that s it for us, have a great weekend. the source with kaitlan collins starts now. tonight straight from the source, donald trump and his gop rivals now canceling almost all of their in-person events in iowa. less than 70 hours out before the critical first vote in the nation. the extreme weather and sub zero temps up ending their plans. plus new u.s. strikes against iranian backed militants in yemen tonight hours after president biden said he delivered a message to iran that the barrage of strikes last night. the question now is escalation inevitable? and complications of the trump case in georgia. allegations of the improper relationship between the fulton county district attorney and her lead prosecutor. a judge is now looking into the matter. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are now down to the crucial final three days before the first vote in the nation. right now the republican front runner will be off the trails and on the phones instead just like
wider conflict. the latest from the region is coming up on cnn. but first, why do we keep giving donald trump exactly what he wants. tonight on laura coates live. but donald j j trump got exactly what he wanted today. and i mean again. a giant megaphone to call the 370 million dollar civil suit against him, say it with me, we all know the phrase, a witch hunt. but as you know, this is an unconstitutional witch hunt. its election interference at the highest level. but then in the courtroom, right in front of the very judge who is going to decide just how much he has to pay. again this is not a jury trial. no dye audience, he s talking to the person who is going to decide how much he has s fraud case. so maybe you want to want your words, saying, quote, this was a political witch hunt, what s happened here sir is a fraud on me. and that is donald trump s closing argument. the world of bach, or the 370 million dollar box stop here. now i want to bring in former trump
yes, i know. oh, all right. stop happy thursday, everyone. it you would seem silly now, but once upon a time, america trusted anthony fauci. during the pandemic, we were all scared and confused then fauci was a comforting brooklyn accented voice of calm and some believed a man of his stature might even lead them to pot of gold. but according to his this week before the official select subcommittee on the covid pandemi tc, as doc the dwarf known as doc, coppedk to the following admissionadmis the six foot social distancing rule had no basis in science the lab. leak isn t just a conspiracy theory vaccine t just . mandates and travel bans were a mistake. and oh, that s previously his saying the lockdowns weren t his fault. so what exactly did he getl be right? that the media will believe anything if it comes from a toadstooli m l, a lab coat? kudos to chairman brad wenstrup holding fauci s tiny hooves to the fire ands refrainingto throwing him out a window. let s start w
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jim acosta. i ll see you again next weekend. good night. mar-a-lago. welcome to the whole story . i m anderson cooper. last week at tokyo s haneda airport, a plane collided with a smaller aircraft. five crewmembers on the coast guard plane died. but amazingly, all 379 people on the airbus survived. they were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed in flames. investigation into what happened is still under way. it got us thinking about utah miraculous story of survival that happened 15 years ago this month. us airways flight 1549 took off from new york s la guardia airport heading to charlotte, north carolina. there were 150 passengers on board and 5 crew members, including the pilot, chap tain chesley sully sullenberger. it should have been a quick two-hour flight. but soon after takeoff 2 plane collided with a flock of geese. the plane went down. captain sully headed towards the hudson river for an emergency landing. his decisiveness saved the lives of all 158 peop