historic moment for the country. one of the most important moments in the life of donald j. trump closing arguments about to begin in a criminal case that could land him behind in bars. this morning, the white house is looking for more answers after the israeli airstrike killed dozens of people at a camp for displaced palestinians and rafah prime minister netanyahu who calls it a tragic error. did it cross joe biden s red line? and an american detained in turks and caicos will learn his fate today. four more americans charged with carrying ammunition to the island. will they be allowed to return home or will they faced years in prison for what they call an honest mistake i m kate ball well, i m john berman. sara is out. this is cnn news central we, are standing by for historic moment in legal and political history, closing arguments this morning no criminal case against donald trump. you ve charged with falsifying documents to cover up hush money payments to an
news babes might win again, we ll see see some good form out there. look forward to hearing about the results. the lead with jake tapper for starts right now, go press the stages set the stakes, could not be higher. welcome to the lead live from cnn s campus and atlanta, georgia, where final preparations are underway for tomorrow s historic presidential debate. right here you re on cnn, i m phil mattingly, info jake tapper, president joe biden, and former president donald trump will be here tomorrow night. and the most important event of this election cycle. so far. here s a glimpse at the stage where the two men will face off the first time in history, a sitting president and a former president will debate. i just walked the debate stage and i ll bring you an insight. i d look and just moments, but first, we re going into details about how those last-minute preparations are actually playing out. cnn s mj lee and kristen holmes start us off here and lana in jake, let s start
he was a historic president pal pick. that would be it. he put into place a lot of things that were not part of executive orders. regulation that s you can t go back, 3, 4 years. he changed the tone for a lot of issues. for example, we are talking about transgender bathrooms because of president barak obama. that s a good thing? no. but, it s a major thing. he was tempted by the use of executive orders in ways that are unconstitutional. so when he rolls back the executive orderers, there s going to be moments and say you can solve this with an executive order and the supreme court will back you up. i hope he resists that, because what is making our countryspic
plan, and right now you have to be covered like for pregnancy provision. i m in no danger of giving bird anytime soon. on major legislation, past presidents have been smart enough to realize they needed bipartisan support. medicaid and social security. because they knew it wouldn t last long. president barak obama didn t do that. hewanted obamacare, and could have done it, but he refused to compromise. is it no wonder that it s heading for destruction? it is understandable because, he didn t build the consensus. trump has to say even though
is the rule of law. presidents have too much power, we shouldn t have them mean as much as they do. if we allow trump to do what president barak obama, we won t have change, but transfer what kinds of orders. they resist to do easy thing. the hard thing is working with the opposition. good to see i. a new year s eve performance does not go as planned for mariah carey just don t get any better. what happened last night? the swing and the miss that got everybody talking