Retail banking in california by j. D. Power. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Good morning, im john berman with kate bolduan and sara sidner. The major Breaking News this morning, a Courtroom Campaign and a corporation come together in dramatic fashion. Donald trump is about to leave trump tower in manhattan to be present for Opening Statements in a civil trial that could cost him control of much of his Business Empire. Now, as you are watching everything unfold this morning, remember, in a sense this is a Campaign Event. Trump is choosing to be here. He did not have to attend this trial, but he is and he is publicizing it. We will explain why. And the first major ruling we expect in just a few minutes is whether cameras will be allowed in court. This case centers on fraud, accusations of fraud, staggering fraud is how the Attorney General of new york has put it, in a civil lawsuit brought by the new york ag. 250 million lawsuit against donald trump, his eldest sons, their companie
over recent months. and, you know, frankly, who would have thunk that we would be saying it s donald j. trump saying folks, give peace a chance. brian: well, yeah. that s his attitude. he was handed a live grenade from president obama. and it s his job to put the pin back in. stick around, because as the motorcade moves, we want you to give us a sense of what is happening on the ground. ed: absolutely. brian: former chairman of oversight committee jason chaffetz on the couch. congressman, your thoughts right now as we head into this. so many times this stuff is scripted ahead of time. i get the sense nothing is scripted ahead of time. i m proud of our president for being there and making this happen. i remember that when barack obama when he was leaving office the story telling donald trump this is the most serious, difficult equation and problem that we have in the country. for the united states and the president is making some real progress here. ainsley: what s the big headline he
for today s celebration. the kennedy family has said all along they would rather people honor jfk on his birthday of may 29th, not on the day he died. shannon? casey steeg he will in dallas, thank you. we still don t know some of what the drchlt ia knows about the assassination. correspondent james rosen tells us that fact contributes to the durability of alternative shooting scenarios. the motorcade moves into the downtown area. 50 years after dallas, no serious disputes that oswald killed president kennedy. there are, however, serious scholars who accept that fact but still don t rule out a conspiracy. central to such theorizing is the secretive and deceptive n conduct of the cia which had been tracking oswald since as early as 1959. the warren commission was largely kept in the dark about the cia s monitoring of oswald
why robert gibbs says the rollout of obamacare, flat-out embarrassing. martha: as his motorcade made the fateful turn that morning the world had no idea that an assassin was waiting for john f. kennedy. we ll talk to the author of a new book who said the conspiracy theories are not true. the lone assassin he believes was indeed lee harvey oswald. larry sabato coming up. the motorcade moves into the downtown area. death is six minutes away. in aware house a sniper with a rifle poised waits. the cheers of the crowd almost muffle the three shots. the assassin s aim is deadly. the area is aswarm with police, rangers and secret servicemen.