today on inside politics , new and exclusive reporting reveals the special counsel is asking questions about an oval office free for all, and the free yeo who pushed donald t trump. plus, hiring is solid, but new numbers fall short. does it all point to another rate hike from the fed that could crunch your credit? and the freedom caucus purges marjorie taylor greene from its ranks over questions about where her loyalties lie, to the hard right or to the house speaker. i m abbey philip in for dana bash. let s go inside politics . up first, the screaming patch at the center of the special counsel s investigation. exclusive cnn reporting gives new insights into jack smith s months long focus on that december 18th 2020 oval office meeting. the people inside that room and ses brat and legal ideas that then pushed donald trump. and cnn s caitlin pollonz is part a that report. what does this tell us about where jack smith is in the process? this reporting from a keep of us led
good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it s kasie hunt. it s thursday, 5:00 a.m. here in washington. it s 4:00 a a.m. in iowa. there are now four days until the caucuses. hours ago, ron desantis and nikki haley went head to head on the cnn debate stage in the fight for number two. both deploying the pants on fire strategy. you have said it again. stop lying. she said she never said it. you re lying. it doesn t change the fact that ron is lying because ron is losing. you lie a the lot. hnikki haley gives him a run fo his money. you get the point. they both also took some time to go after the no-show, far away republican front runner, donald trump. i think what happened on january 6th was a terrible day. i think president trump will have to answer for it. he sat in the white house and tweeted law and order. but he did nothing to ensure law and order. as your president, i will never let our city burn. at that very moment, trumps wa
a sad day in america this morning. donald trump is reacting to the colorado supreme court decision keeping him off the state s 2024 primary ballot. colorado secretary of state jena griswald joins us to talk about the unprecedented ruling. new hope in israel. the stalled negotiations to try to get more israeli hostages released from hamas captivity, they re beginning once again. the proposal to pause fighting to try to pull this off. the level of iran-backed attacks on shipping vessels on the red sea is the most in two generations. the u.s. launching a new coalition to try to protection those critical shipping lanes. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan. john berman is off. this is cnn news central. taking it to the u.s. supreme court. that is the promise from donald trump s team this morning after the colorado supreme court removed his name from the state s primary ballot. now the 4-3 ruling from colorado s high court leaned on section 3 of the 14th amendment
it has been said that the supreme court is like a family. a family composed entirely of in-laws. 42 years ago, i was assigned to help then judge o connor join that family. it was my first day in a new job at the justice department, and i was proud to be part of her team. i thought i did a pretty good job. after all, the justice was confirmed 99-0. we must have had something to do with that. only many years later was i told she thought i was slow in getting material to her. i should have learn ed that whe she had a challenge or responsibility before her, her approach was simple and direct. get it done. the way she participated in oral argument at the court is a good example. justices have many different styles on the bench. some like the back and forth of debates, others pose unusual hype otheticals, some badger counsel to get concessions. others spell out a particular theory at length and ask for comment. now all this is fine and good, but justice o connor was different. af
pete: it is the third hour. rachel: wow, it went fast. anyway pete: getting prepared. will: i got a lot of renaissanc- rachel: we re making sure we don t have is food in our teeth. will: we just learned, by the way, i don t know if you walked away a little earlier than you should have, john adams, south jersey celtic society, taught us how to properly drink whiskey. so rachel and i both, we didn t drink whiskey [laughter] you re supposed to the swirl it. rachel: three times. will: you get your nose down in there. i don t know, i just night back. rachel: will and i chose a smoky irish whiskey. pete: the fighting 69th is from right here in manhattan. we want to give a shout out ott folks inial keg baa, alabama, wish we were there with you, hopefully we ll be back. big race on fox. will: i hope you have gigantic screens up in the infield pete: on top of your rv is, you go to big bill s garage later on. we re with you in spirit all the way. rachel: we ll just from the to pr