hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. 2024 revs up ron desantis aligned super pac answers what you might call a sticky add by asking why donald trump is now spending his time attacking other republicans . this week, the florida governor heads here to washington to capitol hill that after a donor defects from his campaign in waiting, plus class field trip tries to turn up the pressure on alvin bragg. house judiciary republicans hold a hearing in manhattan d a s backyard to call him soft on crime and yes to deflect attention from brags prosecution of the former president and a delay on the eve of a billion dollar trial, or fox and dominion, perhaps headed for a settlement, or will it s anchors, some of whom bread, blatant lies on the air have to take the witness stand. but up first for us congress is back today, and lawmakers returned to a very long to do list this morning. the house speaker kevin mccarthy, u
this week. also, elon musk brought us a new generation of rocket ships and electric vehicles. now he sees machines that could be learning to outsmart even the smartest humans. it has the potential of civilization destruction. martha: we ll talk about that. a preview of his big discussion with tucker. first, the future of american s cities. chicago and new york were magnets for americans that wanted to make it big. now huge numbers are fleeing from these cities and others as d.a.s and mayoring seem numb to the chaos prompting the exodus in part. here s chicago this weekend during what they re calling a teen takeover. watch this. yeah. just a regular saturday night, right? police running for cover. i m sorry. police were recovering cover for terrified tourists that were out for a nice evening in the city. look at that destruction. teens were smashing car windows, sending three people to the hospital. here in new york, today, you ve got house republicans that are in town to
tonight on the reidout so look, all i want to do is this, i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. turns out that wasn t the only call trump made to try to overturn his georgia defeat. with criminal charges possibly coming soon in georgia and new york, we need to talk about why the justice department is taking a back seat to those investigations plus, newly released january 6th video clearly refutes tucker carlson s phony narrative about the supposedly peaceful tourists january 6th committee member adam schiff joins me i ll also be joined by the journalist who was fired after privately calling out the desantis administration for propaganda and wait until you hear the scathing response from princess diana s brother after donald trump claimed she and the other royals used to kiss his big old bum. but we begin the reidout tonight with what is considered the most difficult element to prove in a criminal case, int
i m jim acosta in washington will be in this hour of americans caught up in the escalating crisis in sudan. just minutes ago, the u. s state department announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens . in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american. both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. the rsf say they will help evacuate for nationals. the u. s is making preparations to get diplomatic personnel right out right now. but the white house says private citizens should not expect and evacuation. we have correspondents in the military expert here to help us tackle all of the angles of the story. let s begin with cnn s larry meadow, a live in nairobi, kenya. larry. i know things are very fluid at the moment. but what s the latest on these evacuations? jim right now there s evacuati
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