And welcome to the lead live from the republican national convention. We re in the middle of a pivotal moment in american history that will determine the fate of our nation s future. Stay right here. We re going to bring you the latest reporting and critical insights to shed light on these tumultuous times here in milwaukee in battleground, wisconsin donald trump is poised to take the stage tonight, addressing the nation for the first time since an assassination it s an attempt on him during a rally in butler, pennsylvania, we have been told that that brush with death inspired the former president to throw out his original speech you can craft a new one. A new one that might strike a different tone. That s what we are being told that any rate trump twice impeached the man who s refusal to accept the electoral defeat resulted in a deadly attack on the us capitol is one of the most divisive and contntroversial figures in moden politics. He had seen over his political career to revel in t
Side and look like he got grazed and their right ear with a bullet kind of saw that go on and then i looked down, i saw the man died on the bleachers there s just complete pandemonium like every, you know, there was a bit of a delay like there was a lot of confusion but immediately, it seemed like more gunfire erupted. I couldn t figure out where that was coming from and then there s a state policeman there i believe a swat team showed up relatively quickly. They jumped those side there s offense. It was next to the bleachers. They jumped the bleachers. I m sorry, clear on the bleachers and then i helped carry the body of the man town waitress and i took them to attend behind the bleachers. We put a towel over. He said, but he is deceased you were telling me before when we were chatting briefly that you never had a chance to make it to a trump rally, that this was your first time. Do would you feel safe coming back to another trump rally it s a very random event that happens. I feel sa
a brazen ambush, a daring escape. and now we re watching a frantic manhunt for a dangerous inmate with ties to a white supremacist prison gang. the latest on the search plus or. down wall street, the dow flirting with a number that investors once thought impossible, one thing fueling the economy right now, surging home sales and that market could heat up even more with historic changes to how we all buy and sell homes. and dodger blues and betting scandal involving baseballs, biggest star and his best friend and printing now to overshadow opening day, we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central right now an urgent manner one is underway in idaho for an escaped inmate unknown member of a white supremacist prison gang, along with his armed accomplice officials believe his escape was part of an ambush for sure coordinated attack resulting in three corrections officers being shot skyler mead was being discharged from
connections with the mafia and all these nightclubs were owned by the mob. you didn t want to make those guys angry. he was vegas, the story of sensitive new developments in the death of alexey navalny, his aides now say they were in the final stage of negotiating his release is part of a prisoner swap. what we re learning about who else may have been freed, and how the kremlin is responding plus ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy telling our kaitlan collins, quote, millions will be killed if the us does not send more aid. this as ukrainian forces are retreating from a key eastern village amid russia s continued push west. we re breaking down what s at stake on the battlefield plus abracadabra, new cnn reporting revealing who was behind the ai generated robocall that urged voters to sit out of the new hampshire primary. more on that. and who allegedly paid for the scheme? we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here. the
the special election to replace george santos tonight, starting at 08:00 p.m. eastern happening at this moment a monster winter storm is rolling through the northeast more than 30 million people in its path. it s bringing heavy snow, powerful winds, and the potential for coastal flooding. a woman shot five times imes by deputies, they say they mistook her for an intruder, an open fire. we have new body cam video showing the moment the shots were fired and the first report on inflation for 2024 is out showing some relief for americans wallets we re going over the new numbers for you. i m sara sider here with john berman, kate bolduan is out this is cnn news central having now a powerful and fast moving nor easter is hitting the east coast threatening multiple cities with several inches of heavy snow and plenty of rain right now, more than 30 million people are under a winter storm warning and 20 million are under coastal flood warnings. new york could be one of the hardest