you hear that? you hear it? underneath the music? crickets. republican party getting remarks from donald trump. donald trump on a 2024 campaign of vengeance and vile remarks vowing to root out his political opponents and labelling everyone against him as vermin and making some rather extreme plans to round up every undocumented immigrant and put them in camps. meanwhile, donnie trump jr. is back on the stand as the defense team begins their case in civil fraud. plus, cnn cameras going deeper into gaza than any past reports. this time up close near hamas tunnels under a hospital. running to the heart of the terrorist operation. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. you know, it is become cliche to ask americans how they respond to something that donald trump has said to ask if such a thing were taking place in neither country, what they might think. it is so cliche that i ve never asked you engage in this exercise. but his comments as of late have been so stark, and so s
it comes as the cia director is in qatar for talks on freeing hamas hostages. where those efforts now stand. also tonight, the surprise from senator joe manchin. the moderate democrat from west virginia announcing he is not running for reelection. the potential major blow to the democrats election map in 2024. the security scare at election offices in multiple states. suspicious letters mailed, at least one laced with fentanyl. the fbi investigation. the tragic death in nashville. an 18-year-old college freshman walking in the park hit by a stray bullet. the questions about the suspect and why he was allowed to be freed. the man seen on body cam hitting the husband of former house speaker nancy pelosi with a hammer at their home. his federal trial getting under way today. the fallout from our nbc news gop presidential debate. the fiery moments. did any of the five candidates on stage make a dent in donald trump s lead? and don t touch that dial. the david and go
. trey: good evening and thank you for joining us i m trey gowdy it is sunday night in america . for the first time in history of former president of the united states was found guilty of criminal charges, it happened in the new york state courtroom on all 34 counts. this is one battle in what promises to be a much longer w war. remember brad did not want to do the case, he came out he said there s no case everyone tells me this is the easiest case they ve overturned but they don t care because they wanted to last until after the election, the only problem so far my poll numbers have gone up. trey: how did we get here prosecutors have more power than any other participant in the committal justice system there would be no judge want where sean presiding if alvin bragg had not brought the case. they brought this case despite a record of being soft on crime, bragg struggles to find cases worthy of his time and resources except for election leading cases against political opp
confirmations were pushed through today. that means for the first time since july, the joint chiefs do have a full slate of senate-confirmed officers. that includes admiral lisa frank kennedy, tuberville saying he s standing by the block cade we means they will have to continue to do them one one. thank you foror joininin us, cnn news with abby phillips starts right now. the gaza skylights up with rockets and flarest risks losing the war of public opinion. that s tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in washington. to want, the sights and sounds of war, caught on cnn s cameras, lighting up the sky in gaza, can the united states tell it s ally how to fight a war? and can the leader of the free world stitch together democrats viscerally torn apart by israel s campaign. just in, sources say that president biden and his administration are all warning israel that it has weeks, not months to uproot hamas from gaza. and that every image of a dead palestinian child
of 83. thank you, jim . dana: harris faulkner is up next. harris: breaking news, live pictures now. this is happening in tel aviv. a lot of people, we re told hundreds, lining the streets gathering with posters of some 238 hostages being held by the hostage taking killers of hamas. israel s military has moved deeper into gaza but the word on the street today is don t forget the hostages. some of them american, there are dozens of countries who have hostages among those who the hamas terrorists took on october 7th. the united states is pushing to get our own citizens separate from the hostages, those citizens who were perhaps visiting with family in gaza, cannot get out. only five of them have managed so far. they are trying to get out. hamas has been blocking them from leaving, which i ve been saying for the last 24 hours feels more like hostage taking. sources are telling fox news there are 400 americans stuck in gaza along with family members who may or may not be ameri