that shows donald trump s lead only growing in the republican presidential primary. we ll have a lot more on thoz numbers in just a moment. meanwhile, half of congress returns to capitol hill today with a long to-do list including a new federal budget, but demands from far-right members of the house could complicate getting a deal done before the end of the month. plus vladimir putin is turning to yet another dictator for more weaponry for his war in ukraine. we ll have that brand new reporting straight ahead. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, september 5th. i hope you enjoyed the long weekend. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. new polling shows that donald trump s republican primary lead is growing as support collapses for the person who was once viewed as his most viable opponent. in the latest wall street journal survey 359% of gop primary voters say that trump is their choice for 2024. that s up from 48% in
china number one was let s try this again. what do you see? ring oh, my god you re in the cnn newsroom. i m jessica dean in new york, former president trump goes from the courtroom to the campaign trail. he s about to start speaking to supporters at a rally on the jersey shore. it s his first rally since adult film star stormy daniels took the stand in his hush money trial in new york city now trump remains under a gag order. the judge in his trial has threatened the former president with jail time if he violates that order. again, which would include talking about any of the witnesses, plus trump s former fixer, michael cohen, the key witness for the prosecution. fusion, set to take the stand now, on monday. so why is trump choosing new jersey for his campaign rally? it s not exactly trump country, but where he actually speaking, where he s actually speaking is cnn s alayna trina joining us now, live with more alayna, new jersey, a blue state, pretty reliably, but he
we are live outside court where the trial resumes and just minutes. also, a high-stakes report on whether israel has violated international humanitarian law, heading to congress today, we re learning new details on what the biden administration stretching has decided on that front. and an emotional plea from the family of a black us airman shot in his own apartment by a deputy. tell the truth about my son deputies bodycam footage just released as sheriff s deputies are looking into the families claims. so i m sarah sayyed and with kate bolduan in john berman, this cnn the central all right. and the breaking news this morning, we just learned moments ago when the critical moment in the critical trial, the criminal trial of donald trump he is coming. michael cohen set to take the witness stand on monday. remember, donald trump is charged with falsifying business records to cover up hush money payments to stormy daniels, but don t film actress. all to influence the 2016 election
week? it s not. it s only wednesday. it s 4:00 in new york. we have had two days of testimony in the first criminal trial of an american ex-president. we have learned so much. we have heard extraordinary details of a conspiracy to interfere in a presidential election. the prosecution s first witness, former national enquirer ceo david pecker painted a vivid picture of that explicit agreement between himself and the ex-president, one of mutual benefit. negative stories about donald trump are bought and buried and negative stories about trump s rivals were embellished or in some instances fabricated. stories of women having affairs with trump were hidden. fake stories with hillary clinton, ted cruz, marco rubio were written up and published. photos were doctored, like this one, amounting to a phenomenon andrew weissmann referred to as ground zero of fake news. david pecker comes back for more tomorrow. court is quiet today. it resumes today. he takes the stand tomorrow. likel
live from telemundo studios in miami, florida. here is the week that was. this morning in new york city, history in the making with jury selection beginning in the first criminal trial against donald trump. one juror who was dismissed described it as a surreal selection process. it is like, oh, this is just another guy and also he sees me talking about him, which is bizarre. my predecessor promised infrastructure week, after week, after week for four years, and never built a thing. nothing. is really forces striking back, targeting a military base near a nuclear plant. retaliation for s attack this weekend. that is more than 300 drones and missiles launched at israel. speaker mike johnson preparing to defy his most conservative house colleagues and called votes on a series of eight packages for israel, taiwan, and ukraine. this, despite worries that some may try to remove him from his speakership. i am not resigning and in my view, it is an absurd motion that someo