It is good to be back with you for this second hour of Chris Jansing reports. At this hour, Donald Trumps private conversations with Mike Pence in the weeks and months before a mob swarmed the capitol. The neverbeforeseen evidence unsealed by a judge and trumps reaction when he was told his Vice President escaped the violence. The former president prepares to take the stage in michigan after attacking special Counsel Jack Smith as deranging. What else hes saying about a filing detailing his increasingly desperate bid to remain in power. The apocalyptic scenes in lebanon, more than A Million people sleeping on the streets, israel keeping up its Air Strikes. A live report on that, and the stunning claims the agreement Hezbollahs Leader made just days before he was killed. And the growing desperation after hurricane helene, A Thousand active duty troops now in areas without power or clean water. And with the fate of hundreds still unknown, President Biden visiting the Storm Zone right now
States of scandal with jake good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta and washington donald trump is off the Campaign Trail and back in the courtroom just minutes ago he arrived at the federal courthouse in South Florida for a hearing and his classified documents, case trump and his attorneys will ask the judge to dismiss the charges or at least grant them a delay in the trial and delay could also be looming in trumps election subversion okay. Its down in Fulton County, georgia at any time now, the Presiding Judge there could announce if District Attorney fani willis is disqualified from the case and a decision that could derail the trial from starting in august. Lets begin with the classified documents hearing today in florida. Cnns Kaitlan Polantz is outside the courthouse. Kaitlan, how likely is it that a judge Aileen Cannon will dismiss the case . There jim, that is going to be entirely up to her and were watching to see exactly how she reacts to the arguments
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Democrats were promising a new direction for the war, and to make their case, they had just nominated a decorated war veteran to be there nominee, a man who had been awarded the silver star, the bronze star, and three Purple Hearts for valor in combat. Thank you. Im john kerry, and i am reporting for duty. [ cheers and applause ] senator john kerry made his Military Service in vietnam Essential Part of his campaign for president that year. In the weeks after he accepted the democratic nomination, kerry consistently led the incumbent, resident george w. Bush in the polls, but then in august, everything changed. That was when these campaign ads started airing. I served with john kerry. I served with john kerry. John kerry has not been honest about what happened in vietnam. He is lying about his record. Is a central image of john kerrys campaign, the candidate, literally, wrapping his arms around his vietnam friends, but now republicans are challenging his war record with other vietnam ve
house speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi sought of the hospital. neurosurgeon dr. sanjay gupta joins us to talk about what mr. pelosi s recovery from a skull fracture bhmight look like. also the president and two former presidents helping races for congress, not just within grabs, but within reach for either party. we begin with breaking news on cnn reporting on how the justice department could proceed with cases against former president trump if he decides to run. this as surrogates are again loudly hinting for president again. cnn s sara murray has the breaking news. she joins us now. what are you learning? anderson, our sources are telling our team that the justice department is considering whether a special counsel might be necessary to oversee the investigation surrounding donald trump if he decides to run for president in 2024, which as you ve mentioned is a thing his allies are talking about, a thing that could be potentially an imminent announcement. and so they re l