I am emily. President donald trump struggles to unite his party. The reporting on nikki haleys refusal to endorse them. They say they are voting for someone else. Michael cohen will take the stand and president Donald Trumps criminal trial after a week of fireworks from another key witness, Stormy Daniels. Jen psaki will talk about her former bosss Reelection Campaign in her new book. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. We begin this weekend with another wild outburst from President Donald Trump outside of court. He attacked the judge and prosecutors in the case, claiming his criminal trial is corrupt and declaring he would be, quote, very proud to go to jail for our constitution. His efforts he defied everything the constitution actually embodied. He is laying the groundwork to repeat that playbook in 2024. This week, we are talking by challenging the results of the next election. Trump said people should, quote, follow your heart. Joining us now from our Homeland
Aides and tragedy in texas floodwaters sweep away little boy as his parents trying to get the family to dry land. And today millions are under threat of more severe weather. Im kate baldwin was sara sidner and john berman in this is Cnn News Central happening now as possible Ground Invasion of Eastern Rafah in gaza could be imminent with hostage and Ceasefire Negotiations teetering on the brink of collapse. We have brand new video, justin of a plume of smoke. After a loud explosion in rafah Israeli Forces could putin launched what they are calling a limited scale operation. The idf Drop Leaflets with a map to socalled safe zones in the message, evacuated immediately. This has a direct impact on as many as 100,000 people, cnns Jeremy Diamond is in jerusalem. Jeremy was the latest your hearing from there . Elmilitary thousands of leaflets on Eastern Raffa, ordering an area were about 100,000e currently living to begin evacuating north to what the Israeli Military is describing as an expa
4 00 in new york. As we kick off what will be the second week of Witness Testimony in donald j. Trumps Hush Money Trial. It is important to take stock and remind ourselves, it is not normal. To have an examerican President Stand Trial as a criminal defendant. It is not normal for that same criminal defendant to also be the Republican Partys current presumptive nominee for the upcoming president ial election. We learned a great deal from david pecker during his time on the Witness Stand last week about exactly how the catch and kill scheme that was used to benefit donald trump when he was running for president the first time worked. It worked by burying stories that would have been harmful to his reputation. We heard from trumps long Time Assistant rhona graf that Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougal, the women paid to keep their stories quiet ahead of the election, were both named in trumps rolla dex. So this week we expect to hear new evidence and new testimony from new witnesses further
As jonathan mentioned our special coverage of the white house Correspondents Dinner takes off at 8 00 p. M. Please stick around. We will have extensive coverage. On this hour, we have two pivotal events testing the bedrock of our constitution, threats to First Amendment rights, and to the rule of law. Also tonight from new york to arizona we break down Donald Trumps Head Spinning week of legal drama including outrageous arguments his legal team made to the Supreme Court. Marjorie Taylor Greenes political standing, shifting from maga hero to. Lets do it. This week marked an Inflection Point in our nations history. The United States constitution being tested in new and dangerous ways. On thursday former President Donald Trump and his lawyers went to the u. S. Supreme court to double down on claims that a president possesses sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution. Basically according to the former president s lawyers his immunity is so absolute they argued, that even assassinating a
Rory mcillrage. Cnns State Of The Union starts right now. Crises averted. A Surprise Deal to stave off a Government Shutdown. The bill is passed. But after the House Speaker makes a deal with democrat, will republican hardliners try to oust him . Bring it. The republican leading that charge, florida Congressman Matt Gaetz is here. Democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez will join me. Plus, upping the ante. Former President Trump ramps up his violent rhetoric. If you rob a store, you can fully to be shot as you are leaving that store. Reporter but as more former aides warn hes unfit for office, does he have the gop nomination all sewn up . Our Political Panel will discuss. And trailblazer, an outpouring of affection for the late senator, Dianne Feinstein. She left on her own terms. Reporter what you might not have known about her when her friend House Speaker nancy pelosi joins me ahead. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is open, for at least 45