cnn, which once defined cable news, is now under fire after this week s trump debacle. underilities new ownership, it s now just one more outlet for the libertarian billionaire point of view. also tonight, the unserious caucus, jim jordan continues to carry trump s water, pursuing a pointless investigation of manhattan d.a. alvin bragg. as james comer more or less admits he s got nothing on the bidens, but he s going to keep pretending he does anyway. and we begin with the continued clean-up on aisle five at cnn in the wake of widespread criticism over its decision to air a town hall with the twice impeached civilly liable for sexual abuse former president donald trump on wednesday night that played out more like a pep rally or a maga version of the jerry springer show. on thursday, cnn ceo chris lict mounted a defense of the town hall during the network s morning editorial call. insisting the spectacle served the public well despite the widespread condemnation even fro
everyone. it is tuesday, april 25th. welcome to cnn this morning. we re so glad you re with us. we do begin, though, with news about this show. as you may have heard yesterday, cnn parted ways with anchor don lemon. a statement, chris licht thanked don for his contributions over the 17 years. writing in part, don will forever be a part of the cnn family. we wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future ende endeavors. he was one of the first anchors to have me on his show. that s something i ll obviously never forget. we wish him the best. we certainly do. don was one of my first friends at cnn. i m so thankful to worked alongside him and for his support for nearly 15 years here and i wish him all good things ahead. we re really proud of this show. we re so proud of the dedicated team that works around the clock to bring you the news every morning and our priority is you, the viewer. we re grateful you welcome us into your home each morning. absolutely. of c
the will likely face thahat guy, the guy that does not know today s monday. he s eighty two years ol years d and all we know is he likes ice cream and he can t speak very well anyway. , jojoe biden, your cognitively struggling democratic president, is now to planning to announce his reelection bid tomorrow night. tomo veryintere getss reelec interesting.g. even though almost no one ineveo america wantugh alams him to see a second term, we re not evene sure he can get through the first term. now, that s true. tulsi gabbard, will weigh inghte tonight right here in studio with us. withalso, west virginia democrat joe manchin will join rem us tonight. now, remember, he made a deal with chuck schumer and joe biden on the critical issue to his state. it s called energy, right? we need to be energyt. independent, energy dominant. it looks lik like the they have. their promise to him. joe manchin is notn is not happt it. he is rightly criticizing that,r criticiziniticizg runaway spen
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progress let s finish the job president joe biden is expected to make it official this morning he s running for a second term. we ll have a look at what his campaign could look like and the challenges he faces just ahead meanwhile there s a new time line for the next possible indictment of donald trump we ll have the latest from the fulton county district attorney. and also an update on the diplomatic efforts in sudan as a cease-fire agreement brings a temporary pause to the deadly violence in that country good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 25th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where president joseph r. biden is expected to announce his re-election bid today exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 race. three sources familiar with the plan say that biden will make his candidacy official with a video message just like he did last time. since taking the oval office the president