Cnn newsroom. Im Paula Reid In Washington tonight in russia, president Vladimir Putin is proclaiming Russian Unity after polls closed in a three today president ial election, with no genuine Opponent Running against him. Putin is expected to win, keeping him in office until 2030 and continuing as russias longestserving leader since soviet dictator Joseph Stalin cnns Matthew Chance is in moscow matthew, what else did putin have to say tonight well, it was a, an extraordinary post election sort of makeshift Press Conference, Ad Hoc Press Conference that he gave two members of the press, the local press the Foreign Press as well. There were members, theyre asking various questions. He just finished giving his thank you speech to volunteers and to supporters in the auditorium, saying that the election victory, that the final results hasnt come in yet, but the election victory a represented essentially, and im paraphrasing him here. A mandate for his continued work in the country, which we
the news continues, cnn with jake tapper starts now. welcome to cnn tonight i m jake tapper. tonight the economic alarms are blurring, and i don t mean one of those vaguely known but soft alarms on your smartphone. [noise] no, i mean one of those really have noxious alarms that you might hear if you are he s back on the turn that off. but you cannot turn this alarm off. and as much as you want to wish it away, it is clear that with less than three weeks after the midterm elections, the forecast is doom and gloom. that is why president biden today today gave not one but two speeches on the economy. families are hurting, you have heard me say it before, but i get it. it has been a rough for five years for the country. but a lot of folks here are still struggling, but there are bright spots. i get it, folks are still struggling, but one word that you did not hear from president biden today? the word recession. but he did admit a recession was a possibility during o
So, at times we have heard from this president. We havent heard from him in recent days. Dont know if he will pop up to a microphone during this break. But we will be all over it if and when that should happen. Earlier, the defense and prosecution teams were questioning Michael Cohens former banker and previous to that, the judge issued the president with a hefty fine, A Thousand Dollars per violation for that the judge said happened per his gag order. He also threatened possible jail time for any further violations of a gag order. The president is the only one under a gag order in this entire case. Not the convicted professional liar, Michael Cohen, former President Trump is. Its day nine of the trial. Trump faces 34 counts of falsifying Business Records and those counts are in connection with to payments back in 2016 allegedly to cover up an extramarital affair earlier today at the courthouse. Not on the Campaign Trail. Six months is pretty close. November 5th is going to go down imp
You can do anything, grabem by the, anything. Thats what you said . Well historically thats truth stars. Its true stars that you could grab women by the [bleep] . Well if you look over last million years, i guess thats been largely true. Unfortunately or fortunately. Do you consider yourself to be a star . We i think you could say that, yeah. Tuesdays trial will focus on defamatory Comments Trump made about e. Jean carroll during his presidency and after last years verdict. Carroll is seeking an additional 10 Million in damages. With me now, msnbc legal Analyst Catherine christians. She previously served as an assistant District Attorney for the manhattan d. A. Catherine, thank you very much for being here. So lets just set the table here, why has e. Jean carroll been able to sue trump twice
Gunman kills 18 in Maine, sparks manhunt Police in Lewiston, Maine responded to active shooter calls at a bowling alley and a bar around 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to CNN. A US Army reservist, Robert Card, has been identified as a person of interest in two mass shootings last night. There are 18 confirmed.