Dozens of lavish vacations. The new reporting raising new ethical questions for the Supreme Court justice. Im Jonathan Capehart this is the Saturday Show. Republican president ial hopefuls are facing a Digital Campaign test this week. The Iowa State Fair. The fair, home of the Famous Butter Cow Sculpture is a right of passage for candidates to make their pitch directly to voters. Florida Governor Ron Desantis and former South Carolina governor nikki haley are set to make an appearance this morning. But they have a lot of ground to cover to catch up to the parties front runner. A recent poll by the New York Times and Siena College shows donald trump leading desantis by 24 points in the state. Trump plans to attend the fair later today, despite facing fresh new legal troubles, including a trial that could take place before the Iowa Caucuses on january 15th. Special counsel jack smith has proposed a trial date of january 2nd for the 2020 Election Interference Case. But we will have to wai
politicsnation. ten nights lead, the showdowns to come. culture or politics have consumed the republican party as we approach an election year. threatening the legislative agenda in congress in the house speaker kevin mccarthy s concessions to the hard right flank of his caucus have led to the passage of a military spending bill. bogged down with amendments targeting diversity programs and lgbtq protections. in the meantime, alabama senator tommy tuberville is holding up dozens of military appointments over the pentagon s abortion policies. some colleagues are warning the blockade could endanger national security. against that backdrop, a potential government shutdown. the showdown looms and the first presidential caucus of 2024 is just six months away. delaware congresswoman lisa rochester joins me shortly to talk about all of it. plus, the phony war on critical race theory is still raging in state houses. and on school boards across the country one of the intellectual archi
i ll be back with special live coverage of the new hampshire primary. until then, thanks for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, hours away from first votes in new hampshire can nikki haley stop trump s march to the nomination as they re lining up behind the former president, republicans that forgot that they used to hate him. breaking news, israel proposing a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the hostages and the reporter who broke this story is out front and biden scoring a major victory in his border battle with texas. the democratic mayor of denver, he calls his city ground zero for the migrant crisis and why he thinks he has a solution everyone can agree on. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett and the first primary of 2024 at midnight and the first voters of new hampshire get to go in and cast their votes and this is where it will happen in dixville notch. it is the first town to vote in the republican primary thi
the union. mom and baby are doing great and both are gorgeous. our coverage continues with wolf blitzer in the situation room. happening now, donald trump and nikki haley are making final appeals in new hampshire with the republican presidential race now a two-person showdown. and the first primary votes just hours away. we re following the candidates and the contest that could effectively decide the gop nomination. plus, a cnn exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she is speaking out about the biden campaign, throats democracy and whether she s personally worried about a repeat of violence on january 6th. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. first, the countdown to the high stakes new hampshire primary. the granite state now holding extraordinary power to speed or slow donald trump s march to the republican presidential nomination. cnn s jeff zeleny has more from salem, new
is saturday, april 22nd. i m aymara walker. victor blackwell and you re in the cnn newsroom we begin this morning with the battle over abortion. the widely used abortion bruggeman kristen will remain available to women in the u. s without restrictions , at least in those states where abortion remains. the decision protects access to the drug at least until the appeals process plays out, but the protection could ultimately be taken away again. court ruling in texas earlier this month suspended government approval of the 23 year old drug. it s the latest in a series of moves against abortion rights. cnn supreme court reporter ariana vogue is with us now. so the decision stands in the hands in the body administration. they got a big win, also for abortion rights community a major victory, but the battle is not over. right the bind administration is relieved today, right because those lower courts put in these restrictions significant restrictions on this key abortion drug, the b