Newsroom up next good morning you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trump returning in front of a judge this morning as lawyers for the former President And E Jean Carroll are set to square off in manhattans federal Appeals Court Trump is seeking an appeal after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed the former columnist, awarding her 5 following a trial last year, the case is separate from the related Defamation Trial that was held earlier this year when a jury awarded carroll 83 Million in damages, Youll Recall that cnns Kristen Holmes is with me now. Kristen what do we know about this pill and why is trump expected in court . Hes not expected in court. He has chosen to go to court and just a reminder, after he was awarded a 5 Million that was a twoweek trial. A jury determined that he never once was in the courtroom and he never once called a single witness. So clearly, he is putting on a bit of a show here something that h
Times that has just been reverberating for me when he said only 11, that there were only 11 republicans who voted against the statements of Congresswoman Greene today in the House Of Representatives. And he was so disappointed in that, that 199 voted to support everything shes ever said. You know it was i think theres a thread to pullon, though, with the break down of those numbers. With 3 of those 11 being the 3 republican members of the house from South Florida all of whom were contacted by parkland families saying stand with us and not with her, please. For our kids, our families for what weve been through and all 3 of the south Florida Republicans did that. There is something there thats powerful in terms of what those families have been able to do to turn their grief and loss into something constructive for the country and also to use it to force people to confront the humanity behind these issues. And it is Fred Gutenberg is an incredible spokesman for what he believes but theres
Former Vice President mike pence will join the organization as a distinguished Visiting Fellow Pt what exactly is that job . What exactly is he going to do there . Its kind of beside the point. But heritage is very excited to have him. Working together with the former Vice President , heritage will continue to support and defend our Policy Accomplishments while also fighting back against a socialist agenda pushed by those on the left. Thats what mike pence is going to be doing. Hes going to be fighting socialists. Full timish. On a visiting basis. Congratulations, mr. Pence. Heres an unexpectedly awkward thing, though. The Heritage Foundation in this announcement today repeatedly describes their new hire as the former Vice President and, indeed, mr. Pence yesterday unveiled new letterhead proclaiming that he has opened an office now which he is calling the office of the former Vice President. The reason that is surprisingly awkward right now is that no matter what he does with his post
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very few times that we see a whole lot of good that comes out other chamber in the capitol. this is one of the rare moments, this, i would e actually encourage support of it. g.a.o., since e 003, we ve had $1.5 trillion, that s trillion with a t, in improper payments. year 2018 alone, federal agencies estimated there $151 billion in improper payments. knows that probably oftentimes we have had in versight committee annual payments andproper consistently we re talking about hundreds of billions of dollars that are sent to not only the but in terms they re payments not even accounted for. after you get hundreds of billions year after year, eventually that adds up to real money and it s time that we ddress , this is a commonsense piece of legislation so hopefully we can start addressing the sad state of where we are in addressing improper payments. the american taxpayers demand it, the american taxpayers deserve it, and ultimately, we have a responsibility to address it and so