Face or a battle for joining us this morning. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central stars right now push back on propalestinian protests four people are now dead, including a four month old baby after a string of tornadoes rips through multiple states. And theres a new threat. This morning also, south dakota governor kristi noem still defending shooting and killing her family doc or admitted fishing in her new book that has people still outraged and also scratching their heads. Sara is out. Im kate balden with john berman. This is Cnn News Central its Morning Unit Relevance of the protests facing colleges and universities across the Country Hundreds have been arrested or detained in sometimes violent encounters with authorities oh palestinian and cantmiss and rallies at Virginia Tech overnight new arrests after the University Says the situation of progress and had the potential to become unsafe at ucla police in riot gear intervened after protests is breached just Security
Them. Trump calling the trial a witch hunt to keep him off the campaign trail. Watch. This is a biden witch hunt to keep me off the campaign trail. I should be in georgia now. I should be in florida now. I should be in a lot of different places right now campaigning and im sitting here. And a this will go on for a long time. Its very unfair. This is a case that nobody wanted to he bring including alvin bragg. It was just at the last second this never happened before where the state tries to assert itself in federal elections. Nobodys ever seen it. Maria it was former Biden Justice Department Official delivering the prosecutions Opening Statement as the judge ruled if trump testifies in his own defense. Other cases against him are fair game to be brought up. I think this is interesting that its michael colangelo. He served as u. S. Associate attorney general under president Joe Bidens Administration and then he left that position to become a state prosecutor in alvin braggs office. So r
Monica crowley and columnist and fox news contributor, liz peek. Thank you for being here. Mike huckabee, your reaction to the polls that pretty much are consistent on and on . Hard to believe there really would be a majority of americans who say, yeah, joe biden, hes totally competent. This is a guy who who cant find himself off the stage, shakes hands with ghosts, half the time doesnt know exactly where he is, cant mumble through a teleprompter speech and if americans said thats who i would love to have leading the world for another four years, id be shocked. Maria i would be shocked too, given the fact that the one question you ask in an Election Year is do you feel better today than you did four years ago. I mean, its a resounding no. You dont feel better, given where inflation is, excessive spending, the world is on fire. But liz, the same poll finds rfk juniors Third Party Bid could take more votes away from trump than biden. Trump leads biden right now by 2 points. When the ball
because at least i ll tell you my own opinion. i was affecting attorney out for some sort of a pushback yeah. it didn t happen and it s very, very interesting. barak reveal. appreciate it. thank you. the news continues to source some kaitlan collins starts now saving the source tonight. hell half no fury like a former president turned convicted felon, donald trump is lashing out i ll calling the judge who will sentence him, quote, the devil, any rambling rampage. and a question that is on many americans minds tonight is will trump actually go to prison? it s certainly on his as he is mine for sympathy and falsely claiming that he is facing 187 years behind bars and a former apprentice produced so who had an nda for 20 years has just now expired, is now breaking his silence, claiming that he personally heard donald trump use the n word that produce there is here tonight and will join me. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source little bit of a pro tip to start you off w
absolutely free text dra w to 369369. today, i m caitlin polantz at the federal court in washington and this is cnn closed captioning is brought to you by you, cora, help maintain a healthy urinary tract with you, cora, i can having utis for ten years. you cora. we make uti relief products. we also make proactive urinary tract hello product. ucar is a life stage write today at you core.com cnn breaking news donald trump is a convicted felon, 34 times over. and good evening from outside the courthouse and lower manhattan where it all happened just about three hours ago. there simply is no overstate getting what happened in the entire history of this country and of the american presidency. not one president or former president has ever tried or convicted of anything, let alone multiple so we ll felonies today. a jury of 12 new yorkers supplied that dubious distinction. this is their verdict sheet, guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records cover up a hush money