Court for His Civil Fraud Trial, former President Donald Trump is heading back to the Campaign Trail, but not before going after the judge who put him under a gag order. Well take you live to the c courthouse. And Police Searching for suspects after a Mass Shooting during home come Week Celebrations at a university. Well have the latest on that search. Were following these latest developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. And now there are two, minutes ago House Majority leader Steve Scalise made it official announcing that he will run to replace Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker. It comes just hours after hardline conservative jim jordan publicly said he will run. Both need to win over more moderate members of their conference. And theres no time to waste, a floor vote on the speaker is expected next week in then the house is essentially paralyzed with a deadline looming in november. Melanie za nnona joins us on capitol hill. What do we know about Steve Scalise and who else may be challenging him. Reporter well, the race is on less than 11 hours after that stunning vote to remove Kevin Mccarthy. I was told Steve Scalise had already been making calls last night lining up supporters but today he made it official in a letter to his colleagues. He wrote, god already gave me another chance at life. I believe we were all put her for a purpose. This next chapter wont be easy, but i know what it takes to fight and im prepared for the battles that lie ahead. I humbly ask for your support to be speaker of the house. Steve scalise was shot at a baseball practical in 2017. Hes also undergoing treatments for blood cancer. He said hes up for the job. This is a moment hes long been waiting for in the wings, for potentially when Kevin Mccarthy did step aside. Its not a coronation for Steve Scalise. Hes going to have to face off against jim jordan. Hes liked by conservatives. He was a mccarthy ally. And jordan made it official this morning and our manu raju caught up with him this morning. Heres what he had to say. What promises are you making to the conference, policywise, agendawise . Agenda is what i spoke about on the floor, manu. We need to pass the bills that need to be passed. Weve done a lot of that, the biggest one, of course, h. R. 2, the immigration Border Security legislation. Frankly, i wish Chuck Schumer would bring it up. Reporter now, both men made their case today before the texas republican delegation. A very large bloc of republicans and large bloc of republicans in the house. This is next week. Tuesday is when the candidates will hold their candidate forum. On wednesday, they will hold their leadership elections. Were also being told theres a scramble on the way for lower leadership posts, tom emmer, his Deputy Guy Russian Follower now running for w. H. I. P. And im told Alise Stefanic is keeping her options open, interested in moving up the ladder. But the big question, pam, it remains, can republicans rerely on someone to be their conference . In that is answered they cant conduct any other business. Hopefully, republicans will have the answer next week. Of course that is in the back of another looming Government Shutdown in 40 days from now. Melanie, zanona, thank you. Lets go to someone soon voting for speaker. Congressman davison. Hes a member of the caucus. Congressman, jim jordan and Steve Scalise both officially announcing theyll seek the speakership. Will you support either of them . Well, well see if theres any other range of candidates in the field. There are certainly other folks feeling out whats possible. I think melanie laid it out right, were not really going to know in republicans are back in d. C. Together. Most of us are in d. C. , people are scattered around the country, to be sure. But i think the bulk are here in bk, networking. I think it was a smart decision by Patrick Mchenry to say maybe we should vet separately, instead of all together. Thats been healthy. Ive had conferences with people across the country. What i shared with cnn is what i chaired with cnn last night, i think whomever can cast a vision for the country is going to emerge as the speaker. Because the right question is, i think its harder for anyone in the conference to trust any one person than it is to have confidence on a shared mission. And on that question of unity, congressman, how confident are you that the chairman of the Judiciary Committee thats carrying out an Impeachment Inquiry of president bide than is divisive in jim jordan, how confident are you that he can unite your party . Well, i think he has. Frankly, hes perceived so differently in moderate districts. I think thats what some moderates have filled out with me. And how would a person like jim jordan work in your district. Now that im in congress, i see why so many people have respect for jim jordan. Im not surely how it works in that district. I dont know that jim will be the first pick for most moderates, but he can be a leader for the whole conference. Weve had this fractious divide. We have how do you ute nite the party. Part of the frustration for the base, kind of the donor part of the party has been centrist for republican politics. If jim becomes the speaker, maybe you can everyone participating in owl fronts. And maybe Steve Scalise can do hes cast as a more conservative member. Well see how the conversation goes in terms of tuesday night. Sure. On questions of priorities for the next speaker, do you think whoever takes over should immediately put the Impeachment Inquiry of joe biden up for a vote . Well, i think the most pressing thing is the November 17th deadline. You know, we have to get our 12 Appropriations Bills passed. Steve scalise had put an aggressive timeline out just before the c. R. Vote on saturday. That was something bringing unity together. Part of the division has been how are we going to ask for a 45day c. R. . In the original Calendar Congress was not in session in d. C. In the first two weeks of october. How are we going to ask for a 45day c. R. And spend the rest of the days scattered around the world. We have to be here getting the Appropriations Bills done. We missed the deadline of october 1st. I think that has to be the priority right up front. I do want to ask you about the priorities for spending specifically on ukraine. But i want to go back to the Impeachment Inquiry, should there not be a vote on the house floor for the impeachment of a sitting president . Well, the inquiry is already under way. That was kicked off by Speaker Mccarthy. Thats under way. Theres a lot of evidence that says, yeah, joe biden should be impeached. So, i think that investigate will continue. The committees can continue their work. So, i assume that committees will be full speed ahead on the tasks within the jurisdiction of the committee. There are questions about that, that evidence you purported to have shown in the Impeachment Inquiry. But i do want to move on because youve actually sponsored legislation to define the mission in ukraine. Obviously, spending on aid in ukraine is another top issue for whoever the next speaker is to sort out. You called for the administration to give specifics on what victory looks like. You can give us specifics on how you define victory in ukraine . Is it the retaking of crimea . No, and, look, if you look at the administration, theyve been all over the map. I mean, they started off offering zelenskyy a ride out of the country and apparently it would have been okay with them if russia occupied ukraine. Now, they would have protested about it, but zelenskyy inspired the world when he said i dont need a ride, i need ammunition. They reactively have dumped 113 billion into ukraine. And theyve kind of dosed it out. Hes like, i need all of this, and hes like, well, you cant have all of that. While its grinding the russian army down, its grinding down the Ukrainian Army in the nation as well. I dont think bidens approach is wellthought out. We can continue talk about bidens approach but im curious about yourself, sir, how do you define victory in ukraine if Volodymyr Zelenskyy is saying victory for him to retaking crimea. But some folks, especially in the west, here in the united states, dont see eye to eye on that. What does victory look like . I think for the united states, our interest is making sure the war doesnt spread and theres a peaceful resolution to it. I think Vladimir Putins invasion of ukraine was unrest. I do believe it was preventible, but, at that point, you know, its already happened. How do we resolve that. I think there should be Peace Negotiations under way to shop the bloodshed. And i really dont think that a long war favors ukraine. A long war favors russia. And if its waged differently. So thats why the mission is so important. If you say were going with a long war strategy, this is only going to involve ukraine and russia, ukraine does not have enough combat power to kick the russian army out of ukraine. They dont have enough combat power, certainly, to kick them out of crimea. Or if you go with secretary nuland, she said her policy is for vladimir putin, im not saying thats unjust, but its achievable for ukraine. Congressman, quickly before we led you go there is a question whether or not ukraine funding will even make it for a vote on the house floor. Do you think it should . Look, the clear will of the congress is overwhelmingly they support ukraine. But theres a rule in the republican politics that you got to have a majority of the Majority Party before something brings to the floor. And i think thats something the conference should have a dialogue about. Because its right around 50 50 whether the conference supports any additional funding. And i dont think theres going to be support for from, frankly, from republicans, in joe biden does what surely they have already is a mission. Maybe theyre not on the same page across the administration, but they better get that way and brief us on it. It can be in the most classified setting, but they do have to define a mission. Congressman warren davidson, we appreciate your time, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you. Of course. Pamela. Day three of Donald Trumps civil fraud trial is about to resume after a lunch recess, this time, without trump. Right now, hes on his way back to florida, though he did attend this mornings session, three days in a row for the former president. Yesterday, his rhetoric targeting the court clerk resulted in a gag order. Today he did not tone down things much railing against the new York Attorney general and the judge. Cnns Kara Scannell is at the courthouse, with trump being scrutinized in that courtroom, trump has created quite the spectacle outside . Reporter yeah, pamela, he has. Hes taken every opportunity to speak as hes in the courtroom or exiting the courtroom during breaks during the day. And were expecting the new York Attorney general to respond to some of these comments shortly in the hallways outside of the courtroom where the trial is taking place now that the former president has left the building. Inside court, its also been a little fiery today. Theres crossexamination of the states firsttime witness, trumps accountant donald bender. Hes testified how he helped compile the information that trump prepared at the heart of this case. They had bender testify according to accounting guidance, hes supposed to in compiling these statements look for any obviously inappropriate values. Bender testified for ten years looking at these values years in this litigation he said nothing jumped out as obviously, an inappropriate value. Of course, the allegations here are that these Financial Statements were inflated. The judge did find that but trumps lawyers are appealing. And they filed the notice of appeal on that today as well. The judge has become frustrated with the Trump Attorneys crossexamination of bender saying that bender is not on trial, that someone else is. Property. You know, thereses dos of property and ten years at issue here. And the judge slamming his fist on the bench several times. Saying this is ridiculous. Youre not allowed to waste time. So crossexamination will begin shortly once the session begins again this afternoon. Trumps attorneys say they could go the rest of the day with bender as the witness. Pam. Kara, thank you. Lets bring in former Nixon White House council john dean. John, we know that trump will appeal the fraud, and some have questioned the specific aspects of that ruling, maralagos value. And you just heard kara lay out the witness saying he never saw anything that would have raised a red flag to him. How do you see this playing out . Well, what i see is clearly trump is trying to build a record for appeal. He knows hes lost with this judge. You dont go into the hall of a trial, in a courtroom, and smash the judge and the prosecutor. And think that youre going to get any favors from that judge. So, what hes doing is trying to build a record that is not going to impress this judge. But he hopes will get to a court of appeals. All right. Lets talk about this gag order because we know that a judge imposed one on frump in this case, after he had targeted a clerk on social media. And it seems like trump is really flirting were a fine line here in terms of his attacks against the judge. And the prosecution. Before and after the court today. And im wondering, are the judges and prosecutors in these other cases hes facing, watching this closely . And how do you think whats happening in this case could factor into what happens in those cases as pertains to gag orders . I think that the judges in other case are very much watching this, pamela. Because his behavior is consistent. If you go back to his starting of the campaign, when he first ran for president , he had a case relating to trump university. And in that case, he just he just smeared the judge constantly. He finally ended up settling that case for 25 million. So this is his m. O. Its a standard procedure to try these cases in the court of public opinion. And hope that he gains there. Why people would be attracted to somebody who bullies people who really are not in a position to fight back, i dont understand. Judges dont speak outside the courtroom. They dont have defenders that go out and take up their cause. So this is typical Bully Behavior by trump to beat up on judges. Trump is now heading to florida after attending the trial for three days straight. Do you thing his presence there made any impact, made any difference . Well, what he tried to do is influence the narrative of the case that there was something amiss that he had to speak out in the hall every break he could get. I thought it was very lenient of the judge and the security people to let him do it. Because the judge, he knows its not going to affect him. And i dont think its going to affect the court of appeals. So, the record thats being made inside the courtroom may or may not have any influence. If its a good record, if they make good points, it will influence a higher court, possibly. It could influence this judge who will address it when he reaches his final decision in this case. But judges are not easily influenced by this kind of showboating. All right, john dean, thank you so much. Boris. Brace yourselves. 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Saying having too few staff constantly is bad for patient care. Listen. We have a crises inside, a staffing crisis, that affects us, and subsequently, affects our patients. Some of the people out here on strike today are optometrists, and their patients are looking at three months to get an appointment because theyre so shortstaffed. Keep in mind, kaiser provides health care for about 13 million people. And while most of its doctors are not on strike, many patients may still be affected. In a statement today, kaiser said it continues to negotiate with the unions. And that a lot of progress has been made. Lets find out just how muc