It is 11 00 p. M. This is don lemon tonight. Theres a lot to get to in the hour ahead. A republican Election Official in arizona pushing back against trump and his Big Lie, calling the former president s claims about the states baseless audit unhinged. Plus matt Gaetzs Wingman Pleading Guilty to paying an underage girl for sex. He is promising to give prosecutors substantial assistance. Were going to talk about what that means for the congressman. And President Biden announcing the u. S. Will share 80 Million vaccine doses with the world. But here in the u. S. , many are still refusing to get their shot. What states are the safest in terms of vaccination rates. All of it ahead this hour on don lemon tonight. Joining me now is Denver Riggleman and john avlon. Thanks so much for joining. John, you have been reporting on how the insane lies about Election Fraud have taken over the gop, especially in arizona. It may seem really fringe, but this is the rule and not the exception in the gop
border. gillian: i m gillian turner in washington. let s take a look at we ve got new live drone pictures over and above that brand new texas wall that governor abbott is having constructed there. about a mile from griff, where he is right now. griff, you re in the heart really of operation lone star. that is the governor s statewide project there that is really meant to deter illegal immigration, crack down on undocumented migrants coming across the u.s./mexico border: it s about your 17,000th trip to the border, i think? correct me if i have a couple of numbers off there. [laughter] i want to hear from you really set the stage for us. what is different about this trip, what are you seeing and hearing on the ground, what is jumping out at you? griff: oh, gillian, we re hearing an awful lot. you mentioned to operation lone star. that began in march. i did my first trip this year in march when not a single network or a single reporter was reporting on what was the most unpre
you get a fair shake. why would i allow a hostile network and allow people that are polling at zero, polling at zero, one is zero with an arrow left. why would i allow people at 1 and 2% and 0% to be hitting me with questions all night. i don t think it s fair. that was former president donald trump s noncommittal answer on debating the other republican candidates because of their polling numbers when new data shows his own are starting to slip amid his federal indictment and the possibility of another indictment for january 6th coming this summer. the numbers are starting to slip, and you look at the people outside the hard core republican base, republicans and even independents leaning republican. you get outside of that to swing voters, to independents, to everybody else. something like 85% of those voters. i think he needs to drop out of the race right now. we ll have more on that ahead. also ahead, we re learning more about the plea deal for hunter biden as the
only getting tighter. more police now being brought in as trump calls on his supporters to gather. we are covering this major story and many more like only cnn can right now on cnn news central. the road to miami and the surrender of the former president of the united states begins this morning. very shortly donald trump will leave his bedminster, new jersey, golf course where he is accused of displaying sensitive national security documents to guests. he will then board his plane, that is waiting on the tarmac at newark, airport. he will head to florida. we are awaiting his departure. trump will appear inside a miami courthouse tomorrow and be placed under arrest on 37 charges relating to his handling of classified documents. this morning security is tight and getting tighter. trump is calling on supporters to rally. today we are going to get an update from law enforcement as fears of mass protests and possible violence grows. we re also getting new details of just how
after the house speaker s husband was violently assaulted during a home invasion, we re told. what we know about his condition and the man maybe behind that assault. welcome, even, i m neil cavuto and yet another busy weekend as we get closer to the midterms. but growing questions as to how the speaker of the house s husband could get so brutal brutally attacked in his own home. she was, of course, in washington. she s with him now in san francisco. mark meredith has more. reporter: investigators have yet to say what they believe motivated the attack, but police believe the break hip and the assault inside the speaker s california home was intentional. police say it was around 2:30 friday morning when 42-year-old david depape allegedly broke into the speaker s san francisco home through a back door. he was reportedly shouting where s nancy, but the speaker, as you said, was not there. she was in d.c. it was her husband that was in the house. investors believe 82-year-old pa