trespassers, to those who blatantly attacked police to the actual malicious seditionist, no trump has been put on trial for action steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought this assertive r.i.c.o. case they are against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis, but not talking about this case. there, she was discussing which he called a choice during her campaign for this post. and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. but on this case, she previewed these upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and those codefendants actually formed a legal gang, or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather than abide by george s legal process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeerin
ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible. they decided without doing any damage to anyone on the ground, they decided that the best time to do that was out over the water within our, within a 12-mile limit. they successfully took it down. maria: but at what cost? coming up, the new chairman of the house select committee on china, wisconsin congressman, former marine mike gallagher, also a member of the house armed services and intelligence committees on how much damage has been done in one week after the secretary of state anthony blinken initially suggests just canceling his trip was enough of a response from america. it s a violation of our sovereignty, it s a violation of international law. and it was very important that we, of course, take the actions we did to protect any sensitive information, to protect our people and to make clear to china that, again, this is an unacceptable as well as irresponsible action. maria: then the surveillance balloon s
So glad you are with us. 8 00 a. M. On the east coast. Five things to know for this tuesday, september 26. Four days left until a possible Government Shutdown. Kevin mccarthy in standoff. Insisting gop threats to oust him are not influences negotiations. President biden will be in michigan joining members of the United Auto Workers on the picket line. He will not be involved in the talks, but the white house says he is lending his support. Police looking for this man in connection with a Fentanyl Death of a 1yearold at a bronx day care. Prosecutors say he was seen on video fleeing through a back alley carrying two bags. Cassidy hutchison out with a new book that paints the closing days of the Trump Administration more lawless than previously disclosed. Cities across the u. S. mexico border dealing with the recent influx of migrants. The border city at a Breaking Point. Thats live. This hour of cnn this morning starts now. We begin with news into cnn. President bidens son hunter biden i
as the weather system unleashes fury on the northeast. this is after spawning deadly tornadoes in the south. tennessee was hit especially too hard. thousands are assessing the devastating damage just weeks before christmas. we have been on the ground and we have seen firsthand neighbors helping neighbors. we ve heard stories of combat medics getting out with bags to help people in the middle of the night in the tornado. i ve never been so proud to be mayor as i am right now. a hard time there. all of that plus a vote expected this week in the house to move forward on a baseless impeachment inquiry of the president. i think it s easy to sort of sit and laugh and chuckle at this bungling exercised by house republicans trying to impeach the president based on nothing. there is something more sinister at play here. this impeachment is political retribution. it is political revenge on behalf of president trump. coming up, i m going to speak to judiciary committee member