With me are the bbc s deputy Political Editor, vicki young, and shadow business secretary jonathan reynolds, Transport Secretary mark harper, and Liberal Democrat olly grender. Yes, we had that big, important result for the conservatives, ben houchen has held onto the Tees Valley Mayoralty for a third term. You will know if you have been following all the Election Results that labour have won with a pretty historic swing the Blackpool South by election. There are a lot of people, of course, still coming in, we are yet to hear from counts right across the country, in terms of those local councils. Lets just get a thought, first of all, from our panel. So far, how disappointed are you . fin panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . Panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . , panel. So far, how disappointed are ou . ,. ,y you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing to you . On the cancer losses, clearly it is disappointing
she caves any time the left comes after. nikki is corrupt. i love the attention, fellas, thank you for that. it was knives out for nikki haley at last night s republican debate. will it stop her momentum? the republican front-runner not on the debate stage, instead hitting the campaign trail today, donald trump is expected to be in new york city courtroom. block critical aid to ukraine demanding tougher border policies, in return what president biden said he s now willing to do. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. so glad you re with us on this thursday. you re probably late up watching the final republican presidential debate of the year, four candidates on that stage, clashing on policy, trading some personal insults as well. nikki haley took the brunt of the attacks from ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy over her big-ticket donations and her foreign policy positions. at one point vivek ramaswamy even holding up a handwritten sign saying nikki eq
and what we ve learned about the victims tonight. the deadly shooting rampage in texas. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas, with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from homes with a helicopter. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war hamas leader now surrounded in an underground bunker, and this evening here the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald trump s threats of retribution on the campaign trail if he s elected president again, the former president is asked about the warnings from some that trum
trial. a trial that threatens to upend his personal fortune and real estate business. the former president could take the stand in his own defense on monday, but today the court is hearing from an accounting expert who described new york attorney general s letitia james claims of fraud as meritless, saying, quote, my main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud. this is trump s first appearance since an appellate court reinstated a gag order barring him from talking about the court staff on social media. while the clerks are off limits, trump didn t waste time renewing his attacks on the judge arthur. a case that is absolutely 100%, there s not a judge in the country that wouldn t have given us a total victory, but there s not a judge in the country that would have even taken this case. this is a witch hunt, and a very corrupt trial. the attorney general sits here because she knows that she has a judge that no matter all the evidence, that
his own defense. this is his first chance to comment on the debate last night. the latest one he skipped. we re getting new reporting on what the campaigns themselves and key insiders think might have changed after that performance. and gun fire on a college campus. three people killed. one in the hospital still. the community of unlv completely shaken. what we re learning starting to learn about the suspect. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. you are looking at live pictures of new york city outside the courtroom there. any minute now donald trump is expected to leave trump tower and head to court to attend his civil business fraud trial. the former president is also expected to take the stand again on monday as the last defense witness. trump and his sons were already found liable in the $250 million lawsuit brought by the new york ag. this trial is being held to find out exactly how much they will have to pay in damages.