Campaign trail. Today he is in the Swing State of michigan. Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. We have learned so much more now about the suspected would be assassin in Sundays Assassination Attempt on trumps life. Ryan routh echoed talking points from the democrats political attacks on former President Trump. Republicans quick to call that out. They say words do matter. If you are constantly telling them that american democracy is going to end if this guy gets elected president , well so i do think the a Pock Lip i can rhetoric has increased threats to Donald Trump. The guy was completely unhinged. If you layer on top of that this constant narrative from the left that trump wants to sell ukraine out to the dictator putin. He wants to become a dictator himself, and that no matter by any means necessary trump has to be stopped. Harris look at what people at the very top of the democratic party have been saying about trump this election cycle. He is a genuine danger to
Classified documents case going public for the first time, talking exclusively with Cnns Kaitlan Collins about what he says was his role in moving documents, the federal government was trying to find. Also tonight, meet that who uncovered how senator katie britt and misleadingly turned one womans 20 one yearold Sex Trafficking Horror Story into the centerpiece of her indictment of President Bidens Border Policies today. And later, what is wrong with this picture, princess kate and her for kids. She now says she edited herself. But that story is only raising more questions. The royal palace had hoped to quell that evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight. Breaking news that is a cnn exclusive. What the man known as Trump Employee five in the federal classified documents indictment, thinks of the case against his former boss. His name is brian butler, and hes been talking to investigators and now hes talking to the sources Kaitlan Collins, who joins us from miami. So why is he sp
Documents indictment, things have the case against his former boss, his name is brian butler, and hes been talking to investigators and now hes talking to the sources Kaitlan Collins, who joins us its from miami. So why is he speaking out now . Kaitlyn well, anderson, in part because hes worried that americans and voters will never get to hear this story before the election in november. Obviously, trumps legal team has sought this strategy of delay, delay, delay, especially when it comes to the classified documents case. And so this witness, someone and who was a longtime employee at maralago for 20 years is now speaking out publicly because of a concern that that it may not come to light. I mean, donald trump has repeatedly called this investigation a witch hunt. Brian butler, who until now was known only as trump employee number five, is now saying that he disagrees with that. He doesnt believe its a witchhunt and he was able to provide key testimony to the special counsel, jack smit
Joins us from miami. So why is he speaking out now kaitlan . Well, anderson, in part because hes worried that americans and voters will never get to hear this story before the election in november. Obviously, trumps legal team has sought this strategy of delay, delay, delay, especially when it comes to the classified documents case. And so this witness, someone who was a longtime employee at maralago for 20 years, is now speaking out publicly because of a concern that that it may not come to light. I mean, donald trump has repeatedly called this investigation a witch hunt. Brian butler, who until now was known only as Trump Employee number five, is now saying that he disagrees with that. He doesnt believe its a witchhunt and he was able to provide key testimony to the special counsel, jack smith here, including about key moments, including one where walt nauta, who is trumps body man, turned codefendant, asked him to help load boxes onto a plane that was bound for trumps club in new je
first, the mar-a-lago classified document investigation. our reporting is that special counsel, jack smith, is going to be home stretch on that. then there s the hush money payments to stormy daniels. that case is set to begin in march of next year, right in the middle of primary season. then there s the georgia investigation into efforts by then president trump to overturn the 2020 election. but even with all of this, the deck is stacked in donald trump s favor for the gop primary. john avlon is here to explain. governor ron desantis plans to seize the gop spotlight tomorrow with a big announcement, it involves elon musk. kara swisher is gonna join our panel to share her thoughts. when is enough fame and money and success enough. lebron james playing the will he or won t he retire game. we ll see what happens going forward. i don t know. i don t know. i ve a lot to think about, to be honest. a lot to be thinking about, to be honest. just for me, personally, going forward w