good evening and welcome to a special edition of outfront. i m erin burnett in new york. tonight, along with my friend wolf blitzer in washington. former president donald trump is set to arrive just moments from now at his first town hall of the 2024 election in new hampshire to answer voters questions. former president looking to broaden his base as he attempts to win back the white house. he s leading all the other declared and nondeclared republican primary contenders by a wide margin in what are extremely early polls. but it comes at a time when trump is facing mounting legal troubles. this town hall comes just one day after a jury found trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation forcing him to pay some $5 million to the writer e. jean carroll. and just one month ago, the former president was indicted by the manhattan district attorney. the stakes are very high tonight for the former president of the united states. let s go right to cnn s kristen holmes who s at th
Yes, yes. We all right. Well have a show then. Happy wednesday, everyone. Lets get started. Earlier this morning, President Biden agreed to pairbi of debates with former president trump. Biden has listed some demands, including no Live Audience, no Third Party Candidates and a group of visiting angelse th. Standby, but no live crowd. I guess joe wanted an audience of his peers. But trump not only agreed to the two debates, he offered a third one on fox news with Martha Maccallu M and brad beyer as hosts. But not to be outdone. Biden offered a fourth debate with Walter Cronkite and peter jennings. Oh, my god. Meanwhile, President Biden had an odd moment at a galaod in d. C. Last night where he acknowledged an attendee. Listen to thisnt in a. Wheres our version . Stand up, kid . I like that dress. I dont see your gow n. Let him see your gown. Well, turns out this is who he was talking to. [ la thought. And that wasnt even the weirdest thing joe said. Watch this. They want to undo what th
Fighter. they want a fighter to push back. and if you re going to go toe to toe with the president, president trump, you need to just do it. and i think it ll get a lot more heated. and you ve got to do it with facts. you just can t start ranting and raving. all stay with me. next, speaker mccarthy saying he will not support congressman george santos re-election bid amid his 13 federal charges. a growing number of his republican colleagues say it s time for him to go. we re live on capitol hill. plus, we re moment as way from trump arriving ahead of the texas town hall. what his former white house lawyer ty cobb expects to hear and why he thinks this is just the beginning of legal trouble for the former president. three- kills weeds. prevents crabgrass. and keeps it growing strong. get a bag of scotts triple action today, it s guarantnteed. feed y your lawn. feed it. heart-pounding design. intelligent technology. raaar!!!! courageous performance. discover a new world of possibil