the lobby talking and getting in an elevator together. police say they don t think they knew each other. that s us for us. the news continue. see you tomorrow. the source continues with kaitlan collins. tonight straight from the source, president biden rebuking republicans for their quote silence on threat to democracy calling his predecessor by name. we will be joined tonight by cindy and jack mccain, the wife and the son of the late republican senator john mccain. plus the first biden impeachment inquiry hearing not off to a great start exactly. one republican aide saying calling it an unmitigated disaster, and every single republican witness agreed with democrats. all with nearly 48 hours left before the government is set to shut down and ran out of funding, millions of american stop standing stop getting their paychecks, including members of the u.s. military. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are live from capitol hill tonight. the citadel of our d
trump and his supporters. later, a three 60 exclusive, my conversation with the family and wall street jeanne-le s two reporter evan gershkovich six month s captivity in russia. good evening, thank you for joining, us we begin with breaking news from two fronts in the former presidents multi-battle to stay out of prison, and keep the company his father began. cnn s jessica schneider starts us off on this day at a person with the former georgia r.i.c.o. trial to federal court, so why did the former presidents legal team make that decision? yes, so, anderson the official reasoning tonight is a trust the judge and state court to give the former president a fair trial. so this is what they are saying and they re notice to the court tonight. they are saying president trump now notified the quote that he will not be seeking to remove his case to federal court. this decision is based on his well founded confidence that this honorable court intends to fully and completely protect
be facing time here at home. and not guilty. bob menendez is out on bond but a growing number of his democratic colleagues want him out of the senate. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right now to cnn news central. former president trump heads to michigan tonight to give a prime time speech and make a play for working class voters. there, he ll take the stage in front of current and former union workers. that means he won t be on stage at tonight s republican presidential debate. as with the first gop debate, trump is skipping the second showdown in california. this is the former president s business empire is under a major threat after a new york judge ruled trump and list adult sons committed fraud for years by overvaluing their properties to get favorable loans and insurance deals. we have reporters covering all of these stories. cnn national correspondent kristen holmes is there ahead of the speech. and we have kyung law in si
will hope you join me for my new show state of the race, it will be on cnn s international channel. it is at 11:00 a.m. on the east coast, 4:00 p.m. in london. and today i m going to talk to u.s. senator joe manchin about the 2024 race for president and much, much more. so i hope that you will join us there. and thank you for joining us here. i m kasie hunt. cnn this morning starts right now. morning. top of the hour, 6:00 a.m. so glad you re with us. a lot of news to get to. let s start with the five things to know. debate night in america, meaning it will be a late night for all of us, but the former president won t be on the debate stage instead giving a primetime speech at a nonunion auto parts manufacturer in grdetroit. this after a new york judge ruled that trump and his adult sons committed fraud. and breaking overnight, more than a dozen people under arrest in philadelphia after a big group of looters ransacked an apple store, lululemon and foot locker. an
tonight seven candidates take the stage for the republican debate. one republican consultant says if ron desantis doesn t do well here, he might have to drop out. an attempt to destroy our city. that is how the philadelphia police commissioner described what happened there last night. brazen and rapid fire break-ins across the city, all caught on camera. armed and dangerous, a manhunt is under way for a murder suspect in the killing of a tech ceo. police say he will, quote, do anything he can to cause harm, including kill and rape. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. let s start with the new information coming out of north korea. state media there is now reporting the country has decided to expel the u.s. soldier who has been in north korean custody since july. now, the circumstances around what happened to army private travis king have really always been somewhat strange since this happened. king seemed to willingly cros