welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? we re just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that they re going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is preparing to ride that wave right into a 2024 announcement. sources tell cnn that top aides to the former president are gearing up for a possible campaign launch around the third week of november, something trump himself hinted on the campaign trail again last night. now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? those same sources, however, say that trump s announcement could be delayed if republicans do not do as well as he hopes. and perhaps an announcement could come earlier if there s a republican tsunami next week. i mean, who knows? it s donald trump. and there are some major headlines today t
jerusalem and is survived by her three children. tonight we remember hannah pick. what an incredible life. the news continues. i want to hand it over to jake tapper and cnn tonight. welcome to cnn tonight . i m jake tapper in washington. and tonight, make america great again again? we re just four days away from the all-important midterm elections. and with republicans optimistic that they re going to be able to flip both the house of representatives and the senate, donald trump is preparing to ride that wave right into a 2024 announcement. sources tell cnn that top aides to the former president are gearing up for a possible campaign launch around the third week of november, something trump himself hinted on the campaign trail again last night. now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? those same sources, however, say that trump s announcement could be delayed if republicans do not do as we
i mean, who knows? it s donald trump. and there are some major headlines today that could have an impact on what happens tuesday. starting with a stronger than expected jobs report released today. 261,000 americans hired in october. in a normal campaign year, that would be welcomed news for the white house and democrats running across the country. but this is not a normal year. and the economic picture is much more complicated and in the view of most americans, pretty damn dismal. president biden s labor secretary today spoke of the dilemma facing democrats. at the end of the day, no matter how many jobs i can get in front of this camera and tell you we ve added and how great they are, people are still feeling the struggle at the kitchen table. the biggest economic challenge at the moment seems to be inflation. and yes, today we saw americans wages are rising, but they re not keeping up with the cost of nearly everything else that is soaring. that, we heard this week,
stacey abrams obviously trying to change that in addition to everything else you ve just talked about. you also said part of your goal is for every american to be able to see themselves represented in our government. we ve obviously gotten farther than we used to, but we still have a ways to go before we re at that reality, i think, don t you? i do. listen, i m a bit of a romantic. i love those first three word of our constitution, we the people. even though when those words were written, with the people didn t include women, it didn t include black people. it didn t even include white men who didn t own property. it was only wealthy white men who were included in that we the people statement. i think we re at a time in this country where we re moving toward living up to those first three words. and we re doing so we have to protect this ability for americans to see themselves in this process because listen, these folks work for us, right?
those same sources, however, say that trump s announcement could be delayed if republicans do not do as well as he hopes. and perhaps an announcement could come earlier if there s a republican tsunami next week. i mean, who knows? it s donald trump. and there are some major headlines today that could have an impact on what happens tuesday. starting with a stronger than expected jobs report released today. 261,000 americans hired in october. in a normal campaign year, that would be welcomed news for the white house and democrats running across the country. but this is not a normal year. and the economic picture is much more complicated and in the view of most americans, pretty damn dismal. president biden s labor