of the cat skills. while most new yorkers will be voting in the primary, others will be voting in a special election for the house seat vacated by tino delgato after he was appointed governor. so why this race, especially because it s for a four-month term? this is because it s most potent, for economy and crime or abortion and democracy, what ryan is running on. the democrats are hoping the closer-a than-expected red districts, along with the resounding defeat of the anti-abortion measures are not one-offs. the hard-and-fast rules don t see so hard and fast. look at our survey conducted august 12th through 16th. threats to democracy has overtaken cost of living as the most important voter issue. president biden s approval numbers are still stagnant and modern history tells us the only time the party in power gained seats in the mid term is when the president is overwhelmingly popular, clinton in 1998 and bush in 2002. but even among exception, this is an exceptional time, th
The stand as he has been all week. Hes been testifying for the first time today. About a key figure in the case, Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, keep watching your screen for updates from inside the courtroom. They are are there are there and that side of the screen were bringing you the reports from our reporters. Lets bring in cnn, Senior Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, who was actually inside the High Court Today as the Oral Arguments played out, joan, what stood out to you and was there anything that you would be able to discern that we just hearing it would not well, first of all, it was incredibly griffin right there in the room. Jake, i cannot i cannot overstate just spence going into it and then just hearing those questions realizing the direction they were going, which is much further in a direction than i think any of us might have predicted. Just to talk about some of the people in the room. Jack smith is sitting there at the same table as Michael Driven, w
intense fighting back underway in gaza. could another temporary truce be on the way? cnn has learned that israel and hamas are continuing to negotiate actively negotiating the release of more hostages. the latest on that. plus former president trump s attorneys are in a fulton county courtroom right now defending their client for the first time as they try to have his charges in the georgia election subversion case thrown out. and kicked out of congress. an historic move the house e expels george santos. he s calling his ouster dangerous. we re following these danger developing stories and many more. we start this hour with a return to war. israel and hamas back to fighting after a week-long truce. now this video shows the iron dome intercepting the first rocketing targeting israel since the truce ended this was near tel aviv. in gaza, israeli air stieks hit the south. israel ice military dropped leaflets drking palestinians to evacuate the area which was described as a f
preconditions set by judge engoron. trump has done most of these things just outside the courtroom, literally every time he has appeared at this trial, that was again the case this morning. we are going to find out what the former president is saying in court right now. cameras are not allowed in that room, we are expecting he will address the courtroom from outside once this wraps up later today. as for what the next step looks like, remember there s no jury in this case. no deliberations. after closing arguments, we re gonna hear judge r. and grown resume the case, and then he will rule by a written ruling that he says could come as early as the end of the month. and then of course come the appeals that trump and his team have promised. let s get the latest from inside the courtroom now with cnn s paula reid, she s live outside the courtroom forest. paula, a live bit of a surprise that the judge would allow donald trump to address the court. nothing is surprising here, boris, but t
justin engoron ruled before this trial even began that trump is liable for fraud. so this trial is about deciding the scope of that and determining the punishment. justice engoron said his written ruling could come as early as the end of this month. a decision is not coming today. back to you, martha. martha: nate, thank you. let s bring in mat whitaker, former acting attorney general under president trump. he s here in iowa, which is his home state. we ll talk about iowa politics at the end of the segment. matt, good to have you with us today. you know, you look at it s stunning that the density of legal issues that the former president is dealing with at the same time trying to run a campaign. he s here just 10 or 12 hours ago doing a town hall with bret and i and this morning he s popping up, making public statements on his own behalf in this trial. you heard the judge said get