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I melissa Murray Filling in for my friend ali velshi, who has the day off. In just a couple of days, Harris And Donald trump will finally meet Each Other in person for the first time. The two candidates have never even spoken to Each Other before. But on Tuesday Night they will go headtohead in a 90 Minute Debate in philadelphia. The debate will certainly highlight the campaigns, Contrasting Visions For The Future of america. And as you imagine, they are preparing for the upcoming meeting in ver...

records? or as peter baker put it in "the new york times," republican voters may be care if their leader slips money to a porn star to keep quiet, but will they be indifferent about impeding authorities seeking to recover clandestine materials? thats todays poll question which ill share in a moment. it may depend upon responses by trumps gop opponents. most were quick to weigh in before the indictment was unsealed. ron desantis said the weaponization of federal law enforcement represen...

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Donald trump is once again telling us he only accepts Election Results when he wins. Last night at a gop dinner in minnesota he falsely claimed he beat President Biden in the state in 2020. Backcheck. Biden won minnesota by 230,000 votes. Trumps Midwest Campaign stop came on and off day from his Election Interference Trial in new york. It is a pilgrimage of sorts. A suite of republicans joined. Mike johnson parroted trumps lies. Joining us is holy in castro and special correspondent molly jong f...

First, the latest headlines. A man has been charged with the Attempted Murder of the slovak Prime Minister, robert fico. The politician is now able to speak, officials have said, but is still in a very serious condition after being shot several times yesterday. Slovakias Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf who opposed the government. China and russia have put on a display of unity and mutual support during a meeting of their two leaders in beijing. Xijinping and the Vladimir P...

In his car. There was so much rain a sea lion at the Central Park Zoo managed to escape her pool when it flooded. The zoo says that she roamed around for a bit but she was eventually returned safely to her exhibit tonight. Thank you for joining me on this friday night. Cnn primetime with abby phillip starts right now. This is americas debt. More than 33 trillion. And the first time that clock has reached that grim milestone. That is more than a quarter Million Dollars per taxpayer. Tax cuts, sti...

future cnn this morning with kasie hunt. >> next its tuesday, may 28, right now on cnn this morning, donald trumps defense team preparing for closing argument since in the hush money trial, they plan to keep attacking the prosecutions star witness, plus i have never prayed so hard in my whole life. >> at least 23 people, including four children killed by severe storms during a deadly holiday weekend and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling an attack on rafah that killed 45...

So were going to have to see how this plays out. but its no -- theres no question that they are treating this very gingerly right now and basically hoping that somebody else does the work for them. >> eric, are they treating it gingerly because they really believe its weaponization of the doj, or are they scared to death of the maga base? >> they do believe that it is weaponization of the doj when you look at hunter biden and hillary clinton. they also do treat it seriously. its not a fear of th...

This. we have seen repeatedly with trump voters theyre willing to consider alternatives, but you have to phrase everything in a way that doesnt make them feel like theyre be trying donald trump. and that takes some focus grouping. im aware of some thats already happening among some of the major candidates trying to figure out how do you explain to the base this is bad. one guy who can do it is the man whose son has been active duty, and thats the former vice president who already said donald tru...

Major scandal and if they dont have the goods, if they are not able to prove that then its going to look like something that the american people are being taken for a ride and its going to be hard to bring people along because theyre going to ask why should i care about hunter biden when i have my own issues, my own family has issues to deal with, not the biden family. >> there are republicans polling in the focus grouping saying please dont overfocus on this. >> this is the real power, though, ...