabinet covered. She was rescued. Reporter and charlotte was take on the a hospital in albany as a precautionary measure. The governor says she has been reunited with her family and the suspect is now in custody, taken into custody at 6 30 last evening. And criminal charges, we expect them to be filed shortly. Poppy . Wow. Jean, their prayers answered for sure. Thank you for the reporting. Overnight, congressman henry carjacked. Police located the car but theyre still working to track down the suspect. Cnns gabe cohen joins us live from where it happened. Gabe, frightening thing but not something thats a rarity In Washington these day. What actually happened here . Reporter phil, youre right. Its a terrifying situation. Just to set the scene for you here. Were standing in navy yard, a fairly upscale part of washington. There are a lot of congressional leaders, Young Professionals who live here. You can see behind me less than a mile down this road is the u. S. Capitol, not far from where were standing. About a quarter mile in that direction, nationals park, the ba baseball stadium. This is a very busy area. Bars and restaurants all over this area. Yet at 9 30 last night, right at this intersection, Henry Cuellar was carjacked. They took his car, his phone, his ipad even his dinner. Now, fortunately the representative wasnt injured in the incident. We did get a statement in from his Chief Of Staff that reads, as Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, three armed assailants approached the congressman and stole his vehicle. Luckily he was not harmed and is working with local Law Enforcement. Thank you to metro pd and Capitol Police for their swift action and for recovering the congressmans vehicle. Look, phil, all morning we have seen an increased Police Presence here at this intersection. Several of these police cars parked around the area. Its not exactly clear if thats solely because of this incident. Because the reality is, this is an area that is often trafficked by Law Enforcement given not just the amount of people who live here but also the proximity to the capitol there. But look, as you mentioned, this is not unheard of here In Washington. We have seen Violent Crime increase dramatically this year here in the district, including Motor Vehicle thefts, phil, which have close to doubled since this time last year. Gabe cohen for us In Washington. Thank you very much. President trump says hell be back in the courtroom today after he attacked the Attorney General prosecuting him here in new york and sounded off on the judge who will determine the fate of his business empire. And late night returns with hosts unleashing months of jokes bottled up because of the hollywood Writers Strike that brought production to a halt. We looked at the calendar today and check my math on this, i believe we have been off the air for 154 indictments. This is politics. Now, it has been very successful for them because they took me off the Campaign Trail because ive been sitting in a courthouse all day long instead of being in iowa, new hampshire, South Carolina or a lot of other places i could be at. That was former President Trump outside of court right here in new york city. He says hell be back in the courtroom today. You heard him say he could have been campaigning elsewhere in the country, but hes here. It matters to him. Trump turning the 250 million civil case against him into an extension of the Campaign Trail. He launched attacks at the new York Attorney general Latitia James and the judge who found him liable for fraud last week before court even started last week. Kara scannell joining us outside the courthouse with more. He will be back. What happens today in court . Reporter yeah, poppy. So former President Donald Trump will be back in court today. And he will hear continuing testimony from his former longtime accountant. Now, this is the trial where trump is having his reputation as a successful businessman challenged. And the ultimate fate of his business here could lay in the hands of the judge. And we heard from the former president yesterday, him taking every opportunity to slam that judge and the Attorney General. Fuming and combative, former President Donald Trump returned to a familiar refrain. This is a continuation of the single greatest witch hunt of all time. Reporter flanked by his attorneys, trump walked into the courtroom the opening day of the Civil Fraud Case brought by new York State Attorney general, Latitia James. Last week judge arthur engoron, the Trump Organization and his oldest sons are liable for fraud. On monday, trump disappeared. No bank was affected. No bank was hurt. They dont even know why they have to be involved. Reporter trump, turning the event into a spectacle and used the opportunity to bolster his president ial campaign. This has to do with election interference, plain and simple. Theyre trying to damage me so that i dont do as well as im doing in the election. Reporter returning to the cameras on multiple occasions throughout the day. Trump continued to link the civil action against him in new york to his other criminal indictments. The republican president ial candidate repeatedly attacked the judge overseeing the case. The new York Attorney general and the u. S. Department of justice, which has no jurisdiction over this case. Its all run by doj, which is corrupt. We have a corrupt Attorney General in this state. You see how she does. Reporter that new York Attorney general sat in the courtroom facing trump. Kevin wallace, an attorney for the new york ag told the court about the offices end goal to bar trump from doing business in new york. Wallace argued while it may be one thing to exaggerate for forbes magazine, you cannot do it while Conducting Business in the state of new york. But trumps lawyers pushed back, saying that there was no intent to defraud and, quote, no victims. Inside and outside the court, trumps attorneys claim the case is flawed and defended his Business Records and Financial Statements. President trumps assets are worth way more than what the court would have you believe. But this is all about 2024. Do not get it confused. Reporter but the 250 million lawsuit alleges trump and his codefendants committed repeated fraud, inflating assets on Financial Statements to get better terms on commercial real estate loans and insurance policies. Allegations that james said cannot go unchecked. My message is simple, no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. Reporter and the state will continue to try to prove its case today with the former accountant back on the stand as we head into the nittygritty testimony of these Financial Statements. Phil, poppy . Another fascinating day ahead in court, kara, im sure. Thanks. Trumps trial continues in new york, President Bidens son hunter will be in a delaware courtroom just a few hours away on three felony gun charges. Bidens attorneys says he will plead not guilty. A request to appear remotely was denied. Hunter biden was accused of lying when he bought the gun in 2018. The first time the doj has charged the child of a sitting u. S. President. Pope francis breaking with years of catholic tradition, suggesting for the first time that priests could bless some people in same sex unions. Its a significant statement. Well tell you more about it ahead. And tom hanks is warning fans if they see him in an ad promoting a dental plan, its not actually tom hanks. They say its an ai version of him made without his permission. More on this next. Cmon, were right there. Cmon baby. Its the only we need. Go, go, go, go ah Touchdown Baby touchdown are your neighbors watching the same game . Yeah, my 5g Home Internet delays the game a bit. But you get used to it. Try these. Theyre noise cancelling earmuffs. I stole them from an airport. Its always something with you, man. Great solid greek salad . Exactly dont delay the game with verizon or tmobile 5g Home Internet. Catch it on the xfinity 10g network. I have made no deal with democrats because i believe that democrats should vote against Kevin Mccarthy for free. Its Kevin Mccarthy Offering Deals to democrats. If Kevin Mccarthy goes and makes a dirty deal with the democrats to keep power, i believe that the people in this country will rise up and demand that their representatives and their lawmakers accept a better path a more responsible path. With his job on the line, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy, could he cut a deal to stop Congressman Matt Gaetzs attempt to force him out. Worth noting at the start, mccarthy is not offered anything to democrats up to this point. But the question and the reality is hes going to need some democrats to vote with him. What do democrats do here . Well, this is a really interesting question because for many reasons you would see why democrats arent eager to support Kevin Mccarthy. A lot have trust issues with him, considering right now were relitigating spending levels that everybody thought was agreed to back in the Debt Ceiling Deal of earlier this summer. Many of them are unhappy about the Impeachment Inquiry he launched into President Biden as well. On the other hand, there is potentially an opportunity here for democrats to extract concessions from him. Possibly around that Impeachment Inquiry. Could it be forced to the vote on the floor that Speaker Mccarthy skipped over. Could they extract ukraine funding commitments considering they werent included in this continuing resolution. Theres a number of things democrats could ask to. It comes down to whether Speaker Mccarthy will go for that. It will save him his gavel but will create a lot of other problems going forward. This would represent the will of the people. Unrepresentative position that wants to push through their agenda. Mccarthy is in effect being punished for reaching out to democrats to stop the government from shutting down. The vast majority of people want government that actually works that doesnt have these selfinflicted wounds. This is a pattern with republicans. Mark meadows tried to begin a process like this towards Speaker John Boehner before he resigned. So look, whether democrats arent going to follow themselves to bail out for mccarthy. Deal was made for the senator to hold that would be far more popular. I was going to ask you to compare this to boehner. After that attempt he stayed in for three months. Handful of months. You compare this moment with Kevin Mccarthy to that moment. The last three speakers all faced outright Reboll Onfrom their far right. They have a republicans have a really hard time coming up with a stable governing coalition not because of the opposition the far right wing of their own party. Boehner dealing with the tea party folks. Then paul ryan being constantly irritated and exhausted by what he called members of the conservative media complex. Now this. The problems in the Republican Coalition ultimately Congress Works when people, parties work together. We see that in times of crisis, stopping shutdowns, avoiding the Debt Ceiling Deal. Thats how congress should work more of the time. Were being constrained by Partisan Orthodoxy here. What are the odds that what john is pushing for right now is a plausible option . Well, its going to come down to the decision of the democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker Mccarthy as well. This idea is he going to want to coalition, government this in this House Of Representatives and particular to your point about this being a very fractured republican conference we are seeing, its also not clear who the successor to mccarthy would be even if getting ousted was successful. Sure Congressman Gaetz suggested he would have support for the two republicans steve scalise, but its not clear he could get who supports mccarthy. Or get the requisite votes to become speaker. We now how many rounds it took for mccarthy to become speaker. What would actually happen if theres no one who i know the sort of process. I know the process that he has privately a list and who would be the first person and they get named, but does that person have to take the job . Is there a potentially no speaker for a while . There could be. The rules of governing the house are very interesting here because on the one hand you could see someone in the interim. Theres also nothing that would prevent mccarthy from tossing his hat back into the ring even if he was ousted. It just becomes a question can he get the support he needs. Interesting. To be clear, what theyre talking about is what concessions will democrats extract. Coalition governments are not impossible. Nothing is impossible. Speaker of the house doesnt have to be a member of the House Of Representatives. A point you remind us often on. Just because reality matters, we can were so often constrained by the fact in Washington People can only think about youre a father of the reality check. Yes. It feels like john is trying to urge himself into the role. I do want to turn to mark milley. We saw his speech as he departed as chairman of joint chiefs last week where he very implicitly called out the former president , wannabe dictator and gave an interview with nbc news. I want to play some sound from that. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I served my country faithfully for four and a half consecutive decades in peace and war. And my family has made enormous sacrifices nor country and my mother and father before me and grandparents before them. So ill take a backseat to no one on loyalty to this country and my loyalty is to the constitution. His public comments, which i think are very reflective of most people knew where he was privately over the course of the last several years. What do you make . Its interesting. That is a different iteration of what he said in that Retirement Speech when he talked how the loyalty needed to be to the constitution and not an unnamed dictator which we understand to be former President Trump. But it also comes in response to really outright attacks from the former president to the general saying that he committed trees nous actions, suggesting that would be something punishable by death. It is bringing it kind of a partisan tilt to the military that really historically has not been there. The idea that the military is supposed to be beholden to whatever leader, party is in charge. Thats not usually how things work in the United States. No. And yet the fact it needs to be reminded speak fos the tenor of our times. Look, Country Over Party is constitution over party. Thats not a partisan stand, although it may feel that way. I was listening to those comments and also struck by our colleague jake tappers milley saying this out out, kelly, former Chief Of Staff confirming that to jake at the same time. Its a very big deal. He confirmed reports that not only trump repeated will disparaged Wounded Warriors and people died in the service to their country but one of the things he said he described trump as a person that has nothing but contempt for our democrat ic institutions, our constitution and the rule of law. Thats trumps former Chief Of Staff, general john kelly. Longest Serving Trump Chief Of Staff. Yes. So, you know, this is not a partisan critique of donald trump. These are people who worked with him and know him well, warning about donald trump to republicans today. Thank you both. Great to have you. Come back. Youre always welcome. So this is really fascinating. The head of microsoft, ceo of microsoft, takes the stand in this very highstakes antitrust trial against google and warns of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario if googles dominance over Online Search is allowed to continue. More on that ahead. Five month hiatus because of the hollywood Writers Strike, late night is back. In case you forgotten my name is jimmy. Ive been off the air for five months. Weve been gone so long weve been gone so long the bachelor is now a grandfather. So the head of microsoft warning of a Nightmare Scenario for the internet, for users if googles dominance for Online Search is allowed to continue. He took the Stand Testifying Monday Lawsuit against the web giant, microsoft krona dell la said, quote you get up in the morning, you brush your teeth, your search on google. Everybody talks about the open web, but there is really only the google web. He also warned of the rise of ai and Online Search, saying it could comment googles dominance in the industry saying, quote, i worry a lot even in spite of my enthusiasm there is a new angle with ai, worry this vicious cycle im trapped in could become more vicious. This trial is focussed on the power of google as default Search Engine on many phones and browsers around the world. We reached out to google. The comment on Satya Nadellas testimony, they did not have a comment. Joining us now senior media analyst sara fisher. Good morning. Good morning. Two things obviously Satya Nadella runs a huge competitor to google. I want to put that out there. Its just notable that microsoft is the one that faced all of this antitrust scrutiny from the doj back when that was the biggest antitrust case of this kind before now. What do you make of what he said and what it will mean for this suit . The big take away, poppy, is at the time that microsoft was facing a lawsuit from the Doj The Ecosystem was different. We were primarily using desktop to search web browsers. Satya nadella is arguing that these partnerships that google has with vendors like apple to make sure that its the default Search Engine, make it very difficult for another competitor to breakthrough. And as a result, he argues, that google is able to collect an unprecedented level of data over its competitors like microsoft, that it would be able to use to train its ai algorithms. Essentially hes saying, poppy, you dont address this antiproblem now, its going to get worse later in the ai era. Sara, you mentioned ai. I want to shift my apparently tom hanks is not doing advertisements for a dental care company, which i guess makes sense. He had to post this on stain gram basically saying ai replicated him. This has been a huge issue in the strikes and the negotiations between the writers and the actors. Obviously a huge issue throughout tech. What can be done to prevent stuff like this . Why isnt there something in place already . Reporter its a great question, phil. Mostly its a Technology Problem at this point. We actually do have a regulatory body thats responsible for what we call false commercialization or a company that is portending to be something that its not or using falsehoods to market its products. This is a big problem, by the way, with things like diet and weight loss pills. The problem is the ftc is not fully equipped to be able to tackle every single aigenerated ad and image. Now the Tech Platforms have gotten pretty good if you think about meta, google, identifying when somebody is using ai to doctor a famous person. Where its going to become more challenging, phil, regular, everyday people who up load their own images to social media, have their own videos to doctor ai. We dont have extensive level of lawyers and the reach of social media to debunk this stuff. Thats where the real concern is. We couldnt let you go without playing a little bit of late night from last night. Here it is. It feels good to be back. [ cheers and applause ]. It feels good be with all of you again here in the Ed Sullivan Theater because after the first few months of the strike, refused to keep chanting my name. Im more excited than a jets fan during the first three plays of the season. You got to be kidding me i missed my writers so much. I was so happy, so happy to see them this morning. I will admit by lunch i was a little over it. So theyre back. Reporter theyre back. I think so many people are happy to see them. The next thing, of course, poppy is were waiting for our scripted series to be back. And thats going to come when we get a deal between the Hollywood Studios and the actors. Theyre resuming negotiations today. Hopefully we get those shows back soon. Okay. Sara, thank you so much for the reporting on all three of those fronts. Thank you. The governor of illinois and mayor of chicago, both democrats, confronting the white house on its handling of the migrant crisis. Why they say the administrations response has been, quote, untenable. Former President Trump says he will be back in court today. Trumps Defense Lawyer from his second Impeachment Trial joins us next. Stay with us. So former President Trump says hell be back in court today after spending the first day of his 250 million Civil Fraud Trial really going after the judge and new yorks Attorney General. Listen. We have a rogue judge who wrote the properties are worth a tiny fraction, 1 100th, a tiny fraction of what they actually are. We have a racist Attorney General who is a horror show ran on the basis she was going to get trump before she even knew anything about me. Attorney general Latitia James accuses trump of inflating the value of his assets in order to get better terms for insurance and bank loans. The judge has already determined that trump is liable for fraud and now set to determine punishments and financial penalties. The ag is also trying to prove six additional claims that prosecutors have brought including falsifying Business Records and insurance fraud. Yesterday, this was interesting in court, the prosecutors played testimony from trumps former lawyer, michael cohen, explaining how he and others inflated trumps assets to match the former president s wishes, according to him. Listen. So mr. Trump would call al lan and i into the office. Lets say he said it was worth 6 billion. He wanted to be higher on the forbes list. And he then said im actually not worth 6 billion. Im worth 7. In fact, i think its actually now worth 8 with everything thats going on. Allan and i were tasked with taking the assets, increasing each of those Asset Classes in order to accommodate that 8 Billion Dollar number. Joining us now trumps Defense Lawyer during his second Impeachment Trial, david shohen. Also fascinating to have you on these legal cases. Lets start with the valuation. Thats the crux of the argument and the Attorney Generals case. One of trumps attorneys said this in court. Quote, the value is what someone is willing to pay. The Trump Properties are mona lisa property. This is not fraud. That is real estate. What is your response to that . Well, i think her point is that in real estate, you know, valuations do depend on ready, willing and able buyer. And often real estate values are inflated based on, for example n this case i think what shes saying is the brand, the trump brand. But by 25 times . I think youre going to see in this case experts testifying to that effect, frankly. You know, President Trumps example is that maralago, he says the judge said was valued at 18 million and he think thats really just a fraction of it. Most people would say 18 million is only a fraction of what that property is worth, but theres a dispute as to whether the judge really said that or not. I think, look, trump valued over 400 million. Alina said a billion. How many times is it believable. Whats interesting to me is that you also have a real argument now about whether this could have been a jury trial. This is a judge trying it, its a bench trial. I want your legal take. I have to address this one common misconception in the press and unfortunately it just keeps getting repeated which is that we had this great option to have a box checked for a jury. No. We didnt have that. Thats not how this works. They brought it under section 6312 which is a very narrow, not appropriately used section of the law which is for Consumer Proex thes, not this. And that is why were sitting here in front of a judge. But isnt she missing the point that when you look at Civil Practice Law Rules Section 4102 it says a defendant has request a jury trial within 15 days of the complaint. Was this a mistake, an error by trumps legal team . Its a very interesting issue. The judge yesterday apparently said that theres no jury trial because no one asked him for one. So theyre both sort of right. I personally if youre asking my personal, professional opinion would have filed a demand for a jury trial under section 4102. However theres a case from 2011, people versus First American corporation a judge from this same court said there is no right to a jury trial under new york executive law 6312 the section under which this is brought because they say the remedies are generally equitable, not Money Damages and historically there hasnt been a right to a jury trial for equitable damages. That is taking away the Business License and that sort of thing. But i would have file Adjure Demand to litigate the issue because here there are very severe monetary punishments at issue potentially. And i think theres a strong argument to be made for the right to a jury trial. As i understand it, youve been in touch with trumps legal team. It seems like at the end of the day yesterday they may have had something of a boon in terms of testimony from a witness about documents from 2011 when nothing prior to 2014 is germane to this case. What are they telling you they think their strongest point is right now . Well, i havent actually been in touch with trumps legal team. Someone lets say more centered to the discussion than that . Trump . Without going into david . Well, without going into any david . Yeah. Trump . Listen, i have a close relationship with former President Trump. So, i certainly have spoken with him. But i wouldnt go into any details of any discussions that i had with him. I would say this, though, the response to what happened yesterday i think by the legal team is that, you know, they were heartened that the judge recognized the court the appellate decision that the issues are limited to events that happened after july 2014 as to those who signed a socalled tolling agreement. Ivanka got out of the case because she wasnt a party to that agreement. And they heard testimony yesterday from 2011. So the judge made the comment that he hopes that the prosecution or the Attorney General will tie that into the events that happened after 2014. Interesting. Which the prosecutors may do today in court as they continue. I do want to play some of the criticism from trump himself, particularly on comments made by the new York Attorney general Latitia James while she was running. Here are a new things she said in 2018 about trump. I will never be afraid to challenge this illegitimate president. He should be charged with obstructing justice. I believe that the president of these United States can be indicted for criminal offenses. I will be shining a bright light into every dark corner of his real estate dealings. And every dealing demanding truthfulness at every turn. Would those comments have any legal basis for a dismissal here . I dont know about a dismissal. Im very, very troubled by them. I think theyre completely unethical. I actually have spoken with a fellow Written A Book On Prosecutorial Misconduct will include a chapter next time on the kinds of statements that are appropriate ethically and inappropriate ethically in the course of an Election Campaign for elected officials for judge and prosecutors. I think theyre very troubling comments. The government is held to a different standard. And the public generally believes that when they say something, that its accurate. We cant have people targeting particular citizens when theyre running for office. Especially when theres been no investigation and certainly no finding yet at that time of any culpability. I think theyre very troubling. This is part of what i think is driving the polls in addition to policy issues. I think that fundamentally American People demand fairness. They dont want to see people targeted, even if theyre sort of larger than life figures like donald trump. So, yeah, i think its troubling. David, thank you very much. Im sure well have much more to talk about after the day in court. If you speak with the former president , do come back and join us. We appreciate it. Thank you, david. Thank you. Phil . I think he speaks with the former president. Cnn exclusive john kelly going on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about his former boss, donald trump. Jake tapper joins us with that reporting ahead. And in a political twist, Kevin Mccarthys future as House Speaker may lie in the hands of democrats. The governor of illinois and the mayor of chicago, both democrats, are confronting the white house on its handling of the migrant crisis, laying out their concerns and demanding the administration take action. Comes from reporting from Senior Reporter isaac who joins us now. Im fascinated by this story because this is the type of stuff typically supporters like pritzker dont want in the public sphere. What else are you learning about these conversations. Reporter thats right, phil. What we know is its not just those pictures of the border of people coming over, its where they going. Situation in nok has gotten a lot of headlines but in chicago theyre at already 15,000 migrants that are there and theyre expecting that that number could within weeks jump to 30,000 migrants. Some intelligence they feel they gathered that says that Texas Governor greg abbott will send more buses of migrants to chicago. Theyre up to 3,000 people sleeping on the floors of Police Stations in chicago. And at the airport there. And what theyre looking at is saying to the white house in a combative phone call that happened on sunday night and in a letter that Governor Pritzker sent to the president on monday saying they need more help. And theyre asking, as you said, for some kind of coordinated response to be the person and the have the federal government be the actor who is deciding where these migrants go, not just leaving up to the governor of texas or ngos or other people sent around and asking for more help with the money to pay for it. Its so interesting, isaac. This is great reporting, by the way. To see this out of chicago and illinois. Following what the mayor of new york has been saying for a long time now. But, growing call from democrats, key democrats in key states for this white house. Isaac, thanks, very much. Thank you. Cnn this morning continues right now. Matt gaetz launching his attempt to oust Kevin Mccarthy. This has never been successfully executed before in american history. That 9yearold