russia collusionp 2016 campaign was a sham. john durham s conclusions weren t that brutal but his 306 page report was blunt and damning. after reading through as much of the report as i could stomach tonight i was disgusted. i was so sickened by what they did to donald trump, what the they did to carter page and so many others on the way. we see in black and white in facts presented what was obvious and pervasive corruption. now, there was clear political bias at work. durham calls it confirmation bias in the most powerful agencies in our federal government, intelligence and the fbi. now, hillary clinton we know she skated despite destroying evidence but donald trump? he was tormented over nothing. this began don t forget when obama was still in power. here s a tidbit on the steele dossier in footnote i love the footnotes 39. our investigators uncovered little evidence suggesting that prior to the submission of the first page fisa application the fbi had made any serious atte
evacuation orders in california as excessive rainfall leads to raging flood waters. the fresno county sheriff joins me in a few minutes. new legal woes for donald trump, the former u.s. president is considering whether to testify before a grand jury about his alleged role in a hush money scheme. a look at what s behind the second largest bank collapse in u.s. history, and how it happened in just 48 hours. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. another atmospheric river has been pouring massive amounts of rain and snow on california, at least two people have died in powerful storms battering the state. and the weather prediction center put parts of california in the highest warning level possible for excessive rainfall with the worst of it out along the california central coast. officials issued warnings for 10,000 residents, including these folks, who say the rain is unprecedented. go up there check on the scene in case they need
jacqui: president biden touts the massive spending plan in oregon this weekend. we learned that president obama will be giving democrats much-needed star power at high profile events in atlanta, detroit, milwaukee in the coming weeks. we ve got coverage with dan springer in portland, but we ll start with the heated georgia senate battle. heated indeed. reverend warnock faced hershel walker running for senate as a republican. the two met in a debate in savannah last night and there were fireworks sparring on a range of issues, including abortion, take a listen. that a patient s room is too narrow and small and cramped a space for woman, her doctor, and the united states government. i just a neat talker, but did he not mention that there s a baby in that room as well? on the topic of election integrity, hershel walker acknowledged that president biden legitimately won the 2020 election. senator warnock dodged the question on whether he d support the president if he seek
plus, more evidence of an economic funk. a new data point shows american consumers are getting even more pessimistic, and it s because of inflation. and a split screen day for republicans. trump in washington. so is pence. competing speeches put their rift in the wrestling match for control of the republican party front and center. up first for us, though, a federal grand jury, its highest profile witness, and what it might mean for donald trump and those who helped him try to steal the 2020 election. a former mike pence cheech of staff, marc short, confirm last night here on cnn, that he did receive and did comply with a grand jury subpoena, his first appearance before the washington, d.c., grand jury. marc would not discuss the content of his testimony. but a witness to a long list of episodes including the senior circle of trump allies who pushed a scheme with the home that vice president pence would then refuse to certify the real biden electors. multiple reports say greg
Point out we still need prosecutors to connect donald trump to the actual actions that are taking place here. Donald trump did not say set up this llc. Its important to remember that Michael Cohens testimony has to be supported at some point to where did donald trump instruct you to do this specifically. Its time for us to hand it over. Thank you all for being with us. We appreciate all of you. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Andrea mitchell and katy tur will pick things up after a quick break. Ill see you back at 1 00 eastern time. Keep it here. Lots going on. Good day, everyone. The star witness takes the stand. Now the critical figure in the hush money case. Michael cohen, once Donald Trumps loyal attack dog, is now facetoface with his former boss for the first time in months. Cohen is the lynch pin of the prosecutions case. They argue cohen acted at trumps direction in an attempt to illegally influence the 2016 election. The defenses counter, once a liar, always a liar. Pain