the lead starts right now. this hour, hunter biden is going into court, donald trump is coming out of court, we are following it all. the lead starts right now. donald trump gets a second chance, he is allowed to speak at the closing arguments in his civil fraud trial. what you said and why a judge and then shut it down and one day after hunter biden s shop appearance on capitol hill, he is now back home in california facing federal charges. and now, the first lady, his mom, is weighing in. and a stunning rise in public officials targeted and dangerous swatting incidents, that s when hoax 911 calls report fake violent crimes to get a police response and possibly real police violence against innocent victims. i am going to speak with a republican who has faced threats and ask them what needs to happen for these cases to stop. [ music ] welcome to the lead, i am jake tapper. we start with the final moments of donald trump s civil fraud trial, playing out right now in a
Lets get started. Tonight we begin with breaking developments on the burgeoning efforts to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his role of Speaker Of The House. This morning farright republican matt gaetz vowed to file a socalled motion to vacate. Thats a move to event the speaker. He says hes going to do that in the coming days. Saying, quote, we need to rebuff the bandaid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. According to politico, some house president conservatives predict there is at least a dozen gop members ready to support the motion to vacate against mccarthy. Now to Progressive Democrats have indicated their support as well. Shortly after the announcement from gaetz, Congresswoman Alexdria ocasiocortez shows she would, quote, absolutely voted for a motion to vacate it. She left the door open in negotiations if mccarthy came to democrats for help. Also said its not up to democrats to save republicans from themselves. Just hours ago on this network, Congr
Developments on the burgeoning efforts to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his role of Speaker Of The House. This morning farright republican matt gaetz vowed to file a socalled motion to vacate. Thats a move to event the speaker. He says hes going to do that in the coming days. Saying, quote, we need to rebuff the bandaid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that n be trustworthy. According to politico, some house president conservatives predict there is at least a dozen gop members ready to support the motion to vacate against mccarthy. Now to Progressive Democrats have indicated their support as well. Shortly after the announcement from gaetz, congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez shows she would, quote, absolutely voted for a motion to vacate it. She left the door open in negotiations if mccarthy came to democrats for help. Also said its not up to democrats to save republicans from themselves. Just hours ago on this network, Congressman Ilhan Omar endorsed a motion to vacate. I
Retail banking in california by j. D. Power. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Good morning, im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. The major Breaking News this morning, a Courtroom Campaign and a corporation come together in dramatic fashion. Donald trump is about to leave trump tower in manhattan to be present for Opening Statements in a civil trial that could cost him control of much of his Business Empire. Now, as you are watching everything unfold this morning, remember, in a sense this is a Campaign Event. Trump is choosing to be here. He did not have to attend this trial, but he is and he is publicizing it. We will explain why. And the first major ruling we expect in just a few minutes is whether cameras will be allowed in court. This case centers on fraud, accusations of fraud, staggering fraud is how the Attorney General of new york has put it, in a civil lawsuit brought by the new york ag. 250 million lawsuit against donald trump, his eldest sons, their companie
Times. We have a rogue judge who rules that a property is a tiny infraction, and we have a racist Attorney General who is a horror show on the basis that she would get trump before she knew anything about me and she used this to run for governor and failed. She had no following and came back and said, i will go back to get trump again, and this what we have. It is a scam and a sham. Just so you know that my Financial Statements are phenomenal, and they are actually less in terms of the numbers used all right. You are listening to donald trump speaking, and we know for now that this is a Campaign Event for donald trump exactly. And yes, he is going to be looking to what appears in the courtroom may be incidental compared to what he feels he can get out of it for campaign purposes. You heard him going after the judge and the Attorney General in this case, and again, this is no longer a bug of the campaign, but this is the legal operation that he is facing right now. And one thing that we