independent candidate evan mcmullin as he faces off against incumbent republican mike lee. and tesla is under criminal investigation over claims the company s electric vehicles can drive themselves. we ll get to that. willie? let s begin this hour in georgia, where this morning there is a new allegation against herschel walker. another woman has come forward accusing the candidate of pressuring her into having an abortion. the women appeared anonymously yesterday with her attorney, gloria allred. she claims she became involved with the former football player in 1987 while he was married and became pregnant with his child in 1993. she said walker encouraged her several times to have an abortion and she eventually went to a clinic in dallas to have the procedure but she did not go through with it, which she alleges made walker upset. she claims he then drove her to the clinic and waited outside in the parking lot for hours until she came outside. here s what she said about
trying to expand their territory, but they ve got their own problems to deal with. starting with new allegations against herschel walker. we ll go to georgia live in just a minute where a walker event just wrapped up. plus, president biden trying to sell pessimistic americans on his economic message, pointing to new gdp numbers that are stronger than forecast, as proof of things getting better. with food and gas prices up 10% in a year, does anyone care about the gdp? i ll ask white house deputy chief of staff jen o malley dillon when she joins me later in the show. the mass exodus of health care workers just ahead of what s expected to be a brutal covid and flu season, the alarming statistics and what they mean for you coming up. we start with the midterms and a deep sense of late campaign uncertainty gripping some of the closest races in the country. in pennsylvania some top democrats are second-guessing john fetterman s decision to debate, appearing in pittsburgh yes
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o
democrats need good news on the jobs economy. and mass layoffs at any moment. thousands of people who work at twitter this morning might not work there anymore by noon. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. just four days left now until the high stakes mid-term election control of the house. senate and dozens of state governor s offices are on the line. president biden waking up in california. he s on a swing across the west coast trying to rally democrats in key races. mr. president, is your message getting through to the american voters? yes. tonight the president will be in chicago for another campaign event. former president trump also on the road. he held a rally there in sioux city, iowa, backing republican candidates. all but upstaging them with big hints about his plans for 2024. get ready, that s all i m telling you. get ready. get ready. let s begin with the president and cnn s jasmine wright. jasmine,
good morning. buenos dias and welcome to cnn this morning, saturday, january 14th. i m boris sanchez or as amara called me earlier, sorbi. i think i said sorez. close enough. i like that better. sounds like a dinosaur. a mixture of sorry and boris. are you my boris saurus, sound like a dinosaur. welcome, everyone. thanks for being with us. appreciate your starting your morning with us. great to be with you as always. we begin in the southeastern united states where recovery efforts are under way after severe storms killed at least nine people thursday night in alabama and georgia. at least 37 tornadoes were reported with one twister wrecking parts of selma, alabama, a historic american city known for its role in the civil rights movement. seven of those confirmed fatalities were in neighboring atauga county, alabama, where the storm caused widespread damage to homes and businesses. it was scary, and i thought about you said it was coming, and we just didn t know exa