blitzer in the situation room. happening now, a judge in manhattan just scheduled donald trump s criminal trial for next year right in the middle of the republican primary season. we ll share all the latest details from the former president s court appearance earlier this afternoon. also tonight, governor ron desantis is about to official. the florida republican is poised to launch his white house campaign tomorrow during a conversation with elon musk on twitter. we have new details on the announcement and how his gop rivals plan to respond. plus, we re learning new information right now about the driver who slammed a u haul truck into a white house barricade, what a court filing is revealing about the threats he allegedly made about president biden and his praise for adolph hitler. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. . let s get straight to the news on former president trump s criminal trial
at pnc private bank, we ll help you take care of the how. so tell us - what s your why? top of a brand new hour on cnn newsroom, good to have you. i m victor blackwell. we begin with the latest case from the january 6th house committee that donald trump held a key role in the insurrection at the capitol. at its second hearing, the committee kept pounding, the proof that trump refused to listen to the truth that he lost the 2020 election, and not from democrats but from his own people in the white house, and working on his campaign. his campaign manager, bill stepien recalled what he told trump about his prospects. this is just after the election. very very very bleak. you know, we told him that the group that went over there outlined, you know, my belief and chances for success at this point. you know, my belief is that it was a very very 5 to 10%s, it s not a very good optimistic outlook. 5 to 10% there. well, then the committee showed how trump continued to embrace
she was all they had, they were all she had. and then came that awful day. these two, beautiful 16 -year-old girls had come home from school and found their mother murdered. they were rocking back and forth, traumatized, disturbed. what had the girls seen that day? could they provide a clue to help crack this case? the twins said nikki had a second boyfriend. two boyfriends? two boyfriends. jealousy, passion, revenge. she was fearful. she contacted the police. what s secrets might the twins reveal? terrifying. is it possible that this could happen? i was shaking, oh my gosh, oh my gosh. hello, and welcome to dateline. nikki whitehead was a single mom working towards a brighter future. but that dream died when nikki was viciously murdered. her teenage girls seemingly inconsolable, and investigators were committed to solving her murder. the answer would prove elusive. in the end, difficult for even the veteran detectives to believe. here is kei
They were sweet. Her pride and joy. Im sorry. Its really hard. Pretty, toys, perfect, her twins were her world. They were so precious, the three of them were a tight unit. They were all she had, she was all they had. Then came that awful day. The two beautiful 16yearold girls had come home from school and found their Mother Murdered. They were rocking back and forth traumatized. Disturbed. What had the girl seen that day . Could they provide clues to help crack this case . We knew that nikki had a second boyfriend . Two boyfriends. Yes. Jealousy, passion, revenge. She was fearful, she contacted the police. What secrets might the twins reveal. It was terrifying, is it possible that this could happen. I was shaking. Oh my god, oh my god. You cant even imagine. Hello, and welcome to dateline. Nikki whitehead was a single mom working towards a Brighter Future but that dream died when nikki was viciously murdered. Her death and investigators committed to solving her murder the answer would
dramatic video shows a cargo ship split in two. authorities say the result is a disaster. and a texas pastor calls on married couples in his congregation to engage in a week of sex. seven straight days of sex. he and his wife are going to join me this hour to talk about the results of this sex-periment. we don t start with sex, we start with politics. that debate in new hampshire. you may have missed it while out for a late dinner last night or o while watching the nfl playoffs so we have got the highlights, the hits, the misses, the punches not thrown. here s cnn s political editor paul steinhauser. good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over. guess what? front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls here in new hampshire really remain unscathed as this debate as a lot of the rivals didn t really attack him but rather went after each other. l