with something that e. jean carroll said, just this morning, that really stuck with me all day. what was it like being in the courtroom with donald trump? well, terrifying, until i got there. the weeks leading up to it, no sleep, couldn t eat, couldn t do and then, i sat down, robbie said, good morning ms. carroll, can you please spell your name for the court. i spelled my name. i looked out, and it was like, he was, like, nothing, like an emperor without clothes. all my terror leading up to it, and then he s just something in a suit. he was like nothing, as she just said, like an emperor with no clothes. she was scared. she admitted that. but when she saw him in that courtroom, she realized he was nothing. e. jean carroll is not a political strategist. don t go down that road, she never has been. she s not giving advice to the biden campaign. but what s she said there may actually offer some wisdom about donald trump. she revealed something here that is important to
with judge jeanine pirro, jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. president biden in his administration promising a response to the deadliest attack on u.s. troops in years. speak of the president and i will not tolerate an attack on u.s. forces and we will take all necessary actions to defend the u.s. and our troops. respond decisively to any aggression and we will hold responsible the people who attacked our troops and we will do so at a time in the place of our choosing. dana: so far it s all talk and no action. the administration is grappling with its failure to deter iran backed terrorists in a deadly strike that killed three and injured 40 others. they were stationed at a base known as tower 22 on the border between jordan and syria. fox sources confirming the lethal drone had gotten past air defenses at the base because it was mistaken for a u.s. drone expected to return at the same time. what did iran know? the pentagon
strategy. we re going to bring you brand new reporting from inside the campaign. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with breaking news on who qualified for cnn s iowa debate next week. last before the caucuses. the deadline to meet the polling threshold just passed, and our political director david chalian joins me now. david, who made the cut? as you noted, the deadline just passed and actually the window of qualification started way back on october 15th. we now know that for the cnn january 10th debate, the three candidates who have qualified are former president trump, nikki haley and ron desantis. we also know that donald trump has not participated in any debate yet this cycle, and he doesn t intend on participating at the cnn debate on january 10th. that leaves haley and desantis on the stage, and that would be the smallest debate stage that we have seen to date. that means that they were the only candidates to hit 10%
hello in and welcome. it is time to get together with some smart people to break down the week s big stories. today we re asking does donald trump have a case for presidential immunity as the appeals court preparing to hear arguments that could change the entire election. then president biden s new campaign strategy appears to be less bidenomics, more hypno references. is the president running away from his record? for shizzle, yay or nay on the newest olympic reporter, snoop dogg. the gang is all here so sit back, relax and let s talk about it. up first as we mark the third anniversary of the january 6th attack on the capitol, the central issue now is whether donald trump s criminal cases can go forward. this week a three-judge panel will take up the question and potentially decide his political future. a major legal fight playing out tuesday, focused on two words. presidential immunity. donald trump claims he can t be prosecuted for what happened on january 6t
you ve seen an exclusive, the missing binder of secrets, highly classified information related to russian election interference. what went missing in the final hours of the trump white house hasn t been seen since. what was in it? who had access? the disappearance and the mystery around it not known until now. so any moment now we could get a verdict on damages in rudy giuliani s defamation trial as the jury weighing a potentially $48 million decision resumes dleb operations. former president barack obama and president joe biden back together again at the white house, the major 2024 project behind this rare reunion. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. you are looking at breaking news right now, exclusive new cnn reporting about highly classified intelligence that went missing at the end of the trump administration. the information relates to russian election interference. information that was deemed so secret it could only