and what they think must be done to protect muslims and choose here, as well as what they think about what s going on in israel. i ve made my positions clear. i want to hear from them. so it s gonna be an interesting conversation, since i have both of them on to express their views. this is gonna be good. i ll be watching, rev. take it away. thank you. thank you, simone. and good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, election count down. , election count down today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election, a new polling from the new york times paints a grim picture for president biden s reelection prospects. donald trump, the twice impeached, repeatedly indicted former president s pulling ahead of biden in five of six key battleground states. even as he heads back to court tomorrow in his new york fraud trial. i ll talk to biden s campaigns, communications director ahead. but first, there s also an election on tuesday, with abortion on the ball
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. new developments out of the middle east. secretary of state antony blinken just wrapped up an unannounced visit to ramallah as violence escalates in the west bank. details on his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and what we re learning about another explosion near a refugee camp. donald trump s feud with ron desantis takes center stage, literally, as the former president parades husband new supporters on stage at a republican gathering in florida. we ll tell you ron desantis response and why chris christie was booed on the stage. trump will spend monday in a new york courtroom. he is scheduled to several in the civil fraud trial against his company. what we heard from his kids on t the stand and the role they played in that company. in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken has met with the p
it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i m kim brunhuber, it s 4:00 a.m. here in atlanta, 10:00 a.m. in gaza, where egyptian sources say more than 7,000 foreign nationals are expected to leave southern gaza through the rafah crossing today. among that group are nearly 400 americans, british, french, germans. this floels the devastating air strike outside a hospital in gaza city. we want to warn you the video obtained by cnn is graphic. the israeli military admits it struck an ambulance just outside the hospital, an explosion left a scene of carnage and chaos with at least 15 people reported killed according to hamas-run health authorities. the ambulance was said to be part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza. the ambulance was being used by hamas which it said was using emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. we have developments from abu dhabi, eleni, let s start with the strike o
is a queue for laura coats to make sense of it all. what? let me figure out a way to remind myself of what it would be like in court to tell a judge, or to hear witnesses, i m sorry i can t be there because we have kids. we have kids who are in the courtroom because the parents were subpoenaed, or they themselves or a defendant. i remember, abby, actually being pregnant prosecuting cases and saying, i m sorry your honor, we ve got to move the trial date i m actually due to deliver that day. all, really is the entire government pregnant? is that what s happening right now, miss coates? trust me, i am a little bit look, it s not like she can t afford childcare. that s an important point, oh tell you for a lot of people, even those who can, or it s taken for granted if they can or cannot, it s a subpoena, it s important, trial it s a civil trial, people oftentimes it was not criminal prosecutions which the big deal? it s a very big deal to release the a.g. in new york. t