Unfortunately. Listen, lawrence, by monday is free and now apparently my april of the year 2026 is booked. Dont be surprised if it happens before that, alex. Okay, i wont be. Thank you, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Imagine how terrifying donald trump, how terrified he has to be for him to follow the advice of his lawyers. Thats how terrified Donald Trumps tonight. For the first time. The breaking not surprising news of the night is that donald trump was forced to announce that he will not be having a special press event on monday to, as he put it, refute the 13 criminal charges against him delivered by a Georgia Grand Jury on monday. In a written statement tonight, donald trump said rather than releasing the report on the rigged and stolen georgia 2020 president ial election on monday my lawyers would prefer putting this, i believe, irrefutable and overwhelming evidence of Election Fraud and irregularities informal legal filings as we fight to dismiss this disgraceful indictment,
Of election fraud. Lets run through extracts of that call starting with the debunked claims from the former president about suitcases of ballots the president also made claims about so called dead voters. Brad raffensperger did push back in his call with President Trump heres a series of further extracts. And in the most explicit part of the call trump spelled out how many voters he needed. Stephen loosley an analyst in us politics at the United States studies centre in sydney laid out the legal dilemmas mr trump now faces. Its a very serious indictment for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is Racketeering Charge under Georgia State law and racketeering legislation is modelled on the Originalfederal Legislation is modelled on the original federal legislation that was designed to bring down the mafia. The problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, it is not certain that is the probability. Secondly, mark meadows, th
Meantime up on capitol hill as son hunter biden is sitting for what could be a very long deposition with congressional lawmakers takers, and Scorched Earth in texas. Very dangerous wildfires have now exploded. One of them burning three acres every second hello, im wolf blitzer in washington in euro, the cnn newsroom we, begin this hour with President Biden over at the Walter Reed Medical Center outside washington, dc in bethesda, maryland. Thats where hes currently getting his annual physical exam. This likely will be the last public update on his health before the november president ial election. President biden is 81 years old, the oldest sitting president in us history. His age at the age of his likely opponent, donald trump, who is 77, are becoming campaign issues. See you then, White House Correspondent Arlette Saenz and dr. Jonathan reiner are standing by to join me. Dr. Reiner is a cnn medical analyst and a professor of medicine and surgery at the George Washington university. H
i m in for nicolle wallace. the final day of e. jean carroll versus donald trump with closing arguments focused on a high-stakes question. what is the price to pay for using one of the world s most powerful megaphones to defame someone. first up her attorney addressed the factor looming over the trial, that is, trump s continued attacks on e. jean carroll. she pointed out trump spent the entire trial continuing to engage in defamation, trump dramatically stormed out of the courtroom. the judge noted the incident and kaplan continued. cnn repts that she said, quote, the case is also about punishing donald trump for what he has done and what he continues to do. shd trump tries to, quote, normalize conduct that could hardly be more abnormal. she went on to say, quote, typically when someone is found liable for defamaon, they stop making those statemeven if they don t like t jury s verdict, even if you d t like the jury s decision you follow it. those are the this trial is also
laura: good evening, everyone. i m back to iowa. i had fun but i did get back. the ingraham angle from washington tonight. biden meeting with the white house top congressional leaders. do you feel a sell-out coming over stalled talk on ukraine and our own border security. i m looking forward to speaking with mike johnson he was at that meeting and coming over to the ingraham angle to give us details about what happened inside. first, take the load off fanny. that s the focus of tonight s angle. oh, how the mighty have fallen. remember the media was instantly awestruck by the fulton county d.a. she was a woman on a mission. after she announced indictment on trump state racketeering charges in august. the new york times described her as a force to be reckoned with. fanny t. willis strolled up to the podium in a red dress last year in downtown atlanta flanked by an array of dark suits and stone faced officers in uniform. her voice rang out loud and clear with a hint of swa