good morning, boris. i m amara walker. georgia senate candidates rah fafl warnock and hershel walker square off. what walker had to say when he was claimed to have pressured a mother to get an abortion. and cnn exclusive. what lawmakers were doing as the capitol was being ransacked on january 6th and their determination to get back to the important work of certifying the election. it was like going to a museum that you never wanted to go to, that you would never in your life buy tickets to go to. that s what it was like. we hear from a juror in the nikolas cruz trial about the horrors of seeing evidence from the parkland shooting firsthand and the heated debate, the tense moments in that jury room as they tried to decide whether or not to spare cruz s life. welcome to the weekend. we re so grateful that you re starting it with us this saturday, october 15th. amara, great to see you as always. great to see you. you always sound so chipper and happy in the morning.
last check, the fire was more than 1500 acres. 0 1% contained with. more than 300 people assigned to fighting it. and of course, crews are actively working to protect the mariposa grove home to over 500 giant sequoia trees. the national park service says they ve removed heavy and fine fuels around the trees and they deployed sprinkler systems to increase the humidity near those trees. turning now to the very latest updates on the electra fire burning up in amador county. the fire burning at nearly 4500 acres. 80% contained right now. more than 400 structures are threatened. firefighters say they do hope to fully contain the electra fire in about a week. cal fire says one firefighter has been hurt and battling those flames in the east bay tonight. con fire continuing to work to contain the marsh fire that reignited yesterday in pittsburgh. fire officials are asking drone pilots to stay clear of the 5 mile radius surrounding 700 willow pass road as they re working to clea
she caves any time the left comes after. nikki is corrupt. i love the attention, fellas, thank you for that. it was knives out for nikki haley at last night s republican debate. will it stop her momentum? the republican front-runner not on the debate stage, instead hitting the campaign trail today, donald trump is expected to be in new york city courtroom. block critical aid to ukraine demanding tougher border policies, in return what president biden said he s now willing to do. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. so glad you re with us on this thursday. you re probably late up watching the final republican presidential debate of the year, four candidates on that stage, clashing on policy, trading some personal insults as well. nikki haley took the brunt of the attacks from ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy over her big-ticket donations and her foreign policy positions. at one point vivek ramaswamy even holding up a handwritten sign saying nikki eq
the world. i m kasie hunt. it is december 7, 5:00 a.m. in washington, 4:00 a.m. in tuscaloosa, the site of the final gop debate last night ahead of iowa. and more importantly, the first primary contest, the caucuses of the 2024 race, will take place less than six weeks from now. what we saw last night was chris christie, nikki haley, ron desantis, vivek ramaswamy fighting to become the gop s top alternative, the number two, to the far and away frontrunner donald trump. i have delivered results. that is what we need for this country. we passed pro-life bills, we moved unemployment 11% to 3%. i think that i can reach the next generation. took a good 20 minutes before any one of the four said the obvious out loud. the fifth guy who doesn t have the guts to show up and stand here, he is the one who as you put it is way ahead in the polls. yet these three guys are all seemingly to compete with cold more, he who shall not be named. the name of course donald trump. witho
again if i didn t believe with all my heart and soul i can do this job, because, quite frankly [ cheers and applause ] the stakes are too high. the stakes are too high. [ chanting yes, you can ] that was joe biden delivering a fiery campaign speech after his disappointing debate against donald trump, this as biden faces growing pressure to step aside, which is raising concern among democrats. we ll tell you what the president s family wants him to do and the state of his campaign right now. plus, just hours from now, the supreme court will finally issue a ruling on donald trump s presidential immunity claim. we ll break down this pivotal moment and the final cases that the justices are set to weigh in on. also ahead, former trump adviser steve bannon is heading to prison this morning to serve a four-month sentence on contempt charges. we ll bring you what he s saying before he goes behind bars. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, juul