it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. and we re so glad you re with us, hi, everyone, i m jessica dean. and i m boris sanchez. jessica, great to share an afternoon with you, albeit a busy one, right? the nation is bracing to see if an american president is going to be indicted in coming days. that s never happened in u.s. history. it s unprecedented. and the outcome hinges on what happens outside of this courthouse in manhattan. just a short time ago, a man who may be one of the final grand jury witnesses in a case against former president donald trump arrived at the courthouse. this car transporting robert costello, he s appearing at the request of trump s attorneys and he is there, essentially to contradict michael cohen, trump s former fixer. of course, cohen is a key witness as the new york district attorney investigates trump s alleged role in a hush money scheme to cover up a $130,000 payment in 2016 to adult film star stormy daniels. it was to keep her quiet
That means they have not gotten this man in custody. 40yearold suspect who shot people at a Bowling Alley and also in a restaurant lewiston. And, kate, it is a city not far from portland and a carlinked to robert card was found not far from liewiewiston lisbon. You are looking at new video from the intense scenes just moments after the rampage. Lis listen. Folks, this way. What is that . I didnt hear you. What . I suggest that you go, because we have an active shooter, and we dont know where he is at this moment. Okay. Thank you. I need you have to go. We start now with cnn omar jimenez at this hour who is near the scene or one of the scenes in the Mass Shooting, the restaurant lewiston. Omar, what are you you have been there since before the sun came up this morning, and what are you hearing from the folks this morn iing . Well, for starter, it is an active scene here with the personnel and the people here from the bar down the road, and this is where we are monitoring the investigato
about how your words or actions or strategy will move the ball forward in that case, you have to as consider how all of those words and actions are going to impact your strategy and position in all of these other cases at the same time. so, you know, trump is really in a hard mode kind of situation here where his attorneys are going to-, unfortunately, for hm face a war at multiple fronts much like r. kelly or michael avenatti. we should point out that his attorney s attempted to get the entire fulton county case dismissed. so we ll have an update for viewers later in the other. renato marinatti, we appreciate you. let s talk to ron brownstein, senior editor at the atlantic. and juliette kayyem, a national security analyst and a former assistant secretary in the
because we doll see there s a substantial portion of the gop electorate now that questions whether trump can win again. certainly for the most ardent supporters, is this going to be they re going safer me because they want to silence you. the question whether he can win again, can i think there s more reason to be concerned and we ve seen evidence in that in our new cnn polling that came out last week. juliette, to ron s point about potential attempt from members of trump s party to intimidate d.a.s or investigators looking into the former president, do you really think that might have a chilling effect on their work? no, i mean, i think i worry more about the physical well-being of people involved with this case, the judge, jurors, of course, the d.a. and the district attorney s office, we ve already seen brad come out. so what you re worried about is
fights he s fighting without dragging the baggage he does. you saw him walking that tight rope but making a snide comment about hush money to a porn star. the question remains donald trump is a dominant figure in the republican party. while there are more open to voters than 2016, they re not going to get there naturally on their own. if you want to replace him as the republican nominee, you re probably going to have to make a more explicit case that republicans has, than anyone has made so far, including desantis today. they re still operating on the theory that they don t want to alienate trump s space because they will eventually need him, but that kind of thinking is what allowed trump to win with 46% of the vote in 2016. that s right. ron brownstein and juliette