you ve live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. former president donald trump is campaigning in the key battleground state of iowa, and he s back to pushing his lies about the 2020 election. the former president told supporters he hopes judges will let the 2020 election be prosecuted in court. the gop front-runners encouraged his supporters to go into vote-counting facilities in 2024, saying they need to watch the votes. let s go live to kristen holmes in cedar rapids, iowa. kristen, you re there with the former president. looks like he ll be talking there shortly. what can you tell us? reporter: yeah, jim, i mean, as you noted, right now, we are just about six weeks away from the iowa caucus in 2024, and donald trump is still talking about the 2020 election. now, earlier today at another event in iowa, he asked his voters, encouraged them, actually, to go into big cities, democratic strongholds, and watch the vote. take a listen. the most important part
the new vicious attacks coming just hours after one of the orders was passed. trump is laying the groundwork for an even more extreme second term if he wins in 2024. how republicans are trying to circumvent democratic institutions to get the results they want. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. donald trump attacks his perceived political enemies almost nonstop. cal enemies it has become to routine and breaking just a short time ago he attacked the judge overseeing his civil fraud trial, new york attorney general of the tisha james and the law clerk on the case, smearing her by name and a deranged social media post. there was reasonable cause for alarm when a new york appeals court caused the gag order that had barred trump and his lawyers from speaking publicly about court staff in the case. just hours after the ruling, trump began attacking judge arthur engoron s law clerk again calling her a, quote, trump hater. he also said that letitia james is a partisan att
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That does it for the beat tonight. You can always find us on facebook at the the beat with ari. Hardball has promised is up next. Finding more, lets play hardball. Good evening, im chris mat use. San francisco, roy moore republican colleagues, a new powerful voice that has weighed in. United states Attorney General and former senior senator from alabama, Jeff Sessions joined a number of his former colleagues in saying he has no reason to doubt the women who have accused u. S. Senate candidate roy moore of Sexual Misconduct allegations moore denies. Heres the Attorney General. I took the liberty of reviewing federal crimes against children, particularly those dealing with sexual or physical abuse. As you well know, lee coughman, wendy miller, debby watson gibson and Beverly Young nelson, these young women have accused this individual, judge moore, who is running for a federal office, the United States senate, of child sexual activity. Do you believe these young women . I am have no reas
A trio of bills supported by Republicans in the Delaware General Assembly would address accountability around state spending - and around themselves and their colleagues. Here s what they say: