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today "inside politics," the gop finds votes to come out on top. republicans pass a crucial bill that assures the u.s. is ready to fight wars, and they did it after putting a deliberate conservative stamp on it. jared kushner under oath, new report ing reveals that prosecutors ask the former presidents son-in-law, did donald trump believe his own election lies. and iowa decides in six months. the countdown to the caucuses is on as donald trump decides to play hooky and skip a big sum...

washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaughs double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. >> there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of...

top of the hour. a busy wednesday morning. >> we begin with breaking news this morning. cnn has learned that the fbi conducted a search at president bidens home in rehoboth beach, delaware. the search taking place this morning as a special counsel investigation into the presidents handling of classified material picks up. mj lee is at the white house. paula, what more can you tell us about this search. was it expected? sfwlr it was absolutely expected. back when the classified document...

Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, october 21st. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. For the first two in time two weeks, muchneeded aid has been delivered to gaza, but groups warn those supplies are not enough. This morning 20 trucks loaded with medical supplies and food and water passed through the Border Crossing between egypt and gaza. A Spokesman Says none of the trucks carried fuel. In gaza, israel has demanded the immediate evacuation of the building ahead of a possible airstrike. ...

today on "inside politics," negotiators are racing to try toex tend the tempt the prayer truce between israel and hamas. with just hours left before the current deal expireses. a top official tells cnn hes hopeful they will be able to continue this pause. it comes as we are standing by for hamas to release the final group of hostages as part of the current deal. cnn is covering this past-moving story from all angles. i want to start with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. its nice of you on aga...

hi, everyone. its 4:00 in new york. it is raining news. we start with trump on the stand. it was short on substance, short on decourt um, and very short on truth. yet overflowing with deflection and grgrievance. donald trumps testimony in the $250 million civil fraud lawsuit in new york, though historic, felt familiar in some ways. except for one key difference. the arena. it was not a fox news sit-down or a meandering political speech, but donald trump sat down in a courtroom. and in ...

Subpoenaed or asked for interviews by the special counsel. so this appears to be a large part of what the special counsel is working on now. >> fascinating reporting. you mentioned that the pattern was a remiender. w porting is pennsylvania and new mexico, we already know that jocelyn benson, and rusty bahhers of arizona. >> we shouldnt be surprised by i any of this. if indeed the special counsel is following through with the mission that attorney general garland assigned when the special counse...

Is and we have seen throughout the time of the january 6th committee and the house well documented about election workers facing real threat in their personal lives, real disruption in their personal lives, which is an a insane thing to think about. how do you have a functioning democracy if the people who are charged on a volunteer basis mostly, to actually follow through and oversee that process of a democratic election are being intimidated. >> youre exactly right. thats happening with this n...

Russias unprovoked invasion of ukraine a year ago. it comes at a time of the highest tensions between the two countries in decades. blinken says he underscored u.s. support for ukraine and he also brought up russias recent suspension of the new nuclear arms treaty. and he call ed for the release f paul whelan, the american wrongfully detained in russia. lets talk with our security analyst. thats not particularly surprise ing. but this says blink was the one who approached lav rof on the sideline...

Memberer, now ryan was recently pressed by a well-conservative about whether he did enough while on the board at this particular time. watch. >> do you have any responsibility? >> i do. i have a responsibility to offer my opinion and perspective, and i do that. but dont go on tv and do it. >> is that going to be enough to prevent paul ryan from seeing any kobs kwenss or others on the board for being accuse of engage ing in negligence and misconduct. theres this defamation lawsuit, but you have t...