Holly willbowie has been absent from her chair since yesterday morning reportedly taken off the air after being informed of the plot. Now, British Police say a man is under arrest and hes facing a series of charges now. And thats it for me and cnn primetime. Cnn tonight with laura coates is starting right now. Hey, laura. So good to see you. Its friday and let me tell you about what a week its been, abby phillip. Have a great show. Thank you so much. Good evening, everyone. Im laura coates and, yes, we did make it to friday and we have all earned the weekend ahead because, man, it has been a week, hasnt it . Remember what weve gone through in the past few day, the manufactured shutdown drama over the weekend when congress decided to kick the can down the road instead of maybe finishing the task at hand. Then on monday day one of Donald Trumps quarter of a billion Dollar Fraud Trial in new york city, yeah, i said billion with a b, tuesday Kevin Mccarthy got voted out of the job that he
today on inside politics, the final four. the stage is set. four republican presidential candidates have made the cut for the fourth gop debate. get ready for some fireworks between ron desantis and nikki haley, but will either take on donald trump? plus a desperate plea for ukraine. senators will hear directly from president zelenskyy about the stakes on the battlefield if they do not approve more fund ing. with just days left to act and the world watching, will u.s. lawmakers give up on cukraine? and hate on campus. the leaders of three of the country s most elite universities are on capitol hill right now answering questions about the terrifying rise of anti-semitism. did they allow hate to flourish. and what can be done to stop it now? i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with the 2024 race. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy will be on the stage in alabama with less than six weeks until the first votes are cast, the fro
2024 campaign. i m not interested in playing politicians with our border and immigration. i m interested in fixing it. when i m re-elected, joe biden s illegal amnesty plan will be ripped up and thrown out on the very first day. will this high-stakes debate shake up the race? my guest this morning, biden campaign co-chair mitch landrieu and republican governor kristi noem of south dakota. plus, running mates. donald trump narrows his choices for his vice presidential pick. there s never been a better politician, a better debater, a better communicator. i feel very comfortable with the fact that i can do the job. who will make the final cut? and team of rivals, vladimir putin makes a rare visit to north korea to sign a mutual defense pact as he seeks more ammunition for the war in ukraine. how will the west confront this new escalating threat? joining me for insight and analysis are the wall street journal senior political correspondent molly ball. greg blu
election-year issue. meanwhile, the ongoing ethics scandal surrounding some of the justices could also be a major factor this fall. recent efforts to hold the justices accountable have largely stalled in congress and this week, senate republicans blocked a democratic sponsored bill that would have required the supreme court to adopt a more binding code of conduct and would have exposed the justices to greater oversight. democratic representatives alexandria ocasio-cortez and jamie raskin also announced that they plan to introduce legislation in the house that would do the same thing. but, republicans will likely prevent that from even getting a vote on the house floor and that is just the political reality right now on capitol hill. that means that the future of the supreme court might very well be another important issue that the voters will be forced to reckon with when they had to the polls in november. for more on this, i am joined by molly jong-fast, special corresponden
Bennett, Betsy Woodruff and also charlie savage. Geoff, ill start with you. What was going on when the president made that comment about omarosa . The president was in the middle of a photoop there at his private estate in bedminster, new jersey. He was surrounded by Trump Supporters known as bikers for trump. And the voice you heard was that of Maggie Haberman part of the press pool and she asked if the president felt betrayed by omarosa. That is when he leveled that scorcher calling her a low life. But look, this is what the president tends to do to people whom he views as being disloyal. I think it is worth pointing out that the relationship between the president and omarosa has always really been mutually beneficial if not entirely transactional. She was able to use him to increase her public standing with that high profile white house job. And he was at times able to use her for a certain amount of
political cover when it came to some testy issues involving race. You bring up a re