cnn newsroom. we re grateful to you have this afternoon. i m boris sanchez. hi, everyone. it i m jessica dean. political lines deepening, law enforcement preparing for what would be a first in american history. the criminal indictment of a former president. the key witness in a case against donald trump is expected to be challenged today before a grand jury in new york. a former legal advisor to michael cohen telling cnn testifying at the request of donald trump s attorneys. look at video of costello arriving at the courthouse moments ago. robert costello saying he ll offer evidence that contradicts cohen. cohen, who once labeled himself trump s fixer said he paid adult film actress stormy daniels $130,000 in the weeks before the 2016 election for her silence on an alleged affair with donald trump. now, that was a campaign finance violation, as cohen lied on forms to cover up that payment. in 2018. you may recall. cohen cut a deal with federal prosecutors and adds mitte
hello, i m abby phillip in washington. president biden is taking the fight to republicans in florida and that s a state that s been tilting more and more toward the gop. it s also home to two of biden s potential 2024 rivals, donald trump and ron desantis. not to mention, biden s latest foil, republican senator rick scott. it is scott s recent proposal to sunset federal programs that biden has been hammering all week and in a few minutes he ll try to keep the pressure on with remarks focused on bolstering social security and medicare. cnn s priscilla alvarez is there in tampa ahead of the speech. so, priscilla, i don t think many people expected that joe biden and rick scott would be the first big political matchup of the year but the white house is very much leaning into it. reporter: it is front and center, abby. not only that, this is the second stop that biden is making after the state of the union this week. as he mentioned, biden is driving his message home that he is
course, which is, again, why we are monitoring it. jesse: the comey spy balloon airspace and fingers around a joystick and flying it towards major cities but we are not shooting it down. you said this is violating our airspace so why not take it down? yeah, so, you know, clearly as we assess options and considering the size of the pay load on this, looking at the potential for debris and the impact on civilians on the ground or property damage, and so out of an abundance of caution, cognizant of the potential impact to civilians on the ground from a debris field right now we are going to continue to monitor and review options. biden was against the bin laden raid and now he is against the balloon pop. he missed his shot over montana. what s the worst it can happen it hits a guy s barn? cut them a check like you did with covid. now it s heading into illinois? do you think it s going to last over chicago past midnight couple strays and that thing is in lake michigan. ch
subpoenas like lolly pops, only on republicans, republican office holders and attorneys, crushing the constitution. what for? they are throwing a broad net trying to get trump, republicans, republican state legislatures caught up. i want to break it down with y you. this is your republic. let s focus on so-called fake electors. looking at language and constitution of the united states article 2, section 1, clause 2: that is the opening sentence. does not say the governor or the supreme court of the state or any court. doesn t say any board of elections or secretary of state. it says lore legislature. it represents the people best of any representative body. the state legislature. people have called this the independent legislature theory, which people? on the left who want their courts run by democrats to make decisions about election in the state, it could not be clear, you would not have a constitution today if the state legislature were not involved in making the decisio
dive? i think we need one. republican office holders and attorneys, crushing the constitution. what for? they are throwing a broad net trying to get trump, republicans, republican state legislatures caught up. i want to break it down with yo you. this is your republic. let s focus on so-called fake electors. looking at language and constitution of the united states article 2, section 1, clause 2: that is the opening sentence. does not say the governor or the supreme court of the state or any court. doesn t say any board of elections or secretary of state. it says lore legislature. it represents the people best of any representative body. the state legislature. people have called this the independent legislature theory, which people? on the left who want their courts run by democrats to make decisions about election in the state, it could not be clear, you would not have a constitution today if the state legislature were not involved in making the decisions about the appoint