anderson, thank you very much. and good evening, everyone. tonight, the nation is facing a situation that has never been contemplated in its history before. a former president will sit trial as a defendant in the middle of his campaign for another term, which means that jurors and voters will be deciding his fate at exactly the same time. donald trump appearing virtually in court today as a judge sets his trial date for march 25th of next year. and in case you re wondering, that is 20 days after super tuesday, six days after florida, ohio and arizona and one month before pennsylvania voters go to the ballot boxes. the trial, of course, involving the 34 felony counts related to the stormy daniels hush money case. trump has pleaded not guilty in that case. and also tonight, florida governor ron desantis will announce his candidacy tomorrow. in a rather unconventional way, appearing in a live conversation on twitter with elon musk. we re already getting word that donald t
past, the decision about whether or not to charge a sitting or former president of the united states is not a little deal. there are only two people in the united states who are subject to election by all the people. the president and the vice president. and he s a candidate now for office. again that raises some substantial questions. yeah. we could be, as a country, on the cusp of a very significant series of decisions being made by this justice department as it relates to former president donald trump. sara, maggie, robert and reena, thank you very much for all of that. coming up next for us, debt deadlock. just nine days until a possible default and still no deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. progressives like congress woman alexandria ocasio-cortez are warning the president not to budge. and she joins me live next. helping them achieve financial freedom.m. we re investiting for our cliens in the projects that power our economy.
eric: the debt deadlock officially slamming consumer confidence. it s tanking as shopper worry about tax hikes and spending cuts and now sandra smith warns as consumers go, so goes the economy. downgrade in the consumer confidence numbers but you have to admit, it s the fiscal cliff, the debt clock stuff. i don t blame them. reporter: yeah. people think the general public is oblivious and not paying attention. they want to blow off the fact people are bored about hearing about the fiscal cliff but the reality is that 98% of americans will be affected and will see taxes go up if we go over the cliff at the end of the year. this consumer confidence number is an indication of what economist have been warning if we go over the cliff and enter into a new recession in 2013. that consumer confidence number
booking photo for james holmes. his lawyers may be trying to block the release of that. we ll see if that comes up in court today. otherwise, it s expected to be pretty short and straightforward. the prosecutor in this case i think it s worth noting is karen pearce. there are only three people on death row in colorado. two of them were placed there by the prosecutor s office here in arapaho county. but again, in terms of the actual charges in terms of an aarraignment, and even a competency hearing to see if he s fit to stand trial, chuck, that s coming up later. chris jansing. i know you re going to be covering this live from aurora in about 21 minutes. we will see you. thank you. still ahead, the monday political panel will be here. plus, the debt deadlock. if sequestered doesn t scare them, what will it take to get congress to act? former senator judd gregg joins me next. first, white house soup of the
watermelon haul, which you can picture. oh, boy, yes, i can. hey, go big or go home. that s what i say. thanks, jeff. okay. all right. at 10:00 a.m. on the east coast, 7:00 a.m. out west, i m kyra phillips. thanks for joining us. wall street just minutes after opening, only hours removed from the gut-wrenching plunge, u.s. investors seem to be shrugging off some of the concerns, at least for now. riots erupt across great britain. dozens of police officers hurt. hundreds of people arrested, and a government desperately trying to tamp down public rage. 61-year-old diana nyad back in the u.s. after abandoning her attempt to swim from cuba to miami. she was halfway on the 109-mile journey when she became too sick, and too sore to continue. well this morning, millions of us are waking up to smaller nesteggs, and, of course, looking at that big board on wall street and watching the numbers very closely, we re covering all the angles from new york to london and wall stre