around the state. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news. a verdict has just been reached in the trial of actor jussie smollett, falsely accusing of being a victim of a hate crime, that he allegedly arranged himself. sara sidner is outside the courtroom. set the scene. what s about to happen? reporter: so, we are awaiting jussie smollett and his family. they have been coming into court every single day. of course, smollett has to be here in order to hear what the jury has decided in this case. we do have a verdict. so we are waiting to hear exactly what that verdict is on six counts against him. they re all six charges of disorderly conduct, essentially what prosecutors say was a lie he made and reported to police after this january 2019 attack that they say was a faked hate crime, that he had perpetrated on himself, in order to get more media attention, for whatever reason. we hear
newsome joins us with his reaction. that s this hour. first, have you seen the shocking inflation numbers that came out this morning? this is not what anybody was hoping for. these numbers keep creeping higher as the country plunges into territory that we haven t been in 39 years with some prices popping as much as 58%. that takes a bite out of your wallet. so this is obviously a major concern for u.s. voters and families across the nation. these very real concerns including crime and labor shortages as well are prompting really surprising shifts in party loyalty as we look ahead to the mid-terms. take a look at this poll, which is understandably getting quite a bit of attention for people that watch politician and the voting groups very closely. according to the new numbers from the wall street journal, hispanic voters are now evenly split in their allegiances between democrats and republicans. that s a significant move. given that president biden beat president trump with
helps in several states amid this new surge. still from delta and this new variant now in at least 22 states tonight. and the sobering warning in the uk. what they re seeing right now. tonight, authorities say the chilling plot, a student accused of planning another columbine, in their words. what they say they found in his bag, a high-powered collapsible rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. and how they knew to move in. also tonight, the graphic new images at the trial of former police officer kim potter, who claims she mistook her gun for her taser. police video now showing what happened seconds after officer potter shot and killed daunte wright. his girlfriend sobbing on the stand, describing how she tried to save him. we re tracking a cross-country storm tonight. heavy snow and strong winds. winter weather alerts from california now all the way to michigan. and in the northeast, the spike in temperatures, but then, what s coming right behind it. ginger zee is
this new surge. still from delta and this new variant in at least 22 states tonight. and the sobering warning in the uk, what they re seeing right now. tonight, authorities say the chilling plot, a student accused of planning another columbine, in their words. what they say they found in his bag, a high powered collapsible rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. and how they knew to move in. also tonight, the graphic new images of the trial of former police officer kim p potter, who claims she mistook her gun for her taser. police video now showing seconds after officer potter shot and killed daunte wright. his girlfriend sobbing on the stand, describing how she tried to save him. we re tracking a cross-country storm tonight. heavy snow and strong winds. winter weather alerts from california now all the way to michigan. and in the northeast, the spike in temperatures, but then, what s coming right behind it. ginger zee is here. tonight, president biden and the cal
and you could pay as little as $15 a month for wireless. click, call, or visit a store to learn more. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it s thursday, december 9th. there we made it this far. we have. so close. i m brianna keilar with john berman. mark meadows, former chief of staff, is suing the january 6th committee and also suing nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, all in an effort to block enforcement of a subpoena issued to him and to verizon for his phone records. meadows explained his sudden reversal on fox last night. we came to the conclusion that they re still going to question those personal private conversations that i had with the president of the united states and other senior officials in the west wing. and quite frankly, their scope is the court is going to have to determine that. so we re going to challenge it. the january 6th committee is calling meadows lawsuit flawed. they will meet next week. on