of what we can expect to hear. we will show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme, and also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to call legislatures back into session. let s begin with manu raju who is live this morning on capitol hill. so manmanu, walk us through whoe we expecting to hear from today. reporter: we expect to hear from four witnesses who will talk about the intense pressure campaign launched by donald trump and his allies to overturn the electoral results, the pressure they withstood re rejecting those efforts. and also the real life consequences, particularly facing a georgia election worker, former georgia election worker who will testify later today about the real threats to her personal safety, to her family s safety, because of what she says were lies that were pushed by donald trump, by rudy giu
fighting since the start of israel s ground operation in gaza, just as families of hostages demand urgent action to save them. also ahead, six people killed in a shooting spree in texas, a suspect now in custody. investigators trying to piece together a potential motive. and the atmospheric river that is totally drenching the west prompting some dramatic rescues. is there any end in sight to the torrent of water? thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are just hours out now from the next republican debate, and donald trump, who won t even be on the stage is dominating the headlines for stunning comments about a potential second term. the former president refusing to say that he will not abuse his power should he return to the white house telling fox s sean hannity he won t be a dictator, except for day one. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody
lear. no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. dana: former president donald trump looking ahead to a second term blasting president joe biden and mostly ignoring his republican rivals last night in iowa. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. bill: i m bill hemmer. kid dynamite. former president trump taking aim at president biden on the economy, energy, foreign policy, border all came up last night. night before the final republican primary debate where he will not be and will not attend. once again, that stage will have four people but without trump as his distant rivals battle it out for second place. alexis mcadams is in alabama for the fallout today. good morning from alabama. where it is a race for second place, right, on that debate stage which we ll get to more on that in the second. the frontrunn
will you abuse power, break the law or go after people after giving no answer, donald trump finally pledges to be a dictator on day one. plumes of smoke rising over gaza this morning as we are now hearing from freed hostages confronting the israeli prime minister in leaked audio. why she s angry at the israeli government. a killing spree in two major texas cities leaves six people dead and two police officers wounded. investigators say one suspect is behind all of that violence. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. this morning a promise from donald trump to be a dictator. yes, with conditions, but a pledge, nonetheless and how he got there is even more telling. facing questions from sean hannity, not exactly a probing interrogation from edward r. murrow, but asked if he would abuse power, break the law or go after people watch how long it took trump to offer any answer at all. i want to be very, very clear on this.
Is this better . Lets see. I think it has gone from one extreme to the other. We will get started if you can hear me. Ok . All right. On september 14, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy walked into what can be described as hell on earth. It was days after Ukrainian Forces recaptured the city, and president zelinski wanted to assess the damage personally. The once picturesque riverside city was unrecognizable. Mass graves were filled with hundreds of unidentified bodies, including children. Bodies with crushed skulls. Victims hands tied behind their backs. Faces mutilated beyond recognition. Many showing signs of torture. It was the same sickening scene we saw an bucha, and other towns that have been socalled liberated from Russian Forces. We must not look away. We must face this squarely. We must bear witness to these heinous acts, which is why we have images of these crimes around to the hearing room today. I met with ukrainian prosecutor general, andre last week. He told me the