inflation. prices fell dramatically last month for manufacturers. of course, those costs passed down to consumers eventually. the flip side, there are still banking fears simmering, futures way down ahead of the opening bell, you can see there. what all of this means as we get another big decision coming, that is, the feds, whether it will raise interest rates again. plus this morning escalating tensions after an alarming encounter over the black sea, a russian fighter jet colliding with an unmanned u.s. drone. that $23 million aircraft then crashing into the sea and the race is now on to recover it. extreme life-threatening weather continues to hammer both coasts this morning. record rain, swamping california, heavy snow, 3 feet in some areas, burying the northeast. this morning nearly half a million people without power. we are going to get to all of that, but we do want to begin with the economy this morning, this new data that just dropped, cnn chief business corres
politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing your day with us today an abortion case with implications everywhere. a texas trump-appointed judge will determine if pregnancy pills should be pull ed off the shelf from coast to coast. plus more economic turbulence as american markets tumble on fears a global bank mugt go over the edge. and wrong, disturbed, the chamberlain approach. washington say the florida governor is way off target to suggest the united states should forget about ukraine. up first this hour, a texas classroom that may echo in w women s lives no matter where you live. the case, the alliance of hippocratic medicine versus is the fda. the plaintiffs are five out of state antiabortion groups. the argument that the fda put it ahead of science two decades ago ignoring evidence and safety rules when to go on the market. it s one of two drugs used to terminate pregnancies. it s as important or important than the specific legal arguments. today s h
caught up in the drama after papers with classified markings were discovered at the indiana home of former president mike pence. let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnist dan henninger and kim strassel and editorial board member men au quai barua. so kim, first of all, was it the right thing for facebook to do to restore the former president and what impact will it have politically? yeah well on the substance, absolutely, paul, because what we know, at least from the twitter files is that there wasn t many valid reasons for actually getting rid of him in the first place. you have to assume that was the same for facebook. there s also even bigger questions, too, about the wisdom of removing someone that high profile from what is essentially become a public square. politically however, you ve got to wonder if this isn t in a way a gift to democrats. they very much want donald trump to be front and center. now we don t know if he s going to go back to use facebook,
it s the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. i m alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. today the attorney general accused donald trump, his family and organization of a pattern of fraud and deception that was, her word, astounding. letitia james is suing the former president for $250 million, alleging fraud that spanned years before he entered the white house. also named in the suit, three of trump s adult children and two executives of the trump organization. they re all accused of inflating or deflating assets for their gain. over the course of our investigation we found that mr. trump, his children, the trump organization, created and used more than 200 false and misleading asset valuations on a statement of financial condition over that ten-year period. here s just one case cited in the 200 plus page lawsuit. ag james said trump claimed his florida estate was worth $739 million, when it was only worth $75 million. now she is not only demanding a quarter billion doll
polls. the heavyweights are hitting the trail with closing messages as key races tighten. biden, obama, trump, all ending up in pennsylvania, a high-stakes stat race there up for grabs as the woman who made dr. oz famous endorses his rival. maybe you ve heard of her. if i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. elsewhere today is the last day of early voting in some states seeing historic turnout, more than 34 million ballots already cast. plus, talk about a tease. donald trump addresses the 2024 elephant in the room. i will very, very, very probably do it again, okay? very, very, very probably. let s get out to the trail now. cnn s dianne gallagher and omar jiminez with us. it s the last day of early voting in georgia. tell us what you re seeing. reporter: you can probably see the line behind me, ana, that s completely wrapped around the building. this is typically the most robust day of early voting, the first