Good evening, im jim acosta. Joining me in moments, president potential candidate vivek ramaswamy, whose name showed up in a ron desantis debate memo as the rival to attack on the stage. Hillary spawn that and more. But first, in just a few moments, in the date on the calendar will be april 2026. Thats two years, seven months from now. Thats nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election. And just a year and a half before the 2028 election. And yet, donald trump and his lawyers are suggesting that date for his trial in the federal case on his efforts to overturn the election. Its their counter to jack smiths proposal to start this january. Meantime, the former president , in his first on camera reaction to the george indictment, has a warning to his party. Disgraceful thing. And republicans cant let him get away with it. Republicans have to be tough. The republicans are great in many ways, but they dont fight as hard for this. They have to get a lot tougher. If they, dont theyre not
a new episode of my podcast about grief and loss called all their eyes came out today. if you point your phone s camera to the qr code you see on the side of the screen, a link will show up on your phone that you can click and listen. last week, i spoke with president biden on the podcast, at the white house, about how he lives with grief. this new episode is called the greatest loss. it s about the pain of losing a baby, which is something we don t talk much about in this society. millions of women, including my mom, had experienced the child loss during pregnancy, or soon after. but their losses compounded by the silence that surrounds it. people don t know what to say, we don t say anything at all. in this episode, i speak with a texas mom named katie tolman who lost her first daughter when she was 23 weeks pregnant. it s extraordinarily powerful and moving interview. i hope you listen. it s available now on a podcast, spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. cnn town
face to face, finally. the presidents of two superpowers, playing nice after a year of tough talk. that is tonight on news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, president biden calls important progress between the united states, and china. the specifics may seem small, but the american president calls the areas of agreement, important. on fentanyl, on keeping the phones open between military s, and on artificial intelligence. today, we watched carefully orchestrated diplomatic theater between these two superpowers. a handshake, a walk outside, a hollywood mansion in woodside california, but the stakes are far more consequential than fiction. to take a tumultuous year and, basically, put it to the side. you and i understand each other clearly, leader to leader, with no misconceptions, or miscommunications. we must ensure that competition does not veer into conflict. only a short while ago, at a rare press conference, the president calle
as hard for this. they have to get a lot tougher. if they, don t they re not gonna much of a republican party. well they haven t been very tough on donald trump. and one of the republicans who is defending trump s vivek ramaswamy. and today, a memo from ron desantis s super pac laid out some advice for the florida governor ahead of next week s debate. among the suggestions, defend donald trump but, quote, take a sledgehammer to ramaswamy. and joining me now is the candidate mentioned in that memo, vivek ramaswamy. he s giving a speech at the nixon library tonight. welcome, mister ramaswamy. appreciate you joining us. it s good to see you, jim, how are you? i m good, let s get right to. there s a pro desantis super pac, i m sure you ve seen this, has posted documents online that showed desantis s upcoming debate strategy. that includes not only attacks on president biden as well as media, but instructions to, quote, hammer ramaswamy. are you preparing to be