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it began with a defendant flipping in the racketeering case against donald trump. defendant ellis tearfully. we got a bombshell piece of news mark meadows has been granted immunity in special counsel jack smith s election interference case. mr. meadows reportedly told smith s team he long believed trump was dishonest about his claims he won the election, which is certainly something new. that report has not been confirmed by nbc news, and meadows lawyer is denying it so we ll have lot later in this hour. we start with the absolute debacle of republicans in the house of representatives, which is entering its fourth week fourth week without afo speakerf the house. right now republicans are holding a vote behind closed doors to choose their fourth nominee for speaker in less than two weeks. this morning after five rounds of voting behind cleeds doors, the party nominated its third speaker candidate, congressman tom emmer, and four hours later he dropped out the race. a ....
of the 2016 election. to really understand why the so-called catch and kill scheme wasn t just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as lindsey graham tried to spin it a few days ago, we ll get in our way back machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. after donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. the low approval ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruz s wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his flagrantly misogynistic approach to his opponent hillary clinton and look at how that showed up in the polls for him. 73% of voters had a negative view of donald trump by mid-march of the election year. 64% of women voters in april of 2016 said they have a quote, strongly unfavorably view of trump. in the middle of all of this, attorney keith davidson sends a text to the edi ....
hi, everyone. happy friday. we re monitoring the ongoing criminal trial of donald trump. we re on day iegt eight of of this election interference hush money trial. today brought the introduction of websites number two and three for the prosecution. right this moment, the prosecution is questioning gary farro. he was michael cohen s banker at first republic bank. he set up the home equity line of credit through which michael cohen paid stormy and was reimbursed by donald trump. it s the financial transaction that s at the heart of all of this. the second witness was a woman by the name of rona graph. you may not know the name, but she was in the room for jirs about everything. she s donald trump s long-time assistant. she worked at the trump organization for 34 years. she also noted that she was on the stand because she had been subpoenaed and that the trump organization is paying for her attorneys. in a very brief line of questioning from the prosecution, alvin bragg s ....
shutdown is all but certain at this point. republicans in the house failing to pass a short term measure to fund the government, but the house speaker says he has other ideas. top official at the white house will join us on how the administration is bracing for a shutdown. plus senator dianne feinstein, longest serving female senator in history, passing away at the age of 90. how her impact is being remembered from congress to her home state of california. and speaking of the golden state, donald trump is in california this hour speaking at a republican convention. his message as one conservative group trying to keep the former president from becoming the gop nominee admits they are struggling to stop him. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here on cnn news central . the nation has just moved one step closer to a government shutdown. house republicans are expected to meet here in the next hour after their leader just suff ....
there is a possibility they may see some opportunity for some immunity for some presidential decisions. if they decide it that way, it may have to go back down to the district court which could cause further delay. i appreciate you not being sidetracked by somebody who apparently wants to scream louder than anybody else. catherine, the lower courts have been unanimous that trump cannot claim immunity. does that tell you something? i can t imagine they re going to say a former president has absolute immunity for criminal acts. what will be a win for donald trump is if they re saying we re sending it back to judge chutkan to determine which, if any he would have immunity for and which he would not. that s a win because that would delay the trial, which is already delayed. so what of course obviously jack smith and special counsel is hoping for, a majority of the court will just say, no, absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for a former president and clearly jac ....