caitlin collins had asked a single question, these people were saying that trump, a former president and the leading candidate by far for the republican nomination, should be barred from tv, banned, exiled, silenced because they just don t like him. but that s ludicrous. this wasn t a rally where he just gets to pop off. and whatever you think of trump, shouldn t journalists question him as part of the campaign? as it turned out, the town hall turned into an absolute train wreck, even many people at cmn being sharply critical. but the alternative, banning trump from the airwaves, is suppression of speech, and that is not journalism. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, george santos versus the media mob as he is indicted for fraud. the first 24 minutes of the cnn event was spent on two of donald trump s true curing subjects recurring subject, the 2020 election and the capitol riot, and that insured a clash from the start. it was not a rigged election
13 federal charges against a sitting member of congress. george santos accused of wire fraud, money laundering, stealing public funds. so will republicans call on him to resign with every vote in the house critical? santos due to be arraigned at any moment. public pressure campaign. president biden hitting the road and hitting republicans over a fierce budget standoff. in minutes he s making the case for raising the debt ceiling once again without conditions, with potential economic consequences just weeks away. and heroes in action. newly released audio reveals the terrifying moments as officers search for the texas mall shooter. one officer telling the dispatcher i need everybody i got. chilling words as they ask for backup. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. just minutes from now, new york congressman george santos is expected to appear in federal court. he was taken into custody this morning.
multiple crimes, neither dropped by the republican party. have the gop no shame? plus, the texas father who lost a son in the uvalde massacre kicked out of the state capital this week for demanding some action on gun reform. he will join me to share his story and his message. and elon musk, lisa styled free speech absolutist caves to an authoritarian government demand that he censor his tweets. actions speak louder than words, elon. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on wednesday, the house was debating an unemployment benefit fraud bill, legislation to help incentivize states to recover funds stolen during the coronavirus pandemic. the stunning case of cosmic irony, that bill being debated on the same daisy that one of its co-sponsors found him self indicted for that very same crime. yes, that s right. justice finally caught up with now infamous serial liar and fabricator george santos. on wednesday, federal prosecutors in new york announced a 13 count indictment against the rep
uncover the origins of the trump-russia collusion probe on may 13th, 2019. here we are two years and four days later his final report is released. it s 30 # pages. bret, he calls some of the findings in his report sobering. let s take everyone back right now to 2016, 2017, when donald trump was running for then elected president. the investigation theme in the report durham says the fbi rushed an investigation code named crossfire hurricane without the proper legal basis he says quote at the direction of fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, deputy assistant director for counterintelligence peter strzok opened crossfire hurricane immediately. strzok at a minimum had pronounced hostile feelings toward trump. he continued the fbi s failure to critically analyze information that ran counter to the narrative of a trump-russia collusive relationship exhibited throughout crossfire hurricane is extremely troublesome. durham s narrative expected. believing the 2016 democrat nominee s ca
expiration. bracing for hundreds of national guard members deployed, some in riot gear and federal authorities warning migrants, if you haven t filed the proper paperwork before you arrive, you ll wait five years before applying again. matt rivers and maria on both sides of the border tonight. former president trump ordered to pay $5 million to e roll finding and he was in the military during a black lives matter protest in texas and governor greg abbott igniting outrage after vowing to pardon him even before the trial was over. in the middle east tonight, hundreds of rockets fired from gaza towards israel, people running for cover. israel responding with air strikes. james is there. in the u.s. coast guard searching for a missing plane off the u.s. coast disappearing over the pacific. also ton, major news from fda advisory panel backing an over the counter birth control pill, no prescription needed. also tonight, tornado watch across several states at this hour and we ll t