Cnn starts right now. Good evening, i am victor blackwell. Discussing the most interesting stories. Donald trumps former impeachment attorney, a lawyer for the mafia bosses, first, if democrats are not worried about next years election, new numbers suggest they should be. In two poles, the general l election is the dead heat if the matchup is biden versus trump. Despite trump facing the fourth indictment. 91 charges and all. Several trials next year while people will be voting. Something else noteworthy, nearly 60 of republicans today think that biden was not elected legitimately. Also today, the Fulton County d. A. Said she wants the Georgia Trial to start the day before super tuesday. Trump is intensifying his rhetoric against prosecutors and judges and all of his cases. One of his supporters today was charged with threatening to kill the judge overseeing the federal fraud case, using racial slurs she threatened to kill the judge if trump does not win. Lets bring in independent couns
conference was whether this rate increase was the last or would it hike again later this year. fed chair, jerome powell, would not be drawn. i would say it is certainly possible we would raise funds again at the september meeting, if the data warranted it, and i would also say it is possible that we would choose to hold steady at that meeting. mr powell was clear however that the fight against inflation is not over. policymakers inside america s central bank remain concerned that the world s biggest economy, well, that it is still growing too fast for inflation to fall back to its 2% target. everything from travel bookings to the sale of concert tickets, and even the success of the barbie movie s opening weekend at the box office, were all signs that americans are still spending. the latest us growth figures, due out on thursday, are likely to confirm a moderate expansion. so, for now, the fed is still hoping it can get inflation under control without triggering a recession.
jeffrey clark. he, you may remember, is the environmental lawyer that the ex-president allegedly wanted to install as attorney general because, of course, he seemed willing to help trump overturn then-president-elect biden s victory. the footage shows authorities arriving at clark s doorstep two weeks ago and executing a search warrant on his virginia home. as you can see here, he answered the door in boxers and a dress shirt and was asked to wait outside while officers searched the house. the raid was part of the justice department s probe in the effort to overturn the 2020 election. it is not clear whether clark himself is the subject of a criminal investigation. clark, though, did plead the fifth more than 100 times before the january 6th committee. so, there s that. speaking of the january 6th committee, that brings us back to someone else about to sit down with the panel. former white house counsel pat cipollone allegedly threatened to resign in an oval office meeting th
several private messages on facebook in the 30 minutes leading up to the massacre. one message referred to shooting his own grandmother. another about attacking an elementary school. julie: a short time later he entered the school through a back door and went into a fourth grade classroom, barricaded himself and opened fire. a border patrol agent from an elite unit rushed into the shooter killing the student. bill: we have heard from many anguished parents waiting for news of their missing children and many are now left to remember their loved ones who are no longer. she was very happy and very outgoing. loved to dance and sing and play sports. hundreds of friends. they were all frantic praying. they were saying anything they could to the policemen to let them get the kids. he is still in there, we can t do that. other kids staying he is in still in there. we re stronger together. julie: last night mourners gathered for a vigil to honor the victims, wanting to com
witnesses are now saying they were urging police to go inside rob elementary school and the timeline is becoming clearer. the shooter may have been in the classroom 40 minutes from the time he opened fire to when the tactical team shot him. governor greg abbott addressed the shooter s chilling facebook posts before the shooting. the only information that was known in advance was posted by the gunman on facebook, the first post was i m going to shoot my grandmother. the second post was i shot my grandmother. the third post was i m going to shoot an elementary school. harris: the frightening image shows how close the agent came to getting a bullet through the head with a round of ammunition ripping a hole through the fabric and injuring his scalp. bill melugin is in uvalde. a lot of questions today about that timeline. good morning to you. there are. quickly i would like to show you the front page of the local newspaper here in uvalde this morning. the uvalde leader news.