rnc dropping a plan to pronounce donald trump the nominee. and also president biden s campaign reportedly closely watching the bitter feud and many even enjoying it. will it help the incumbent president come november. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, january 26. happy friday. we made it. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington. and it is also 5:00 a.m. in new york. that is where donald trump is expected back in federal court this morning for closing a arguments in the civil defamation case brought against him by writer e. jean carroll. he closed out the trial with just three minutes of testimony thursday. he was admonished several times by the judge. his comments stricken from the record after he repeated the original defamation against carroll. trump s lawyer asked, quote, did you deny the allegation because ms. carroll made an accusation trump responded yes, she said something i considered a false accusation. totally false. that is when the judge interrupted and sai
primary transport helicopter, they are also used in special operations. the two black hawk helicopter were conducting training exercise 10 p.m. last night when the crashes occur. status of all crew members is unknown at this time. the crash is under investigation. emergency medical personnel have responded to the crash site, including east golden pond fire department. the crash is between bobby light and lan caster road. kentucky governor releasing the following statement on twitter. we have tough news out of fort campbell with early reports of helicopter crash and fatalities. officials are responding and we ll share more information when available. please pray for all those affected. press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. todd: lucas tomlinson live this morning, thank you. ashley: we know the covenant school shooter manifesto will be made public, it is just a matter of when. police are combing through it and other evidence surround ing audrey hale. yesterday hundreds
interesting take, he said, if you ban tiktok, maybe that is too much power for the government in general and potentially does this lead to more government power and do you go after other technologies? let s listen to the heated exchange between rand paul and josh hawley yesterday. there are two main reasons why we might not want to do this. one is first amendment to the institution, speech is protected, whether you like it or not. we should be aware of those who use fear to regulate and limit our first amendment rights. would the senator from kentucky entertain a question? i object. i have never before heard on this floor a defense of the right to spy. i didn t realize that the first amendment contained a right to espionage. cheryl: maybe they could both be right, i think rand paul does make interesting points about
including from lindsey graham, one of three republicans who voted to confirm her then. i want to know about your judicial philosophy, because people on the left, the far extreme farther left, believe that you were the best bet and i want to know why they reached that conclusion. reporter: and republican josh hawley previewing a line of attack accusing jackson of being soft on crime. highlighting her sentencing decisions in child pornography cases. and in every case, each of these seven judge jackson handed down a lean yat sentence below what was recommended and prosecutors requested. reporter: democrats highlighting she s been endorsed by numerous law enforcement. she hails from a law enforcement family. this is not a normal day for
and said it anyway, references what happened to now justice kavanaugh, going bark to judge bork. ted cruz yesterday a law school classmate of judge jackson. do you expect any kind of personal attacks or will it be along the lines of what we married from josh hawley yesterday, sentencing guidelines and some of her record? an interesting gathering. i think most republicans. you ll hear some. soft on crime will be the number one attack. but i think there s a broad sense among republicans, they ll take shots but know she s qualified, received endorsements and historic. the first black woman, of course to sit on the supreme court. there aren t too many republicans that want to get in the way of that. i think that some of the attacks they re going to other. frankly aimed more creating campaign ads to run back home, are done so in safety knowing she ll be confirmed. take a few dings at her yet