voting for. plus, after starting the year as the newly elected house speaker, kevin mccarthy will end it as a private citizen. the former republican leader announcing he s leaving congress after one of the most tumultuous reigns in american history, so what s next? and four russian soldiers indicted in america for atrocious acts of violence in ukraine. how the doj is employing a never before used war crime legislation to try to get justice for an american who was beaten and tortured by russian troops. a lot to get to. we start with donald trump, hand add prime time opportunity to beat back growing criticism that his second term would put the u.s. on a path to a dictator ship, instead he said this. you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border, and i want to drink that s not that s not drill, drill. that s not retribution. i m
center, the north hall of the convention center and they will slowly move students there. police at the same time are going building by building, and from what we understand, this is a large campus. they re going building by building, floor by floor, making sure that they can go in and clear each floor, making sure there s no one else that may be injured, making sure that if there are people who are still scared, hunkering down, that they are helping them get them out of the building, and get them to safety and get them back with their loved ones. so these are all some of the things that we have been seeing, along with some of the images that we have been looking at, coming out of las vegas where they re showing armored vehicles, s.w.a.t. vehicles making they way to the scene as they expanded the perimeter around the campus. all of that making people very nervous in the area, but at the same time, police are say thing is now a time where we don t have any other threat. but th
donald trump, refusing to say unequivocally that if he s reelected, he would not abuse power. so how will his republican rivals respond on the debate stage tonight. with weeks to go before iowa, will they finally go after the front runner, especially with trump skipping out again. while the former president looks ahead to 2024, prosecutors in fulton county, georgia are still looking to hold him accountable for the chaos that followed the 2020 election. a new key witness has been added to the list. his former vice president, mike pence, cnn s exclusive details are straightahead. new audio of freed israeli hostages confronting the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a private meeting. we will tell you why they are venting their frustration at the israeli government. following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. tonight for republican presidential hopefuls will face off in another primary debate, florida governor desantis, f
new this morning, the leading republican candidate for president pledged that he will be a dictator. on his first day in office, faced with questions from his pal sean hannity about whether he had plans to abuse power, break the law or use the government to go after people, after not answering for nearly five minutes, this what trump said. under no circumstances, you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except for day one. except for except for day one. meaning? i want to close the border and i want to drill, drill, drill. he said you re not going to be a dictator, are you? no, no, no. other than day one. we re closing the border and we re drilling, drilling, drilling. after that i m not a dictator. that was during a town hall last night in iowa. the authoritarian talk didn t stop there. trump also reminded everyone listening of his relationships with dictators. tell you what, we are dealing and
will you abuse power, break the law or go after people after giving no answer, donald trump finally pledges to be a dictator on day one. plumes of smoke rising over gaza this morning as we are now hearing from freed hostages confronting the israeli prime minister in leaked audio. why she s angry at the israeli government. a killing spree in two major texas cities leaves six people dead and two police officers wounded. investigators say one suspect is behind all of that violence. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. this is cnn news central. this morning a promise from donald trump to be a dictator. yes, with conditions, but a pledge, nonetheless and how he got there is even more telling. facing questions from sean hannity, not exactly a probing interrogation from edward r. murrow, but asked if he would abuse power, break the law or go after people watch how long it took trump to offer any answer at all. i want to be very, very clear on this.