Mary trump gets tonights last word. Tonight Opening Statements in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. What happened today in court and why prosecutors say he orchestrated a Scheme To Corrupt the 2016 Election Plus what is next for Speaker Johnson, now that the house has passed aid for ukraine. Then we are days away from Supreme Court arguments on trumps Immunity Claim. Retired Military Leaders are warning, this case is about National Security. Three of them are here at the 11th hour gets underway on this oneday night. Here we go. Good evening once again. We are now 197 days away from the election. But we are not talking about the election today, Opening Statements got underway in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. The former president was forced to sit in silence as lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorneys Office alleged he and his allies were part of a conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. The goal, to bury negative stories about trump so voters would never see them. Trumps
thanks for having me. let s begin with the main proposition. do you recognize that this man should not have had military clearance? that s what we re looking at right now, chris, to be honest with you. secretary mavis ordered three rapid reviews last night. one of the three is to take a close look at the forensics of mr. alexis s naval career to see if there were things we should have picked up on. it seems like an easy question to answer, though, doesn t it, admiral? you know the rhode island police reached out recently in august, told the navy he said he was hearing voices pumped by men with microwaves. you know he was telling this to co-workers. right. you know he went to the hospital about it. isn t that enough to say he should have had his clearance pulled pending an investigation? it s certainly enough to get us to take a hard look at this. that s what we re going to do. we don t have indications that the reports from the newport police went any higher than the loca
police say they have no information, at laeast not yet n a motive. standing by for a news conference by local authorities. authorities describe the potential suspect, they re searching for the second suspect as a black man between the ages of 40 and 50. carrying what s described as a longgun or a rifle. wearing an olive military-style uniform. we are told he is 5 10 , 180 pound or so, with gray, or graying side burns. another man who was kiddconsidea so-called person of interest has been identified and ruled out as a suspect. let s bring in cnn s jake tapper who is here watching what is going on. jake, like everybody here in washington, we woke up this morning, thinking there were going to be a lot of other stories we would be covering not this one. indeed. what s interesting about secretary mavis, secretary of the navy, you were just interviewing. he has actually gone through
have a press conference with secretary mavis and secretary chu to announce something that we think is exciting in terms of job growth. when you talk about the foot stamp program, you have to recognize the economic stimulus. every dollar of snap benefits generates $1.84 in the economy. if people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, shelve it, process it, sack it, ship it. all of those are jobs. the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times. the reason the numbers have gone up is we ve done a number of jobs in the states in getting word out about this program. states like florida, california, texas we re working with them to make sure they re getting the benefits. governor, pat buchanan here. i go back to the mid 1960s when the lbj began the program, 64,
problem at this agency, but i do believe the president did respond in a way that shows the public that he did take command of this private corporation that took a blind eye to all the safety warnings that were there to ensure that this problem was solved and then put in place a recovery program for the people in the gulf. i think ken feinberg and secreta secretary mavis will ultimately be seen by president obama. should democrats stop trying to pin the blame on former president george w. bush? james carville and bill bennett, they re here to face off ona. and from computers to the power grid, our plugged in nation is vulnerable. but a system to prevent cyber attacks my come with a cost, an invasion of americans privacy.