the battle for the nation s soul is not over yet. those words from president joe biden as he officially tells america he wants four more years to finish the job. the mission statement he just laid out and his message to those he called maga extremists. prosecutors call them donald trump s army. five members of the proud boys on trial accused of assembling and leading the mob on january 6. that trial is now coming to an end. will a jury soon find them guilty? just as the u.s. was getting in position to rescue americans trapped in sudan, reports of a ceasefire breach. what this means for the thousands of u.s. citizens in that war-torn nation. all this and more on cnn news central. let s finish the job. president biden making it official as he makes his 2024 case to america. after two years in the oval office, months of speculation and a lifetime of politics, he officially now wants four more years. when i ran for president four years ago, i said we were in a battl
meeting of his national security team today. why the video feed of that quickly was stopped just after it began. alec murdaugh continues to maintain his innocence after a judge sends him to prison for life. what his defense team just told our craig melvin about an appeal. that brand new interview later this hour. and a renewed push to make daylight savings time permanent with support coming for both democrats and republicans. could we be springing ahead for good. around the globe with the latest developments, first let s start with the critical meeting between president biden and german chancellor olaf scholz. allie raffa is at the white house where we re expecting to see the two leaders any moment. what more can you tell us? reporter: you mentioned that this would be the third visit by chancellor scholz since he took office in 2021, but the first since the war in ukraine began over a year ago. it s also going to be the first time these two have met since we know they both
it is so important to control the senate is so important. we re gonna have senator maggie hassan on. she is running against a very strange republican repugnant in new hampshire. katie hobbs will join us. the candidate for governor in arizona, where it s possible, if she doesn t win, arizona might never again have a fair election. the republican candidate for governor, for secretary of state, for attorney general, all say donald trump won the last presidential election. i think it s important to underscore that these in many cases women are the last frontier between the country and a precipice of election denialism. these are not just republican candidates. don bold, i carry lake, these people are a new strain of conservative, and it gives conservativism a bad name, but this is really, they are the gatekeepers between democracy and chaos in a lot of respects, so paying attention to these candidates and listening to what the democrats have to say about the races is critical,
candidates. don bolduc, kari lake, these people are a new strain of conservative, and it gives conservativism a bad name, but this is really, they are the gatekeepers between democracy and chaos in a lot of respects, so paying attention to these candidates and listening to what the democrats have to say about the races is critical, with just 27 days to go. we really have to have as many candidates on as we can. can t wait to see it. thanks alex. i want to begin tonight with a pledge to you, the audience of this program, this is a serious pledge, that i will fully present and analyze any evidence that emerges to indicate that donald j trump might not be guilty of obstruction of justice and violating the espionage act. but so far, no such evidence has emerged in any way. donald trump s lawyers have offered no hint of a defense to the potential criminal charges of violating the espionage act. and in the breaking news of the night, the evidence has taken a turn that could b
we hold our hearings next month we wish to provide members the opportunity to discuss these matters with the committee voluntarily. regrettably, the individuals receiving subpoenas today have refused and we are forced to take this step to make sure the committee uncovers facts concerning january 6th. we urge our colleagues to comply with the law and do their patriotic duty and cooperate with our investigation as hundreds of other witnesses have done, and the committee lays out in clear detail just why they need the testimony of these five congressmen pointing to their roles in multiple aspects of the trump coup plot. the committee writes this about jim jordan, representative jim jordan was in communication with trump on january 6th and participated in meetings and discussions throughout late 2020 and early 2021 about strategies for overturning the 2020 election. regarding scott perry, the committee says, he was, quote, directly involved with efforts to corrupt the department