the lead starts right now. a critical vote possibly just minutes away as speaker mccarthy pushes house republicans to sign off on his debt limit plan. i ll speak on one holdout about the offers. clemency request denied. a parole board votes against sparing the life of kdeath row inmate in oklahoma. plus, disney versusdy san tis. the major new lawsuit accusing the florida governor of weaponizing his political power. everyone. i m in for jake tapper today. we start with our politics lead. do they have the votes? right now, house republicans are in the middle of last-minute negotiations as house speaker kevin mccarthy tries to get his party s debt ceiling plan across the finish line. we expect that vote to start in minutes. he had zero democratic support, and he can only lose four republicans, a narrow margin that forced him to make some 11th hour concessions. but even if he can get this bill across that finish line, it is dead on arrival in the democrat controlled senate
here is a name, i will bring you pictures of the person who you want to have killed. you say that you now feared for your own life? yes. a hit that could not miss? or a surprise to die for? they actually noticed a camera inside the car? this was a big moment? huge moment. everything took off real fast. no fairytale ending for this love story. it would end either in murder or prison. he says, my guys don t back down from a plan. hello, welcome to dateline. when ira bernstein and susan met on the college campus, they could not know the future that they would become college sweethearts, marry, start a family and that as their family grew, so it s something else. jealousy. they certainly could never have imagined the life they would build over the years would be torn apart by a murderous scheme. here is andrea canning, with the target . in this quiet, wealthy neighborhood, behind the gates of his lavish estate, a fuse was lit. newfound money lead to explo
Right now. Hi, ari. Hi, nicole, thanks so much. Today marks a serious, even grim day for defendant donald trump, who of course, was indicted, booked, and had his mug shot taken very famously in an election case regarding possible crimes in the 2020 race in the georgia rico case. He was also indicted by federal Prosecutor Jack Smith in two cases which carry serious charges but, like the georgia case, are actually not currently on track to go to trial by the election. But for trump, the only case where it now matters that he is a criminal defendant is in new york, where trumps trial reached its Inflection Point today as d. A. Braggs team has just told the judge today that the d. A. s office has proven its case based on the evidence and ethus intoning the well known phrase, quote, your honor, the people rest. Thats today in the only case that looks to be going to trial by the eelection. That means the prosecutors literally rest their case and take the position theyve supplied enough evide
This afternoon and Martha Maccallum and is the story. Is breaking at the same time in a few locations right here in New York City. On this block in manhattan inside the courthouse President Trump is inside the room and he is battling the judge over gag orders, listening two hours of hours of testimony about the check and who who signed the check. We will go there live in minutes with an update from the courtroom but meanwhile uptown all hell broke loose. Students broke the windows, jammed open the doors then lock the doors, there are no occupying the Columbia University building which is named for founding father Alexander Hamilton as the university continues essentially to just put another statement but theyre not really doing anything. Theyre saying they will do something which theyve been since the beginning. Is unbelievable. Have shut down these protesters every Single Administration plea. How is this happening . And where does this and back . [chanting] [chanting] martha unbelieva
Terrible. Im the only person that knows the truth. I had to do something. Reporter he swept her right off her feet. I was drawn to him right away. A dreamy single dad, wealthy, charming, smitten. I had never been spoiled like that. I remember thinking i was like Julia Roberts in pretty woman. Reporter he had been so much. A mysterious accident at sea. He went under and when he came up he no longer saw his wife. He was hysterical. Reporter it was a heart wrenching story. So why, then, were so many people so suspicious . No one knows exactly what happened on that boat. Reporter an accident . A disappearance . You thought what, she faked her death . Reporter or, maybe a murder. There is no way. Absolutely no way. I felt like the police were just trying to frame an innocent man. Reporter now, she would be the one to unravel it all. I thought i could do this. In a dangerous undercover operation. My heart was was so fast. I said you y need to tell me th truth. Id reporter welcome to dateline