Assassination attempt against Donald Trump, said to be stonefaced during his arrest and then again in court. The Secret Service and the fbi now digging into his criminal past, his potential motive, and trying to figure out how to stop something like this from happening again. Trump himself wasting no time pointing fingers, blaming democrats in a new interview, insisting the suspect was acting on, quote, rhetoric from the President And Vice president despite a lack of evidence supporting that claim. Is there any hope of bringing down the political temperature . And how does all of this impact a nation where the kind of historical Pivot Points that would maybe happen every few years now seem to happen every few weeks . A new generation is confronting political violence that used to be largely contained to grainy photos in history books. The toll it is taking on our country, our culture and our collective wellbeing. We start in florida where the Acting Head of the Secret Service is expect
Thats 1880851177. Call now leaks lives cia secrets, maori play nali plane dollars, playing lives were at stake. Yes, my children. This is horrifying United States of scandal with jake tapper. New Episode Sunday at nine on cnn this, is cnn. He news. We are monitoring Breaking News this afternoon on cnn news central, top generals in charge of the chaotic us withdrawal from afghanistan back in 2021, are testifying on capitol hill former Joint Chiefs Of Staff general mark milley and former commander of Us Central Command general Kenneth Mackenzie our testifying before the House Foreign Affairs. Thats right. Both laid some blame for the chaos on the State Department. And its choice not to call for evacuations soon enough. Lets listen back in im not sure even today about the accuracy of all those numbers are they in jail dead . Some of them i think some were killed afghans. I dont know about the american, i dont think americans were, but i think some of the afghans were tracked down that wor
Financially benefited from hiring wade and that that created a Conflict Of Interest now, todays ruling is a major victory for willis and her office. But it came with some Harsh Criticism from judge scott mcafee, Who Rebuked Willis for the relationship. And now says that it leaves a stain on the prosecutions team. Cnns Nick Valencia is live outside the courthouse. For us in fulton county, nyc. Youve been watching this case unfold for months . What stands out to you about the decision today well look, fani willis, there were some real concerns that she would be disqualified before today. And as it stands, shes going to be allowed to stay so long as she gets rid of the man whom she was romantically involved in and those close to fani willis or allies. They are seeing this as a big win its a huge win even if its only a technical win on paper. And even if it does come with some blistering criticism from the judge a massive indictment on her behavior. He called some of her testimony on Febru
lawyer is trying to block the january six committee to block a key piece of information that would tie the ex president directly to the efforts to overthrow the 2020 election. you may remember that john eastman was the attorney that orchestrated the failed former presidents last-ditch effort to overturn the legitimate election lost. he drafted memos that laid out a xiaojie for vice president mike pence to unlawfully strew swing the election results and donald trump s favor. with a late court filing, eastman urged a judge to maintain the confidentiality of his work for the ex president. he may have given us the clearest insight yet into the flurry of miscommunication, or the flurry of communication, between the former president, the top aides, and the campaign lawyers. political reports quote that the filing also describes the direct role of trump himself in developing strategy, detailing two-handed written notes from the former president about information that he thought migh
Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said hed take a bullet for the fomer president , today took the stand as a Star Witness For The Prosecution in mr trumps hush money trial. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. I asked her about the latest on what Michael Cohen has been saying at