i believe it is. it remains to be seen if it will hurt him at all politically. he is still the front runner for the republican presidential primary. and trump s campaign is not slowing down at all. today he is on a stump in the south making his first speeches since the indictment in georgia and north carolina. i am simone sanders townsend and i have something to say about it all. what kind of democracy are weak? are we a mature democracy, capable of enforcing its rules and laws? or an immature democracy choosing chaos over the competition. questions after this week s historic federal indictment of former president donald trump. and if you didn t get a chance to read that damning 44-page document, or 45, i highly encourage you to do it. it is all right, because we have got you suffered. on thursday we learned the former president was indicted by the justice department and its investigation of mishandling of classified documents. and yesterday when the indictment was unse
now, people are using the clock to speed up other things. look at this interview from the president. is your age into your own calculation as to whether to run again? first of all, look, first of all, to look, they the no but yes. there you go. it worked. jimmy fallon having some fun with baseball s new rule. we have a lot to get to this morning. a major conservative conference is going to be missing some star power. we ll go through the big names in the gop who are skipping cpac. we ll tell you which event many of them are attending instead. meanwhile, ron desantis takes control of a key figure in his so-called war on woke. we ll explain what is happening in florida. and we ll have the latest bombshells to come out of court documents in a lawsuit against fox news, including rupert murdoch s testimony on false claims about election fraud. also ahead, we will be joined by education secretary miguel cardona, as president joe biden s plan to cancel student
tensions in the skies, a russian fighter jet forcing a u.s. drone over the black sea. the u.s. air force calling the encounter reckless and unprofessional. it s at a potentially dangerous escalation at a crucial time in russia s war against ukraine. joining me now from the magic wall is cnn military analyst, retired air force colonel cedric leighton. i m so glad you re here to help us unpack. what happened in this moment? now, colonel, officials are saying that this drone was over international waters on the black sea when a russian jet dumped fuel on them and bumped into the drone? i mean, it sounds incredibly dangerous. yeah, it really is, laura. and it s good to be with you tonight. and where this happened is probably about in this area right here. so, all of this is international waters that you see right here, just off the crimean coast. and of course, the southern coast of ukraine. so, this area is one in which the united states of course has a lot of interest in tr
this is cnn tonight. we re gonna keep the conversation going every night from ten to midnight and we ve got a lot of smart folks here to do just that with us tonight. you know, you as viewers actually can be a part of the program as well. you can join us, give us your tweets, your comments. actually have you on the air at times as well. and i ask direct questions which i shudder to think of that as well. what could focus possibly. we ll try that, we ll be here with our panelists from across the political spectrum through the midterm elections and there s a lot to get through on that front now. let s start with hypocrisy or abortion, or hypocrisy and abortion since they certainly go in canada. so call pro-life republican seem to have gotten their vehement anti abortion pro family stats when it comes to their candidate for georgia senate herschel walker. as you know, walker literally paid for his ex girlfriend to have an abortion. she s provided various pieces of evidence
i m chris jansing in for jose diaz-balart. right now on capitol hill, democratic lawmakers are about to gather for a remembrance event marking two years since the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol lawmakers, staff and law enforcement fear for their lives after a pro-trump mob stormed the halls of congress. norma torres will account her experience on that terrible day. we re day four of an intense speakership battle where a group made up of 2020 election deniers is rebebl belling against kevin mccarthy s bid throwing congress into paralysis. mccarthy isn t backing down. we re going to make progress. we re going to shock you. why? why what? how are you going to shock us today? you re going to get there today? i don t know, you ll see progress. reporter: a brand now gnu jobs report shows a better than expected 222,000 jobs were added in december. we ll ask the labor secretary what this means for the state of our economy. also this hour, we ll take you live