Hello and good evening. Coming at you with Breaking News. At this hour, security is ramped up and the Secret Service is on high alert at mar alago after an apparent Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. Now he is home tonight unharmed. But no less than a Dozen Police cars are visible at the resort and an Investigation Led by the fbi is under way after the Secret Service fired on an armed man while trump was on the course. Just a few hundred feet away. One person is in Law Enforcement Custody. Identified as ryan welsey routh. Age 58. An Ak47 And Scope were recovered at the scene among other things. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and governor Tim Walz have also made statements that theyre glad hes safe. Just last hour posted on Social Media calling him strong and resilient. So lets start in West Palm Beach where Kathy Park is standing by. Describe the scene for us, whats the latest. Reporter good evening so were right in front of the Golf Course. And
welcome to msnbc s special coverage of the new hampshire primary. we re here in manchester, new hampshire, for what could be the defining contest of the 2024 republican primary. for republican voters, there s now just one alternative to an ex-president who incited an insurrection, faces 91 felony counts in 4 jurisdictions who says he want thes to be dictator for a day. i could really go on and on about trump s alarming statements, but we don t have all day for that. the one person left standing in his way is former south carolina governor nikki haley. she spent the morning in new hampshire. trump did a stop and his surrogates marjorie taylor greene are also crisscrossing the state for him. out there campaigning on his behalf. haley now has that two-person contest she s always wanted. but everything suggests that she s an uphill climb. the last tracking poll out this morning shows trump up by 22 points. that s a lot. and over the last few weeks, the haley campaign has been res
presidential bid during a rather unconventional live audio interview on twitter. we ll bring you the official launch as soon as it happens. in uvalde, texas, it s now been one full year since a gunman opened fire at robb elementary school killing 19 students and two teachers. the community and nation marking the terrible anniversary as questions remain over the response to the massacre. also tonight, the music world loses a legend. t tina turner is dead at the age of 83 after a lengthy illness. we ll remember her life and her iconic career. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the florida governor is only moments away from entering the crowded race for the republican nomination, launching a major challenge to former president trump. jessica jessica dean is joining us on what to expect from this rather unusual announcement. this is an unconventional presidential annou
with less than six weeks until the iowa caucus, the four republican hopefuls, trying to set themselves apart from him, and each other. good evening from new york. and anderson, hello from the room here at the university of alabama tuscaloosa, site of the fourth primary debate of the election season 2024. it is just wrapping up. chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley, and vivek ramaswamy once again the former president did not take part. nikki haley who has of course been rising lately as a contender in some polls, and in the eyes of some campaign watchers, and certainly in the eyes of some big donors, she came in she had a lot of criticism heading towards or tonight from desantis, and ramaswamy. no doubt about, that know you will be speaking looking for to that. cnn s panel is checking the facts on what they said. cnn s gary tuchman is back with a group of voters who watched an hour tonight, also our political panel, here and from the debate, stage a clash of chr
we really do need a new word for unprecedented. a presidential candidate found guilty on 34 counts is clearly unlike anything with other we have ever seen and it s revealing something about the party he leads. plus, the verdict might not have been possible without the central witness in this case. michael collins attorney will join me to talk about the outcome and attacks against her client. also ahead, the last time i sat down with james comey, he predicted truck could be predicted by the time he accepted the party s nomination. later, running against a convicted candidate should be a lay-up but again, these are not normal times. how is the biden campaign planning to meet this moment? i will talk about it with michael tyler. on thursday evening, a jury of 12 everyday americans delivered a verdict finding the former president guilty on 34 counts and yes, that was historic, no question about it given that nor former president has ever been criminally tried, let alone convi