pleading not guilty. we re learning new details about a possible defense strategy. plus, the key to putin s power and more russians are breaking with putin. i m going to speak to a student who was trapped in the de deadly seoul disaster. her amazing story tonight. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. in court t, the man accusedf attacking paul pelosi making an appearance in front of the charge. david depape pleading not guilty to a long list of charges. he s facing two federal charges and could face life behind bars if found guilty. some republicans tried to cast doubt on certain aspects of the attack, raising questions that maybe something is suspicious. today the former president joined a growing chorus of conspiracy theorists. well, it s weird things going on in that household in the last couple weeks. you know, probably we re better not talking about it. it seems the glass was broken from the inside to the out. you know, that was it wasn t a brea
4 million. Filing false statements to a bank in order to obtain a loan, and the real stunner, two counts of Campaign Finance violations. The reasons those were such a stunner, because Michael Cohen detailed in a little bit exactly what those Campaign Finance violations were. One, 150,000 payment to the ceo of a Media Company for a contract which we know from our previous reporting has to do with karen mcdougal, who accuses President Trump of an affair, which he, of course, has denied. And then the second, 130,000 payment, which he facilitated, which we know again from previous reporting has to do with Stormy Daniels, a porn star that alleges an affair with the president. Again, their names not mentioned in court, but we know who they were talking about, and then we got a little bit more detail when the u. S. Deputy attorney came out of court after these guilty pleas and talked about all of the charges in general. Take a listen real quickly. A look at breaking news, politics and reports
state-wide. no question. the rev made, a point, take it to you jen. in your previous job a lot of worries about senator manchin and sinema, and in our everything. with 51 votes, talk how it changes dynamic in washington. spoked a lot how historic midpsych crewal. lost the house only by a few seats. talk ho that will change? a major pain in the neck to have a 50/50 split sitting in the white house. sitting in the white house today and talked to a number of them last night, a big difference between 51 and 50, to the reverend s point. not just because you have committee control. right now it s split on committees. right? republicans can use procedural shenanigans to delay things. prevent things from moving forward, prevent nominees from moving forward. there already on track to have a
bret: welcome back to the ronald reagan presidential library a gorgeous site behind me. almost a month has passed since election day. remember that? let s look at where the balance of power stands in congress as the election continues believe it or not. the senate is staying under democratic control. that s definitive. georgia s run off as we mentioned is tuesday. democratic senator raphael warnock is defending his seated against republican herschel walker. warnock wins it s 51-4 the. walk erwins the senate remains 50/50 with vice president harris keeping ties but committee control would remain split equally as well. on the house side republican also retake control by a slim majority. slim majority, the g.o.p. currently has 220 seats to democrats 213. however, two races out west have yet to be called. in california s 13th district republican john holds a narrow win over democratic adam gray. voters believe it or not still could be waiting as late as
warnock will determine whether democrats have a true majority. an opinion column in the wall street journal pointing out walker can become the republican s defensive mvp if he wins by keeping the senate evenly divided. let s bring in bill mcgurn. always great to see you, bill, happy thanksgiving to you. let me ask you how crucial is this race which will determine if democrats really will have a true majority? the way i would put it is that it is crucial but not decisive. democrats will still have working majority with the vice president casting the deciding vote. but there is a huge difference between 50 and 51. it has to do with committee control. what they are able to block.