Prices ever. So what are you waiting for . Go to battle but x. Com today and get 70 of every single thing. Im lauren fox on capitol hill. And this is cnn you are in the cnn newsroom. Im Alex Marquardt according to washington. Thank you so much for joining us. The 2024 General Election is now in full swing and tonight, President Joe Biden and donald trump are set to hold dueling rallies in a crucial Battleground State Of Georgia any moment now, trump is expected to take the stage in the city of rome thats Northwest Georgia. Thats his First Campaign events is becoming the Presumptive Republican nominee following the dropping out of nikki haley and soon after, we expect to hear from President Joe Biden, hes an atlanta picking off a monthlong push to deliver his message the Swing State Voters, the Biden Campaign hoping to capitalize on the momentum after bidens fiery and political state of the Union Address on thursday night now fewer states will be watched more closely than georgia. This
Closer. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the thirdparty group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the president ial race in a Virtual Convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting theres a particular candidate. Now under consideration. Geoff duncan, 48 yearold, was a republican Lieutenant Governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of Donald Trumps efforts to over returned the 2020 president ial election. Duncan recently wrote an oped in the Atlanta Journal constitution titled end doesnt justify the means on trump about why he wont support trump for president. Writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the outside looking in. The
The Man Trump Belittles as sleepy joe seemed quite fiery last night as the president tries to flip the script launching a campaign blitz, just one day after his forceful kind of political state of the Union Address. Plus Donald Trumps oneonone at maralago today, meeting with Hungarys Viktor Orban ban. The authoritarian leader, knowing, known for antiimmigration nationalist rhetoric, who often cozies up to Vladimir Putin and attempts to stop the aid. See what happened when cnn confronted israeli protesters, determined to make sure little food, if any, makes it into gaza despite the overwhelming human and tharon crisis welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we start today with our politics lead in the white house in an all Reelection Blitz trying to capture on any momentum from President Bidens fiery and rather political state of the Union Address last night in which the president referenced donald trump, at least a dozen times in less than an hour, we expect to hear from the president
Joins us from miami. So why is he speaking out now kaitlan . Well, anderson, in part because hes worried that americans and voters will never get to hear this story before the election in november. Obviously, trumps legal team has sought this strategy of delay, delay, delay, especially when it comes to the classified documents case. And so this witness, someone who was a longtime employee at maralago for 20 years, is now speaking out publicly because of a concern that that it may not come to light. I mean, donald trump has repeatedly called this investigation a witch hunt. Brian butler, who until now was known only as Trump Employee number five, is now saying that he disagrees with that. He doesnt believe its a witchhunt and he was able to provide key testimony to the special counsel, jack smith here, including about key moments, including one where walt nauta, who is trumps body man, turned codefendant, asked him to help load boxes onto a plane that was bound for trumps club in new je
The pressure is on President Biden is preparing to go you have one of his most important speeches ahead of the november election tonights State Of The Union. His allies are hoping to see a fiery version of the president , while republicans are planning on how they will strike back the armorer are in charge of weapons on the set of rust found guilty guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. So what does this verdict mean for the case against alec baldwin . Conduct a controlled burn or let a derailed train sit and risk a catastrophic explosion. Those were the options left in the hands of officials in ohio after that train derailed last year. Now, the ntsb says they made the wrong call. Why investigators saying no one on the ground had enough information to make the right one im kate baldwin with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central hours from now, a highstakes so dress by the current president and ill promised real time rebuttal by the former president trying to take back the