Well, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .
country and giving us an early read on what they re thinking as the nation is heading into an unprecedented, unprecedented presidential election year. the contest american democracy as it s never been tested before. this is cnn s coverage of america s choice 2023. i m erin burnett. and i m jake tapper. we are about to get the first results of the night possible clues about the political trends in 2024 and the potentially historic and divisive rematch between president joe biden and former president donald trump. polling places just closed in the eastern half of kentucky. the commonwealth has one of two governors races tonight. new measure of the democrats strengths and weaknesses on republican turf. popular democratic governor andy beshear is fighting to keep his job in kentucky, where president biden is in louisville, kentucky. let s go to king in columbus, ohio. she s tracking the state s abortion rights ballot measure. king has there been last minute campaigning on thi
In new york. This as her campaign is touting 110 now retired generals and admirals backing her. Mean while, donald trump is taking his remarkable embrace of Vladimir Putin to russian owned air waves, declaring the russian leader is probably not meddling in the u. S. Election, contrary to what u. S. Intelligence conversation, contrary to what Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan says. I dont know i mean, ive been hearing about it. Ive been reading about it. I think its probably unlikely. I think maybe maybe the democrats are putting that out. Who knows. But i think that its pretty unlikely. But, you know, who knows. I hope that if they are doing something, i hope that somebodys going to find out so they can end it. Because that would not be appropriate at all. So the Trump Campaign now claims they did not know this interview was airing on a kremlinowned television network. They say they thought it was just a pod cost done as a favor for Donald Trumps friend larry king. Cnn washington corr
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to
What we have learned is that three years ago, an engineer warned of major structural damage at the complex. And now there are concerns about the condos Sister Building a block away. Surfsides mayor says residents there should evacuate out of an abundance of caution. Family members wait to hear word of loves ones as rescuers are bringing in dogs to sniff through the debris. Cnns wolf blitzer joins us from surfside. Wolf, the big news today, an engineer warned three years ago that there were major structural problems at this complex. Wolf, what do you see down there on your end of things . What you see when you get here, jim, is so much worse than you can even imagine with the pictures, because you see that rubble, it is so, so heartbreaking, just to wonder what happened and why it happened. Its heartbreaking all around. Very, very sad. And i suspect things are about to get even worse as we watch what happens in the coming hours. Experts are cautioning that it may take months, months to