i believe it s a choice. a leader does not use polls to tell them what to do. if hunter were a republican, he would have been in jail long ago. our great american comeback starts by sending joe biden back to his basement in delaware. [cheers] jesse: now, if you want any kind of national traction you can t be boring. and have you got to feed juicy soundbites to the media machine. no one is be at that than donald trump. desantis is creating friction with the establishment. toy sized muse laney ron desantis manifesto vowing to destroy leftism and wokeism. not even trump is dumb enough to go after the most popular entertainment provider. i thought desantis was supposed be the non-fascist alternative to trump. i guess not. he is trying to be a carbon copy of donald trump in that his campaign and his candidacy is based on grievance politics, divisiveness, and extreme policies. i say this with conviction. i think ron desantis is far more dangerous than donald trump. je
trump also on tape undermining his own defense. so, is it a smoking gun for prosecutors or not? the former white house lawyer for trump ty cobb will be outfront. plus, a new message from the head of the russian private army, the wagner group. we are learning new details about just how paranoid putin has become about other russians. we ve got that for you this hour. plus, a court clearing the way for a manson family member to be granted parole. will the manson follower now in her 70s go free? let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, trump on tape. federal prosecutors now have trump s own words as key evidence in its classified documents investigation. according to sources, trump is heard on tape acknowledging that he held onto a classified document about plans for a potential attack in iran. so that is significant in and of itself, admitting that he held onto that. and then, secondarily admitting there are limits to his actual abilit
by. everybody has a right to their own opinion. on history, i would want to be here with this bill today. this hour, chris christie ready for another white house run, moving his blistering public feud with former president trump to primary states and debate stages. it comes as ron desantis is barnstorming across iowa, making four more stops today in his push to win over those iowa trump voters. now he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think he is doing it in a way that voters will side with me. i will counterpunch, fight back on it. i will focus my fire on biden. he should do the same. coming up, steve kornacki will break it all down. i will be joined by a congressman to talk about a frightening new warning from science and tech experts on the threats to humanity s future presented by artificial intelligence. good day to you. i m peter alexander in for andrea mitchell. she s on assignment. in washington, there s a critical numbers game playing out on
good morning, everyone. erica is here again, looking like a ray of sunshine. let s get started with five things to know. there may be a deal. we re not quite there yet with the final house vote expected to day. the drama now is not between the two parties but instead within the republican party. the finger pointing intensifies as russia blames ukraine for a drone attack on moscow on the heels of a deadly rain in kyiv. president zelenskyy senting a date for the counter offensive. also, republican president hl h presidenttial hopeful ron desantis in iowa. he paints a pretty grim picture of the country. a historic ruling in big pharma. one family is fighting the opioid epidemic in exchange from immunity in future lawsuits. and what this means for the global race to conquer space. cnn this morning starts right now. deal or no deal? there s a deal. do they have a vote is the question. there say huge breakdown in capitol hill for the deal. the house is set to vote o
our viewers here in the united states and around the world. audio of donald trump that undermines what he said about classified documents he kept after leaving office. we ll bring you a cnn exclusive. plus the bill is passed. narrowly averting a default. the house passes the plan. who was a winner in this deal? right now, we are at 95,000 people in our care. thousands of asylum seekers arriving in new york. but the numbers at the border are in fact down. can the biden administration take this as a win weeks after title 42 ends. so, we begin this hour with exclusive cnn reporting. federal prosecutors now have donald trump s own words as an important piece of evidence in a classified documents investigation. that word from multiple sources say the former president can be heard on tape acknowledging he held on to a classified pentagon document. that admission could undercut his defense amid a probe of a trump campaign spokesperson has now called meritless and shame