tonight, donald trump s new bid to get his georgia rico case tossed, claiming his 2020 election lies were protected by the first amendment as liz cheney warns that a second trump turn would truck torch the constitution. former democratic presidents formed the united from to keep joe biden in the white house. plus, read hoffman on the choice we face in november, and how ai could affect the election as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, everyone. i am in for stephanie ruhle. we are now 222 days away from the presidential election and today, one of donald trump s attorneys argued that the federal interference case should be tossed because of the first amendment and now trumps team says all the actions and those charges amount to protected political speech. this is a move that already failed in the federal election interference case and also part of the trump strategy to file as many motions as possible to delay the actual trials. trumps busy lega
bill? . and a judge nominated by two different republican presidents warning of the dangers of escalating threats against judges and their families after donald trump attacked not just judge juan merchan, but his daughter too. how this other judge sees threats to officers of the court as a threat to the rule of law. we begin today with the contrast in campaigns, as we gain new insights into the money and the messaging wars between president biden and donald trump. e today team biden is hosting day-long retreat for 175 of his deepest pocketed supporters, just hours after pulling off the most profitable political fundraiser in history. but not to be outdone, donald trump is on a mission to raise $33 million at a gathering next weekend, trying to top biden s 26 million. his event at radio city music hall in new york city featured the president and his two democratic predecessors, laying out a campaign strategy that might even be described as neighbor to neighbor. the way soc
dollars, a record for a single political event. former presidents obama and clinton joined him for the star-studded fund-raiser at radio city music hall. president biden went after former president trump, and made light of trump s age. this guy denies there is a global warming, this guy wants to get rid of not only roe v. wade, but which brags about having done, he wants to get rid of the ability of anyone, anywhere in america to ever choose. all the things he s doing are so old. speaking of old [ applause ] and, you know, little old and out of shape, but anyway. meanwhile, president trump attended the wake for new york city police officer jonathan diller who was shot and killed during a traffic stop earlier this week. in an interview with fox news, trump criticized biden for not calling or showing up. i think that politically he can t support the police. i think he s also making a mistake. but i think politically his base won t let him support the police. with us n
his sentencing now just hours away, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle, we are now 223 days away from the election and we are learning more about the crossover between donald trump s political fundraising and his court cases. according to the new york times, donald trump has spent, are you ready for this number? more than $100 million on legal bills since 2021. that s more than 90 grand a day. tell your kids to be lawyers one day. trump has relied almost completely on donations from people made to fight the result of the 2020 election to pay for it all. the $254 million donation number you see at the top of your screen right now was what trump managed to raise between the day after the election and president biden s inauguration. only a teeny little fraction of that money actually went toward challenging the election results. now, that money is drying up and trump will either have to find another source of ca
also this hour, how georgia prosecutors are pushing the criminal case against donald trump forward, fighting a new defense attempt to try to get the charges thrown out we re awaiting the judge s decision and getting new insight into just district attorney fani willis is strategy after weeks of controversy. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room right now we re awaiting an official update on the baltimore bridge collapse. maryland s governor and other top authorities expected to brief the public this hour. but first, let s get the latest on the investigation and the cleanup effort now underway for more on that, i want to bring in cnn s pete muntean, who s joining us for baltimore right now. what are you learning what we re expecting to hear from governor wes moore in the next 15 minutes or so, he has called this a national crisis and the white house just release 60 million in federal funding to help