the race, and as he began to deliver his concession speech before a crowd in phoenix, arizona, this happened. a little while ago, i had the honor of calling senator barack obama to congratulate him. [crowd chanting] please. to congratulate him. on being elected the next president of the country that we both love. john mccain. gently, but firmly, and managing a crowd of republicans for booing the election of our nation s first black president. at the time, this was seen as an important moment, it wasn t as though statesmanship was exactly the norm in the republican party. it was sort of the opposite, actually. remember, john mccain s running mate, sarah palin, who was a proponent of birtherism, that conspiracy theory that unfounded racist fearmongering that undermined the historic election of our nation s first black president, and that turned conservatives against barack obama, that you could probably hear in the booing of senator mccain tried to hush that night. mccain d
delivered a stunning verdict finding the former president liable for sexually abusing a woman and then telling malicious lies about her. and an agreement to meet again. yesterday s debt ceiling huddle on a curve and it wasn t a failure. but listen to the principles and everybody still dug in. during our meeting, default is not an option. everybody in this meeting reiterated the positions themp at. i didn t see any new movement. back to that a bit later. we begin with the right now legal headache. george santos is in federal custody. he will stand before a judge in the next hour. the government this morning unsealing a 13-count indictment, 7 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, two counts of making false statements to the house of representatives and one count of theft of public funds. among the accusations, stealing pan desmic unemployment money. and using campaign donations to buy luxury designer clothes and pay his personal credit card bills. britaiynn gingras jo
[applause] good evening and welcome to new hampshire. we are live here with cnn s town hall with former president donald trump. i m kaitlan collins, tonight president trump is here as he embarks on a campaign unlike any other in the history of u.s. presidential elections. he s the first former president in more than a century to seek a return to the white house, and he is currently leading the republican field while also facing multiple criminal investigations and an indictment. just yesterday he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. no questions are off the table and we agreed to no conditions. we are here to give voters the answers that they deserve. our audience is made up of republicans and undeclared voters who planned to take part in new hampshire s republican primary. they will get the chance to question the former president directly. these voters and the issues that they care about the most will help decide if former president trump will get a second cha
that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f