secretary of state, some of it heard on the infamous phone call. so, look, all i want to do is this i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. now, trump is desperate to derail the investigation, because he knows what might be coming. a final decision on criminal charges from the georgia grand jury is expected before the end of the summer. all of this as special counsel jack smith s probe into january 6th is heating up, now faithful trading trump s inner circle, interviewing dozens of witnesses, people like trump s former attorney general, rudy giuliani, mark maddows and former vice president mike pence, who was one of the targets of the violent mob at the capitol that day. growing list of witnesses including hope hicks, and his son-in-law jared kushner, who were reportedly asked pointed questions about trump s criminal intent. they also spoke to the january 6th committee. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resig
candidate to declare victory any way. inflation jitters are turning into tremors on wall street. the dow has its worst day in nearly two years amid a crash in retail stocks. and a new report warns the world is coming closer to catastrophe as four key climate change indicators set new records. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. good to have you with us. the fiercely contested republican senate primary in the key state of pennsylvania is likely to drag on for days while every last vote is tallied. it s a critical showdown that could affect which party controls the u.s. senate come november. tv personality doctor mehmet oz is holding on to a very narrow lead over establishment republican dave mccormick. just over 1200 votes separate them. the race could go either way and a recount is looming. but former president donald trump doesn t want to wait. he encouraged mehmet oz to declare victory now. we can see the path ahead. we can see vict
national attention. late last night the state s supreme court ruled to temporarily block kate cox s attempt to obtain an emergency abortion. cox says her unborn baby has a fatal genetic condition that results in the baby not living more than a few days outside the womb. that s according to the lawsuit she has filed against texas. cnn s camila bernal is following this story. how big of a setback is this for her? reporter: it s very significant, fred, and that s because kate cox is 20 weeks pregnant at the moment. she s just 31 years old. as you mentioned, her fetus has a fatal genetic condition, and she says the complications of this pregnancy have essentially put her life in danger, and she says not only is her health at risk here, but she also says that her future fertility is also at risk if she doesn t get an abortion. so that is why she sued the state of texas asking for her to be allowed to get a legal abortion in the state of texas. a judge in the state granted that a
behind. today desan at this time said this. just watch. just watch. i m not worried about anything. we have a plan. watch and learn. watch and learn. well, well, we watched. today, despite his plummeting numbers, desantis stuck to the same old right-wing culture war themes. we have eliminated critical race theory in our schools. we re not going to allow physicians to do sex change operations on kids. it s mutilation. our schools are not an idea lodge playpen to jam agendas down their throats.
americans saying they re losing ground economically because of inflation, and 75% saying the country is on the wrong track, you can t say that any republican candidate is, you know, inherently doomed. but having said that, if there is anyone with kind of one step over that abyss, it is doug mastriano, who is not only an election denier, not only someone who has trafficked with the qanon conspiracists and kyrgyzian nationalists, he is someone who wants to ban abortions without exceptions for rape and incest at six weeks. that is a very hard proposition to sell at a moment when the supreme court is going to make it less theoretical and more practical, potentially giving the states back the authority to do exactly that. so i think it s a very hard sell. and the fact that he won the nomination, even while there were so many doubts about his electability is a reflection of the changing composition of the republican primary electorate. in many ways the culture war themes and the outlandish