moving into this official impeachment inquiry phase. it has now been formalized. a new election year headache, house republicans have officially opened an impeachment inquiry against joe biden as they look into the family finances. this morning continued questions, though, for proof, any proof of high crime or misdemeanor. a judge pushing pause on the federal election subversion case against the former president. what does it mean now for that march trial date. u.s. intel says nearly half israeli munitionop gaza. that means they re unguided and precise and they could be contributed to the staggering civilian death toll. cnn this morning starts right now. house republicans have officially launched their impeachment inquiry into president biden, even though they ve struggled to say what he did wrong or show any evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors after 11 months of digging. republicans voted along party lines unanimously to formally approve the probe with zero su
Its not up for discussion whether Donald Trump defamed e. Jean carroll and did so with malice. That, too, was decided by a jury. All that is left to decide is a measure of damages with respect to the former president s defamation of e. Jean carroll at two different points in time. One was while he was president in 2019, and thats because Donald Trump insisted that he was immune from any civil damages because he was president. It took a longer time to litigate that issue than it did to just try him last may for statements he made after he was no longer president. Of course, we know after that verdict, Donald Trump has continued to defame e. Jean carroll, denying the sexual assault, calling her essentially a crazy person on multiple occasions, starting last may in a Cnn Town Hall and continuing on through last week. He went on a social Media Cam Rampage about her
Lead, he doesnt need me. Ill stay home. If plenty of those do that and you have the desantis supporters saying, he needs me because i want to show up to show everyone theres an alternative to Donald Trump, that could narrow Donald Trumps margin and in a narrow Donald Trump margin, because he also now theyre trying to dampen expectations. Hes been saying ill win more than 50 . If that doesnt happen, that could lead others into being alive for another couple states. Right. Important information. Thank you have much, s. E. And maria. Ron desantis makes his case and takes questions directly from voters. Im moderating a Cnn Town Hall from new Hampshire Tomorrow Night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern only here on cnn. Breaking news right now. The Defense Secretary Lloyd austin has just been released from the walter reed national
Real surge of anyone but him in this primary going forward. What does that mean for Nikki Haley . She is hoping to totally disrupt that. Nikki haley needs to come in second place, she certainly wants to. In New Hampshire she is gaining on donald trump. Polls still show her down 10 points, some show more. The Cnn Poll shows her closer. She wants a good night, she wants a oneonone race with donald trump. Ron desantis has a lot of existential questions to answer if he does not come in second place. He has been out there saying he needs to come in first for most of the campaign. He has staked his entire operation on this and if it does not pan out, i think his biggest supporters will ask what is the path forward. Right now his Travel Plans are going to South Carolina Tomorrow morning and then New Hampshire for a cnn town hall. Good tonight disrupt that . That is a lot of travel