we are live in the newsroom in washington. good evening. today donald trump and ron desantis held dwelling campaign events in iowa. the florida governor is in the hawkeye state wrapping up a campaign tour of all 99 counties in iowa but high- powered endorsements from iowa s governor has not had mucht on the poll numbers. desantis showing in the polls that he is back behind donald trump, whose lead appears to be growing at this point. the former president is pushing lies about the 2020 election, saying he hopes judges will let them prosecute that race. he is claiming his rival is handing out these signs. look at these on screen right there. these signs say biden attacks democracy. he is encouraging his supporters to enter ballot counting facilities to guard the votes. we are live in iowa. steve is in newton with the campaign and kristen holmes is in cedar rapids with team trump. pretty astonishing to hear trump s allegation that president biden is waging a war on democracy as
decision, how do you control so no one else that s not a human being can make those firing decisions. these are all things being developed as we speak. one consistent point, jessica, that age is already here. it is here now. and before we let you go, i also want to ask you about u.s. aid, both to israel and ukraine. but specifically the ukraine aid seems to be somewhat in limbo, both of them need to get over the finish line. what are you hearing on that front? yeah, the irony of this, and i hear this from lawmakers in both parties, is that large ma majorities in both parties, the senate and the house, want to pass both israel and ukraine aid. there is a small population, particularly among republicans in the house, who are standing in the way. the leadership won t bring this to the floor. so negotiations are under way to get over that. they ve been focused in the senate where you would have a combination of things. ukraine, israel, but also new measures for border securit
thanks for joining me. i m jessica dean in for fredericka witfield. we begin in gaza, where israel defense forces have launched a blistering assault following a weeks-long pause in fighting. it carried out more than 400 strikes in gaza since the ceasefire expired yesterday. those strikes include targets in southern gaza, an area that had remained largely unscathed during israel s initial military campaign. talks of a new truce have reached a, quote, dead end, according to benjamin netanyahu s office. israel recalling its team of negotiating from qatar, blaming hamas for the breakdown in talks and accusing the terror group of not fulfilling its promise to return all women and children being held hostage. the idf says there are 136 hostages remaining in gaza, including 17 women and children. we have a team of correspondents. we start first with oren liebermann in tel aviv. we just laid out how israel is expanding its attacks in gaza. tell us more what about what we re seeing to
and you might get ahead. thank you for joining us.. capitol hill custodians waste no time erasing any memory of george santos. that is tonight on news line. good evening, today, an era has come to an end. the locks have been changed and his name has been removed from the halls of congress. and george santos goes back to wherever he came from. more on his exit and his lies in a few minutes. but first, the constitution versus donald trump. two separate legal loss essay that the former president does not have immunity. breaking tonight, a federal judge tossed a motion to make election subversion charges against donald trump disappear. the judge ruling with precision quote the court can not conclude that the constitution cloaks former president s with salute immunity for any federal crimes that they committed while in office. also today, a ruling on the former president and the january 6th violence that he unleashed. it is a decision that may set off a chain reaction for ou
you ve live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. former president donald trump is campaigning in the key battleground state of iowa, and he s back to pushing his lies about the 2020 election. the former president told supporters he hopes judges will let the 2020 election be prosecuted in court. the gop front-runners encouraged his supporters to go into vote-counting facilities in 2024, saying they need to watch the votes. let s go live to kristen holmes in cedar rapids, iowa. kristen, you re there with the former president. looks like he ll be talking there shortly. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim, i mean, as you noted, right now, we are just about six weeks away from the iowa caucus in 2024, and donald trump is still talking about the 2020 election. now, earlier today at another event in iowa, he asked his voters, encouraged them, actually, to go into big cities, democratic strongholds, and watch the vote. take a listen. the most important part