their fake news allies have unveiled their newest hoax that donald j. trump and the republican party are a threat to the democracy. donald trump won t take the stand, the witness stand today. he had plenty to say from the bully pulpit as you just saw. what brand-new cnn battleground polling tells us about the state of the race ron desantis goes on offense, finally, against donald trump. why his the former president s behavior is an example of, quote, coward sness. what president zelenskyy will say to senators to secure funding for the war with russia. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. welcome, this morning, we have brand-new cnn polling showing president biden trailing president trump in two crucial battleground states that biden won in the last election. georgia, trump leading biden 49 to 44%. in michigan, trump is up ten points, biden won that state, remember, by nearly 3 points in 2020. over the weekend, trump s dismissed biden s warnin
988 and press one for the veteran in this crisis hotline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and there are folks their eagerly waiting to offer help. thank you so much for watching the lead with jake tapper starts, right? now. closing in on closing arguments, the lead starts right now we re less than 24 hours away from the prosecution and the defense making their final pitches to the jury in donald trump s hush money cover-up trial, how strong is the case going into? this final phase? a panel of legal experts and a former new york judge will join the li plus a tragic mistake. that s what israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he s calling the military strike on a refugee camp in gout and rafah, gaza authorities saying it killed dozens, israel insisting its forces, we re going after hamas leaders killer tornadoes at least 21 people dead after devastating storms tore across the central us over the holiday weekend. that s severe weather. now, heading east may disrupt
it sounded like a bomb went off skbl right now on early start, people who survived close encounters with killer tornadoes. a surge of new migrants just as the old rules are about to expire. and the secret files of j.f.k. s assassination. what could we learn later today when a new batch of documents are released? here we go. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. violent tornadoes cut a path of destruction across louisiana killing a little boy and his mother. dozens more were hurt. a tornado coming our way. again. it is the same major storm that has been thundering across the u.s. flattening homes in louisiana, rocketing debris into cars, buildings and knocking out power.
and he germany protesters clashed with police set of the night. many arrests they are falling push back against the nationwide lockdown that is just for the unvaccinated. were getting a picture of the devastation by a series of killer tornadoes in the mid south and midwest of the weeken. at least 88 people are dead at last count and at least 74 of them killed in harding ten, kentucky. mike is reporting tonight from mayfield, kentucky, on the unimaginable and total destruction. heartbreak in the heartland as the long hard recovery begins. this was a town that you grew up. and the memories are all gone. of drivers across five states pick up what is left at the deadly tornadoes last friday. it talk with the search and rescue team from missouri works against the odds that someone may be found alive in the mountains of debris. more twisters and all in
into a general gear bread house. it s cute ginger bred house. we would like jesse s office to look like that. that s it for us, everyone. special report is up next. bret: i would like to get a pillow, special report pillow. dana: your pillow? jesse: your pillow. bret: my pillow. all right. see you. good evening, welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, we are getting a clearer picture of the devastation left behind by a series of killer tornadoes in the midwest over the weekend. at least 88 people are now dead. kentucky hit hardest with at least 74 killed. and more than 100 are still missing at this hour. the video images as you look at some of them here youngest a