debilityable. laura: texas lieutenant governor dan patrick was grabbing the microphone to speak at the same time beto o rourke went on an unhinged rant. dan patrick will join us in moments. but first we go straight to uvalde texas where lieutenant chris with the department of public safety is standing by. lieutenant, there s one witness i know that you desperately want to speak with and that s the gunman s grandmother who he shot in the face. it was a dispute, apparently, over wifi. she was on the phone with a cell phone provider complaining about wifi. what is her medical status after being shot in the face, and how important is she to this equation? right. so good evening, laura. so she is a key component to this investigation. right now she is critical. our prayers are with her as well as the entire community here in uvalde is also with the victims and the families. but we are hoping that she pulls through because she will be a key witness to this investigation because
sean, i can t even begin to express what an enormous loss this community has suffered here today and here at this vigil at the fair play here in valge county and the families that came here to honor the 19 children that died came here. they said a broken heart with just a need to be together in a time off mourning. you can see everybody leaving right now. we ve got t a lot of crowd behid us . but i got to tell you, sean, earlier today it didn t matter where i went in this town. people were hugging each other. they were saying, youay know,ha i knew a childt that went toad that school and it made sense. this is a population just over 16000 people. so everybody knew somebodyne everybody was connected to somebody i did know somebody in this town. i knew i knew a family here that i lived only about maybe a an hour and 40 minutes from uvalda here in texas and the family was shocked and stunned to discover that a number of people on their daughter s softball team had been killed in
Laboring on labor day. Great to see you, ash. Ashley we usually see each other at night, change of scenery on the east coast. We have a lot this hour. President ial rematch between former President Trump and President Biden in a dead heat. Kevin bidens biographer says it wouldnt be a shock if the president does not run again. Surprise, not a shock. In 2024 is a 2020 rematch, it does not get closer than this. This is Wall Street Journal poll asking about a trumpbiden contest, it is a 4646 split. Donald trump widened his lead with a commanding 59 , a 46point gap between trump and his closest competitor. One lowertier candidates he is seeing a different story on The Campaign Trail. Our canvassers have me running second in that state and tell me there is plenty of time between now and the iowa caucus and we will take my message, my lifetime in the Conservative Movement and offer a fresh vision for Republican Party and america. And others looking for a rematch between biden and trump sugges
Taiwan roc by its strongest earthquake in people trapped in a Highway Tunnels as aftershocks shake the island. And rare apology from israel after it strikes a convoy of food trucks in gaza, killing humanitarian aid workers. The military says it was an accident, but cnn and analysis is raising some serious concerns. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn newsome the prosecution is now laying into the judge in the Trump Classified documents case Special Counsel jack smith is Questioning Judge Aileen Cannon Understanding of the case in a new filing suggesting that shes tilting the case in Donald Trumps favor. Now, this isnt the first time that smith has taken issue with the trump appointed judges handling of the case . But this is his most bluntly worded pushed back, yet lets break it down with cnn, chief Legal Correspondent paula reid. Paula essentially, jack smith is arguing that judge cannon is totally disconnected from the facts of
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f