questions to answer so let s get started. swift evacuation 100 people are evacuating from the u.s. embassy and the fierce fighting in sudan the direct orders from president biden straight ahead plus, biden s bid. president reportedly days away from announcing another run fo the legal office what we know about his reelection campaign and ho younger voters can help push him across that finish line. trump on trial former president donald trump civil rape trial said to start tuesday in new york. as the election interference investigations close in on trump s inner circle we re breaking it down ahead later, doubting thomas ethics concerns continue t swirl around clarence thomas s undisclosed lavish trips on gop billionaire megadonor time and that shady real estate deal i want to know chief justice john roberts actually confront the controversy in an upcoming senate hearing all of that and more is coming up a good sunday morning to you all. i am katie phang we begin today share w
50 million american users, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, i m mehdi hassan in for stephanie ruhle. former president trump s legal panel is about to get more worse. one of his attorneys, evan corcoran, is about to do appear before an attorney is backing the classified documents, case as early as tomorrow. but corcoran is also involved in the other federal investigation involving trump. today, he appeared in federal court in d.c., as part of the team but subpoenaed to former vice president mike pence, these hearings focused on whether pence must testify about his dealings with trump, around january the 6th, the lawyers for trump appeared to be at odds with the former vice, nbc news puts, it they argue pence can t testify, because of executive privilege. pence argues he s immune from testifying for legal protection for lawmakers, he says he is acting for president of the senate as part of the electoral vote count, as opposed to part of t
court in d. c., as part of the team but subpoenaed to former vice president mike pence, these hearings focused on whether pence must testify about his dealings with trump, around january the 6th, the lawyers for trump appeared to be at odds with the former vice, nbc news puts, it they argue pence can t testify, because of executive privilege. pence argues he s immune from testifying for legal protection for lawmakers, he says he is acting for president of the senate as part of the electoral vote count, as opposed to part of the executive branch. come on, guys get your excuse straight. , meanwhile in new york, no word from the grand jury in the stormy daniels hush money case. the jury is expected to meet again on monday, but we did hear from alvin bragg s office in the form of a letter to house republicans flatly requesting rejecting any requests for information with hush money case. one house democrat had this reaction for the republican demand. i was astonished actually
it is election day in america. hello everyone i m anderson cooper welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you are looking at live pictures of voters lining up to cast their ballots. polls are open in a majority of states. at this hour six more states are opening their doors to voters. the big question who will control congress. dozens of house races are considered toss ups, republicans need to win 30 competitive seats to win the majority. in the senate the race is likely to determine control are very tight. republicans need a net gain of one seat to clinch the majority from democrats. more than 40 million americans have cast their ballots in early voting ahead of today. it all comes down to turnout today and the issues. the only certainty is that voters will decide who they elect and who controls congress. we have this consequential midterm election covered for you from coast to coast. i want to begin with our coverage with cnn s jason carroll li
byron tell us a moment ago, congressman donalds say he believes therehe ballot, byron donalds and voted for himself. we ll see what happens and will cover it. john: nothing will happen today, i don t think, so whatever negotiations occur after the house adjourns for the day. meantime, new at 2:00 and breaking right now, the man accused in the murders of four idaho students on the way to idaho where he faces four counts of first-degree murder. sandra: the 28-year-old man tells his defense lawyer he is eager to be exonerated. john: dan springer is outside the idaho facility. when can we expect kohberger to arrive, dan? it s a good question, john, and we are tracking a plane we think he is on that stopped in champagne, illinois to refuel, and then it will be coming up here and it could be 3, 4 hours. we don t know exactly when he ll get here, but we do know he ll be coming to the county jail. i talked to the county prosecutor. he says if he gets here before court ends, a