Good morning. You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington where the candidates crisscrossed seeing the Battleground States heading into the weekend, we are 32 days from election day. But for many americans, voting is already underway, more than 1 Million ballots that have already been cast. But the two men at the top of the Gop Ticket still cannot accept former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Take a look at this you know, last time, last election, we did great in 2016, a Lot Of people dont know we did much better in 2020. We want the, Donald Trump win he yes, he did so, were you when you can see you can see if your opponent gets your opponent gets more votes. You concede. Really feel bad three alright, fact check, even though its been more than 1,400 days since that election, no trump did not win in 2020, the election was not rigged. And that rhetoric, of course, has consequences in more ways than one unapologetic unapologetic Election Denier and colora
Justice department is taking this language from defended trump very seriously. The Special Counsel team cited trumps truth social post in an immediate and pressing requests for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from making public any Sensitive Information turned over by the prosecutors. From that request quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. End quote. In response, trumps Spokesperson Put out a statement, claiming the post is quote, the definition of political speech. End quote. The implication that it is protected by the First Amendment. The protective order that the quote is seeking, is in reference to trumps scheme to interfere with the 2020 election and that desperate temps to cling to power during the final weeks of his presidency. Its a ca
All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
disaster averted? after weeks of negotiations, we have come to an agreement in principle. the president and the speaker make a deal to raise the debt ceiling. but the hardest part may lie ahead. convincing think parties to vote for it. plus, game on. he s been attacking me by moving left, so this is a different guy than 2016. ron desantis jumps into the 2024 race and levels his toughest attacks yet on donald trump. but will it be enough? rob desanctimonious and his poll numbers are dropping like a rock. and target in the cross-hairs. the retail giant is the latest battlefield for conservatives hoping to roll back lgbtq rights. welcome to inside politics sunday . i m abby phillip. they have a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a economic catastrophe. it took weeks of negotiations, no one on either side though is thrilled. but here is what we know about the deal this morning. it raises the debt ceiling for two years, it caps federal spending, also
show. alarming new details on trump s authoritarian plans from the man himself. the biden campaign prepares his recent promise to adolf hitler s. my combination with masha gessen, the descended of a holocaust survivor who had the after they get jammed the atrocities in gaza. and stripped of power, the chairman of the florida republican party has been suspended after being accused of raping a woman. he is being forced to resign. good evening. i am mehdi hasan. mussolini was the original fascist, ruling it away from 1922 to 1923. more than 20 years. during that time, he didn t exactly hide his authoritarian agenda. as head of a coalition government back in the 1920s, he even said, quote, i was taken upon myself about 15 to 20 years longer. the success has not yet been born. many thought that the italian leader was joking. the joke was on, them after exactly exactly what he did. the joke was also on the britons in americans who for years had lampooned mussolini and com