short time ago to push back the start date at a powerful repudiation of trump's bid to return to the white house, as his former vice president, mike pence refuses to endorse him. stand die for new reaction to pence is dramatic and important decision. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i will let her urine the situation room the skis cnn breaking news. >> there there's a lot of breaking news here in the situation room this hour we begin with the exit of the trumps special prosecutor in georgia in response to that critical do ruling by the judge hi, in the election subversion case cnn's nick

writing, i will always remember and we'll remind everyone that you were mcafee concluding the defense failed to prove willis financially benefited from hiring wade, but this finding is by no means an indication

that the court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the district attorney's testimony during the evidentiary hearing, judge scott mcafee wrote rather it is the undersigned's opinion that georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices. mcafee also describing willis fiery testimony last month as unprofessional, been intrusive into people's personal lives. you'll confuse, you think i'm on trial. these people are on trial for trying to so in an election in 2020, i'm not on trial no matter how hard you try to put me on trial. >> and her january remarks at an atlanta area church as legally improper >> first thing they say, oh, she played race card but no >> isn't playing the race card when they only question one? >> the judge also saying reasonable questions exist about the timing of willis and wade's relationship. >> when did your romantic relationship with ms willis began

>> 2022. >> mcafee writing the district attorney, chose to continue supervising and paying wade while maintaining such a relationship as long as wade remains on the case. this unnecessary perception will persist. >> i don't think it's a good day for the justice system. >> defense attorney scott ghraieb, been faced off against willis during the case when he represented trump ally can chesebro, one of the four co-defendants, to take a guilty plea. >> i hope and expect that the criminal defense lawyers in this case will appeal this decision. and i hope the georgia court of appeals has a different view than scott mcafee. >> she's not equipped to do the job and that case should end immediately. >> the former president's legal team vowing to fight on. we will use all legal options available as we continue to fight to end this case, which should never have been brought in the first place. attorney steve sadow said and that attorney for trump here in georgia, steve sadow says he is going to appeal this decision, which is likely to lead to even more delays prior to these

claims coming forward. and these disqualifications, disqualification hearings, fani willis had asked for an august trial date, though it is still unclear she can get this case back on track for a trial before the november election. >> while nick valencia reporting for us. thank you very much. let's break all of this down with our legal and political experts and laura coates, let me start with you. finally, willis survive today, but not without very serious damage, right? >> there were some really, really thought-provoking and condemning statements that were made about fani willis and a lapse of judgment. the judge went on to talk about these issues in detail, including how he felt about her testimony and the credibility of various witnesses. remember these were all attorneys primarily who were testifying, save a couple of one who was a former employee of that office and say you're talking about lawyers very familiar with what a judge may be looking at for credibility assessments and beyond. but ultimately, the judge found that although there may be some appearances of conflicts nothing rows the

level to actually deny the defendants of a fair trial, which really truly is the standard here. here. but that ultimatum came down about the perception nonetheless. and although he did say the burden of proof essentially was on those who chose to try to disqualify or and they did not carry that burden. there was still enough of a concern to taint potentially the perception of the public and although it wasn't just optics based, it was also a nod towards what he he felt was a lapse of judgment. but ultimately, this judge made a decision based on the law which said that there was no basis on mere appearance alone to disqualify, which is an extraordinary measure. >> elie honig, what do you make of this fawning letter from willis accepting wade's resignation of off there's an awful lot of spin happen here, and i think revisionist history, let's be clear about the job that nathan wade did here when he was chosen to lead this team, he had less felony prosecutorial experience, then every single well, assistant district attorney in that

office, he had zero. he proceeded to obtain an information or an indictment, excuse me, that was in part defective. that's why we saw six counts dismissed last week. he says today that he resigned to do the right thing for the american people, but he didn't resigned yesterday or last week. he resigned today because the judge forced him and the judge made some damage coming findings about nathan wade, the judge's ruling said that nathan wade provided inaccurate information to a different court in his divorce proceeding and then provided, quote patently unpersuasive and testimony in this case. nathan wade has not covered himself in glory. he's off the case now, and i'm not sure the judge didn't and do a favor to the fulton county da's office by forcing his removal. >> interesting, s. e. cupp by the judge had scathing words for fani willis in this ruling. does this ultimately play into trump's hands? >> 100%. i mean, we know that trump doesn't have a problem lying about these cases. anyway, and those lives are dangerous and his fans believe

them. but when there's a hint of impropriety, he doesn't have to lie. he can discredit the entire case, the entire office, and it doesn't have to be true, but he gets let's to do that with a bit more believability and not just this case, right? he wants to say the entire system is rigged against him, and that affects every other case. he's up against. he will use this and fani willis's quote, unquote unprofessionalism, her lapse in judgment judges words, he will use this to discredit all the cases around him. and i think her her actions, her decisions will have pretty big ramifications, not just legally for donald trump, but politically in his favor. >> well, let me follow up with maria cardona maria, are you concerned the controversy around this case? has fundamentally damaged it in the eyes of the public >> well, it certainly wasn't unforced error on behalf of what is otherwise i believe a

brilliant woman and da fani willis but i think what the what her team and what democrats were at large are going to focus on our what this decision was, which was the judge found that there was no legal basis to disqualify the da and that there is still and we all need to keep our eyes on this. and for fani willis, this is eyes on the prize. there is a mountain of evidence that donald trump and his coconspirators allegedly were involved in one of the most egregious in serious crimes. and american history, as they try to overturn and still in american election, that is the bottom line. and whenever this case gets tried and it probably won't happen, maybe it will, but democrats cannot focus on will perhaps this is going to be one of the things that brings down donald trump. no, we have to do that on our own. but whenever it happens, this is going to be something where

donald trump, even if he gets elected, is not going to be able to make this go away. so i think at some point he is going to have to face the music for those very serious alleged crimes. and let's also keep in mind that even with the scathing commentary of this judge fani willis is a very popular da, where she is from. and with all due respect to his honor, i disagree and i know many many women disagree about his commentary on her testimony. they thought that she came out to defend herself, that she was somebody that was standing up to for her rights. and that was something very attractive to many people >> and i'm that point, if i can just say, when you're talking about going or a jury particularly one in which you're talking about the county in which some of these crimes were alleged to have happened in the overarching conspiracy case. at the end of the de the jurors are not going to be simply weighing whether they

believed that there was a relationship between fani willis or any member of our staff, including if she isn't in fact, the person to be the one to try the case. >> but >> ultimately, this is going to be about a jury trying to weigh the behavior of not just donald trump, but the co-defendants in this case. and for every different angle that is being pursued politically, whether it's conversations about the race card, there will often be a powerful retort by the prosecutor fusion does suggest, well, i'm glad you mentioned that. what about ruby freeman and shaye moss? oh, a coordinated attack against donald trump. i'm glad you mentioned that. how about a coordinated attack in terms of a conspiracy, so they do have counterpoints that will be raised when this goes to trial. it will likely be for the for the election, but those are so powerful tools in the arsenal of any process. peter, yeah, lots going on. i'm laura. let me just follow up with you. and unrelated development maybe on a related but another legal development facing trump, a judge has just delayed trump's new york criminal trial by 30 days, less than two weeks

before the trial was originally supposed to begin. the delay. so attorneys could review records that federal prosecutors just turned over. what is the significance of this? >> well, first that was the amount of time, but alvin bragg was willing to give the of course, trump's team wanted longer. they didn't even divide, or split the baby. they gave what alvin bragg suggested, they actually have the fact that there was a document dump. both documents are provided from the us attorney. that's the federal entity, not the da alvin bragg, whom requested the documents over a year ago from the sdn. why if i'm not mistaken, that it came just two weeks for the start of a trial is really an extraordinary thing to have happen because had it happened after the trial had begun, they'd have ample ammunition to suggest misconduct of some type. now, what's in the documents going to be the most important? in fact, here, are they going to be things that tend to show his innocence or his guilt? that's the bottom line. they have every right to review things. they should do so before trial, it's unfortunate, didn't happen much sooner. >> le, what do you make of this

delay >> so well, if i just read the letter from the judge and it's clear to me the judge is taking this quite seriously now it's important for people to understand how this all came about. and again, we're talking about the new york hush money case. three years ago, federal prosecutors at the justice department decided not to charge donald trump for the hush money case. they generated a whole bunch of documents and a big part of the reason they didn't charge that case is they were not comfortable banking on the testimony of michael cohen. now, donald trump's team has i've been trying to get those documents from the feds for over a year, as laura said but only in the last couple of weeks has donald trump's team actually been given tens of thousands of documents? and now trump's team is saying this is an issue we need time to go through this and the judges letter today makes clear he's not happy with prosecutors, federal or state, and you want from them all right, guys. thank you very much. excellent conversation. laura will be back by the way later tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern to anchor laura coates live and be sure to watch laura's in-depth report on a mysterious connection between

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one of the most loyal soldiers. so the former president up until january 6 when he bucked a pressure campaign mounted by the former president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election today, no real mention of january 6 when saying he would not endorse or president donald trump. but this is what he had to say. >> donald trump is pursuing an articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed on during our four years. and that's why i cannot in good conscience endorsed donald trump in this campaign. >> now for vice president, there is pending it to these conservative values. we know that he also has launched this $20 million effort to secure conservative values. he's really trying to path a chart, a path for himself as this reagan conservative within the republican party that really has started to come completely under former president donald trump. but while he doesn't mention trump, but his behavior right away or at all, you have to remember what happened when

depends entered the race, which was essentially donald trump went after me, call them weak, said he didn't have the courage to overturn the election doing needed to be done on january 6 and pence has stood up to donald trump on that essentially saying that trump is wrong about what pence's power was on january 6. what is power was in terms of certifying the election? >> it's >> not that surprising. again, this is where he ended up, but it is surprising that he unequivocally said in an interview that he is not endorsing him. he could have just ignored the question. you could have said, oh, i'm going to answer that at another time. instead, he made a decision to say fact i am not supporting my former boss, i am not supporting former president donald trump is very significant moment in deed. kristen holmes reporting for us. thank you very much. i want to bring back cnn, political commentators, s. e. cupp and maria cardona esy. this is a remarkable shift from mike pence, at least my perception. what do you make of him saying he you can't endorse his former running mate >> what is remarkable, this is

a vice president saying he's not going to endorse the guy he served for four years and certain very loyal loyalty. that is remarkable however, the reason on policy disagreements feels a bit like a cop-out to say he's now at odds with the conservative agenda. trump has always been at odds with the conservative agenda, whether that was the debt and the deficit limited government family values, protectionism mike pence seem to be fine with all of that. and in fact, donald trump exploded the debt and the deficit with mike pence's help. it's just crazy to me that mike pence can't say after all of this time now that he's made it official, he's not endorsing him. it's because donald trump is dangerous. it's because he led an insurrection. it's because he's corrupt, it's because he's facing criminal indictments. it's because he's anti america and anti-democratic. you can't say all the very obvious things he has to say. they now have policy disagreements. it's just

so mealy mouth and a pretty i think impotent way to end what was once a pretty promising political career for mike pence. >> interesting, maria, as all of us remember, pence was a very loyal vice president to donald trump during his presidency. how surprised are you by this? >> well, i am surprised because i thought his cowardice would continue since it has been a reality up until now. so why now? i suppose. and frankly, i would have had a lot more respect for him had he said, i cannot in good conscience endorse someone who called for his maga supporters to murder me because that's exactly what tunnel trump did. >> and so moving >> forward, you know, look, it does give democrats are talking point by saying donald trump's own vice president did not endorse him, does not believe he is up for the job. and so

that's one thing that it gives us. but at the end of the day, i really don't think it matters because let's remember, mike pence doesn't even really have his own base because he never was really able to stand up for what he believes. >> i see. do you think this decision by parents could potentially impact independent voters out there or maybe even republicans who are skeptical of trump i mean, as maria just indicated, the pence has no constituency. he's really irrelevant in the republican party and listen, i mean, a bunch of us are, but he's, he's made himself irrelevant because in carrying trump's water, he turned off principled conservatives like me. but in not curing it all the way across the finish line, right. six. he become, became traitorous to the rest of the maga republican party. so i'm not sure his opinion matters all that much. and for independents and moderates, there certainly not taking their lead from mike pence's

political compass because we've, we've not really seen it. point due north this entire time. >> it's interesting, maria mike pence, reference january 6 during that fox interview, we all remember him having to be evacuated from the capital as the rioters were storming the building and chanted for him to be hanged. do you think pence would be declining to endorse trump if not for the events of that day yeah, that's a really good question. wolfe, i would like to say, again, giving him the benefit of a whole lot of doubt here that maybe he does believe that donald trump has turned around on conservative principles. but to essay's point, he did that for four years with my pence's help as vice president. and so that's why i said earlier that i think i would have more respect for him had he made that issue had he made january 6, the fact

that donald trump is dangerous, that he tried to steal an american election, that he inspired the maga folks to come and attack the capital murder bring policemen calling for murdering the vp if he had lead with those those reasons, wolfe, i would have had a lot more respect for him and maybe we could say, well, that was the reason that was the red line in the sand for my pens. but then again, why did it take so freaking long >> maria cardona and se cap to both of you? thank you very, very much coming up. president biden commenting today on senator chuck schumer's call for new elections in israel. what the president is saying as israel appears to move ahead with military plans in southern gaza what happened to the golden boy of new jersey? i >> engaged in an affair with another man. >> did you want to be outed united states of scandal with jake? chapter >> i've gotta get a therapist if they're having an interview, which i definitely new episode

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>> hybrid zola alvarez of the white house and this is cnn >> as president biden faces growing pressure from a lot of democrats to change course on israel's war war in gaza. he's praising his speech by the senate majority leader, chuck schumer, calling for a new israeli elections, or senior white house correspondent mj lee has more >> tonight, president biden, weighing in for the first time on chuck schumer's blistering criticism thursday of bench german netanyahu matter crude speech you think he expressed >> serious concern, shared not only by him up by many americans, the senate majority leader, who is the highest-ranking jewish elected official in the country, making waves this week when he took to the senate floor to say this about the israeli prime minister and called for a drastic change as a lifelong supporter of israel, it has become clear to me. the

netanyahu coalition, no longer fits the needs of israel after october 7, i believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of israel. >> the inflection point that the biden administration now stands in on the israel-hamas war, only growing clear each day. the annual st. patrick's day visit to the white house by the irish taoiseach on friday hey, usually a more lighthearted and festive occasion this year clouded by the dire situation in gaza, sitting next to biden in the oval office, the irish prime minister, again calling for a permanent ceasefire in the war, we need to the ceasefire as soon as possible. and later expressing his disapproval of the way us bins are being used by the idf. >> none of us like to see american weapons being used in the way they are. the way to reuse the moment is not self-defense president biden

already under immense pressure at home for his refusal to call for a permanent ceasefire. and recently drawing his >> first so-called red line in the war would invasion of rafah, would you have urged him not to do would that be a red line? >> it is red line, but i'm never going to leave israel. >> but netanyahu's office announcing friday that the prime minister has now approved of plans for a military incursion into rafah and a civilian evacuation of the area. the biden white house, eager to see those purported plans, we have made it clear to our israeli counterparts that we would welcome the opportunity to sit there plants, but making clear how challenging that >> undertaking would be accommodating for 1,000,000.5 people in a confined urban environment with not a lot of geography is a very, very tall order for any military the white house, of course, has been pushing for that temporary ceasefire and hostages deal. and there has been some

movement with hamas offering its counterproposal to israel, but us officials have said that they were cautiously optimistic about this deal and the direction that it's going. but the israeli officials, on the other hand i said that hamas's demands are still ridiculous. so it is just entirely unclear wolf, if, and when this deal is going to come together and every day that there is not a ceasefire wolf, the pressure on president biden is continuing to mount mj lee at the white house for us. thank you very much. right now. let's get a little bit more on the upcoming israeli the operation in rafah, assuming it happens, cnn's jeremy diamond is in jerusalem. he's got new information. jeremy, what is the tiny house office now saying about these plans? well, wealthy >> israeli prime minister has now approved a dual plan to both evacuate the civilian population from rafah and also to carry out what would be a major israeli military offensive into that city where 1.5 million palestinians are

currently living. many of them displaced from but other parts of the gaza strip. and so the questions are mounting about the feasibility of carrying out that evacuation plan. and where exactly they would go. and while these really prime minister has now approved those plans after a discussion with the war cabinet, the israeli government hasn't actually release any details about exactly how this would work. all we've heard so far from the israeli military is that they are looking at creating humanitarian enclaves in central gaza, which would have food shelter, water, field hospitals in cooperation with international partners. but no real details beyond that. and the us government, for its part, including secretary of state tony blinken saying that they haven't yet seen those plans from the israeli government, and they are also emphasizing that they do need to see those plans to ensure that it is not only feasible to move that population, but also to know that the accommodations where they will find themselves afterwards will be appropriate.

>> and jeremy give us the latest of the first humanitarian aid delivery to gaza by sea >> yeah. well, if the world central kitchen facilitated this operation, nearly 200 tons of food, which would make about 500,000 meals arriving in northern gaza earlier today hundred over 100 pallets of aid. were unloaded and now questions about how exactly that aid will be distributed. we've seen, of course, major security issues surrounding the distribution of that aid in part because of the enormous desperation on the ground. in particular in northern gaza, where cases of acute malnutrition are rapidly rising but there is some hope that more aid will soon come in. this maritime corridor set to be expanded, more shifts set to make their way from cyprus to gaza. and the israeli military has now begun a pilot program to allow aid to go directly by land into northern gaza after of course, mounting international and american pressure critically for this

humanitarian aid gets in to help all those people. jeremy diamond. thank you very much. let's dig a little bit deeper right now joining a cnn political, a global affairs analyst, barak ravid, barack. thanks for joining us when you look at these new biden comments today and the looming israeli military operation in rafah, assuming it happens, are we seeing potentially barack an unprecedented moment in us israel relations >> good evening, wolf. well, no doubt. >> we're seeing >> one of the most serious crises in the us in history of us-israeli relations. and look what we had here in the last few days we had the most senior jewish politician in america voicing very, very harsh criticism of benjamin netanyahu and then a day later, we had the most senior zionist politician in america, president biden backing this criticism and i think it tells you a lot on where not only the

white house, but where democratic party is right now and where the us's relationship with right now barack, what, what more can you tell us about the status of these talks on potentially hopefully a hostage deal and at least a temporary ceasefire well, i think there were several steps forward in the last 24 to 48 hours. the fact that hamas gave it's response and i would take with 100 pounds of salt the reaction to public statements from the israeli prime minister's office called the hamas response proposed stress and delusional, et cetera, et cetera. what i hear from people who are directly involved is that come masses response was much better than hamas is previous position. they are moving in the right direction, but there are still gaps and this is why these in negotiation team

tomorrow, we'll ask prime minister netanyahu to broaden the mandate it has given them because they say, if we want to close this gaps, if we want to bridge the differences, we need to be able to say more in the negotiation. then we will then we have been able to >> say until now, let's hope there's at least a temporary pause and that hostages will be released in the process of barak ravid. thank you very much. just ahead, we have more coming up on the fulton county district attorney, fani willis, as she now moves forward with the georgia criminal case against donald trump without her lead prosecutor. the breaking news continues next >> anderson cooper 360 tonight at eight on cnn greetings happen >> yeah, that's not good happens >> huge things happen david >> happen. >> be there with three, learn more at

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let's get more on the breaking news with cnn's brian todd. brian, there's been a lot of scrutiny of willis through all of this and that may actually only intensify i'm told in the weeks ahead, that's right. >> well, some legal analysts say the gauntlet that fani willis just went through in this case was mostly self-inflicted time. we take a deeper dive on her previous reputation as a high profile attorney and how this case has affected that reputation as she fought to stay on the trump case, fulton county district attorney fani willis struck a defiant tone. if people are on >> trial for trying to steal an election in 2020, i'm not on trial. no matter how hard you try to put me on trial, that fiery testimony described today as unprofessional by district judge scott mcafee, as he still allowed willis to remain on the case, but willis isn't free and clear, just yet a georgia state senate committee is still investigating whether she engaged in an improper conduct in the trump case, and she's been in hot water for this type of thing before >> this is the second judge now, who's been dealing with the case it's just mcburney, the first one said told the da

that she'd used bad judgment. there was a problem, an appearance problem. and so now we have a second round of that, that first to win fulton county judge robert mcburney blocked willis from filing charges against one of georgia's fake electors because she had held a fundraiser for his opponent it's a what are you thinking moment. >> get the optics. >> are horrific. >> willis, a democrat and fulton county's first female district attorney, had been in office for only one day when then president trump called georgia's secretary of state in january 2021 and urged him to find votes to overturn the 2020 election. results in georgia. the single mother of two in her early 50s says she was raised by a single father. her father himself was a lawyer and a member of the black panther movement. her name fani is swahili and means prosperous. originally from california, willis attended howard university in washington, dc, then got her lottery degree from the emory school of law. she forged her professional reputation with successful

prosecutions in a massive cheating scandal in atlanta's public schools. and by bringing anti-corruption charges against rapper young thug, a workaholic that is very driven, very smart and very like, if you're on a case, it's step one, step two, step three, get to it from here. >> analysts say the pressure on willis to be above reproach in the trump case will be enormous and one veteran attorney advisors her to toe that line as far under the radar as possible. >> but i'm fani willis. i want to retrieve get from the limelight of this case right now in the sense that let your line prosecutors, let the team you assembled be the face of this case >> analysts, bradley mos says, willis should stay in the background so that when the public sees this case playing out in the months ahead, especially in the lead up to election day, there'll be thinking about the evidence in the case and the allegations against donald trump, and not thinking about fani willis, wolf, brian todd reporting for us, brian, thank you very much

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ukrainians are saying there was an initial missile strike that then first responders moved in and while they were at work trying to save people, a second missile strike took place and ukrainians are already saying that there are first responders among the killed and wounded in this attack. and of course, a desk that has been a town that's been getting a lot of both drone attacks and missile attacks, especially recently, you recall that only about a week ago ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy himself was on hand together with the greek prime minister, greece, of course, an important nato ally of the us, when a missile strike also took place, a member of the greek delegation was saying that it only took place about 500 yards away from where these leaders were. odesa, of course, as you know, wolf isn't important port town for the ukrainians also very important for grain exports. wolf, very >> important indeed, fred pleitgen, thank you very much. for that report right now, russians are voting in presidential elections as vladimir putin heads toward an

inevitable fifth term in power, our chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is covering the story from moscow for us, matthew, have there been any signs of opposition, serious opposition so far? >> i think the half been, yes. wolf. in fact, we've been some quite surprising shows of defiance at polling stations in various parts of the country. there's been a couple of incidents of people going into polling stations and pouring die a green inke we'll dye into the ballot boxes to ruin all the paper ballots that have been put there. that's a show of defiance on the one hand, there have also been a number of instances of arson attacks, both inside and outside various polling stations in the russian capital and st. petersburg. the second city of russia. and the as well. those acts are extraordinary in a country where dissent of any kind,

never mind, attempts to disrupt the election like this are greeted with a very heavy handed legal response. the individuals concerned have been taken away by the authorities and the authorities say hey, going to be facing very tough at legal action as a result, but it all points wolf to the degree of frustration under the surface in russia, that is all comes against the backdrop of the war in ukraine, of course, which had just been hearing about and which is causing brutal casualties. here in russia as well. and of course that crap dan, on internal dissent in russia along with the death of the country's most prominent opposition leader, alexey navalny last month as well. so there's a lot of simmering frustration beneath the surface and some of that is bubbling to the surface with these protests at polling stations during this election, wolf, when will we know the results? matthew we won't know them for another few days because unusually this presidential

>> election in russia, voting is taking place over a three-day period. remember, russia is a big country, are 11 time zones as well. so we probably won't be getting results back in until monday morning. and so sometimes you go now some voting still to go before we get to that point, matthew chance out of the scene for us in moscow. thank you very much into our viewers. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. i'll see you monday morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern for cnn newsroom until then. thanks very much. once again for y you can always follow me by the way, on x, formerly known as twitter and instagram at wolf blitzer, the situation room is also available as a podcast wherever you get your pod the news continues on cnn >> brian, next breaking news on this friday, trump