Eight state delegates. And the last time is or republicans have caucus delicate to delegates was back in 2012, but this time around they switched the partys president ial nominating system to caucus after failing to set up a primary during last years legislative session. The rest of michigans delegates, 39 and all, were also awarded to trump today. Amid a complicating and Chaotic Convention process. Well talk about that later. You remember trump already won this weeks Michigan Republican primary. But again, as i mentioned, it is complicated this year. Since republicans hosted both ab primary as well as a caucus. To award their states delegates. That, of course, is because the state of chaos and Michigan State voted last throw to move their president ial primary up to february but that didnt fall in line with what republicans wanted and certainly the Republican National conventions rolls. So local and National Party officials basically landed on this Hybrid Method that we are watching p
do you still have any classified documents in your possession? no, i don t. i don t have anything. i have no classified documents. and by the way, they become automatically declassified when i took them. a source close to trump s legal team says the former president may go to court to prevent the presidential records from being handed over, . he whether only have about a week before the national archives says they re giving if records to the special counsel. paula reed joins us right now. what does this letter mean, this letter from the national archives mean for the criminal investigation into trump s handling of classified documents? we know the special counsel is looking at several potential crimes, including the pos mishandling of classified records. this will answer the question whether the former president knowingly removed classified documents without authorization. because according to this letter obtained by our colleague, the archives says that these 16 reco
with more. happening right now in missouri search and rescue efforts are happening as a massive tornado ripped through the state. plus, what you need to know about what s being calleded the most consequential election in the year liberals have a won of the supreme court in a major battleground state that could shape the 2024 race. and in chicago a win for progressives in the highly watched mayoral race and just hours from now a high profile meeting between house speaker mccarthy and the president of taiwan despite warnings from beijing. how the chinese government is responding coming up this morning former president donald trump is plotting his next legal steps one day after becoming the first american president ever to appear in court as a criminal defendant. trump is accused of falsifying business records as part of what prosecutors say is an illegal conspiracy to undermine the 2016 election manhattan district attorney alvin bragg says hush money payments were made to
and that. is it a cartoon or is it congress? the seemingly endless lies from congressman elect george santos could be catching up with him. the embattled republican under investigation by the feds and his state with just six days until he is scheduled to be sworn in to office. the clock is ticking. santos vows he s going to take his seat in the house. the plan is being met by resistance. democrats and some republicans are questioning his legitimacy. santos has some defenders. they argue plenty of d.c. politicians have been caught telling very tall tales. welcome back as america report goes on. anita, i m gillian turner. we ll ask who santos should do. we begin with southwest airlines facing major backlash from its own pilots. at the end of the day, southwest wasn t prepared. unfortunately, this has been a decade in the making. we ve sounded alarm bells and tried to get them to change processes. nobody has reached out to inform us to what s going on, even the recov
two big stories we are following, and the minute we are expecting to see the federal reserve will hold interest rates steady for a third time, we will bring you the decision and what this means for your wallet. lawmakers will vote on what are whether to formalize the impeachment inquiry into joe biden. it demands a public hearing, much more on the showdown on capitol hill straight ahead, we are following major developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. wall street will learn of the federal reserve board will meet expectations by keeping interest rates steady for the third time in a row. they have not reached their target rate for inflation, but the treasury secretary thinks that can happen by the end of next year, analyst don t expect high interest rates to go anywhere, let s get straight to straight business correspondent, the chief economist. what is the fedde decision? we can call it a trend, this is the third straight meeting the federal reserve ha