i am mj lee at the white house and this is cnn. donald trump he says he will not be a dictator except for day one, the former president is making it clear he s out for retribution against his political enemies. how are the other 2024 candidates reacting as they take the debate state tonight? seen an exclusive reporting on the georgia subversion case, prosecutors adding a big name to the witness list, mike pence. what can the former president reveal? israel said it has surrounded the house of hamas leader in gaza, benjamin netanyahu saying it s only a matter of time until we get him, we follow these major development stories all coming in right here to cnn news central. in a few hours, four republicans will battle it out on the debate stage but once again, donald trump will not be there. we know how big of a lead trump has in his 24 primary field, a whopping 61% of republican voters favor the president in cnn s latest poll. this is a lead of over 40 points, trump is also
this is cnn breaking news. i m jake tapper. we have this breaking news. reports of a shooting. reports of multiple victims. that according to las vegas police who apprehended the suspect. she is monitoring this from her . what can you tell us? reporter: we are getting a lot of information. we are just trying to sort out right now. what we are learning is noteworthy to say that we do know the shooter come as the las vegas metropolitan police department has said, the shooter has been contained and is now no longer alive. that part we do know. however, we do know this started around noon local time. just about an hour ago when we saw the campus impacted by this mere beam hall. also reports around student union as well. those are very close. we do know that this was steady week at unlv leading up to finals. we know that there were lots of students who were on campus. we have lost it. reporter: they were close to their classrooms. some of them were locking doors. they sa