security amplify outrage on this. they are accusing the government of simply trying to police free speech. the attorney general s memorandum is focused on threats, on. parent as a threat? you see parents asking. but assistant attorney general kristin clark says public servants are under attack. she says the justice department stands by its recent memo directing the government to do more to protect school board members from what it sees as an escalating threat of violence. [chanting no more masks] the government wants report threats to the national threat operation center a group traditionally tasked with monitoring terrorist threats. parents fighting back. journalist turned activist tell fox they have no plans to stay quiet. all we want is to protect our kids. because we are parents. we are momma bears and papa bears. we are not domestic terrorists. the alliance defending freedom is calling on the justice department to back down. it says parents are speaking
the wall street journal editorial board said this will be a campaign carnival that rotates between courtrooms, rallies around the prosecution of a former president that they write is able to convince most americans that this rather, the courts have been unable to convince most americans that these indictments are just brought. there s not broad acceptance of that across the board. the wall street journal saying unless you have that broad acceptance that that there was no other chance for these indictments, that could present a combination that could be difficult and dangerous months ahead. we re going to talk to the former vice president, mike pence, a crucial player in everything that has unfolded in many ways on the campaign trail and also back during the president presidency. jonathan turley says this case is free speech killing and john yoo who calls the charges a stretch. let s go to david spunt live with the very latest on all of this and what to expect tomorrow a
e. jean carroll. we re getting new reaction to the jury s verdict and the order for trump to pay $5 million in damages. cnn has learned that federal criminal charges have been filed against republican congressman george santos amid investigations into his astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications. stand by for details on our exclusive reporting. and president biden and congressional leaders just wrapped up critical talks at the white house, and there is no sign of any breakthrough on raising the nation s debt limit as the clock ticks forward a potentially very very dangerous default. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in new york with the bomb shell verdict in e. jean carroll s civil case against donald trump. the former president found liable for sexually abusing carroll and defaming her. cnn s jean ka satellite and radar genjean casaras is joig us. gi
what gop challenger nikki haley had to say about president biden s age. brittney griner speaking for the first time since her release from a russian prison as she rejoins her wnba team. shocking allegations in the government s case against the air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents, as prosecutors prepare to tell the court that he could be a flight risk and a danger to the public if he gets out on bail. good day, everyone i m andrea mitchell in washington house speaker kevin mccarthy s ability to overcome political obstacles and keep his conference united squeaked by and passed a debt limit legislation with budget cuts on top. it s putting democrats on notice as well as increasing the pressure on mccarthy/biden debt ceiling negotiation talks. perhaps one step closer to reality. right now, this is the only place that has lifted the debt limit. democrats are putting the country in jeopardy. the president, by ignoring to even negotiate, the majori
him to run. bill: on the republican side, presidential hopefuls were in iowa for an evangelical conference. big names on hand. the focus in iowa was on faith. if you believe like i do, that america should celebrate our founding fathers and not cancel them, let me hear you say amen. it is time to graduate to actually solving the problem with a vision of our own. we don t say race, gender, climate, sexual orientation. we have a different vision. god, country, family. an administration that was built on faith and freedom and liberty and life has been replaced by an administration that is literally weakened america at home and abroad. dana: senator tim scott was in iowa this weekend. well oh he hear from him in a moment. let s go to peter doocy at the white house this morning. the polls are bad for president biden. seven out of ten adults don t want him to run again according to nbc. just 26% want him to go for re-election. the president pre-recorded a video which wou