thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with ari melber start right now. never more extraordinary than now. right j hi, nicolle. thank you so much. good to see you. welcome to the beat. tonight we are here as a nation. everyone got up, everyone started their day. if you re on the east coast you re ending your day, and everyone s doing just about fine you can have the america and do what you re supposed to and not worry about who gets as long as it s faithfully and fairly executed. we re a day out from what happened yesterday and everything s okay. the reality, though, is one that is different for defendant donald trump this is his first full day deal welcome an open criminal case against him not his lawyer, not his cfo, not one of his many aides. this is something he never experienced himself, and only he can say how much he thought about or emphasized with all the other many people who wer
laced with a powerful animal tranquilizer called zilla. seymour commonly known as trank is a quote emerging threat in the nation. it s a drug we told you about last month during our town hall and fentanyl, according to a d a report released last year. overdose deaths involving tranq has increased dramatically is the first time in history than any administration has declared a substance as an emerging threat to the country. now the vitamin ist rations has 90 days to put together a national response. the news continues. cnn primetime with caitlin collins starts now, caitlin. anderson. thank you so much. have a powerful interview tonight and a heartbroken city. exclusive sit down one on one with kentucky governor andy bashir in his first interview since the mass shooting in louisville. it s okay to not be okay. i m not okay right now opening up about his personal connection to the attack. this person murdered my friend. probably one of my five closest friends, plus taking action
from august 2015 to december 2017 the defendant, i m quoting that, obviously, is donald trump orchestrated a scheme with others. the defense the indictment reads to influence the 2016 presidential election by identifying and purchasing negative information about him to suppress its publication and to benefit the defendant s electoral prospects. now according to the statement of facts, which accompanies this actual indictment, which they go through through here, $130,000 were paid to adult film star stormy daniels $30,000 to a doorman and $150,000 to another woman, which it is clear from the statement of facts is karen macdougal. it is an unprecedented chapter in american history. and good afternoon to all. i m erin burnett here in new york, and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. the lead up to trump s arrest was truly a remarkable sight to see the former president of the united states, leaving trump tower early this afternoon. his 11 car motorcade arriving at the manhattan
since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
at last check, they ve tried a few different ways to troubleshoot it, to fix the problem. no word yet on whether they ve been able to stop it at this point. this follows monday s scrubbed launch which was largely due to an engine cooling problem. it was a tricky sensor that was off. but engineers remain optimistic that today there will be a launch. for now, the weather has been cooperating so that helps. nasa meteorologists predict about 60% favorable conditions, which increases to 80% as the day goes on. of course this historic mission marks the next chapter of lunar exploration and will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon in a matter of years. let s go now to cnn s space and defense correspondent kristin fisher live this morning from the kennedy space center. i don t think kristin has us. can you hear us? reporter: hey, guys, i m having a hard time with my earpiece so i can t quite hear what you said. let me bring you up to speed from the kenned