attorney bragg for giving donald the opportunity to come in to tell his story. knowing donald as well as i do, understand that he doesn t tell the truth. it s one thing to turn around and to lie on your untruth social. it s another thing to turn around and lie before a grand jury. i don t suspect she s going to be coming. after decades of screwing over creditors and employees and lawyers and the american people, how rich would it be if an extramarital affair with a porn actress is what finally sinks donald trump? also tonight, leonard leo played a large role in pushing the courts to the far right. now, he thinks the rest of american society needs a hard right turn. but he has a fundamental misunderstanding of why the right is losing the culture wars. and tonight, state of disunion. how political powers being wielding in states with one-party control. in tennessee, republicans are using it like a club. and attacking the lgbtq community. but it s a much different story in
fighting to save damar hamlin s life. and a stunning increase, that is how it is described. that is how the white house is describing the rise in a new covid subvariant. the white house joins us to talk about it. this is what we re watching at this hour. e remain day. in a fight not seen in more than a century and that is not perbo. a century. next hour they will be heading back into that chamber for a fourth straight day of voting and in an exercise that, let s be honest, has become groundhog day. kevin mccarthy has failed on 11 ballots and the path ahead very uncertain. the big difference at this hour is a conference call, all getting on the phone to talk about what kevin has and what he s negotiating and what kevin is going to do. mccarthy is fighting to win over more support, making some extreme concessions to get there. but still right now he doesn t have the numbers to win the gavel. all of this comes on the two-year mark of the insurrection on the capitol. we re goin
stories this morning. the last jobs report out just this morning. just before the midterms showing the u.s. economy added 261,000 jobs in october. and the economy and inflation major concerns for voters with the elections now just four days away. so far across 46 states, more than 30 million americans have already cast their vote in early voting. this weekend several notable names are hitting the campaign trail. including a joint rally with president biden and former president obama in the crucial state and it is tight there of pennsylvania. former president trump, he ll be in florida. and new this morning, details about trump s own political ambitions for the next election. cnn has learned he s eyeing the third week of november for a 2024 announcement. our reporters and correspondents and analysts standing by to bring you all of the headlines. let s begin with kristin holmes about trump s 2024 plans. talk about what the next election is going to look like? what do we know.
top of the hour. nice to have you have us, i m eric hill. on this very busy monday morning. election day, if you re not counting, just 15 days away. early voting already breaking records in at least one battleground state and this week there will be a number of major debates in key match-ups around the country. first up is florida where ron desantis is set to scare off with charlie crist tonight. we ll have more on that in just a moment. we re also following this unprecedented rise in rsv cases among children and why it is putting pressure on hospitals, some states in crisis mode. we ll take you inside one texas hospital. and happening right now, jury selection is underway here in new york city for the trump organization facing several felony charges. we re going to be live outside of the courthouse with an update on that for you. let s start this hour with reporter dan america. and 15 days until election day. we re seeing some impressive turnout numbers when it comes to
we have a child on the line. he is in a room full of victims at this moment. cnn has not been able to independently confirm that video, but source of this video sun clear, and it s also not clear at what point in the incident that audio is heard. cnn has reached out to authorities. but we do know that texas authorities, what they said on friday that there were at least eight 911 calls that day from at least two separate callers inside the school over a span of 50 minutes. this all comes as the justice department announces it will investigate the police response to the shooting. and meantime the community will hold its first services for two victims of the tragedy later today. we ll have more on that in a moment but first let s get straight to cnn s paula reed live for more on this investigation and the new doj s role. what do you know with the doj s involvement? that s exactly the kind of evidence that the doj will want to examine as it conducts its review. this is not