Front door. Some had riot shields and guns in their holsters. The officers presented a search warrant and questioned her for three hours. At one point they had the great grandmother stand outside in her nightgown. According to their warrant, officers were looking for records including applications for ballot by mail, a list of voter banks and documents about elected officials and candidates. Martina said the officers told her they were there because she filled out a report saying older residents were not getting mail ballots. That is quite an aggressive response to that report, which she confirms she did file. Martinez is a retired educator in san antonio who spent 35 years as a member and volunteer with lulac, the civil rights group in america. Part of her work with the organization includes helping older residents and veterans registered to vote and that is what made her suspicious to republican texas attorney general ken paxton. Martinez and other leaders heldn a news conference out
tonight on the reidout here s the promise i make to you and the american people. the first bill that i will send to the congress will be to codify roe v. wade. and when gres passes it, i ll sign it in january, 50 years after roe was first decided the law of the land. the republican spin is that voters only care about inflation. but what does the massive early voting tell us about reproductive rights as a motivating factor in this election? plus, the dramatic debate moments from last night in ohio, utah, and georgia as democrats hold republicans accountable for trump s big lie. and the scourge of dark money in our elections and why republicans are fighting so hard to prevent the exposure of their wealthy dark money donors. we begin tonight with president biden s message to young voters. biden is seeking to call up i want you to remember that the final say does not rest in the court now. it does not rest with extremist republicans in congress. and finally say,
no doubt cleotha abston is involved in this case. jackie ibanez with major details, jackie. this is turning into an incredibly scary story. an unidentified body found for a missing mother of two eliza fletcher. authorities uncovered a body during their search for the billionaire heiress in a heavily wooded area just 7 miles where fletcher was last seen in a mile from where the suspect with his car close. the police have not confirmed the identity or cause of death. cleotha abston setrst hearing ls morning. the convicted felon is facing additional charges for identity theft after reportedly stealing a woman s cash wrap and gas card the day before fletcher went missing. . as the suspect s uncle tells news outlets, he is 100% sure he had something to do with her abduction. my whole family is wacky. they are all perpetrators of something. she set out for her job when she was attacked near the university of memphis. she was reported missing by her husband just before 8:00 in th
Be facing time here at home. And not guilty. Bob menendez is out on bond but a growing number of his democratic colleagues want him out of the senate. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right now to cnn news central. Former President Trump heads to michigan tonight to give a prime time speech and make a play for Working Class Voters. There, hell take the stage in front of current and former union workers. That means he wont be on stage at tonights republican president ial debate. As with the first gop debate, trump is skipping the second showdown in california. This is the former president s Business Empire is under a major threat after a new york judge ruled trump and list adult sons committed fraud for years by overvaluing their properties to get favorable loans and insurance deals. We have reporters covering all of these stories. Cnn National Correspondent Kristen Holmes is there ahead of the speech. And we have kyung law in simi valley, the si
day. and the maga republicans and the senior senators said it was a peaceful protest. that johnson responded saying president biden confirmed he has become the divider in chief. not only have his policies have been a disaster for hardworking but a dishonest attacks against me. meanwhile rnc chairwoman ronna mcdaniel is fighting back tweeting biden is the most antiworker president in modern history. real wages are down, income is lower, when he took office the average american thousands less and saving than last year and 56% say financial situation is getting worse. finally, come as no surprise former president trump also not backing down blasting biden over the weekend calling him todd and carley the enemy of the state. we will send it back to you. todd: griff jenkins, thank you so much a spokesperson