Im sorry that does it for this Special Edition of ac30 60, the Karen Mcdougal, the interview. The news continues on cnn. Have a good night. Straight from the source tonight i am brand new reporting on a tense divide over who might take the stand next at trumps trial. My lead source has extraordinary inside first as a top doj a prosecutor, now as one of americas go to attorneys for highprofile clients, most recently, Britney Spears and critics tonight are calling for a Supreme Court justice to step aside from trumps appeal for immunity after justice, a alito admits a symbol of socalled stop the steal was flying in front of his house just days after june murray six, he says his wife is to blame for the upside down American Flag. Theres also new fallout tonight from a shocking cnn exclusive Sean Diddy Combs caught on camera violently assaulting his then girlfriend, a beating that he previously denied. Did his former assistant will join me live. Im Kaitlin Collins and this is the source fr
Acosta right now. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. Up on capitol hill, a shutdown is averted but a showdown is looming. While there was a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, Republican Dysfunction In The House is ramping up this week. Maga hardliners there are expected to try to oust House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy and outraged over his deal with the democrats to keep the government funded and from capitol hill to the wouse were following all of the fallout from yesterdays dramatic turn of events melanie zanona, on set here with me in washington and Arlette Saenz is over at the white house. Let me go to you first. President biden spoke on this deal today and commented on the ugly politics of it all. Sensing that there is a large measure of disgust across the country on the part of the American People after all of this. What was his message. Reporter well, jim, President Biden said it is good news that a Government Shutdown was averted but said it
spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. we ll have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. we ll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn t bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it s a pledge on which he never delivered. we ll explain what that is. i mean, it s unpopular, too. why would we deliver on that? he is once again going to promise something that s extremely unpopular with people. we re talking about, you know, the wall street journal lead, talking about israel and hamas extend the truce two days. the new york times lead the same, talking about how israel and hamas agreed to extend pause and swap. mika,
hopefully. thank you chris. thank you at home for joining us this hour. alex has the night off. if you are someone who is concerned about donald trump becoming the president united states, as a lot of people are, then this weeks been a real rollercoaster. just go back to the beginning of the week, with polling from the new york times showing donald trump leading joe biden in five out of six cuban ground states. that sent a lot of people into a panic. but the democratic presidents chances. but by tuesday, things have changed. voters in ohio, kentucky, and virginia went out to the polls, and they delivered a resounding defeat to the republican party on many issues. those results prove that access to abortion is still a key issue for voters. more than a year after the supreme courts dobbs decision, which was, of course, bad news for donald trump, the man who is singularly responsible for overturning roe v. wade, so much so that he regularly boasts about it to his supporters. h
what matters to them and what doesn t. that moment of clarity is right now. last night, contrary to what many were led to believe, americans across the country propelled democrats to what may have been the most consequential political achievement for the democratic party since the day joe biden was elected. voters injected rocket fuel directly into the party s blood stream. electing democratic candidates and advancing their key policy positions. in kentucky, the governor s race once projected to be a very close one was not. incumbent democrat andy beshear won by a 6-pointrgin. in a state that donald trump won 6 points. in virginia, nbc news projects democrats retain control of the state senate and actually flipped the house of delegates. now governor glenn youngkin, the conservative poster boy generating national buzz, will wrestle with two chambers controlled by the democratic party over matters of gun safety, voting rights and the issue that defined that race and others, re