trump s former lawyer, who i already served time for hi role in the scheme, had this t say. he s furious right now. because donald is not somebody who likes to tak accountability and alvin bragg dropped 2000-pound and vilify coun ability right on to his lap. so, it s the first time in his life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. despite trump facin criminal charges, he s movin forward with his 2024 righ house run. the trump campaign s eve raising money off this cas claiming it raised more than $ million from his supporters in the first 24 hours after the news of the indictment becam public. and trump s republican allies in washington and his supporters, they are standin by their man it is no surprise that they ar already attacking this investigation as a political hit job. without pointing to actual evidence of wrongdoin by prosecutors. during trump s official 2024 campaign rally last month, supporters hel campaign signs with the word witch hunt.
just a short time ago cnn s manu raju reported that there would be a republican conference meeting tomorrow morning. that, however, we understand has now changed. i want to go to cnn s melanie zanona at the capitol with the new reporting on that and mccarthy s frame of mind as well. melanie, what have you learned? reporter: well, things have not moved in kevin mckarth chriss direction since that third ballot where he failed to get the votes. it s been back to the drawing board for kevin mccarthy and his allies. we ve seen supporters going into his office. we re told he has been working the phones. he is still hoping to negotiate and not planning to drop out. but meanwhile, i just spoke to a gop lawmaker, this is some breaking news here, this is a lawmaker who texted me, this is someone who supported mccarthy. they said they had just gotten a phone call from one of the never kevin republicans who is trying to grow their opposition and is trying to get that member to flip. so
Than a political side show. Could they go away altogether . The latest on donald trump calling for the gop to pull the Plug On Future Debates as he questions whether any of his opponents should even be Vice President. And is the shutdown a sure thing . President biden insists it isnt, but his hopes hinge on House Republicans, in his words, doing their job. And theyve got now less than three days to do it. So what happens next . Lots to talk about, but were going to start in washington where one small group perhaps ten conservative republican lawmakers are refusing to support any Stopgap Measure to keep the government from shutting down 59 hours from now. Instead, the far right is committing critical hours to an Impeachment Inquiry that a new poll shows most americans do not want, and not only is there little time or public appetite for this hearing, theres zero evidence to justify holding it. And of the three witnesses for the majority, none of them seems to have any evidence firsthand
the defense of former presiden trump. even before they know what charges he is facing florida governor, ron desantis and representative marjori taylor greene have sharpened attacks against manhattan da alvin bragg. the former president himself took aim at judge marchan, who is presiding over the case saying the judge quote unquote hates me mccarthy calling on congress t launch their own investigation into d a break three high the republicans als sent a - to brag about the inquiry last week the fda has pushed back agains the demand calling it unlawful and to new york sovereignty. join me now is deborah ross, she is a democrat from north carolina, not illinois congresswoman, first let s start with your reaction to th indictment of former president trump. and frankly, the reaction from the republican colleagues? good evening to you
and look, this is one of the potential drawbacks of doing the motion to adjourn. there was a lot of concern initially about whether if they were to send members home about whether the opposition would have time to grow. one gop lawmaker said to me mccarthy sent us home for the night to a pressure cooker and the pressure is against him. so that just really exemplifies where we are right now, anderson. so we won t know if what way the needle has moved, for or against mccarthy, really until that first vote starting sometime around 12:00 tomorrow? reporter: yeah. that s right. i mean, you know, it s what, 9:00 at night at this point and they are still in active discussions. i don t expect a resolution tonight. there was talk about whether they were going to have a conferencewide meeting tomorrow. there s been so much back and forth. they were going to have one, now they re not having one. that is still up in the air. it just shows that kevin mccarthy is really scrambling right now. h