Situation, a key event is happening this evening. What do you expect to hear from the candidates tonight . Reporter we have a few thousand Iowa Republican activists who are here to see their field of candidates with the exception of the front runner, donald trump. You mentioned his legal woes. That has become part of the campaign. At least for a night, this will be a trumpfree evening in the sense that he will not be here. His rivals will be. When you talk to some Republican Voters here, some of his supporters are very much with him, of course. We know that his core base is strong. But several are saying that they are willing to turn the page, in fact, interested in turning the page. And the candidates are now trying to seize upon that. There is a sense of urgency among many of his rivals. Particularly ron desantis. Hes been trying to hit all 99 counties across iowa. Hes up to 56 counties. He was campaigning in the western part of the state before coming here to des moines. One thing i
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
Narrowly tailored order to stop the former president from Making Statements that could, well, intimidate witnesses or jurors or even lead to harassment. And how do you think trump is responding . Ill give you a cliffhanger and tell you about that in just a moment. Plus, its day one of the autoworkers strike, the first in history against all of the big three automakers. And the union is now warning that more workers will go on strike if they dont get the better pay and the benefits theyre demanding. Theyre walking the picket lines as we speak right now, but in a matter of hours, they will be back at the Bargaining Table. Meanwhile, the companies are fighting back. Ford laying off 600 workers. Tonight ill talk to one striking worker. Shes a mom of seven who works up to six days per week and is barely making enough to survive, she says. I want to begin with the latest on the filing from the new Special Counsel, of course jack smith. Joining me tonight, washington correspondent t. M. Mitch
one day that s going to be me. cnn this morning continues right now. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is in kyiv right now meeting with ukrainian officials. this is going to be very much about taking a fresh message back to washington, but also to the united nations. as they seek to hold support together for this in this 19 months. special counsel jack myth is accusing the president of making statements in the january 6th case. we don t have the opportunity to watch the judge. whether this case should be broken up into smaller cases. and you have mark meadows trying to get over to federal court. fani willis took a big bite here. now she has to deal with it. the longest sentence yet for january 6th insurrectionists. 22 years, that s how long the former proud boys leader will be in prison. it s not the first time we have heard defendants suggest that trump is behind what they did that day. we can tell you it wasn t even here that day. the importance of t
in washington, d.c. are dealing with a very important question. trying to decide what price should be paid for telling lies that throwed a violent insurrection. eroing the fabric of america and through no fault of their own became subjects of a conspiracy theory. rudy giuliani s defamation trial sued by ruby freeman and her daughter shaye moss. the judge ruled giuliani defamed freeman and moss, now deciding how much giuliani will pay. started with the expectation he made himself that giuliani would testify on his own behalf. he vow yesterday to give the whole story in a bit of a dramatic press conference. once he conceded, the trial went to arguments. when that happened, the lawyer asked the jury to award them $24 million each. gottlieb said giuliani has no right to offer civil servants up to a mob to win a general election. very true. emotional testimony by ruby freeman yesterday. over the course of 90 minutes freeman recounted how she was hounded by death threats, messa