The america claims she suffered emotional and physical abuse while training with the company. Allegedly forced to lose so much weight her body broke down. A texas man on trial for murder. He claims he was sleepwalking when he shot his wife. But did the jury buy it . Plus, the boat racing crash caught on camera. We hear from the driver. And a holiday music favorite. I simply should go text me when you get home gets a redo. Reaction to the new song released overnight. Good friday morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. We do begin with that bombshell in the race for president. Former new york city mayor Michael Bloomberg is taking a major step toward entering the race. Hes expected to file paperwork ahead of a deadline today and overnight the other candidates already responding. The big question now is what impact could bloomberg have on this race . Abcs andrea fujii has more. Andrea, good morning. Reporter good morning, kenneth and janai. Michael bloomberg has not confirmed hes run
Tamron remember the movie pay it forward with helen hunt and Haley Joel Osmond . It certainly about how you pay it forward, take on lifes challenges and see how it affects other people but you put their feelings before yours, pay it forward. Our next guest gives a fresh meaning to that phrase. Jon potter said he made it his mission to say yes to anyone desperate for help. Buying a car for a friend, to get work, to giving up half of his life savings to pay off someones debt and even donating, as i said before the commercial break, he donated one of his kidneys to save a life. He goes beyond simple acts of kindness, to say the least. This man is a superhero and the jon is of people magazines kindness award recipients. For their first ever kindness issue, on stands tomorrow. Please welcome jon and his wife. [applause] jon, this all started after meeting a woman in a gas station. Not just meeting, it was an encounter. I always said i wasnt a terrible person at that point in my life but i w
What does it say about the president s chances for reelection next year. And a search for suspects in the brutal slaying of Nine American women and children in mexico. We have new details of the investigation and chilling new accounts of how some children survived. Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. The public phase of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump moving forward rapidly. House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff now said the first public hearings will take place next week with a witness including the current and former top u. S. Diplomats in ukraine bill taylor and Marie Yovanovitch. And a short time ago the Impeachment Committee released taylors closed door testimony and described a quid pro quo saying it was his clear understanding that us aid to ukraine wouldnt come until the president committed to investigating joe biden and his son. Well speak with Hakeem Jeffries and our correspondents and analysts are sta
Is going to vote and where the country is, i would be unlikely to get elected. But in the private sector, i can make a difference. Bloomberg rejected a run earlier because that path to victory seemed narrow with joe biden in the same lane. But biden has been struggling in the crowded democratic field, as former adviser David Axelrod tweeted, this is a thunderclap and not exactly a vote of confidence in the durability of the joe biden campaign. Today, biden is in new hampshire, filing for the ballot there. He will face questions about bloomberg. Bloomberg has made no secret he doesnt want the party dragged too far to the left. He jabbed Elizabeth Warren moments after her appearance. I just said to senator warren on the way out, senator, congratulations. It was a nice talk. Just to remind you, if my company hadnt been successful, we wouldnt be here today. So, enough with this stuff. Senator warren in North Carolina was asked about a possible bloomberg run. Its not enough just to have som
and the only person who can make that decision is president donald j. trump. and it s as simple as that. perhaps no surprises there. investors shrugged off those comments. prices fell on u.s. treasury bills generally considered to be a safe haven. optimism has been high since the u.s. and china came to a preliminary agreement back in mid-october. the country s leaders are still looking for a venue to sign that deal. more funerals planned today for the family of nine americans killed in mexico. three mothers and six young children. donna ray langford and two sons were laid to rest on thursday. donna was a person that was full of life. she loved people. mexican government and the victims families have different accounts of what happened. officials claim it was crossfire between rival cartels. the family believes they were