thank you for joining us. i m ana cabrera in for katy tur. a jury and six alternates are selected in former president trump s hush money trial, and we are learning more about a dramatic and really scary moment outside the courthouse. a man setting himself on fire in this area. designated for protesters. he has been taken by ambulance to the hospital. this is just a horrific event with few answers right now. we do not know who he is or why he was there or if it was related to what s happening inside the courthouse less than 100 feet away and what was going on at that exact moment. we are waiting for a press conference from the nypd set to get underway at any moment. we ll keep an eye out for that. in the meantime, joining us right now is nbc news national correspondent yasmin vossoughian outside that courthouse. she witnessed this whole thing go down. yasmin, you were on air when this fire happened. tell me what you saw and have we learned any more details? reporter: it was
a dictator on day one, but only day one. donald trump in his own words on what a second trump presidency will look like. a cnn exclusive, guess who was on the witness list when donald trump goes on trial in georgia? former vice president mike pence, on a coalition course for a historic courtroom standoff. and a rampage across two cities leaves six people dead in texas. the grisly killings at five different crime scenes. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. a dictator for a day. donald trump in iowa last night offered ample offered ample opportunity by a fredly host and audience to make clear he won t lean into his authoritarian tendencies if he wins the election, an opportunity that trump took and did this do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people? you mean like they re using right now. also in all of that asked about
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good day. 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart in today for chris jansing. we are following multiple big stories including a push by donald trump to get his classified documents case thrown out. the battle over special counsel jack smith s authority and why there are also questions swirling about the judge. plus, donald trump s veep stakes enters the home stretch. the top three contenders who have emerged from a list that once included 20 names. and breaking news from the supreme court, the major decision on whether domestic abusers should be able to own or have a gun. and the one justice who dissented from the other eight. but we begin here in florida where the trump appointed judge overseeing the former president s classified documents case is growing under some scrutiny for holding hearing after hearing after hearing without ever even setting a trial date. and it s happening again today. judge aileen cannon holding what will be the first of multi
A New York appeals court has ordered a new trial in the landmark case that drove the #MeToo movement. The majority opinion argued that the judge committed serious errors and swayed jurors by admitting invalid testimony.