a dictator on day one, but only day one. donald trump in his own words on what a second trump presidency will look like. a cnn exclusive, guess who was on the witness list when donald trump goes on trial in georgia? former vice president mike pence, on a coalition course for a historic courtroom standoff. and a rampage across two cities leaves six people dead in texas. the grisly killings at five different crime scenes. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. a dictator for a day. donald trump in iowa last night offered ample offered ample opportunity by a fredly host and audience to make clear he won t lean into his authoritarian tendencies if he wins the election, an opportunity that trump took and did this do you in any way have any plans whatsoever if reelected president to abuse power, to break the law, to use the government to go after people? you mean like they re using right now. also in all of that asked about
will you abuse power, break the law or go after people after giving no answer, donald trump finally pledges to be a dictator on day one. plumes of smoke rising over gaza this morning as we are now hearing from freed hostages confronting the israeli prime minister in leaked audio. why she s angry at the israeli government. a killing spree in two major texas cities leaves six people dead and two police officers wounded. investigators say one suspect is behind all of that violence. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. this morning a promise from donald trump to be a dictator. yes, with conditions, but a pledge, nonetheless and how he got there is even more telling. facing questions from sean hannity, not exactly a probing interrogation from edward r. murrow, but asked if he would abuse power, break the law or go after people watch how long it took trump to offer any answer at all. i want to be very, very clear on this.