In so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of the campaign includes hula end up as the President Ial spouse, traditionally known as the office of the First Lady. If former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the east wing for the second time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White Houses reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter. It can be easy to overlook the First Lady but that role, and those who have occupied it have long had a deep influence on the west wing. And the country. It can be part diplomat, not you coach steps america First
Hi she got a little cat while were on better warn you up front. Im not going to be like other mothers but i promise ill never make you wait until until birthday presents. We were all together making this show which was the birth of this child. We made it funny. We made it emotional. And we all Felt Like, gosh, we did a good job with that. A lot of people in moved to tears, you know, and then literally the next day our world changed. It doesnt help matters when Prime Time tv has Murphy Brown mocking the importance of fathers. The Vice President reacted to it as if it was a threat to the existence of america. The reaction to the Birth 101 episode was beyond anything wed ever known. It was overwhelming. It was everywhere. The brouhaha over Murphy Brown continues. Murphy brown fires back at Dan Quayle. Murphy brown has the Vice President hopping mad again. I never thought something that i wrote would lead to a Culture War. Thats public debate about what the meaning of reject the same Famil
Straight from the source tonight, country over party. That is the message from liz cheney and a passionate plea to americans while standing with the democratic nominee in the birthplace of the republican party also tonight, an old photo has surfaced as a republican member of congress in blackface. I ll dressed up as michael jackson tonight. Congressman mike lawler will join me live to respond and trapped in the flooding two people are dead, four more are still missing night and tennessee factory is under investigation after workers say they weren t allowed to leave to escape hurricane helene until it was too late. I m kaitlan collins, and this is the source donald trump s efforts to overturn the last presidential election are front and center with only weeks to go before the next one the fallout from the culmination of those efforts by donald trump, january 6, is what pushed liz cheney to do something that would have been unthinkable for anyone in her family. Just four years ago the li
Straight from the source tonight what a quotes that jack smith s says came from donald trump s mouth as the special counsel and the judge are revealing blockbuster her new evidence and the election case against donald trump also, what melania trump just said about abortion that stands in stark contrast to the reality in america, because of her husband s three supreme court picks, the eyeopening new quotes from her new memoir james carville has some advice for democrats tonight, include one moment in last night s debate that he says, they aren t seizing on nearly enough they ll want to know what that is. I m kaitlan collins, and this is the source tonight, as donald trump is sowing doubt about the 2024 election, we re getting just about as close, but look as we may ever get and what his trial may have looked like for what he tried to pull off the last time. Judge tanya chutkin released 165 pages of evidence from special counsel, jack smith which paints a far more detailed picture than w
Morning. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin this hour with Breaking News. The White House is preparing for a chilling new threat that iran could be about to launch a Missile Attack on israel were covering all the angles at this hour, their correspondence around the world. Lets begin with the White House and what theyre saying in cnns are arlette saens. Arlette, were just getting this word within the last hour or so. What can you tell us yeah, jim, this is a pretty stunning warning coming from the u. S. Senior white House Official tells us that the u. S. Believes that iran is preparing to imminently launch a ballistic Missile Attack against israel. It comes at a time when the u. S. Has been watching with great concern to see what irans a posture might be and whether they might try to launch any type of retaliatory attack against israel amid the heightened tensions that have arisen over the course of the past two weeks. Now, in this statement from a sen