peak understood when, it clips from his time under the desk still go viral to this day. including angry action that came with talking to israel palestine, 2010 the rallied to restore thin étienne fear, showed how across from comedy into real row influence to voters, it s been using a series of fill in host trevor noah left as the permanent host, and the same time stewart s show on apple tv ended last year. he s set to return into and a half weeks, but only on mondays. the other days he s going to work with a rotating cast of comedians as host, and also executive produce the show. that is a moment of zen, for many of his biggest fans here tonight. thank you so much for joining us tonight, king charles starts right now.w. we are goioing to see one ofof r favoritete musical artrtist, w s the long a as you wowould? wait you re e not runnining late there bebeing. leleigh i w would wait six hours. i d don t know w until theyey cacame. out i guess i would max o out atat 30 0
thinking? yes. it s charles barkley. you are going to see one of your favorite musical artists. what s the longest you would wait? they re running late. you re in your chair. they re not running late. they re being late. six hours. it don t matter till they came out. i m so disappointed in you. i guess i would max out at three. nice to meet you. one of my first books was rebound. is that his book? yes. you wrote a book? i have four of them gayle. hey, i m going to teach you how to read. from the cnn studios in new york city, it s king charles. we re not going to waste your time. with gayle king and charles barkley. i m the living greatest karaoke singer alive. tonight actor and comedian keegan michael keene, cnn s own john king and from npr britney luce. king charles starts now. welcome, welcome, welcome. we re back again. when do my reading lessons start? listen, you need to google me, gayle. clearly because i didn t know you h
welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we are tracking several stories tonight, including another supreme court ethics scandal, tying gop appointee samuel alito to another billionaire on a fishing trip. we ll get into that later. it s a big story. but our news program begins tonight with not only the criminal trial of donald trump, now slated to begin on august 14th buck the broader ongoing threat of right wing individual lantyism and authoritarianism. tonight we begin with a special report on that very challenge, and trump s efforts to hijack the criminal justice system that now is trying to potentially hold him accountable. we re talking about a range of actions that has prompted already fear of violence over the violent rhetoric and whether that could turn to action. we re about one week out from the federal arraignment that trump did try to prevent. we remember he was forced to sit silently in that miami courtroom. outside cameras showed a very small crowd. the scene was
coverage of the iowa caucus will continue. see you sunday morning. happening now, u.s.-led air strikes inseed yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by iran-backed militants. mass protests erupt in yemen and fears of a full scale regional war intensify. also this hour, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the iowa caucuses. we re tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get to our top story tonight. iran-backed houthi militants vowing to hit back after a u.s. led coalition struck their position faze yemen. the national what is president biden saying as the u.s. braces for retaliation? wolf, the president spoke briefly earlier today reiterating that the united states stand as poised to respond to any additional houthi action including missile an
by, trump was reportedly just not interested in doing more to stop it. and trump learned that his own vice president had to be rushed to a secure location, trump reportedly responded, so what? so what? trump accepted the violence that they. he liked the threat to democracy than, they re whipping of violence on his behalf, the anger. and he still does. and that s quickly emerging as the core argument in president biden s reelection campaign. in a speech on friday, biden called democracy the most urgent question of our time, saying trump is willing to sacrifice it. and just this afternoon, speaking at mother emanuel church, he compared the perpetuation of the big lie to those who denied the outcome of the civil war. biden isn t imploring americans to save democracy from the man who by his own account wants to destroy it. but as president biden leans into this contrast with trump, this particular line of attack, something to think is just kind of old dunes, it s in the past. rep