leading presidential candidates dealing with major legal distractions as they prepare to head into the first contest of the 2024 election season. on friday, a federal appeals court upheld most of a gag order barring former president trump from attacking certain witnesses, prosecutors and court staff. trump is vowing to appeal the ruling, which centers on his federal election subversion case. this comes as president biden hits the campaign trail just hours after his son was indicted again. hunter biden is now facing new federal tax evasion charges. prosecutors accuse him of a four-year tax evasion scheme and spending millions of dollars on things like drugs, escorts and exotic cars. if convicted on all nine criminal counts, he could face up to 17 years in prison. the charges come as house republicans continue to pressure hunter biden to testify at a congressional hearing and prepare to vote on a resolution to authorize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. paula reed ha
biden wants to ban menthol cigarettes which are favored by black smokers. he wants to legalize weed for white college kids. republicans hope to siphon off some even if a small amount of biden s voters in some of the battleground states like nevada, iowa and pennsylvania. the white house for their part they have not given a clear reason for this delay. it s really interesting and important. thank you for tracking it. and cnn this morning continues right now. i don t have a woman problem. you have a corruption problem and that s what people need to know. nikki is corrupt. it s not worth my time to respond to him. her donors, wall street liberal donors make money in china. they are not going to let her be tough on china and she will cave to the donors. she will not stand up for you. he is mad because the wall street donors used to support him and now they support me. there you is have it. if you watched the debate it was fiery one. good morning. i m poppy harlow
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.
hey, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york. the question of when donald trump s rhetoric crosses the line was a subject of a bit of a lips as pivotal court hearing. prosecutors and attorneys met in front of a three-judge panel in the u.s. court of appeal for a d.c. circuit for oral arguments. the substance was the validity of a gag order imposed on the ex-president that limits what donald trump can say in public about prosecutors, witnesses, and court staff. the heart of arguments, how do you balance the first amendment rights of a defendant who was also a former president and front runner with the need to protect prosecutors, witnesses, and prevent the railing of the justice system? trump s attorney was grilled by the judges for more than an hour, judges pushed back, that they had no right to step in with a gag order. essentially what they are finding is we have a past pattern when the defendant speaks on this subject, threats follow. now he s making similar statements again
two israeli hostages found dead. their bodies recovered overnight by the idf, and the idf giving a first look at some of the infrastructure they say hamas has built in, around and under al shifa hospital. donald trump says he would have been quote, very well received by the january 6th mob at the capitol. the newly released audio from just after the insurrection. and music mogul sean diddy combs sued by his ex-girlfriend where she accuses him of rape, we ll walk you through the allegations. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. the idf says it s an operational tunnel shaft on the grounds of al shifa hospital. we re going to show you video of the israeli military of what they say they have found. israel has long said hamas has used gaza s largest hospital to hide a command center underneath. u.s. intelligence backs up these claims. today, israeli forces are still searching the grounds and buildings of this vast medical complex. they