you re life in the cnn newsroom. i am jim acosta in washington. good evening. tonight trump repeated his rhetoric at a rally, and the former president is now claiming that migrants are coming from prisons and much more. take a listen. they come from prisons. they come from mental institutions and insane asylums, and many are terrorists. trump also took aim at president biden claiming the influx of migrants across the southern border is not just the president s fault but an invasion that president biden supposedly launched. our border never had been stronger but crooked joe came in and launched an invasion against our country, this is like a military invasion, drug, criminals and gang members pour into our country at record levels. we have never seen anything like it. they are taking over our cities. there s zero evidence that president biden orchestrated or launched a so-called invasion of immigrants at the southern border, and trump provided a window into some of t
i am mj lee at the white house and this is cnn. we continue to follow the breaking news out of israel and its war on hamas. the israel defense forces says that it accidentally shot and killed three israeli hostages in northern gaza who were mistakingly identified as a threat. two of the vn victims identified. this is what idf spokesman lieutenant colonel jonathan told me just this last hour. we are looking into how it happened, how it came about that these hostages were out, trying to understand how that happened, whether it was intentional by hamas, or it wasn t intentional. and what we have told our troops is to exercise this when being confronted with people. part of the complexity, we are fighting in a civilian environment where almost all of the rpg crews that have been attacking our troops have been dressed in civilian clothes. it creates a very dynamic and challenging environment. what we have told our troops is to be extra vigilant and do one more safety
there. i have to go over there. she was a commander who cared. i was like, when are you doing. and she says, i m writing birthday cards to all my soldiers. her husband was a charming sergeant and devoted that. he was just as loving and doting as lyndon was. no one could believe it when this decorated officer was found dead in her own home. an army commander being murdered was unheard of. the first suspect, as usual, the husband. but this one had a rock solid alibi. it would have been very difficult for him to have committed this murder. this soldier have enemies off the battlefield? her brother in law had a grudge. rodney was going around calling her names, vulgar names. her husband had a girlfriend. roger was sitting with a young lady, and they were cut cuddled up. we found out that she was pregnant. who killed the commander? in a place where loyalty is prized above all, one clue. that palm print was a key part of the case. would reveal a brea
i m abby philip, and washington, where today cameras captured what might be the final chapter in a truly american story. a jury, sentencing the man once known as america s mayor to what is, essentially, a financial death penalty. rudy giuliani, now on the hook for $148 million. $148 million for the harm he caused to two women. shame moss, and ruby freeman. moss and freeman are the georgia election workers whose lives were forever altered after giuliani made them the crux of a nonsense voter fraud conspiracy. now, the sheer size of this penalty is, really, stunning. 16 million for defaming freemen, 16 million for defaming moss. 40 million for emotional distress to both women, and 75 million in punitive damages. moments after following the verdict, the two women thanked the jury, but said that today s result does not atone for two years of turmoil. the flame that giuliani lit with those lies, and passed on to so many others to keep the flame blazing changed every aspect of ou
beyond the borders, the nation grapples with a surge of migrants, the battle over immigration reform is playing out in congress and across the country. how this all factors into the 2020 presidential election. and battle on the red seat. the u.s. is creating a new coalition to fight off iranian -backed houthi rebels attacks on commercial ships. attacks that are already threatening the world supply chain. we will have more on the economic fallout ahead. and we have lift off. more than a year after a fiery failure, blue origin launches its new rocket. what is its mission? we are following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. we are only 11 months out from the 2024 presidential election, and a key issue for both parties is a divisive one. immigration. to put it in perspective, some recent cnn polling, economic concerns far and away are the most prevailing issue for voters, but immigration is second. when it comes to whic