In court amid revelations the father gave his 14yearold son an Ar15style Rifle after both had been questioned about alleged threats the boy made to carry out a school shooting. The teenage suspect was in the same courtroom, shackled and tried as an adult. Its now a campaign issue. J. D. Vance on the defense after the Harris Campaign pounced on him saying he wishes School Shootings were not a fact of life. I dont like that this is a fact of life. If you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets. We have to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front door good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington with Donald Trump speaking in new York City just at this hour. He has been lashing out at his multiple legal cases and at the judge overseeing them and at the Justice Department. The former president claiming again that he has no idea who e. Jean carroll is. The writer who won her sexual Assault And Defa
Forth at Trump Tower today, following a hearing in Federal Court to get his e. Jean Carroll Judgment thrown out. Instead of talking, though, about issues, personal to voters, he spent 49 minutes on himself. Complaining about the judge in the e. Jean carroll case, saying once again, that he never met her. Now claiming the old photo of him and her could have been ai. It wasnt. Claimed he wasnt allowed to use a quote, Monica Lewinsky Type dress in the trial, even though he wanted to, that they, the doj and, quote, kamala and Sleepy Joe and all the rest of them should be looking at china instead of russia and that he hasnt spoken to anybody from russia in years, that jessica leads, the woman who accused him of groping her on an airplane decades ago wouldnt have, quote, been the chosen one, and that the People Magazine Writer who accused him of pushing hep against the wall and groping her at maralago was lying because of after the interview she wrote a perfect story about him where she does
Welcome to The Beat, im ari melber. But we begin with Breaking News in politics. Former republican Vice President and Defense Secretary Dick cheney is backing Kamala Harris. That marks one of her most high Ranking Republican endorsements in this campaign probably the most iconic. Dick cheney is an Arch Conservative Hawk and a gop icon, a fixture running republican administrations as chief of Staff And War policy as Defense Sect and Vice President and during 9 11 and the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Those were stints that made him a Fire Brand Folk hero on the right and loathed by most prominent washington democrats. And indeed this news right now tonight would have been unheard ever 10 or 15 years ago and cheney is far from a never trumper. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2018. This also completes the Cheney Family unusual evolution and it did not come during the actual four years of trumps presidency, his governing priorities and his mistakes, it came over whether were a democracy or a C
Coates live starts right now tonight, america, it has happened again, and week hand, not be numb to it. Another mass shooting this time in georgia two students and two teachers killed when a gunman opened fire at apalachee High School in winder, just north of atlanta the 14yearold Suspect is in custody and will be booked tonight. He will be charged with murder, and he will be charged as an adult. But there are still a lot of questions remaining, not the least of which is how do we stop this from ever happening . Again . Were learning Law Enforcement Question the suspect just last year over online threats to commit a School Shooting local schools were alerted to monitor him. Police, also confirming that he used an Ar 15 Style Weapon and today for some communities, just hours into a new school year, the heartbreaking reality is that at four people just went to school and have lost their lives to senseless gun violence. And they are more than a number. We now know the identity of the four
And warning about sara as the election approaches all right. Sean lyngaas, clare sebastian, thank you to you both for your reporting a new hour of cnn, new central starts right now we are. Standing by this morning for the 14yearold Suspect in the deadly Georgia School Shooting to appear in court, he will be charged as an adult with murder. As Law Enforcement tries to figure out how he got his hands on the gun, just a few minutes, a judge holds her first hearing in Donald Trumps Election Interference Case since the supreme same court ruled he does have broad president ial immunity. And the Boeing Starliner will try to begin its Journey Home from the Space Station Tomorrow without its given all the issues is had including some strange sounds. Will it be able to make it back to earth . Kate is out today. Im John Berman with Sara Sidner this is cnn new central this morning. New details in the deadly rampage at a Georgia High School moments ago was student who was sitting next to the allege