greetings, everyone. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, we heard from writer e. jean carroll just days after a new york jury found that trump must pay her more than $83 million for defaming her. carroll and her attorneys spoke to rachael maddow tonight, admitting she was nervous about physically facing trump in court. but one moment, that changed. amazingly, i looked out and he was nothing, he was nothing. he was a phantom. there was some people around him who were giving him about, but he himself was nothing. it was an astonishing discovery for me. he is nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked out. as big as that 83 million -dollar verdict is, donald trump may have an even bigger penalty to soon deal with. we are expecting a decision in the new york civil fraud trial in the coming days. now, the new york attorney general is asking trump and his companies to be fined $370 million. and there are questions as to whether tru
a brand new poll releasing right about now reveals what voters now think of joe biden and america s economy. plus the trump organization s former financial base is in talks to potentially plead guilty again this time to perjury. and i ve told this to anybody who will hear it. i am not going anywhere. nikki haley is holding out even with calls for her to quit the race. but for how long. what s going on, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m omar jimenez in for kasie hunt. it is friday, february 2, 5:00 a.m. on the east coast. coming up, a new cnn poll, numbers just in, they show america s deep pessimism about the economy might be easing up even if only a little. 26% say the economy is starting to recover versus 48% say it is still in a downturn. which doesn t sound great until you compare it to the poll last summer when only 20% said the economy is recovering. like practically everything else now, views of the economy are sharply split
biden nationwide as biden fights for votes in the pivotal battleground state of michigan and both candidates gear up for the potential rematch this fall. stand by for our revealing snapshot of the race and new reaction. also breaking, sources say the former chief financial officer of the trump organization, allen weisselberg is in talks to potentially plead guilty to a perjury charge tied to a civil fraud investigation. we ll tell you what that could mean for him and possibly for trump. plus, historic testimony, on the stand defending her actions as prosecutors attempt to hold her criminally responsible for the slaughter carried out by her son. welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with that breaking news. cnn s exclusive new nationwide poll showing how voters view the widely anticipated trump/biden rematch ri
in the morning yesterday. i was really lucky. as you mentioned i got a chance to work. but also in addition to working, i got a chance to go up to the rooftop here at the bureau in washington and snapped some shots. i m not the best photographer. your pictures. yeah, these are some of the pictures are awesome. it s really great because if you think about how close we are to the capital into the mall itself, you really get some really cool shots and best of all, ashley, i can tell you this the company fed us so i got some pulled pork and some barbecue. there you go. that is that a pretzel roll. oh, now i m hungry. yeah that was good stuff. what did you do besides sleep? honestly i slept. i worked hung out with my dog. we did grill though. we had some burgers, so that was good. that was my contribution to 1/4 of july. um but you know, it was fun. and like i said, i didn t see any until this morning, but i heard them. always good to have you with us this morning, kevin, glad you
killed in jordan, and congresswoman maxine waters weigh in on the border battle in congress. take it away, jonathan. thanks very much, rev. have a great evening. the fallen. president biden says the u.s. will respond after three u.s. soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a drone strike in jordan. he blames a militia backed by iran. the latest on fears the u.s. is being drawn into a broader middle east conflict. the chaos caucus. house republicans announce baseless articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas for the border crisis. but they re rejecting a new bipartisan immigration deal that addresses it. donald trump is taking the credit for it. congresswoman maxine waters joins me live in studio to discuss that and more. and risky business. the new york judge in donald trump s civil fraud trial is expected to issue a ruling this week on damages trump must pay, a ruling that could ban trump from ever doing real estate deals in new