Trump hush money trial. And im Jake Tapper in washington today, a Courtroom Collision filled with history shattering precedent, and a Stock Possibility that one of the two major candidates for president this fall will be a convicted criminal sometime soon the government and the defense will give two very different narratives about what happened been in that Closing Stretch of the 2016 campaign, prosecutors planning to present a mountain of evidence documents, and witnesses to corroborate it. All, alleging the Donald Trump as you near to plan to buy the silence and Stormy Daniels with whom he allegedly had a dalliance, and allegedly cover up what he did by Falsifying Business Records now, the defense plans, campaigns, and altogether different picture to argue that the Prosecutions Case is built on Puzzle Pieces that do not fit together and built around the Line Hi of a convicted perjurer, michael cohen. The former Trump Fixer who has sworn to exact revenge on his onetime boss today, we
were white college educated women sort of the demographic that we traditionally think of as abortion being an animating force. it wasn t just them who were engaged by this. it was women from macomb county who don t have a college tree, less affluent, where economics and cost of living is a pressing issue but abortion was more upsetting and more motivating for them. this was a startling finding that the democratic strategists found. just days after the draft opinion came out to say that not only could they use this as a way to, you know, boost their own base, but it was actually going to prove to be a potent persuasive issue for those undecided voters in key battle ground states. there certainly had been that conventional business come in the closing stretch of the campaign. the democrats weren t talking enough about the economy. that s what would matter to voters and certainly a huge deal. as your reporting finds, abortion rights, threat to democracy played a big part as well. let s
world. i m laila harrak. ahead on cnn newsroom, we re in the closing stretch of an extremely consequent midterm election. it s a dead heat for senate races in pennsylvania, arizona, and georgia. we have a preview of what s at stake for both parties. plus, some spanish-speaking communities are being inundated with election disinformation and conspiracy theories. ahead, a look at how it s spreading so easily. and ukraine is bracing for a bitter winter as russian strikes pound the power grid, leaving millions in the cold and dark. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with laila harrak. we re now just one day away from the critical midterm elections in the u.s., and the stakes couldn t be higher. the candidates are now making their final pitch ahead of
on the closing stretch of the midterms. fantastic interview. very much appreciate it. let s bring the conversation back in the room. if you listen to kevin mccarthy he s talking as if the republicans control the house they control washington. we will do this, we will do there. we don t know how the senate s going to turn out. even if mitch mcconnell is the leader in the senate, he will have differences, that might be the most fascinating story in washington. senate republicans versus house republicans. and there s a democratic president for two years, if we do have some effort of divided government. listen to this part about the question for me really is how long of a leash is speaker mccarthy, if that s the case, does he have when the democrats kicked marjorie taylor greene off the committees, mccarthy says she ll be back. marjorie greene if she s going to get re-elected, she s going to have committees to serve on. i on oversight though? she s going to have committees to s
take it upon themselves to go after parents that would go to school board meetings and shouldn t we know where the taxpayers money is being spent? i call that accountability. we sat would be with mccarthy for that exclusive interview on the campaign trail in texas. clearly he laid out a blueprint of accountability questions. what else did he tell you? yes, what kevin mccarthy was trying to do was outline his vision for power and he promised to secure the border, bring down crime rates and inflation and the high cost of goods. these are three issues that have become central to republicans pitch to voters in the closing stretch of the midterms. but those bills would mostly be messaging endeavors. really, the big issue that s going to need bipartisan support if republicans win the house is going to be raising the nation s borrowing limit. and kevin mccarthy is signaling that republicans are going to demand spending cuts in exchange