testify in an investigation into a hush money scheme involving stormy daniels. that s believed to be a precursor to an indictment. potential defendants are required to be notified and invited to appear before a grand jury weigh anything charges. it charged, trump would become the first former president to be indicted. but would it slow his current presidential quest? i say not a chance, at least not based opt this case alone. any charges here would stem from the $130,000 in payments made to daniels during the 2016 campaign. apparently she had been ready to share her story with the national inquirer. but the tabloid s publisher was a trump friend who instead h helped broker a deal with the lawyer. i long thought it was the weakness of the trump investigations. first the events of january 6th. the mishandling of documents, the election interference including the so-called perfect phone call to secretary of state and fourth, this, the stormy daniels hush money. merrick garland a
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in new york. it s here 6:00 here in the big apple, 3:00 p.m. in california. what s likely to be a long, sleepless night and soggy weekend lying ahead for much of monterey county. the county is the epicenter of catastrophic flooding in that state. these are new images of the levee that failed around midnight local time. mandatory evacuations are now under way in parts of the that county. a string of deadly storms has unleashed massive flooding across the central and northern portions of the state. at least two people have died in this most recent storm. this week s atmospheric river is the tenth to hit the state this winter. it s dropped more than a foot of rain in some areas and several feet of snow in others. let s begin in monterey county, the site of that levee breach. cnn s mike valerio is there. mike, the state of that breach, could this continue to dump more flooding into that area? what can you tell us? reporter: tha
time announcing he is running for a second term and mark his first formal news conference in more than a month. this one to be two questions per side. sandra: all comes amid reports biden s advisers tend to shield him for his re-election campaign, to avoid unscripted comments that they have had to walk back. nikki haley is joining us exclusively on america reports. john: marc thiessen is standing by and peter, no surprise, the president once again running behind schedule. only about an hour, as far as these things go with the visiting head of state and dignitaries and press that travel with them, it s not so bad, but targeting 1:30 or so start for the rose garden press conference and the white house defense of the lack of press conferences from president biden has been well, he often entertains shouted questions. the reason this event this afternoon is significant is because people are not going to have to shout, somebody from the white house will bring a microphone u
holding the line. house republicans pass a debt ceiling bill meant to kick off talks. we ve done our job. democrats say they won t negotiate overpaying the nation s bills. are we inching closer to default? i ll speak with vermont senator bernie sanders and house republican whip tom emmer next. he s running. the official 2024 roster grows. there s more to infinish the job. i m a candidate for president of the united states. but as the former president dominates gop polls, is there room in the party for anyone but trump? new candidate and former arkansas governor asa hutchinson joins me ahead. plus, lessons learned. a family secret. i was born to a father that was a nazi. now arnold schwarzenegger is using his father s past to try to confront his problems. this should never, ever happen again. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is recovering. while washington came out they mingled, they laughed as journalists joined political leade
the latest on that case and why prosecutors are opting not to charge the shooter with a hate crime. plus, florida governor ron desantis making a personal bid to try and pry conservative lawmake areas way from donald trump. could today s event in d.c. break the dam and give other republicans the green light to defy the former president? and american reporter evan gersh gershkovich, denied bail this morning and ordered to stay in the same russian prison that specifically is designed to cut off inmates from the rest of the world. but we start in kansas city, and an extraordinary scene taking place just a short time ago. hundreds of students marching to declare their love and support for 16-year-old ralph yarl the teenager shot for simply going to the wrong house we love you, ralph. we love you, ralph we love you, ralph that march happening as members of yarl s family and their attorney are demanding accountability for 84-year-old andrew lester, the man accused of pulling t