good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, there are tapes. cnn learning that some trump allies are urging him to publicly release surveillance footage of fbi agents searching his mar-a-lago home. we don t know what is on the tapes or not on the tapes. the footage has been held so close to the vest that a source close to the president tells cnn they re not sure if trump himself has even seen the whole thing. now, trump s son, eric, has been happy to talk about it, saying they re ready for the whole world to see the tapes. you still have the surveillance tape, is that correct? are you allowed to share that with the country? absolutely, sean, at the right time. absolutely, at the right time. well, the context here is we are awaiting a key decision on the mar-a-lago search. in just hours, the judge who approved the fbi search of mar-a-lago is holding a hearing, and the hearing is specifically on the merits of unsealing the affidavit. that was the affidavit that wa
party. i ll tell you what it says, election deniers and conspiracy theorists, it s clearly their party now. tonight rudy giuliani under oath in atlanta as his legal situation looks increasingly precarious. reportedly donald trump is having trouble finding top-notch legal assistance. governor desantis suspended him for speaking his mind about abortion. now warren is fighting back, filing a lawsuit against desantis. we begin the reid out with the downfall of liz cheney. she was defeated by her former ally and friend harriet hageman. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power, you will be accountable to us, you will answer to us, and you will do what is in our best interests. if you don t, we will fire you. [ cheers and applause ] okay. so when liz cheney, the daughter of the two-term republican vice president dick cheney last run in 2020, she won by a resounding 73%. her loss yesterday was a stinging rebuke for cheney, whose family has deep r
the story this morning is in wyoming, and that s where jeff zeleny is joining us now with the latest. jeff? reporter: good morning. we re getting more details of what the next steps for congresswoman liz cheney will be. overnight, her campaign team filed paper work with the federal election committee changing her campaign to a leadership pac that allows her to donate to other candidates, it allows her to travel around the country, sending a message. but the name of the leadership pac, so interesting, the great task. and she used those three words last night here in wyoming. the great and original champion of our party, abraham lincoln, was defeated in elections for the senate and the house before he won the most important election of all. lincoln ultimately prevailed, he saved our union, and he defined our obligation as americans for all of history. speaking at gettysburg, of the great task remaining before us, . reporter: so that is the name of the new leadership group
30 minutes ago, flanked by his attorney from new york, bob costello, and as he exited the vehicle, i was able to ask him a couple of questions, including if he lied to georgia lawmakers when he appeared before them three times in the wake of the 2020 election. listen to his answers. mr. giuliani, when you met with georgia lawmakers, did you lie to them? we will not talk about this until it is over. it is a grand jury and grand juries as i recall are secret. do you believe president trump is the ultimate target of this investigation? i m not going to comment on the grand jury investigation. what do you think their ultimate goal is here? what are you expecting to talk about here today? they ask the questions and we ll see. will you be cooperative? your attorney in new york says he can t promise how responsive you ll be? good-bye. reporter: a bit of an awkward moment for giuliani, he got here just before those doors opened in the fulton county courthouse, so he
claims of election fraud. quite obviously, surreptitiously passing around usb ports as if they re viles of heroin or cocaine. it s obvious to anyone who is a criminal investigator or prosecutor they re engaged in surreptitious, illegal activity. cnn correspondent nick valencia was first in line when giuliani arrived to the courthouse this morning. nick, what did he say to you? reporter: he was defiant, alisyn. he seemed to be confident as he entered court before 8:30. if you remember, he was expected to testify before the special purpose grand jury last week before his team filed a late emergency motion asking for a continuance, saying it was more reasonable for him to appear in mid september. a fulton county judge ordered him to appear today. that s exactly what he did. he showed up flanked by his attorney from new york, bob costello. i asked point-blank, did he lie to georgia lawmakers when he spoke to them three times in the wake of the 2020 election. mr. giuliani,