of fulton county d.a. fani willis was communicating with the biden white house throughout its election interference investigation against the president s biggest 2024 rival. former president donald trump. it comes as it shows special prosecutor met, before filing charges against trump and 18 others. could the meetings and the allegations against willis derail the case against the former president. we ll ask charlie hurt coming up. it s unfortunate that we had to go there. it s unfortunate that there is a governor in texas, governor abbott who has politicized this issue of what s happening on the border and it s not making people s lives safer. it s a very uninformed comment on her part. really only one person in america not doing the job and that s the president of the united states, not enforcing immigration laws. do we have a southern border? yes, ma am, we do. how can people flow across it every day. 300,000 people in december. we are working very hard to try
arkansas governor sarah huckabee , sanders declared a state of emergency as the storms ripped through several towns. she spoke about the destruction a short time ago. i ve had the opportunity over the last couple of hours to speak with both the homeland security secretary as well as president biden, who have offered a tremendous amount of support anything that arkansas need from a city county state and federal perspective, i would say that everyone is working in total lockstep and we re going to do everything we can to make sure that people of our state are back on their feet again. but the storm threat is not over. a new round of severe weather is threatening 70 million americans today. cnn has teams following all the latest developments from these deadly storms. let s begin with derek van dam. he s live for us in hard hit. when arkansas derek what s the situation? yeah fredricka. you know the devastation here is immense, quoting the mayor of when arkansas, he said. it s lik
be in control of their reproductive rights? yes, i do. governor, you have my vote. thank you. bring it home, everybody. it s a vote for new york. let me say i was a huge fan of alfred hitchcock and i found the lighting that was a little horror-esque. i m sorry. we were on the stage. look at this. i know. it s terrible lighting. i know. it s bad. that s what you re getting out of this video? isn t that a lesson? do you know where i get it from? where? i heard viewers going, oh, my gosh. great artist skill. stole that from you. please don t turn it around. that makes me sad. anyway, so talk about why this race is so close. new york state. you tell me, joe. you re the expert. am i? am i theers pert? you re the expert on this. he s talking a lot about crime and that s so help me out here. yes. she was on stephanie ruhle s show the other night and she said that there s not a crime problem. steph said yeah, there is a crime problem. r
atlanta. reporter: hi, anita, 2 and a half million georgia voters have cast ballots in early voting setting new midterm election record. high turnout comes despite democrat gubernatorial candidates claims voter suppression. during the pandemic emergency rules introduced absentee ballot drop boxes but after democrats won georgia s elections for president and both u.s. senate seats in 2020, the republican controlled legislature passed a new election law requiring each county to have at least one drop box but also requiring the drop box be kept indoors and only accessible during voting hours. democrats are also opposed to new requirements for voters to provide the number of a driver s license or state id card in order to obtain or submit an absentee ballot. but georgia s republican secretary of state says the new id requirement solves an old problem. we have been sued by the democrat party and republican party over signature matches saying it s subjective. what did i say back
things off there with the crucial base is happening right now in arizona for senate and governor as well. early voting underway in arizona. with more than 1.3 million early ballots cast so far. in the senate race, the latest one showing mark kelly holding a slightly three-point edge over republican blake masters. and the race for governor, that is neck and neck. with polls showing a narrow one point edge going to republican kari lake. and van miller is with us from phoenix, van, good to talk to you as always in the last hour. as i mentioned from the first lady, we will hear from her again, alongside mark kelly, at this hour, what is the message today going to be about? right, joe biden is going to be here alongside mark kelly. katie hobbs, the democratic governor for about two hours north of here this morning, this is a situation here in which we talk to democrats, you look at the idea that this is a purple state, what did make the stay competitive for democrats in 2018 w