a legal case, and it s important to remember the context of all the cliches we hear, donald trump fought this and lost this, the video you see on your television screen is something he spent a long time trying to avoid, but he lost and cooperated with this new york attorney general probe, and here s what he said at the start. anyone in my position not taking the fifth amendment would be a fool, an absolute fool. i respectfully decline to answer the questions under the rights and privileges afforded to every citizen under the united states constitution. this will be my answer to any further questions. as. as to the second part he said, fact check, true. we ll get into. that a.g. james drew these answers into what is a civil probe into his taxes. he infamously attacked others who availed themselves of this same right of pleading the fifth. he went from that to himself pleading the fifth over 400 times across apparently four frustrating hours. i decline to answer the quest
top prize has exceeded 1 billion. the next drawing is tuesday, january 10th. good luck. the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night, republicans search for a path forward of what might be the craziest fight for house speaker ever. i ll talk to the congressman who nominated kevin mccarthy in that all important 15th vote. plus, new details as a virginia teacher lies in a hospital bed after police say she was shot by her 6-year-old student. as football evolves, so does its safety practices. you re in the cnn newsroom. an olive branch this saturday from president biden to the new house speaker kevin mccarthy. the president called mccarthy to congratulate him on his hard-fought win on the 15th vote. it s the kind of civility lacking at times among the speaker s own republican members overnight. moments after mccarthy confronted matt gaetz for forcing that 15th vote, congressman mike ro
infuriates me. gets out of the lab it could spread to others. whistleblower documents correctly implicating president biden in his son s shady business dealings. g.o.p. senator chuck grassley claim documents indicate that joe biden was aware of business arrangements. time for the fbi and doj to do something. that s good. scott puts it down. that s good. the kick is good. and the chargers win it in overtime. [cheers] i got a chevy she can flip a quarter i drive her anywhere from here to california when this song is over i got to find her. rachel: all right. good morning, asheville, north carolina. that s a shot of where you are at right now. we are here in new york city. 7:00 a.m. and. steve: hold on. what do you want? excuse me. excuse me. steve: this is where we start the show, stuart. stuart: i know you did. i m interrupting. rachel, i did not forget your name yesterday. [laughter] i admit that i had a senior moment but did i not forget it. s
redactions. president trump argues there shouldn t be any. judge reinhart rejected the doj s attempt to hide it from americans. the whole affidavit should be released. given the democrats penchant for using it to hide government corruption. that s the crux of the matter. they re demanding whether to know political buy as played a role in the buher eos decision making. we re interested in how that information was presented of the was it presented faithfully and truthfully given the past record of the f.b.i. and department of justice in trump investigations? mark meredith joins us from west palm beach, florida. good morning, park. good morning. the justice department says there is a lot of information about why federal agents came to mar-a-lago last week that they don t want to release at this point. a judge yesterday said in the interest of transparency there is also the information the public needs to know and likely we ll see some information in that criminal affida
Thanks so much for joining us as always. Kentucky and georgia polls, they have just closed . Wow, okay. All eyes are on georgia where another case against trump hangs in the balance. And tonight Voters Decide on whether to reelect Fulton County d. A. Fani willis. Take a load off fanny. And judge mcafee, will they be saved by the voters tossed to the curve. Results coming in at the about m of the screen. Any major developments as they come in. First, ya beyond a reasonable dt thats the focus of tonights angle. We are never going to know just how much this trump trial cost the taxpayers of new york, but it has to be, i dont know, in the tens of millions of dollars . And for every hour spent on this was one hour less spent on prosecuting real criminals still terrorizing the city, not that has ever been alvin braggs priority. We know that he is on the side of the criminal. His sole focus has been to nail donald trump no matter what it took, no matter how he had to contort the law, no matte