his own defense. this is his first chance to comment on the debate last night. the latest one he skipped. we re getting new reporting on what the campaigns themselves and key insiders think might have changed after that performance. and gun fire on a college campus. three people killed. one in the hospital still. the community of unlv completely shaken. what we re learning starting to learn about the suspect. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. you are looking at live pictures of new york city outside the courtroom there. any minute now donald trump is expected to leave trump tower and head to court to attend his civil business fraud trial. the former president is also expected to take the stand again on monday as the last defense witness. trump and his sons were already found liable in the $250 million lawsuit brought by the new york ag. this trial is being held to find out exactly how much they will have to pay in damages.
coverage continues with wolf blitzer. happening now, new explosions over gaza as the israeli military vows it will advance anywhere hamas has found, sending new signals a wider offensive in the south may be imminent. ton tonight, a judge s ruling on whether to bar donald trump from the ballot in california. trump owe pponents hoping it ge him disqualified. mike johnson is promising to release nearly all of the january 6 video security footage at the u.s. capitol. will it accomplish his goal of pleasing right wing lawmakers? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. we begin near the israeli/gaza border with a new round of explosions in israel s war against hamas. nic robertson is joining us live, not far from gaza. tell us what you have been seeing and hearing at your location. reporter: i m just looking over my shoulder at the moment. we were watching tracer fire along the horizon. noth
but three taylor swift shows before he was born. sarah s a big fan. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. a new twist in donald trump s classified documents case. kind of sounds like a game of clue. the lead starts right now. a plumber, a maid, and even a chauffeur. the names from mar-a-lago who could soon be key witnesses in the criminal case against the former president. and a cnn exclusive, kevin mccarthy one month after his fall as speaker of the house and not holding back on the so-called crazy eight who voted him out. they care a lot about press, not about policy, so they seem to just want the press and the personality. plus, a political stunner. democratic senator joe manchin says he won t run for re-election, so will he run for higher office? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we start with our law and justice lead and brand new exclusive cnn reporting about who could be called to testify in donald trump s classified docu
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. As has peter baker, correspondent for the New York Times thanks to all three of you for staying up late. Congressman, again, just a civics and kind of a Physical Plant question. The winner gets to be an incumbent member of congress. The winner will go, will get really bad office space. Theyll be on the bottom of the seniority list. Hell get his predecessors office. You do inherit the office space . How does that work . I replaced the most Senior Member of congress. For eight months as a freshman, i had the best office on capital little. You had a beautiful view of the dome. Then reality sets in. But they cant move in. They cant feel as much as anyone can move in with a twoyear term. Lets say its 12 weeks before the next election. House is out till labor day. Because it is an election day, theyll be in for about three
weeks. Whoever the incumbent is, they will be an incumbent for all of about three weeks. What they will
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Attorney for the Southern District of new york elly honing. Julia, start with you. Did somebody tell the president he could take over this investigation . Where is it coming from . Seems to just be coming out of his adlib interview as he frequently does. Sort of spins from the cuff here. Seems that this is coming from a place of increased rhetoric from President Trump. He wants to show that he has control over the situation. In fact a lot of times likes bringing up the russia investigation. Perhaps that plays to his base who thinks this is part of the witchhunt he describes treating him and others like Paul Manafort unfairly. It could be that hes watching what the coverage of the Manafort Trial, thats getting to him. Could be he sees people like don mcgahn, his white house Special Counsel speaking to Robert Mueller and heard a lot about the fact Robert Mueller could be preparing a slew of indictments to give himse