it s friday and we ve got a weekend and it s great to anchor with you, too. thanks for joining us on cnn news central. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. senator tim scott is endorsing donald trump, even though nikki haley appointed him to the senate. the lead starts right now. four days before the all- important new hampshire primary, former presidential candidate and senator tim scott is about to weigh-in on the race and endorse donald trump. will his pate pick make a difference? plus president biden and benjamin netanyahu have a lot of catching up to do. they spoke for the first time in nearly a month as benjamin netanyahu openly rejects the u.s. backed plan for the future of gaza and the palestinian people and the possible palestinian state. what we know about the critical call, coming up. and two major developments in two major criminal cases. alec baldwin indicted today for his role in the deadly accidental rust movie set shooting. and the l.a. innocence pr
i m so excited for the announcement tonight. tune in, pay attention, listen closely. four more years. subtle. it is a blow for former south carolina governor nikki haley who is the one appointed then congressman scott to his senate seat. senator scott is on the medium list for a trump vp pick as opposed to the short list. kylie atwood is in new hampshire. nikki haley reaction to this endorsement and the timing. reporter: this news broke while nikki haley was at the campaign event, one of six campaign events in new hampshire today. she did not really respond to initial questions from reporters saying, we will see if it happens. an hour later, her campaign coming out with a statement on her behalf responding to senator scott s endorsement. her quote was, interesting trump lining up with all the washington insiders when he claimed he wanted to drain the swamp. the fellows will do what the fellows are going to do. i m told she did not know the endorsement was coming at the
, heart pounding body cam. footage of those critical and terrifying minutes. officers rushing toward the gunfire, and now the killer s family is speaking up about what they call his mental health challenges. officials say the smoke pouring into the skies over indiana is definitely toxic. we are live on the scene of this huge recycling plant fire. thousands have been told to evacuate these stories and more all coming in to cnn news, central. there is an emergency unfolding in eastern indiana. happening now toxic smoke billowing into the air over the city of richmond, this as fire crews are making progress. they have contained the fire to the plant itself, but they are still battling that plant at the fire still very much burning, as it has been for the last day. 2000 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, and officials say it could be days before the danger clears. omar jimenez is live for us on the scene, omar you ve been there now for some time described the situa
Were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment In Hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at Prisons Wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for pol
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