Welcome back, everyone. Top of the hour here On Cnn this morning, youre looking at a live picture from st louis. Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Edition of cnn this morning. Yes, i am not victor blackwell. None of us are im Amara Walker alongside danny freeman, Allison Chinchar, of course. Andy scholes of victor is off. First of all, will be back on october 5th. It really feels like the Holiday Season is applied i dont say that all is that what you made in terms that will that to one person is taken off now, but like halloween and you go to the source any already . And i was like Christmas Decor its our its going to feel a lot more like fall real soon for some places i hope it has said so holding on to summer as long as we can. No. No, not here all right. Well, were glad to have you with us. Heres whats going on today former President Donald Trump takes his message to the critical Battleground State of North Carolina. The visit comes as the republican going back candi
plus, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries is here at the table as republicans struggle to do anything with their majority in the chamber. and arizona secretary of state demanding the justice department take action to protect election workers. grab your coffee, settle in, welcome to the weekend. we begin with the verdict and e. jean carroll s defamation case against donald trump. the 83.3 million dollar award includes 65 million in punitive damages. friday s verdict came after an eventful day in court. trump stormed out of the courtroom during closing arguments while carroll s lawyer were telling jurors that the former president is a liar who thinks quote, the rules don t apply to him. joining us now, former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, he is an msnbc contributor and former senior fbi official. also with us, msnbc host and legal analyst katie phang. katie, in the run up to this verdict, the big question was, what number is going to be big enough to make donald trump st
the 2020 federal election interference case. emphasis on voluntary. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 10th. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. it s 4:00 a.m. in des moines, where ron desantis and nikki haley will be one-on-one for the first time a at tonight s cnn debate. that debate is the candidate s last chance to face-off before the iowa caucuses in just five days. it remains part of the race for second place, and we ll be missing the front runner, donald trump, who is skipping the event to be part of a fox news town hall. trump also skipped a day on the campaign trail yesterday choosing, his choice to appear in a d.c. courtroom to hear arguments in his federal election subversion case over the claim he has presidential immunity barring him from criminal prosecution for his role leading up to the january 6th capitol attack. trump, who again was not required to be there, had this to say after the hea
faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire. a decision could come as early as today fro the three judge appeals court panel that heard president trump s presidential immunity claim. prosecutors and lawyers for the former president made their oral arguments yesterday in washington, d.c. trump s legal team appealed an earlier ruling by federal judge
january 10th, 2024. this is the 6:00 a.m. hour of fox & friends eastern time. coming up, 2,000 high school students here in new york city forced to go remote today because their classrooms are being taken over by migrants. ainsley: plus, florida s governor ron desantis making this prediction about iowa during last night s fox news town hall. we re going to do well here. i think iowa rewards the intensive approach where you are showing up in 99 counties. brian: he did do just that talk about a super commuter, a journalist who works in new york city pays less to live in ohio and travel to work than it would to rent an apartment in new york city like a shoebox by the way. ainsley: i believe it. brian: in manhattan. i commuted to d.c. this morning as a personal experiment while steve and ainsley insisted on staying in new york city. fox & friends, according to reports starts and i think i remember right now and just also keep this in mind, mornings are better with f