Building. Likely some of the same Law Enforcement officers who were out today providing protection for trumps appearance were also called upon on january 6th to defend the peaceful transfer of power from a Violent Mob Of Trump supporters. Brought there by the man who today was called on by a Magistrate Judge to answer to the four charges against him. Sitting just feet away from trump, as he entered his not guilty plea, was special counsel jack smith. The last time the two were in the same room was trumps previous arraignment in miami. According to the pool reporter, trump glanced briefly in smiths direction when he walked in but did not appear to make eye contact with him, nor did he appear to look at him again for the rest of the hearing. Trump in the courtroom today was stripped of the trappings of former office that he typically airigates to himself. Magistrate judge referred to him as mr. Trump, not president trump, as his fans including fox anchors refer to him. The judge advised
welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper. and tonight we re less than a month, 27 days, away from one of the weirdest and least predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what s happening now and ending on election day, november 8th, is not typical. it s not. as of now it s not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. no. it s more like a sharknado. now, typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins, feeling good because things are bad. with high inflation and fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power right now, that s democrats responsible and accountable. because phrases are up almost everywhere you look. life is more expensive. by which of course i mean life cereal, wheat and processed wheat products up more than 20% year-to-year. and as humpty hump might say, straight butter baby, by which butter is up 30% august to august. an
predictable midterm elections in modern memory. what is happening now and ending on election day november 8th is not typical, it is not. as of now, it is not shaping up to be a wave for one party or another. now it is more like a shark nato. typically, republicans would and should be feeling pretty good about their chances. to retake both the house and the senate by significant margins. feeling good because things are bad. high inflation, fears of a recession, voters are inclined to hold the party in power. right now, that is democrats. they are responsible and accountable. phrases are up nearly everywhere you look. life is more expensive, but which of course i mean life cereal, weak and processed wheat products. up more than 20% here. as the late great rapper might say, straight butter baby. by which of course, i mean the tuck cost butter is up 30% august to august. of course, our friends in saudi arabia are making sure that we all continue to feel more pain at the pump. tha
years after the feds invested billions to get the island back. the american people who live there are in the dark. we asked why. this is american voices! hello everyone. i m alicia mendes. mental gymnastics, it could be donald trump s favorites for. as we go into the classified documents at his mar-a-lago residents. trump claims that those were declassified. when boxes sean hannity asked about that the classification process let s call it this week. the latter made a claim so bonkers that you re going to have to hear it from trump himself. it doesn t have to be a process as i understand, it there s different people who say different things but as i understand there doesn t have to be. if you re the president of the united states you can be classified just by saying it s the classified. even by thinking about it. because you are sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you are sending it. let s just say if you consider these mental gymnastics he didn t quite stick the lan
democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to