names revealed. who was mentioned in unsealed documents and their ties to jeffrey epstein as the next drop is imminent. can donald trump be disqualified from running for president? he s urging the supreme court to take up the case. will it take up the case, though? a drone strike in bagbaghdaa high ranking commander is dead. i m john berman, kate is away. i m here with the star of new year s eve, sara sidner. this is cnn news central. we re waiting for the next batch of unsealed documents to drop related to jeffrey epstein, hundreds of pages were already released that happened on wednesday under a december 18th, court order. they included deposition transcripts naming several prominent figures including prince andrew and former presidents donald trump and bill clinton. shimon prokupecz is joining us now. a lot of people were waiting for these names to come out to see who was in his orbit. it did you know necessarily mean they did anything illegal, but it does tie them
investigations, oh, a possible indictment and he s still re-litigating 2020. but, guess what? trump still has almost a 30-point lead in the rcp average over ron desantis and he leads biden in the head to head as well. but, of course, this doesn t speak to the battle ground states. that didn t fall trump s way last go round, as you remember. in two of those states according to a new public opinion s strategy poll, desantis not trump narrowly leads biden. of course desantis hasn t jumped into the race yet he hinted he will announce after his state legislature wraps its session in may. now this has worried some about this late timing desantis s which they claim may leave him ill-prepared against the former president s luggageening attacks and lagging in the on the ground organizing critical in states with an early nominating contest. well, for his part, trump continues what, to many, seem like petty attacks on desantis and the latest polls about, well, the latest about his so-ca
exceptional leaders, men like ronald reagan who wouldn t let america be pushed around. in the midst of simmering tensions with the soviet union, reagan went to the communist strong hold, berlin. and reminded them who ran the world. general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] history has always shown us strong leaders calm us down in times of fear like george w. bush after 9/11. i can hear you. [laughter] [applause] i can hear you. the rest of the world hears you. and the people. [cheers] and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. [cheers and applause] jesse: joe biden is not that guy. we knew joe was a bad student but i guess he flunked history, too. biden is dragging us kicking and screaming back to the fo
six. eight of them won t return to congress. as the face of anti-trump republicans, cheney is fuelling rumors of a white house run. we ask for folks in wyoming s take. no, no, no. please no. even though i support her and i think she s a better candidate, i still think that trump did a lot for wyoming. i don t see her getting support from republicans. leo terrell and guy benson are all on deck. first, to rich edson. hello, rich. good afternoon, shannon. what we have here is congress woman liz cheney. he said she will begin a new initiative that will educate voters and ensure that former president donald trump doesn t go near the oval office again. she gave an election night event, a speech here in jackson. she says she called harriet hageman that won the race, saying this is the beginning for her. on today show, she said the presidency is on her mind. that s a decision i ll make in the coming months.i m not going to make any announcements this morning. it s somethi
the executive branch. what could these decisions mean for this power? well, it could greatly limit the power of administrative agencies like the epa to control or try to limit climate change. the administrative state is a project or there s been a conservative project by the far right to try to limit what they call the administrative state, but these are really the government agencies that keep us safe. when you hear complaints about federal regulations and red tape, it s often republicans saying that the government puts too many burdens on businesses and they want to dismantle the power of these agencies. but this is the way the government protects the environment and forces human rights and protects us from unscrupulous corporations. these cases today are hugely significant. so, joyce, let s talk about that. for example, the remain in mexico issue the supreme court will be announcing later today, it s almost a bureaucratic issue of whether the administration followed th