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any minute, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is set to speak on the floor of the senate for the first time since his latest freezing episode as questions swirl about the future of his leadership. we re monitoring those remarks. the man hunt for a dangerous escaped murderer is now expanding. pennsylvania authorities say the convicted killer was spotted outside of the original search area. two school districts closed their doors as hundreds of law enforcement officers deployed to help with the search. and more than 50 years after his heroic actions in vietnam, retired army captain larry taylor will be honored at the white house. captain taylor will receive the nation s highest military award. we are following these latest developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. this hour on capitol hill, the senate is back in session after its august break, and many eyes and ears are going to be trained on the minority l ....
on air. moments ago we just saw the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor, the first public appearance with cameras since the recent freezing episode in front of reporters. also right now, a sentencing hearing is underwayer to t underway for the chairman of the proud boys, enrique tarrio, the last of the five to be sentenced for their convicted role in the january 6 attack on the capitol. prosecutors are pushing for 33 years in prison for tarrio because he was convicted on seditious conspiracy charges. defense attorneys are making their best arguments against that. also a major show of force coming up on the lead. secretaries from three branches of the milt calling on senator tommy tuberville to stop his hold on all military nominations because he objects to the pentagon s abortion travel care policy. and in washington post op-ed, they call tuberville s actions, dangerous to national security. that from the secretaries of the navy and the air for ....
right now. hi, ari. hi, nicole, thanks so much. today marks a serious, even grim day for defendant donald trump, who of course, was indicted, booked, and had his mug shot taken very famously in an election case regarding possible crimes in the 2020 race in the georgia rico case. he was also indicted by federal prosecutor jack smith in two cases which carry serious charges but, like the georgia case, are actually not currently on track to go to trial by the election. but for trump, the only case where it now matters that he is a criminal defendant is in new york, where trump s trial reached its inflection point today as d.a. bragg s team has just told the judge today that the d.a. s office has proven its case based on the evidence and ethus intoning the well known phrase, quote, your honor, the people rest. that s today in the only case that looks to be going to trial by the eelection. that means the prosecutors literally rest their case and take the position they ve ....
contentious cross examination, how the former fixer turned star witness is upending donald trump s hush money trial, and when this whole thing may drew draw to a close. and then the other big trial in new york city, senator bob menendez is arriving this morning for another day of jury selection. we ll have the latest on his criminal trial. good morning, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and lots of news this morning. let s begin with the breaking news in the race for the white house. president biden announcing a short time ago he will not participate in the three traditional debates organized by the nonpartisan debate commission, instead challenging donald trump to two non-traditional matchups with this video. donald trump lost two debates to me in 2020. since then he hasn t shown up for a debate. now he s acting like he wants to debate me again. make my day, pal. i ll even do it twice. so let s pick the dates, donald. i hear you re fre ....
tabloid reporter that show the frantic scramble to stop it from going off the rails. the chaos that ensued when the hush money payments came to light. on the stand right now is a man named doug daus. he s a tech expert who works at the da s office. he comes after hours of extraordinary testimony from keith davidson. the jury saw the agreement between david dennison and peggy peterson alongside a side letter written by keith davidson that, as he puts it, decodes the agreement between the two and specificically mentions donald trump. the deals was done before donald trump s election night upset, a shocker to both keith david sop and national inquire editor lance howard. quote, keith davidson text the editor in chief of the national inquirer around 3:00 a.m. eastern on the night of the 2016 election. quote, what have we done, keith davidson text. oh, my god, he text him that night. asked what he meant in his text, keith davidson said this was humor. he said there was an un ....