under way, jury selection in the manhattan s district attorney s case set to begin this hour. while former president donald trump has not been personally indicted the trial could impact the future of his business empire. we re live outside the courthouse. across the u.s. rsv infections spreading in children and that is also sparking concern about what the rapid spread of this virus could mean for the weeks and the months ahead. cases now reaching a two-year peak sending more kids to the hospital, in fact, three quarters of pediatric hospital beds now in use across the country. and in the uk a possible new prime minister today. this hour the candidates to replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization
Get one win day. Reporter thats right. Trump had filed this Emergency Motion today, asking for the delay of the trial. But they also wanted a delay of this lower courts decision that cancelled the Business Certificates of the company. The full scope of that is really still unknown. This one judge panel, associate Justice Peter held artemis about 15 minutes. He said he wasnt going to stop the trial, which is now its fifth day. He said he will halt the cancellation of the certificates, because he noted it is unclear if this would include people being forced to sell their private homes based on the ruling. There will be additional legal arguments on this matter. But trumps team is ultimately appealing that ruling that found that trump was engaged in persistent fraud for a decade by filing false Financial Statements to get better terms on insurance and loans. Back to the trial in the building behind you. Trumps son, eric, came up a lot today. What was revealed there . Reporter he did. The
Kevin mccarthy says bring it on. And by it i mean a fox news on contributor ship. Sources telling cnn that just ousted speaker Will Leave Congress before the end of his term, perhaps as soon as a new speaker is elected. This as donald trump endorses a man once called a legislative terrorist by a past republican speaker to be the next speaker. Also ahead, eight years after donald trump came down the escalator and said mexico is sending rapists to the u. S. , in a new interview, trump says undocumented immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. Well get reaction from one of his republican president ial rivals. Plus a bold message exclusively to cnn from a female activist behind bars in iran who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Welcome to the lead. Why bother to continue to represent the good people of barks bakersfield, california when there is money to be made . We start today on capitol hill. Moments ago sources told cnn that ousted House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy i
Back 6 00 p. M. Eastern in the situation room. The lead with jake tapper starts right now the first witness has taken the stand and Donald Trumps Hush Money Cover Up, try all the leads, starts right now former publisher, david, first to testify today about what prosecutors are alleging was a criminal conspiracy and cover up of Donald Trumps alleged tryst with a film star in director Stormy Daniels. How strong is this case . Here, the line of Defense Trump himself offered today right outside the courtroom, plus the first order of business when court resumes tomorrow did trump violate judge merchans gag order . The fine line for the judge as he considers this ruling and a crisis on college campuses, perhaps most at Columbia University in new york protests there spiraling into tense confrontations. Jewish students harassed the atmosphere so charged inperson classes were called off today. Can safety on campus be restored . New york city mayor eric adams will be here in minutes welcome to t
replace liz truss will be announced. do either former finance minister rishi sunak or house of commons leader penny mordaunt have the 100 needed nomination their conservative party nominators. we are live in downing street. here in new york the manhattan district attorney s tax fraud trial against the trump organization. kara scannell outside court for us right now. what do we expect to see today? just remind us as well what s at stake for the former president and for his business? reporter: good morning, erica. just this hour jury selection will get under way for the criminal tax fraud trial of the trump organization, the judge will screen the hundreds of jurors who show up today and try to root out anyone who could have a bias. ultimately he s look to go seat 12 jurors and alternates to hear this case which could last more than a month. just to remind everyone the trump organization is facing nine felonies that includes grand larceny, tax fraud and falsifying business records. th