trial. we ll have expert legal analysis for you on that in just a moment. also ahead, the end of an era for senate republicans. the party s longest serving leader in the upper chamber is stepping down at the end of the year. we ll take a look at mitch mcconnell legacy and who could replace him. and that comes as congressional leaders now have a deal to fund part of the government for a few more weeks, giving lawmakers a little more time to get a lot done. o get a lot done good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, february 29th, a weekday, just what we needed this year to be a little longer. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. and we begin with some massive news that broke late yesterday. the supreme court has agreed to consider former president trump s claim of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. the conservative court s decision to hear the case will further delay a potential trial. the high court has
lives of your children are damaged and destroyed. mr. zuckerberg, you and the companies before us i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. you have a product you have a product that s killing people. i just want to get this stuff done. it s been 28 years, what, since the internet. we haven t passed any of these bills because everyone is double-talk, double-talk. it s time to actually pass them. that s just a small sample of a contentious senate hearing yesterday with social media ceos. we have much more to show you including the moment that mark zuckerberg apologized to the parents there in the chamber. also on capitol hill, a couple of republican senators involved in the border bill negotiations are calling on members of their own party to stand up to donald trump. and meanwhile, a top advisor in trump s campaign makes a shameless pitch to wealthy donors. we ll tell you what that is just ahead. good morning and welcome to way too earl
we are hours away from a pivotal binary in new hampshire. nikki haley is betting big on the state giving her campaign some momentum. but trump could also knock out his final opponent. the faa is urging airlines to inspect door plugs on other versions of that grounded jet. the big winner in last night s sheaves versus bills game is an nfl star that is not on either team. the man, the myth, the legend. we are following these developing stories, jason kelce, and more right here on cnn. welcome back to cnn news central. we are revving up big time for election mode once again. in less than 24 hours new hampshire voters will choose between the remaining republican candidates. former president trump and former governor nikki haley. those two are hitting the trail hard. trump will host his final rally there. his most recent vanquished opponent, ron desantis, will not be there despite the governor endorsing trump. nikki haley, meanwhile, is getting in front of as many as possibl
this race, former president donald trump. first up tonight, gov er in ron desantis, who is aiming for a strong showing in iowa with the support of the state s governor. he ll answer questions from iowans on the issues that help determine who wins the republican nomination. and i will have questions of my own. and the audience here with me tonight are voters who plan to participate in the iowa republican caucuses, both registered republicans and voter who is plan to register as republicans. to find tonight s questioners, we cast a wide net, soliciting help from various organizations, including business groups, farm associations, parent groups, young professional organizations, religious groups, and conservative advocacy organizations. guests of the desantis campaign and grand view university are also here in the audience tonight, but they won t be asking any questions. we ve asked everyone here to be respectful to each other and to governor desantis. so, voters in the room and
few hours. you want to see that picture up, oropeza, the reason we want to put it up is we re trying to help the sheriff s department in that area about 45 miles outside of houston find this man. what we ve learned so far, the neighbors nextdoor heard gunshots and went next door and asked him, could you stop shooting, we have a young child trying to go to sleep. he responded angry and said, i can do whatever i want. at some point, according to the sheriff s department, he went next door and started shooting people. five people killed execution-style. listen to the sheriff talk about this shooting. my understanding is that the vi victims came to the fence and said, could you mind not shooting in the yard, we have a young baby that s trying to go to sleep, and he had been drinking, and he says, i ll do what i want to on my property. fred, when you think about the details of this, you have an 8-year-old shot as well. there were also two children that were found under the bod