i m martha maccallum. this is the story today. it s a big one. a border showdown is brewing in eagle pass, texas right now. a huge hub for illegal border crossings. there s a standoff that is underway between the federal government, which wants the razor wire that texas put in place there to protect its own state, they say it has to go. republican texas governor greg abbott says he will not. the biden administration has given him a deadline of tomorrow to allow border patrol access to the area. it s called shelby park. essentially setting up a confrontation potentially between federal agents and the texas national guard. when asked to the governor, will you comply with this order, here s what the governor said. watch. texas has a right as a state to stop criminals from coming in to our state. to make arrests of those criminals. we have national guard as well as texas department of public safety officers that are there to make those arrests and to deny illegal entry. mar
yes, and at any moment, we are awaiting this verdict, and obviously a huge case, and one of the many legal challenges that the former president is facing, and perhaps on the most personal of the many women that have accused him of sexual assault, and this going to court, and not a criminal case, but nonetheless, potentially accountability of the many accusations he has had against him. certainly will be, and what we find out, it could be critical. yes. and i want to bring in jean casarez to join us. jean, as we are awaiting what the jury is going to determine here if the former president is liable or not in this civil case. what are you looking for, and are you surprised how quickly this jury has come to a verdict? it has come back very quickly, and i have covered sod many sexual assault cases for cnn from harvey weinstein to bill cosby and two cases, and also in that exact courtroom several cases including kevin spacey and when i saw the prior bad act witnesses com
have we seen such an anticlimactic ending late today, dominion agreed to settle its defamation lawsuit against fox, but there s very little reason to believe fox will change its ways anytime soon also tonight, ralph yarl s aunt joins me. he s the missouri teen shot after approaching the wrong house. and now, criminal charges have been filed against the man accused of shooting him. and ron desantis is fought done with his absurd war with his state s top employer, disney, amid signs his presidential campaign is imploding before it even officially begins. we begin tonight we begin the reidout tonight with a common game show dilemma like on wheel of fortune if you can solve the puzzle, do you do so and take the money in front of you or spin the wheel for a chance to get more but potentially lose it all? today, dominion voting systems decided to take the money in front of them, settling their suit against fox on the first and last day of what was supposed to be a blockbu
reality tv based. i love the inventing ana. i love the interview because you know most people can t speak to her. even the shows and series people have, there are drawings of her, there s drawings from her in jail. now this is actually right in the thick of things. it was a great interview. thank you so much. i don t think if you picked it up i m not really sure i m buying what you re selling. but we ll see. i think the phrase is you weren t picking up what was being put down. we ll see. she has a chance now to do her thing. let s see what she does. let s see what she does and i think we ll probably get a show out of it. i wouldn t be surprised maybe there was another angle to pursue. maybe that s the next one. thanks so much. great show as always. good evening, everyone. look, this is cnn tonight. i m laura coates. allison is off tonight. we ll see her again soon. we are going to keep our conversation going with panels across the political spectrum. this is a day
thanks so much for joining us tonight, i ll be back tomorrow night with republican congressman adam kinzinger. he is on the january 6th select committee. this will be his first interview following tomorrow s interview. that will be the last one. that is tomorow night at 9:00 eastern, until then you can follow me on facebook, instagram, and twitter tik tok at jake tapper. our coverage continues now with laura coates. laura coates, did you see, i know you are a big fan, did you see the interview with anna delvey aka anna? i did, i look forward to anything that is reality tv based. i can think of someone having a disguise. i love the inventing anna, i love the interview because most people can t speak to her, even the shows and series that people have, there are drawings of her. there are now, this is actually in the thick of things. it was a great interview. thank you so much, i don t know if you picked up, i m not really sure i m buying what she is selling. we will see