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i'm bill weir from cnn. thank you for your service, man. >> that's what we're here for. >> reporter: you guys getting any sleep or -- >> intermittently. >> reporter: meanwhile, as northern california winds calm down, the morning begins. the camp fire is now the deadliest in california history with 42 souls lost, and almost the entire town of paradise turned to ash. the red flag warning, the evacuation orders for malibu remain tonight and, wolf, who knows how many smoldering hot spots are left, adding all of the more angst to the mourning going on in california tonight. >> horrible situation. bill weir on the scene for us. thank you. >>> coming up, the breaking news. a truly extraordinary rebuke in public from the first lady, demanding the firing of the president's deputy national security adviser, and the president tonight working with his lawyers on questions from robert mueller's prosecutors. so, let's talk about conference calls. there's always a certain amount of fumbling. a lot of times it doesn't work.

cnn issued a statement, cnn and acosta. it said we're gratified with this ruling and the result and look forward to a full resolution in the coming days. our sincere thanks to all who have supported not just cnn but a free, strong, and independent press. >> i do think it is worth pointing out that this process is not over. the white house has a choice to make now. >> to proceed. >> they can, it seems to me, call jim acosta in and say, look, we really thought what you did was wrong. we hope you knock it off. but let's shake hands and move on. that to me is the smart resolution. alternatively, the judge did give them an invitation to say we are going to establish procedures. we're going to continue to try to take away your hard pass. we're going to continue this battle. the white house now has to choose which of those courses to go. >> the president loves a fight. he loves to pick these fights. but he lost today. >> he's already been fund-raising off of this fight with cnn. >> he could make a political judgment that continuin

you run cnn. and if you did it well, your ratings would be much better. >> if i may -- >> that's enough. that's enough. >> mr. president, i -- i was going to ask one other -- the folks -- pardon me, ma'am, i'm -- mr. president. >> excuse me. that's enough. >> "outfront" now, one of the attorneys representing cnn in its case against the president and ted, i appreciate your time tonight. so, there is this hearing now tomorrow. how significant is it? >> it's a very significant and important hearing. we were very pleased that the court ordered it to happen so quickly. that's what we had asked for. it's a request that we've made for what's called a temporary restraining order. we're asking the judge to immediately restore jim acosta's press credentials because he's being -- he and cnn are being harmed every day because he's barred from doing his job. he's barred from covering the news. and so, the immediate request is for those credentials to be returned and then the case can play out going forward if

of cnn's jim acosta. this is an important initial ruling coming from this judge in this case. the white house had revoked acosta's pass, as you'll remember, after a contentious back and forth with president trump at the press conference the day after the midterm elections. this is a case that has cnf's name on it, but it gets to a much bigger issue of the first amendment and press access to the white house. cnn's justice correspondent jessica schneider was in the courtroom and she's now outside. what happened inside there. >> kate, the judge's ruling in this case, simple and succinct. it lasted just a few minutes, in fact, but the judge ruling very clearly that the white house must immediately restore our chief white house correspondent jim acosta's hard pass. that, of course, is the pass that allows him somewhat broad access into the white house grounds. now, the judge in this case was careful to say that this was in fact a limited ruling. remember, this was just an emergency motion by cnn to get jim aco

of me and cnn might have some reluctance to have a lawsuit titled cnn versus donald trump. that said, yes, i think they should sue. and if it's not about acosta, this is going to happen again. i mean, i think -- >> that's my belief. >> frank setting forth the dangers as a introductory way of saying it's likely to happen again. so whether it's cnn suing or the next company suing, someone's going to have to bring a lawsuit and whoever does is going to win unless there's some sort of reason. i mean, if the white house position is he choked or touched this woman, that's a very good reason. it seems to be untrue. but that's the sort of reason that can be sustained in the courts. >> sam, back you to in a second. frank, remind us about a previous lawsuit that cnn was involved in with the white house. cnn had to sue its way into the white house press pool, right? >> once upon a time when cnn was a start-up cable operation. >> yeah. >> the white house didn't want to recognize if the sam remembers this because we were there together. it was just before i went there. and cnn sued its

before cnn turned a corner financially. and ted was working around the clock to make it happen. >> i lived for 20 years in my office. >> which was right in the cnn building. >> right. i lived on a couch in my office the first ten years. >> he was one of us. i mean, he would be in his house coat down having breakfast in the hard news cafe. >> despite his efforts, critics called cnn chicken noodle news. >> i'll just go ahead and talk about some sports right now. >> and the white house would not even issue cnn press credentials. >> lift off of the 25th -- >> even so, from the start, ted knew what he wanted. >> oh, my goodness. >> ted didn't care as much about ratings as he did about being the most trusted name in news. >> and being a network that had truly global impact. >> what he was doing was going to affect every state in the nation and every nation in the world. >> cnn took turner to cuba, to meet fidel castro. >> he convinced castro to open a cnn bureau there. >> and even in the soviet union where ted created the goodwil

tweet the show at the lead, cnn. our coverage on cnn continues right now. >>> happening now, breaking news. deciding shortly. president trump set to be isolated and fuming. top administration officials, including the homeland security secretary, is a shakeup imminent. >>> press access after the president claims he can pick and choose which reporters are allowed inside. will the judge restore the press pass of our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta? >>> rising death toll. more bodies are recovered in california as federal officials survey what one calls one of the most complicated disasters ever to strike the u.s. >>> and with friends like these. conservative lawyers form a new group to put checks on president trump and speak out against his abuses and attacks. among the high-profile founders, the husband of white house counselor, kellyanne conway. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> we're following multiple breaking stories this hour, including a possible whit

cnn and news organizations called the race for valadao on election night. cnn withdrew the call. so about the blue wave, democrats made big gains in the 2018 midterms picking up 39 seats in the house and governors races. democrats had a net gain of seven, republicans lost six. state legislators, democrats gained at least 332 seats. >>> later today, democrats meet behind closed doors to decide whether nancy pelosi will be the next house speaker. there is tension and opposition within the democratic caucus, but the minority leader is widely expected to win the vote. a public vote on the house floor on january 3rd remains filled with uncertainty and intrigue. pelosi winning a letter to fellow democrats asking for their support writing, quote, history is in a hurry, and we need accelerate the pace of change in congress. the public has entrusted us to save our democracy. >>> tensions continue to climb between russia and ukraine as marshal law kicks in this morning. we're live in kiev next. >>> and why a key trump figure is about to receive mexico's highest honor. >>> senate aides tell

a judge just ruled cnn wins. the white house must give jim acosta his credentials back, and we've got live team coverage. >>> plus, the justice department is preparing to criminally charge julian assange. that's according to a court document filed by mistake by u.s. prosecutors. >>> and her side of the story, more from the upcoming documentary where monica lewinsky relives the raw emotion she felt during her affair with bill clinton and during the scandal that followed. >>> but we begin with that breaking news involving the white house. in just the last hour, a judge granted temporary order forcing the white house to restore the press credentials to cnn correspondent jim acosta. now, the judge who made his decision it's important to point out was appointed by president trump, and it all started with this incident, acosta asking questions to the president, a white house intern tried to take the microphone away from him during that east room press conference. now, at first the white house said it took the credentia

what is cnn saying? >> what the president and white house seek to do is restrict a reporter's access based upon the fact that they don't like the reporting that's being done by cnn and possibly by the reporter. that's called content-based discrimination. the first amendment is very clear on that. that the press has the right to report and express opinions regarding the president's conduct. the second part is the due process clause or the fifth amendment, which says if you're going to try to restrict anybody's access, you better have a good reason. there has to be a hearing demonstrating the good reason. no such hearing was granted to acosta here. there's also a third cause of action against the secret service specifically. but it looks like a very, very strong case. most first amendment experts think under existing u.s. law. >> i want to focus on how this came about. this came after the press conference last week. that's when the white house took acosta's credentials. er when they took his credentials th

>>> thanks for joining us, the news continues next on cnn. >>> this is cnn tonight, i'm don lemon, thanks so much for joining us. an extraordinary turn of events. at the white house today, the first lady melania trump forcing president trump to fire a top aide on his national security team. it all happened very quickly. early this afternoon the president took part in a cultural festival observed by many indians and southeast asians. just over the president's shoulder was a deputy national security adviser. just a short time later, the first lady's office released this stunning statement of rebuke. it's a position of the office of the first lady that ricardel no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house. well, tonight aides to the president confirm that she will be fired. and it turns out that she feuded with the first lady, her staff, over mrs. trump's recent trip to africa. one white house official accuses her of then leaking stories about it, during her first trip, the first lady said the following about her influence on her husband. and maybe she was telling us more abou

>> cnn's brian stelter, thanks very much. and coming up, i'll speak with the lawyer representing cnn in this case, ted boutrous. that's coming up here in "the situation room." >>> let's dig deeper on president trump's response to written questions from special counsel robert mueller. our crime and justice reporter is working this part of the story for us. shimon. today the president called mueller's questions and i'm quoting now, not very difficult. we know that the questions were the result of months of negotiations between mueller and the president's legal team. if they're so easy to answer, why hasn't the president turned them in yet? >> right. that's a great question, wolf. and in terms of when you think about the fact that it's taken nearly a year to answer some of these questions, to respond to some of the investigation that robert mueller and special counsel have ongoing. one of the things that certainly some of the folks -- some of the folks here are hearing on our team is that they are concerned with some of the ques

>>> thanks for joining us, the news continues next on cnn. >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon, thanks so much for joining us. an extraordinary turn of events. at the white house today, the first lady melania trump forcing president trump to fire a top aide on his national security team. it all happened very quickly. early this afternoon the president took part in a cultural festival observed by many indians and southeast asians. just over the president's shoulder was a deputy national security adviser. just a short time later, the first lady's office released this stunning statement of rebuke. it's a position of the office of the first lady that ricardel no longer deserves the honor of serving in this white house. well, tonight aides to the president confirm that she will be fired. and it turns out that she feuded with the first lady, her staff, over mrs. trump's recent trip to africa. one white house official accuses her of then leaking stories about it, during her first trip, the first lady said the following about her influence on her husband. and maybe she wa

temporary win for cnn. but it's possible jim acosta could still end up having his credentials revoked ultimately. >> that's right. i think it's really important to point out this is as pete said a middle ground ruling. often we want to see a clear victor coming out of a case like this one way or the other. and the reason why it's significant is because that question of due process is so important. it's about the manner in which his press credentials were revoked. so for now, you know, i can tell you the folks at cnn see this as a win and an indication that things are headed in the right direction. but the sort of larger question about the precedent that this whole case sets going forward and how sort of emboldened president trump and his white house feel in terms of how they consider treat reporters, that's something that has yet to be decided. that's something we're going to have to wait until next week for. >> pete, can i bring you in here for a second. it seems as though the judge gave a brush back to th

of discrimination from the president, that cnn has had it out for cnn, that cnn's lawyers pointed to those tweets, the repeated tweets from the president where he has called cnn fake news, and the judge said, "look, i watched this tape, can't we -- can't we look at that tape separately from the president's previous attacks." he seemed to say that we should look at this and maybe take some creedence credence in what the white house has said in that they have banned jim acosta because of his disorderly or disrespectful conduct, that was the judge's temperament. on the other side, the judge also asked tough questions of the government, saying why was there this shifting response from the government. initially, of course, sarah sanders tweeted the night jim acosta's hard pass was revoked, she tweeted it was in large part because jim acosta had placed an arm on the intern that was trying to take that microphone away from him. so the judge delved into that, asked why where these shifting explanations from the white house and who exactly made the decision to revoke the hard pass, because it

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jim acosta from cnn, the chief white house correspondent from cnn is seeing his ability to go to the white house and be on the premises is revoked. he's not allowed in anymore. this is result of his despicable repave year today. i defended him in the past. what i saw today, we'll get into it with kellyanne conway. way saw was not right, and not appropriate. so now he's not going to be able to go back. what he's saying i'm sure, somehow this is squashing the freedom of the press. what do you say to that? >> he's an embarrassment to his so-called profession. chris wallace, one of the deans of washington's press corps says it was an embarrassment, his performance today at the white house. i think we need to just look to further than his actions of yelling at the president, giving a speech to the president without a question. then when the president says enough, he physically blocks the young female staffer, she is a professional. trish: if that had been a fox reporter and it was president -s president obama, and president obama's intern it would be a didn't story in the media. i looked

howie kurtz, i always forget you worked for cnn. a different era. this is what cnn said today. the fifth amendment rights to due process, that's the funniest of all, first amendment rights, freedom of the press. if left unchallenged the actions of the white house would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials. has donald trump not availed reporters himself and tough questions over the last year? >> zillions of questions especially lately. with this lawsuit, cnn is signaling to trump supporters that does it not only journalistically oppose the president it is legally opposing the present. jeff zucker said today the first amendment guarantees reporters the right to ask tough questions. nobody is disputing that. it's not about the questions. lecturing the president rather than asking questions. he's flaunting the rules, interrupting other reporters, interrupting the president and refusing to give up the mic. >> laura: the public view of the press, as you pointed out many times, has been declining fairly precipitously over the years. ho

new draft court document obtained by cnn -- documents obtained by cnn. >>> president trump spilling his guts, he will, to the "washington post" claiming his gut instincts are better than anyone's brain. >>> it's not data driven. we'd like to see something that is more data driven. >> the trump administration climate change report is dead wrong, says the trump administration. >>> we can go forward and we're not looking back. >> a republican win in last night's senate runoff. but the balance of power in the house continues to turn blue. welcome back to "early start," everybody, i'm dave briggs. >> a deeper shade of blue by the day. i'm christine romans. it is 30 minutes past the hour. let's begin with this. we have a clearer idea this morning what special counsel robert mueller may know about the trump confidante roger stone's effort to get documents from wikileaks. cnn obtained draft court documents apparently written by mueller's office. they cite emails between stone and his associate, the right-wing author jerome corsi, during the 2016 campaign. in them, stone pushes corsi to get in t

cnn is live in iran. our senior international correspondent fred pleitgen in the ground in the nation's capital, tehran. what is the mood there among hard-liners and moderates who brokered the original deal ahead of the sanctions that are now looming? >> reporter: well, george, obviously with some of the rhetoric they have been hearing from president trump over the past couple of days in the run-up to the sanctions being put in place, there is a lot of anger toward president trump and the trump administration. but also especially at the demo we were at today, a lot of defiance as well. a lot of people saying they're going to stand up to the united states, they believe they can stand up to the united states and that they will see all of this through. there was a very, very angry mood there at the demonstration, a lot of posters depicting president trump in various poses and also iranian leaders essentially defeating president trump, being one of the themes as well. just yesterday, iran's supreme leader, he

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the lawyers for cnn in court today says, look, this is another example of the case that cnn is trying to make, which is that acosta is being discriminated against for his content. this is not about his behavior. this is not about anything bigger. this is about acosta's -- his aggressive style. it's about trump not liking cnn. and here's another example. trump trying to fund raise off of cnn's lawsuit. so the case we're hearing from cnn's lawyers is that this is discrimination. this is an anti-first amendment move. and, you know, again, the judge, timothy j. kelly, who is a trump appointee, there's a lot riding on his decision tomorrow. he wanted to sleep on it, spend the night thinking about it, and then rule tomorrow. tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. is the hearing. i think news outlets across the country -- >> other croacross the world. >> because if acosta's press pass can be rescinded, what about -- >> we've seen a number of aggressive reporters at the white house. >> that's right. >> in the press corps and beyond. thank you, brian. i appreciate that. >>> the president endorsing a bipartisan

and cnn goes first. the argument made by cnn's lawyers first and then government lawyers respond and then judge timothy j. kelly will hear both sides, discuss with both sides. he may issue a ruling this afternoon. he may come out right away and respond to cnn's request for what's called a temporary restraining order, the preliminary injunction cnn wants in order to get acosta's press pass right away. so the judge could rule or take a break, talk with his clerks, come back later in the evening and make an announcement. however, this is not going to end today. no matter what the judge rules, cnn is also asking for a permanent response. a permanent relief in legalese, which would declare the trump administration's actions unconstitutional. that would i thay that would pr future reporters from suffering the same kind of punishment acosta has suffered. >> how has the white house responded? >> the doj responded to the lawsuit, basically said they believe they have broad discretion to decide who comes and who g

cnn should get to decide if acosta's style is right and i love cnn's situation because we have all these different white house reporters with different styles and acosta is one style and kaitlin collins, everybody has different styles. that's the way it should be and trump shouldn't get to pick which style works. the bosses here should get to pick. nbc, the new york times, they should pick what's covering the white house and how they approach the jobs and i think we benefit when there's reporters with different styles. acosta is asking a question you might think is too opinionated. let's call somebody else and get a wide invader variety of opini. he called on acosta. he chose to call on him. >> we've heard a lot since trump took office and just last month, carl bernstein had this advice for the press. take a listen. >> i think we need to be rethinking how we conduct these briefings and what our response is to the press conferences and briefings when the president of the united states basically uses them as an occasion to lie and to manipulate the press. i don't think we should necessaril

>>> live in the cnn newsroom. i'm ana cabrera in new york thanks for being with us on this saturday. we are following breaking news right now. president trump getting his feet dirty in the middle of the california wildfire disaster. the president walking through the burned out foundations of homes in paradise, california. this is a town that was completely, i mean completely destroyed by the fast moving wildfire. >> families where they've lost everything, a lot of people have been lost. i guess, jerry you don't really know the final count. we won't know that for a while. there are areas you can't even get to them yet. but we have incredible people doing the job. so we'll get that done better than anybody else can do it. >> let's go live to chico, california. that's where we have cnn kayly hartung. the president is also in this regs. kayly, what did the president say to people who had to flee their homes, many of whom have now nothing? >> reporter: walmart, where the people, the community of paradise, are known to

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the lawyers for cnn in court today says, look, this is another example of the case that cnn is trying to make, which is that acosta is being discriminated against for his content. this is not about his behavior. this is not about anything bigger. this is about acosta's -- his aggressive style. it's about trump not liking cnn. and here's another example. trump trying to fund raise off of cnn's lawsuit. so the case we're hearing from cnn's lawyers is that this is discrimination. this is an anti-first amendment move. and, you know, again, the judge, timothy j. kelly, who is a trump appointee, there's a lot riding on his decision tomorrow. he wanted to sleep on it, spend the night thinking about it, and then rule tomorrow. tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. is the hearing. i think news outlets across the country -- >> across the world. >> because if acosta's press pass can be rescinded, what about -- >> we've seen a number of aggressive reporters at the white house. >> that's right. >> in the press corps and beyond. thank you, brian. i appreciate that. >>> the president endorsing a bipartisan criminal

this is what cnn said today. among other things, the fifth amendment rights to due process, that's the funniest of all, first amendment rights, freedom of the press. if left unchallenged the actions of the white house would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials. has donald trump not availed reporters himself in tough questions over the last year? >> zillions of questions especially lately. with this lawsuit, cnn is signaling to trump supporters that it does not only journalistically oppose the president, it is legally opposing the president. jeff zucker said today the first amendment guarantees reporters the right to ask tough questions. nobody is disputing that. it's not about the questions. he tends to lecture the president rather than asking the questions. he's flaunting the rules, interrupting other reporters, interrupting the president and refusing to give up the mic. that's been lost in this battle over credentials. >> laura: the public view of the press, as

kr with me, cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeff, the fact the judge pushed any ruling until tomorrow, is there a significance in that in itself? >> i don't think it's a lot of significance, but it is certainly a small victory for the white house since cnn's lawyers have said every moment that jim acosta is lacking his press pass is a violation of the 1st amendment, so the fact he put it off a day suggests that they don't -- the judge doesn't see the same immediacy as cnn's lawyers do. >> koeraccording to cnn's repoe in the courtroom -- including the revocation of acosta's pass is, quote, content-based discrimination as cnn is alleging. that's a crucial phrase. isn't it? >> that is absolutely the heart of this case. and i wish i thought as a cnn employee, and 1st amendment supporter that this case was as easy as some people think it is, but, you know, if the judge feels that this was disruption and the white house was reasonable in judging it as a disruption, not an expression of views that are protected by the 1st amendment, h

the thing that i'm thinking about right now is when cnn had a cnn citizen event a couple weeks ago and nancy pelosi said not only would they have subpoena power, she could use it as leverage for other issues. remember that. >> everybody stand by. democrats are moving closer and closer into winning control of the house of representatives as voting is about to end in five more states out west. california potentially could seal the deal for the democrats. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. people like to live where nature is so we've got this wildland urban interface area. we all love our parks and the best way to keep them healthy is to come in and manage them. hi my name is eileen theile. i'm acting fire chief for east bay regional park district's fire department. what keeps me up at night is that people have a short memory. they'll forget the oakland hills firestorm that happened in 1991. we lost well over 2000 homes, 26 people lost their lives, we really need to stay vigilant especially with climate change. this area, california, is a fire prone landscape. the one thing th

you shouldn't be working for cnn. the white house has called this unacceptable behaviour and claimed that he placed his hands on the intern who was trying to take his microphone away. cnn say that's a lie and are standing by their reporter. this isjim acosta. i am in front of the white house. a secret service officer is asking for my hard pass. butjim acosta's press credentials have been suspended indefinitely, and last night he was refused access to the white house. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. let's talk about both these stories. the cbs correspondent tom hanson is in new york. first of all, the firing ofjohn sessions, and nancy pelosi, formerly house minority and now house majority leader, saying it is impossible to read the firing as anything other than a blatant attempt by donald trump to undermine and end special counsel mueller‘s investigation. many people read it that way? i think that is the opinion of the vast majority of democrats, that president trump is not approving of attorney—general‘s je

let's get straight to the breaking news with cnn political correspondent sara murray. sara, these documents came from a plea agreement that collapsed between mueller's team and a man named jerome corsi, a roger stone ally and the alleged conduit to wikileaks. walk us through all of this. >> well, wolf, this gives us a really good insight not only into why investigators were interested in jerome corsi. remember, he believes he's in legal hot water and could face charges for lying to investigators, but also into this collusion investigation that we know the special counsel's team has been looking into. and in these draft filings, which, you know, of course could change. they were provided to us by jerome corsi, you see these e-mail exchanges between jerome corsi and roger stone in the summer of 2016 so i want to walk you through some of them. some of the things you need to know as you look at these e-mails, organization number one is wikileaks. so here's roger stone telling jerome corsi, get to founder of organization at the ecuadorian embassy in london and get the pendi

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cnn's jim acosta joins us now with the very latest. president trump seemed to pivot from his attacks as the day went on. on admiral mcraven. what is he saying now? >> he did because there was a lot of bipartisan criticism coming in, john, after he went after admiral mcraven. he put out tweet as you mentioned a few moments ago going after bill clinton saying the clinton administration missed their shot to take out osama bin laden. u.s. forces u.s. intelligence as you know, john, they did try to take out bin laden in the late 1990s but the president neglects to mention obviously that 9/11 happened under president george w. bush and the obama folks would argue that they put the focus back on capturing or killing bin laden when barack obama came into office. and john, i should point out this is just not outraging democrats. it's also outraging republicans. i talked to a gop congressional aide, a key gop congressional aide earlier this evening who said this is pa thetic, "quote pa 24e pathetic coming from the president. as you mentioned, no

you shouldn't be working for cnn. go ahead. >> i think that is -- >> president trump: you're a rude person. the way you treat sarah huckabee sanders is horrible. the way you treat other people is horrible. you shouldn't treat people that way. you aren't the best. >> mr. president you repeatedly over the course -- >> president trump: just sit down, please. when you report fake news -- no. when you report fake news, which cnn does a lot, you are the enemy of the people. >> lou: you heard in the earlier clips some saying that the president had yelled at acosta. he never once yelled. he didn't raise his voice. i have to say that i wouldn't have had such constraint. i'll be very honest with you. this is one of the most provocative indoesn'ts i have seen on the part of any member of the white house press corps. the majority of the members of the white house press corps are among the best of the craft. but the few exceptions are extraordinary. extraordinarily disrespectful, insulting and an embarrassment to everyone who has

own. >> i think this cnn viewers love him. lou: everyone loves jim acosta. >> it comes to one thing that is no, he wants to heckle president, and stan there and he is not looking to get information from the president, he is there to try to stir up -- my favorite time he stood up, and declared that the president was somehow refusing to answer questions from women, ridiculous. but, he then, asked the president to ask one of his female colleagues to let them ask a question, then goes ahead, and hogs the interview, and ask one of his questions, why did he not sit down and hand microphone to his colleague? >> you would have thought he would have been gallant and done that. unselfish move, i was surprised he it not offer. turn to the elections and role of federal judges particularly obama-appointed judges and democratic judges in florida. it seems they are being somewhat helpful to the democratic cause, i think that may be appearance, but what is your perception? >> down in broward county there just no way of you know -- when a coun

cnn legal annialyst joey jackso is with us now. how much of her story is going to have anything to do with what happens tomorrow? >> good morning, christi. the actual direct answer is nothing. it's important for us to know his state of mind. i think she speaks to the state of mind by demonstrating and otherwise giving the indication he was a pathological liar. he told her he was getting separated and talking to her helping to find me an apartment so i can live there myself and with my daughters. it's certainly to inquiring minds answers to his state of mind and mindset and veracity and character which we know is already bad. in terms of the sentencing i expect no one will have an. he will be science sentenced to life sentences period. so the girlfriend can give us a boin window into what was happening. based on the mainus nature of his crimes he will not see the light of day again. >> so just to clarify. i understand that watts' mother has said he should take his guilty plea back. one, he can't do that, can he? and, two, if his par

an anti-cnn meme. cnn is claiming to defend free cnn is claiming to defend free speech, only when it is their speech. you will notice, by the way, cnn did not object when the government threatened to imprison employees of the cable channel rt if they didn't register as foreign agents. it is owned by a formant government, so is the bbc. until last year, much of "the new york times" was owned by a foreign national. this is true of other t organization, none of which has ever registered as a foreign agent. but because rt is owned by russia, which the left believes that donald trump elected, it is fine with cnn if they are bullied and silenced. so, call cnn what you will, but don't pretend they are defenders of the first amendment. they are not. victor davis hanson is a close watch her of all of this, he joins us tonight.se i just want to be clear, we are always for free speech. especially speech that is offensive, even by obnoxious white house correspondents.at but to see a channel that has lobbied agains

cnn special correspondent, jamie gangel, and cnn political reporter, nia-malika henderson. good to see you all. let's start with his final point. i'm turning to you, because you always have the pulse on all of these republican sources. so on these jittery house republicans, i was reading reporting this morning that paul ryan yesterday picked up the phone, calls the president, is basically like, hey, could you, you know, pump up the economy and how great things are looking. and the president essentially was saying, no, immigration seems to really be firing up my base. and this is what he said about actually both of those issues moments ago. >> whether it's the great economy or the immigration, our strong stand and their very weak stand, where they have open borders, which to me means nothing but crime. i don't know, but i can tell you that there's a lot of energy. >> so to jamie and nia, how are republicans feeling right now. >> so republicans are worried, especially in the house, no question about it. donald trump likes fear and rage and caravans and criminals coming across

ultimately, cnn succeeded in doing that. every major tech platform band alex jones and his platform, info wars. you don't have to see that as a terrifying loss for free speech, because it was exactly that. but cnn was not done trying to silence its critics. last year, they threatened a reddit user for creating an anti-cnn mima. cnn is claiming to defend free speech, only when it is their speech. you will notice, by the way, cnn did not object when the government threatened to imprison employees of the cable channel rt if they didn't register as foreign agents. it is owned by a formant government, so is the bbc. until last year, much of "the new york times" was owned by a foreign national. this is true of other organization, none of which has ever registered as a foreign agent. but because rt is owned by russia, which the left believes that donald trump elected, it is fine with cnn if they are bullied and silenced. so, call cnn what you will, but don't pretend they are defenders of the first amendment. they are not. victor da

many said to me cnn was likely to prevail and, of course, the judge sided with cnn in the first hearing. there would be other hearings in the weeks to come. cnn was going back asking for more earlier today. it seems the white house looked around, knew it had a weak case and decided to give in. >> at the same time the white house are releasing what they're describing as new guidelines for behavior by white house correspondents. tell us about that. >> yes. that's the open question here. we don't know what these, quote, unquote, rules will actually mean. they've been described in a letter to jim acosta, the new rules according to the white house is that you can only ask one question at a press conference and you can only ask a follow-up if the president lets you. you have to hand over the mike as soon as you're told to do that. that's what is described in the letter, but, wolf, the white house press corps has not agreed to these rules, nobody agreed to the rules. it is unclear whether these will be real and enforced or a fig leaf, some kind of cover by the white house because they know the

or pray like we do. >> cnn's randi kaye went to mr. obama's rally in miami to gauge voter reaction. >> and while she was speaking to voters, there was one interview that surprised her as you will see. >> hello, miami! >> reporter: former president obama once again making his closing argument for a candidate. what can president obama do for andrew gillum? he won florida twice. >> he can energize the young people. he can energize the disenfranchised voters, those who think that their votes don't matter. >> reporter: you think that can pull over left leaning interest interest -- independents? >> 100%. >> i think he brings credibility. i think whoever he says yes to is a credible candidate. >> reporter: still many here remember 2016, and obama's cross-country blitz for hillary clinton in the final weeks of her campaign. his last rally for her was in pennsylvania, which she went on to lose. >> i don't know that the united states is ready for a woman in the presidential white house. i think that that was part of it. >> reporte . >> what is d

lee, cnn, new york. >> let's talk it over with cnn analyst ross garber. we heard in the report that the u.s. prosecutors had accumulated evidence of trump's role without naming him in the cohen indictment. cohen is facing sentencing in december. but apparently cohen has also talked to bob mueller team members. so who would be pursuing any kind of federal election violation that the president then candidate may have been involved in? >> yes. so if there's a prosecute, it would be by the southern district in new york. bob mueller handed this aspect of the case off. these are the federal plus cuters in new york. i'll say m.j.'s piece and the fabulous reporting in "the wall street journal" were pretty explosive. what they alleged is before cohen was charged, there was an 80-page indictment that was draf drafted but never submitted. pretty explosive stuff. >> and that somewhat is being said that a sitting president can be -- cannot be indictmented. but does that only include any allegations while that person is the sitting president or are we talking about all

a cnn special report. the state of hate is next. ♪ ♪ wake up early, o. ♪ slap on some cologne ♪ i'm 85 and i wanna go home ♪ ♪ just got a job ♪ as a lifeguard in savannah ♪ ♪ i'm 85 and i wanna go home ♪ ♪ dropping sick beats, they call me dj nana ♪ ♪ 85 and i wanna go don't get mad. get e*trade, kiddo. >>> tonight an exclusive new cnn poll reveals the depths of anti-semitism across europe and ignorance about the jewish people. one third of europeans is surveyed said they knew little or nothing about the holocaust. more than one fourth says jews have too much influence in finance and one in five believe that the jews are to believe for anti-semitism saying it is a response to their every daying on behavior. and this week we're exploring the state of hate. clarissa ward, you've been investigating anti-semitism in the country that gave rise to the holocaust, germany. what are you finding out? >> that's right. this poll was conducted 7,000 people across seven different european count

you're watching cnn special election day coverage. let me cite a cnn.com piece, called "the two americas are on a collision course today" written by senior analyst ron brownstein. he writes "from one direction, trump faces antipathy among your people and minority voters and unusually broad resistance among college-educated white voters, especially women. on the other side, trump retains strong support among evangelical, rural and non-college-educated white voters and women. let's begin with mary catherine hamm, senior political analyst david gergen. happy election day, all. good to be in your town. let me start with you and then follow up with you, david. has trump managed to do something, no matter what side you're on, that bloggers and politicians and tv ads haven't been able to do because he's made voting great again? look, i do think there's energy on both sides and i think it's a bit understated that some of these republican enthusiasm numbers are pretty good. that's not to say democrats aren't outdoing them because they are but

., and you are watching cnn. both parties are calling tomorrow the most consequential midterm election ever. for the first time since donald trump was elected, not just a state, not just a district, but the entire country will vote on president trump's agenda and job performance. that's at least out the majority of americans see election day tomorrow. it's according to a new brand new cnn poll. 70% of those surveyed say that their vote for congress is to send a message about this president. if you break that down even further, 28% say their vote is to show their support of trump. 42% say their vote is to show opposition to him. and 28% say their vote for congress is not about the president at all. but one big number is arguably the best indicator of how americans feel about how they value tomorrow's vote. 31 million. that is at least how many ballots have been cast so far this election. and in some states, like west virginia and new jersey, more votes are in at this point than at the same time in 2016, which was

-- sent explosive devices to cnn and other critics of the president. >> republicans in the house of representatives, president trump said he is ready to work with democrats and stressed there are conditions. he called for bipartisanship on the democrat friendly agenda of infrastructure, health care, and the environment but warned if democrats investigate. his party loses control of the house of representatives. praising democratic house leader nancy pelosi, a woman he vilified on the campaign trail, the president made a call for bipartisanship but with that newr, a warning that any investigations into his business or political dealings will put him in a warlike posture and shutdown the legislative process. >> they can play that game but we can play it better because we haveve something called the unid states senate and we can look at them, and it will go back and forth and be very good for me beingcally, i can see it good for me politically because i am better at that game. >> democrat led committees in the house will now have the power of subpoena, allowing them to investigate dona

another projection cnn can make in maryland, the incumbent larry hogan, cnn projects going on for a second term defeating the former naacp president ben jealous. in nebraska, the incumbent pete rickets holding on to his job defeat koog bob krist. now more projections in vermont, cnn projecting phil scott hanging on to his job defeating christine halquist. wyoming cnn predicts the winner that have governor as race is mark gordon defeating mary fromme in that red state. back to wolf and jake at this point. >> thanks very much. lots happening right now. the governors races, the senate, it's going to be in the republican majority, the house will be in democratic majority. divided government will continue. >> let's look at the map here of the governors offices. we're still waiting to hear. there's significant oneses we should point out. the projection, we didn't have a chance to talk about it. the idea ron desantis will can the next governor of florida winning over andrew gillum is quite significant. the fact that mike dewine will be the next governor of ohio, keeping that state in the republic