well, just to bring you a little bit behind the scenes here, alicia. we know, all day yesterday, top-white house aides were working the phones including the president, himself, for a portion of it. to try to ease some of these tensions and these feathers that were clearly ruffled. republicans, upset by the president linking these two things together. but clearly, that didn t work. that wasn t enough. so they had to release this very lengthy statement. more than eight paragraphs in the president s own voice with a commitment saying, essentially, to the two parties, i understand, to the gop, why you might be a little bit upset by what i said in that press conference. but to democrats, rest assured, i am still going to pursue the traditional infrastructure bipartisan package. while also wanting reconciliation process, the one that doesn t require republicans, which democrats had already started down the road a couple of weeks ago. so, he is saying, to the two parties, this w
of course, like donald trumping he said he would march with them and then needily marched right back to the safety of the white house and watched what went on. two different takes on january 6th from republican presidential candidates yesterday. it comes amid new reporting on how donald trump s legal troubles are draining resources from his 2024 campaign. plus, florida governor ron desantis taking heat on the campaign trail for his state s new standards on teaching black history. we ll explain the new guidelines and show you his response. also ahead, more looming labor strikes could have a tremendous impact on the economy, putting notoriously pro-union president biden in a tough spot. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, july 24th. i m ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. a date is set for the first federal trial of a former president of the united states. on friday judge aileen cannon announced donald trump will be due in court on may 20th, 20
this is cnn news central. thank you so much for joining us. we begin with breaking news. it s an end of an era in the music world. tony bennett, the legendary singer, whose timeless cla classics brought us timeless classics like rags to riches and i left my heart in san francisco he has died. bennett was 96 years old. stephanie elam looks back at his life and incredible legacy stepping out with my baby reporter: a legend on stage, tony bennett s career spanned more than 70 years. he was opening up for pearl bailey when bob hope discovered him in 1949 in a new york city club. you know, it s been about 16 years since i discovered you singing in a greenwich village nightclub. how come this is your first appearance on my television show? well, i ve been waiting for you to make good. reporter: bennett had a string of hits in the 50s but the best was yet to come. he won his first grammy award in 1963 for his song i left my heart in san francisco and per
insurrection on january 6th. the republican front runner removed from the gop primary ballot in that state. what does this mean nationally for the primary, and for the general election? trump advisers are already vowing to appeal setting up another high stakes supreme court case, his republican primary rivals rushed to his defense, and one wants candidates to boycott the colorado primary all together. also developing this morning, talks under way for a potential new deal to free hostages held by hamas. the new israeli proposal floating around this morning that could lead to a second temporary truce. cnn this morning starts right now. here s where we begin, donald trump kicked off the ballot in colorado, in an historic ruling that could throw the 2024 presidential election into chaos. the president, advisers vowing to take this extraordinary case all the way up to the supreme court just weeks before the crucial gop primary season officially kicks off. here s what happe
today. horrifying, incomprehensible, inhumane, just some of the words used to describe videos of the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police. the shocking images were released last night, and we want to warn you, some of what you re about to see is extremely graphic. i didn t do anything! hey, i didn t body cam video of the traffic stop shows officers approaching with their firearms, yanking nichols out of the car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents home. a struggle ensues after a chase, police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, and feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in just several minutes, bloodied, propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving a