You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im in washington. We begin this hour with news that the Florida Republican party has scrapped its own loyalty oath requiring candidates to pledge support for the partys eventual nominee. It is a promise donald trump has flatly refused to make all along. It is seen as a major defeat for trumps closest rival in his own state, Florida Governor ron desantis, and a big win for donald trump. Meanwhile, as trumps legal woes consider to pile up, the judge has been asked to place a limited gag order on trump. They want to continue to block his ability to make continuing attacks in the federal case. Trump still leads the republican pac by more than 40 Percentage Points in the lowest cnn polls. Jeff, were about four months from the iowa caucuses. Youre at a key event tonight in des moines. What do you think well hear tonight . Reporter jim, the rest of the republican rivals will be gathered here on stage one by one reaching out to evangelical voters. A key consti
The possibility of issuing himself a pardon. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, september 15th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with Tens Of Thousands of United Auto Workers hitting the picket lines. The union officially went on strike against detroits big three auto makers at midnight. Nearly 13,000 members walked out of three plants in missouri, ohio, and in michigan. The strike is against general motors, ford, and stellantis. The union and the companies failed to reach a deal on a new collective Bargaining Agreement before the current contract expired at the stroke of 12 00. Tonight for the first time in our history we will strike all three of the big three at once. We are using a new strategy, the stand up strike. We will call on select facilities, locals, or units to stand up and go on strike. This strategy will keep the companies guessing. It will give our National Negotiators maximum leverage and flexib
The subject is in custody. I want to bring in trymaine lee along with frank. Start us off. Walk us through what we heard from officials there in the performance happening just a couple of minutes ago and how they were able to capture cavalcante. Reporter lets get the one big headline out of the way first. He was taken into custody without shots being fired by cavalcante or police. Thats a wonderful thing for people who were concerned that this could go badly. But the beginning of the end, really, incorporates some old School Police technology and newSchool Police technology. Shortly after 1 00 a. M. Last night, a fixed wing aircraft spotted a heat significant within the Police Investigation area. But the lightning pushed the aircraft back. Shortly after 8 00 a. M. This morning, the aircraft was able to pick up that Heat Signature once again inside a Tractor Supply spot. When police were able to kind of cordon off the area, surround that location, they were able to get into that space w
Despite being scheduled to be in-session, the legislature’s lower house is ditching Albany on Monday so lawmakers can take the day off to watch the solar eclipse.