this election comes down to really two positions. do you love america or do you hate america. the democrat party made it clear, not being provocative, i just listen, they hate america. tell me how they support it. i m not special leader for republican party but that is the nature of the beast. you vote for one or the other. if you vote for a third party, you are voting for a democrat. in my view, vote for all the republicans. we will deal with them later. we have got to stop what is going on in can this country, you either love america or hate america. you have to vote against the democrats. and for the republicans. again, i m not special pleader. ladies and gentlemen we re in a recession. i don t care how they try to spin it. two quarters of negative growth. that is what they call it. we re in a recession. we also have inflation teetering on double digits, we had massive deficit spending, borrowing, the printing of money, and even with inflation through the roof, democrats d
also ahead for you, tent city, sleeping on the streets, where leaders are making homelessness a crime, but are their tactics only complicating the problem? welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we start in our politics lead. and strong reaction to the justice department s historic move. a search warrant executed on the home of a former president. taking boxes of items from donald trump s mar-a-lago home, a source tells cnn. the warrant escalates the justice department s investigation into his handling of presidential documents, including some classified material. with many republicans today questioning why the fbi executed this warrant now. at the time, trump himself was in new york, where a single photo outside trump tower today captures the mixed reaction. look at this. one group with a large sign that reads, arrest trump. while another group carried a flag reading trump 24, save america. on paper, trump blasted the search saying in a statement, ag
president trump, was at the center of the conspiracy to overturn the election of joe biden. the committee says it will connect the dots between trump s lies and the violence at the capitol. aides have amassed a mountain of new information. lauren fox is live on capitol hill for us. what are you expecting? how are things going to be playing out? well, kate, this is all going to kick off with opening statements from thompson, the committee chairman, and the top republican on the committee, liz cheney. we re told from aides they are going to run this hearing. they will do most of the talking. there s three areas that they are going to explore tonight. some of which is unseen to the public previously. one of the areas, they are going to play some video from the private and closed door depositions and interviews they did with trump family members and campaign officials, white house aides. we expect that is going to make an impact here. we know there s going to be previous unseen f
you see her there, the 85-year-old grandmother recounting her harrowing experience. her daughter was by her side translating. yoesh shed lifshitz said hamas stormed her kibbutz and abducted her on the back of the moto motorbike. each captive had their own doctor. there are huge, huge network of tunnels underneath. it looks like a spider web. when she first arrived, they told them that they are muslims and they re not going to hurt them. and that they shared they ate the same food that hamas was eating. hamas has now released four hostages as israeli troops gear up to launch an assault on gaza they say by ground, sea and air. the israeli military says it struck more than 400 targets across gaza in the past day killing hamas commanders and fighters. more than 200 hostages are still believed to be inside gaza. and as we learned from israel s president overnight, that includes 30 children. go to erin burnett she joins us live in tel aviv. erin, to you, incredible to hear
new this morning trump attorney who was a key witness for years classified documents case, is now out of the fold. why evan corcoran exit is causing discomfort inside the trump orbit? donald trump is stoking fears of christianity is under attack. now, new, please, from pastors speaking out against christian nationalism in a brand new survey of ceo was that shows a growing number. think i should not even be here today and you should be embed snoring major developments and the push for for de workweek. kate is out. she s smart. i m john berman with sara sidner. this is a special friday edition of cnn news central new overnight, a significant shakeup on donald trump s legal team, a key attorney in the classified documents case, evan corcoran, is no longer representing the former president. the departure could become a major headache for trump prosecutors could call corporate as a key witness if the case goes to trial. corker became a central figure in the indictment because of