could not have been more wrong on about the job of iceberg, which he described as quote, the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination can see. now, just expected john adams. it just never occurred to him that america would have a president like donald trump. trump, it can be argued, sees the job of vice president as very significant. good evening. i m jim acosta and for laura on this friday night? the last time donald trump had a vice president, it ended like this with a mob of trump supporters storming the capitol, demanding day hang mike pence, punishment for not going along with trump s plans to subvert the 2020 election. as we all witnessed, trump saw the job of vice president as an aide he said the whole for maintaining the presidency, no matter what the voters decided. this time around, trump is likely applying a pence proved loyalty test before he picks a running mate, someone who won t let them down, no matter what. and
the source. tonight s sounding the alarm, both jack smith and alvin bragg pleading with judges to limit what donald trump can say citing concerns over threats that are putting lives in danger. the supreme court upholding a gun control law for the first time since the justices expanded gun rights two years ago, there was it s also a notable absence as we await blockbuster rulings and what donald trump said about immigration, a head snapping veins that has not the left, but some on the far right, unhappy tonight, i m pamela brown and for kaitlan collins and this is the source tonight, not one but two processes the kudos sounding alarms about the danger abdominal trump s words, warnings at the local and state levels that if trump is free to say what he wants, people s lives will be at risk. it s a claim that s actually been well-documented up and down. the judicial system in the words of a dcf appeals court, a quote, predictable torrent of threats of retribution and violence
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with us. our biggest hour of cnn news central starts right now all right. new york times, maggie haberman says donald trump is prepared to go after president biden on hunter. biden cnn s historic debate. now, just a week away, new details on the final preparations. that s ahead. plus were standing thing by for a possible a huge supreme court decision. many decisions major questions involving trump s immunity and of course, abortion rights unlinked the line and repeatedly reckless with guns, how prosecutor planning to go after alec baldwin, kate bolduan, out today. i m sarah sided with john berman. this says cnn news central just one week to go until the first presidential debate here on cnn no general election debate has ever been this early or potentially this important. and we re you are getting details on how the candidates are getting ready. president biden is headed to camp david. we re told that donald trump is talking to his vice presidential hopefuls, outside alli