on air. moments ago we just saw the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. also right now, a sentencing hearing is underwayer to t-- underway for the chairman of the proud boys, enrique tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on seditious conspiracy charges. defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. also a major show of force coming up on the lead. secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator tommy tuberville to stop his hold on all military nominations because he objects to the pentagon's abortion travel care policy. and in washington post op-ed, they call tuberville's actions, dangerous to national security. that from the secretaries of the navy and the air force and the army, all three will be here exclusively together in studio coming up. we're going to start however, with that law and justice lead and the sentencing hearing for the chair of the proud boysen r -- proud boys enrique tarrio. we've seen four proud boys already given lengthy sentences. after three of them were convicted of seditious experience. one of the most serious criminal charges you could be convicted of in the u.s. and not an easy charge to get a guilty verdict for. evan perez is here to lay out the significance of the sentence. evan, what message could this send, especially given the fak that tarrio was not even at the capitol that day? >> reporter: that is right, jake. he was not at the capitol and prosecutors are making the case, that look, the proud boys are in a class by themselves. they were frankly the tip of the spear that led some of the mob into the capitol on january 6. and they're saying that enrique tarrio has shown no remorse. far from it. he has given interviews in the last weeks that he said the proud boys did nothing wrong. prosecutors are stressing that to judge as he gets ready to issue a sentence. one of the things that you've heard from enrique tarrio's attorney is that he's not a terrorist. they're saying that he is a misguided patriot. he also pointed out that because he was arrested just before january 6, he was not here, he was banned from being inside of the district of columbia that day. and so he could not have controlled what happened with the proud boys. the judge timothy kelly responded, well you made that argument to the jury and the jury did not believe that, jake. >> right. they're considering terrorist charges against him. how does his sentence compare to the other proud boy members. are there different factors that are being weighed here? >> reporter: well, yeah. because he is the leadership. he is the leader of the group. that is what prosecutors are emphasizing and the judge seems to be going along with that. right now we're waiting for the judge to make a final decision. another took over leadership because tarrio was not able to get in the capitol, and he got 17 years, zachary rehl 15 years and dominic pezola 10 years. and the judge was weighing whether to add a terrorism enhancement, that could add about ten years or so to the sentence. the judge accepted that, jake, but as he -- we don't know yet whether he's going to allow that to be part of the sentence. in the previous four sentencing he accepted the terrorism enhancement but then brought it back down. so we don't know yet whether he will allow that enhancement to increase and make the sentence for enrique tarrio even harsher. as you pointed out, prosecutors are asking for 33 years. we'll see where he ends up in the next hour or so, jake. >> evan, thank you. we'll come back to you when you have that news for us. continuing with our law and justice lead. all 19 co-defendants in the georgia election sub version case have pleaded not guilty and waived their rights to an in-person arraignment. that means none of them will show up tomorrow in fulton county, court as we are waiting for a judge to decide if mark meadows' case will be moved to federal court. the georgia case is one of four cases plaguing donald trump today. today we're learning in the federal case, not georgia, but special counsel jack smith is still digging and following the money. paula reid has this exclusive reporting for us. >> reporter: all of the 19 defendants charged in the georgia election interference case including former president trump, has now entered pleas of not guilty. >> we did nothing wrong. i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: tuesday former wouse chief of staff mark meadows along with six other defendants all pleaded not guilty and waived their right to an arraignment in fulton county, georgia. this as cnn has learned that special council jack smith is widening his federal investigation. >> our investigation of other individuals continues. >> reporter: focusing on fundraising and efforts to breach voting equipment. raising the possibility of additional charges. after the special counsel indicted trump last month. >> since the attack on our capital, the department of justice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. >> reporter: in recent weeks investigators have asked multiple witnesses about former trump 2020 election lawyer sidney powell. >> we have evidence of different numbers of votes being injected into the system. >> reporter: she was identified as a co-conspirators in the federal defendant and faces criminal charges in georgia for allegedly helping coordinate and fund a multi-state plot to illegally access voting systems after the election. >> there should never be another election conducted in this county, i don't care if it is for local dog catcher using a dominion machine. >> reporter: witnesses have been asked whether powell was able to provide any evidence of her conspiracy theories and her nonprofit defending the public which raised money off election lies. according to invoices. defending the republic hired forensic firms that ultimately accessed voting equipment in four swing states won by biden. georgia, pennsylvania, michigan, and arizona. >> our thanks to paula reid for that report. we're going to talk with her more in the next block about all that means. in our politics lead, the senate is back with a task to pass a spending bill within the next 16 legislative days. or the u.s. government will shut down. and even though recess is over, republican hardliners are still willing to play a game of chicken as the deadline approached hoping to force the white house and the senate to accept a bundle of conservative priorities. this as one of the senates most powerful leaders just spoke moments ago after freezing up in front of tv cameras twice in just over a month. let's go to cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. so manu, we just heard from republican leader mcconnell on the senate floor. he seemed to speak fine just now. did he address in any meaningful way this latest freezing incident? >> he only addressed it very briefly, jake. he said that one moment got some considerable aettention over hi recess and he decided to pivot on to the business at hand in the senate. namely key issues such as funding the federal government, something they have to do before the end of the month. even as there are sharp disagreement about how to get there. that is one of the issues that he wanted to focus on, that things are moving forward as business as usual despite what happened over the last several -- happened last week, that drew this attention. now earlier today, he provided more information from his office through the capitol hill attending physician, brian monahan who indicated that he had consulted with neurologists who had talked to senator mcconnell and examined him and looking at the mri images and as well as some brain scans determined that teaser seizure was not the reason for his pause, neither was a stroke or any other major health issues like parkinson's. but that is not what mitch mcconnell discussed on the senate floor. instead pointing to what he did over the recess and what the senate has to do in the weeks ahead. >> at one particular moment of my time back home has received its fair share of attention in the press over the past week. but i assure you, august was a busy and productive month for me and my staff back in the commonwealth. >> reporter: so the question now will be how does -- do senators respond to this as well. mcconnell will be meeting with his leadership team in just a matter of moments. he's spoken to several of them over the phone and will meet with the full republican conference tomorrow. >> manu raju, thank you so much. and with us now is chris murphy of connecticut, the member of the senate foreign relations committee. after leader mcconnell's first freezing back in july, you felt that he was still very much in control of the republican caucus. now after this latest freezing episode, we did hear some republicans express concern and want to have more transparency about his health. do you still have the same level of confidence in mcconnell's ability to lead his caucus in the senate? >> well, it is no secret that i don't agree with the decisions that senator mcconnell makes on behalf of his caucus, but these are still pretty isolated incidents. there was some letter from the house physician, from the attending physician today ruling out some other perhaps more serious diagnoses. i have had the chance to interact with senator mcconnell and find him very much still in charge of that caucus. and i this is it is a decision that his caucus will have to make, as to whether he continues. it certainly appeared he could do that job. >> the federal government is scheduled to shut down until a funding bill is passed by september 30th. the sides are not on the same page. maybe not even in the same book. are you confident that even a short-term spending bill could be passed at least to keep the government open through the end of the year? >> i'm not confident of anything given this house republican majority. they seem to be making it up as they go along from day-to-day. adding demands as hours tick by. what i know is that in the senate we have already advanced every single appropriations bill for every single department with bipartisan support. so the appropriations committee has voted all of the appropriations bills to the floor, every single one of bills had the majority of democrats and republicans supporting them. so we've shown that even in this fraught political climate, even with a lot of right-wingers in the senate republican conference, we could get bipartisan agreement on this budget. so, no, i'm not confident that they'll agree to anything but i know there is a template for how you get a bipartisan deal done, the senate appropriations committee has shown how to do that. >> even passing a short-term spending bill could be a problem for house speaker mccarthy as some hardline republicans are threatening to oppose any rule if the bill falls short of their demands. some want the white house's request for supplemental spending on ukraine aid to be separate entirely from the short-term spending bill. is there any room for compromise on that issue, do you think? >> i hope that the house republicans don't abandon ukraine. they are in need of additional assistance. just in the last four days they've started to make substantial progress. in if the story of the next 30 days right as ukraine is making progress on the front lines is that the republicans in charge of the house of representatives are contemplating abandoned ukraine, that has implications for the freedom of ukraine an i would argue the freedom of the transatlantic alliance. so i hope that we will hold fast to our decision, our collective decision to continue to fund ukraine and that means including some additional funding for ukraine in this supplemental request that will likely be attached to a continuing agreement for funding the federal government. >> there is a new cnn poll out showing that republican voter support for trump is holding. more than half are not worried that his criminal charges will harm his chances in 2024. what do you think president biden should take away from this as he faces trump possibly in a rem rematch. >> i think trump is their candidate. i don't know that i wish for that. that is a good political outcome for democrats but the country is going to suffer having to go through another election with donald trump as a mainstream candidate. ultimately, i don't think trump picks up any additional support beyond what he had in 2020. i don't think anything that he's done over the last four years has convinced americans that didn't want to keep him in government to -- to hand government back to him. so i know it is probably the best candidate that biden could run against. but i think it is bad for the nation if donald trump stays at center of our politics. >> not only a majority of voters, but a majority of democrats in a separate poll last week suggested that they thought joe biden was to old to be president. just didn't have the faculties to do the job. he's the oldest person ever to hold the job. he's 80 years old and i believe he would be 82 if he were inaugurated for another term. are all of those americans, 77% of the american people wrong? >> well i read that poll, too. and i just think we have to do a better job of explaining to the american people the job that joe biden is doing. listen, i think it would be legitimate to question any candidates' age if there is evidence that that is having a bearing on the quality of the job that is being done. but we are in a full employment economy, with wages growing, we have a reputation that is approving all around the world. joe biden has an unparalleled streak of legislative successes even on the toughest issues out there like guns. i just don't think there is evidence to show that joe biden isn't doing the job. there is evidence to suggest that he's getting more achievement than any other first term president in our political lifetime. so i get it, that people registering in these polls a concern about a candidate's age when they hit the age of the president, but in this case, 80 years old is not slowing joe biden down. he's doing a exceptional job and we have to explain that to the american people. >> first lady jill biden tested positive for covid. we help she's doing okay and wish for a speedy recovery. we're asked for more details on when the president was with his wife when she began showing covid symptoms. today he presented the medal of honor to an 81-year-old army captain, larry taylor who was awarded the silver star in vietnam. what do you make of that choice? was that an unnecessary health risk? >> i think as leaders we need to follow cdc guidelines an that means not applying a different standard. and right now the cdc guidelines say even if you've been around someone who had covid, if you're not showing symptoms and if you don't test positive, then you don't need to interrupt your daily schedule. and so i think the president is doing exactly what the cdc said he should do. that is what i have done since the worst of this crisis has passed and i don't think i have any different recommendation for them. >> you just had covid, too, right? >> i just had it as well. so i'm following cdc guidelines, i'm not wearing a mask as i'm talking to you, but i'm trying to wear a mask even outside of the five day window. >> all right. hope you're felling better. appreciate it. >> appreciate it. the georgia election sub version case and what to hear at a hearing tomorrow. a hearing that will be televised. plus a twist in the murdaugh family murders, convicted of killing his wife and son and his own lawyers say new evidence is worthy of a new trial. the biggesest ideas inspire new ones. 30 years ago, state street created an etf that inspired the world to invest differently. it still does. what can you do with spy? 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>> the numbers -- the numbers have at least held. but it is very different to see a courtroom in action. go back and think about when we saw even just the still shot of donald trump in the new york courtroom when he was in georgia, it is different to see a trial in realtime. i think, although with donald trump, you never know. >> and paula, back to your reporting earlier in the show. it is notable that the special counsel investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is continuing even after trump has been indicted. do you think we could see special counsel smith file more charges in this case, possibly against for example sidney powell, the lawyer. >> it is possible. we know that january 6 indictment was narrowly tailored. it was just focused on former president trump. it is designed to be possible to bring this entire case before the 2024 election. but, prosecutors also mentioned six co-conspirators. and we've identified think f five -- i think five of them and as people who were most likely to be charged based on the evidence investigators were getting like john eastman and rudy giuliani and sidney powell. so what we've known for years, that investigators have gathered and now this new reporting from zack cohen and i, that over the past few weeks they've been asking very specific questions of multiple witnesses about sidney powell sugging, yes, it is possible that there could be additional charges but only jack smith knows for sure. >> and we don't know who the sixth co-conspirators is. >> as of the last story that i read before i came up here, because i was off tor ten days. but i think i know who it is but i he we don't know enough to report. >> and you talked about consolidating republicans and republican-leaning independents but what about the electorate in general. >> what we've seen thus far is that the cases, the investigations are helping trump. the question is, when the trials start, will that have an impact? thus far we're not seeing that. but bottom line, i've spoken to both democrats and republicans, political sources, senator mur few seemed to think this was a good opponent for president biden to have trump. the sources i talk to think that trump is a serious opponent for biden. they take it very seriously. they point to the fact that this is a handful of battleground states, very few votes, a couple of thousand votes in a handful of states could make a difference. that said, we're a year away. >> right. >> and the poll is a snapshot in time. and there is always perhaps an october surprise, not this october. >> and also with all of the co-defendants in georgia and unindicted co-conspirators in the federal case, we might start to see people turning on trump and in fact some in of the legal findings, we are seeing that, right. >> across the cases you are seeing people like a technology employee down at mar-a-lago, now changing his story. not so much on the trump team. but also seeing people just as a point of strategy. there are some gop operatives in the fulton county case who said we did everything at trump's direction but this is a strategy to get this to federal court. but i'm watching as this georgia case moves on. 19 defendants. people will start flipping on the former president, particularly people who he has not helped paid their legal bills. so we know he's headlining a fundraiser for rudy giuliani. keep your friends close and your co-defendants closer. could there soon be a new trial for alec murdaugh in prison convicted of killing his wife and son. his defense team just spoke, the new evidence that they say should change circumstances in this case. stay with us. that can't get t the game? 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>> jake, it is incredibly problematic and if true, it would be strong grounds to throw out this verdict and get a new trial. there is a lot road ahead, though. because of course these are allegations. so the first step is when there is credible allegations like we've seen here and the defense is trying to show the credibility by virtue of these juror affidavits that were attached to the filing. that triggers an evidentiary hearin hearing and evidence will be presented like a mini trial and there is a determination about whether or not the comments constitute harmless error. and harmless error means it wouldn't have mattered for the outcome. but when you're talking about an official, an elected official commenting on the veracity of evidence, whether or not to believe testimony, that is absolutely central to the defense of the case. so if true, there are very strong grounds to overturn this verdict. >> if true, it sounds remarkably unprofessional. the motion cites at least three sworn affidavits, two from jurors an one from a dismissed juror as well as excerpts from miss hill's book as evidence for this case. would you call that compelling evidence? would a judge? >> so it is compelling enough, i don't see how there isn't this evidentiary hearing. with allegations, there is the prosecution that has the burden of proof to refute them should there be this hearing. but to your point, this is not just unprofessional if true, it is potentially criminal. it is most certainly grounds for a huge problem in the -- from a work perspective, but it could even go beyond that. because, remember, the jury is instructed by the judge every single day, you could not communicate about this case with anyone. no third party. now you have allegations that somebody in a position of power, a court clerk, acting under the color of state, is telling the jurors what evidence they should consider and whether or not the defendant should be believed. if it is true, it is stunning. and it would most certainly warrant further investigation. not just with respect to the trial but also potentially on the state or federal level from a criminal perspective. >> so if this were to reresult in the case being thrown out and then there was another trial, which i assume they would put on trial again, would they be able to find an impartial jury, do you think? >> it is going to be really tough. you have to go through this whole voir dire process. something that has always been the law in these high-profile cases. we've covered many together. just the fact that something is high-profile does not mean that a jury is automatically bias or prejudice. there is a more deep dive in the voir dire process. if this is over turned and we have a new trial it is what is called de novo, you start from scratch. you could have different evidence. would murdaugh testify again. we're far away from that because we first have to go through the process of the evidentiary hearing and that motion has to be granted and then whether or not this constituted harmful error and whether it is true. all of that needs to be explored. but if true, we could see a brand-new trial and who knows how that would play out. so this was truly a bombshell to today. >> thank you so much. a manhunt intensifying for this inmate who escaped from that pennsylvania prison in chester county. one man who lives in the search area said the fugitive broke into his house. hear his encounter with the convicted killer next. salonpas, makers of powerful pain relief patches for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. in our national lead, a game of cat and mouse is now escalating between hundreds of law enforcement officers and one very dangerous, very missing escaped inmate. police today widening the search parameter for donnello cavalcante saying they had him contained within a two mile area near chester county prison west of philadelphia. danny freeman shares new surveillance images of him and explores how this convicted murderer managed to evade capture now for six days leaving a community on edge. >> reporter: the manhunt for escaped pennsylvania inmate danello cavalcante is intensifying. >> he's in escape mode but he's desperate. >> reporter: pennsylvania state police expanding their search perimeter after a sixth sighting of the convicted murderer. police say these night time photos show him walking past trail cameras on monday night. >> the photos confirm that he has not changed his appearance but also that he has obtained a backpack, a duffle sling type pack and a hooded sweatshirt. >> but authorities don't know where he picked up the if you supplies. it was captured at long wood gardens, a sprawling site with more than 200 acres of gardens and meadows ab trails adding to the already challenging terrain in the area. >> what you have are significant parcels of wooded area with a lot of undergrowth. so thick that our searchers can't be more than a couple of yard as part or they at times lose sight of one another. >> reporter: the search has expanded five miles south of the chester county prison where he escaped last thursday. lightest sighting causing two school districts to shut down for the day. police helicopters circling the area are now playing a recorded message from his mother urging him to surrender as the community remains on edge. >> i woke up my wife and i said i think there might be someone downstairs. >> reporter: ryan said last friday cavalcante came into his house while his family was sleeping. >> i decided to flip the light switch on and off three or four or five times and pause and then he flipped the light switch from downstairs tloo he or four times which was moment of oh, my god, this guy is down there. >> thankfully ryan said he only took food and then left. police urging residents to stay vigilant as the manhunt continues. >> he will slip up. he did here. he walked in a trail camp and didn't know it. he'll slip up. we're making him move and that is a good thing. >> reporter: and jake, pennsylvania state police estimate there are well over 200 officers now participating in this manhunt. that includes new resources from both the fbi and from u.s. customs and border protection. all of these officers hoping for a peaceful resolution here. jake? 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