obviously started out running as a democrat, now running as an independent, he's toying with running as on the libertarian line, there are some who see him as a threat to joe biden. there are some who see him as a threat to donald trump. those sums include people who worked for biden and work for trump we're not sure exactly how this is going to play out as we go into what looks like a rematch between two candidates, that poll show as voters keep saying they don't want, except for the fact that they have chosen joe biden as their nominee for the democrats and donald trump as their nominee for the republicans. >> all right. >> thanks very much isaac for that, and thanks very much for joining inside politics on this very busy friday afternoon, cnn news central starts right now

>> empire. it risks a new york judge could deliver a major blow to former president trump's identity is a successful businessman. we are waiting for a verdict that is expected expected to comment any moment in his civil fraud trial. and putin critic dead the russian prison service as alexey navalny died in prison, president biden just now laying blame on russian president vladimir putin. >> this was >> navalny just yesterday, he appeared in court via video, even crack jokes. >> so what we're learning coming now about the final hours before his death and many questions remain unanswered after the deadly shooting in kansas city, we are hearing, though, from some of the youngest victims that were the victory rally for the kansas city chiefs including a ten-year-old boy who says a bullet missed his lungs by mere inches. >> we're >> following these major the developing stories and many more all coming in right here.

to cnn news central >> welcome to cnn news central. i'm brianna keilar alongside boris sanchez here in washington. and any moment now, former president from will learn the fate of his business empire. we're the judge's final ruling in the former president's civil fraud trial in new york. >> he >> was already found liable for fraud just to be clear here, that is decided. >> what's >> left is the punishment for the former president, his two oldest sons, and his real estate business. the new york attorney general, seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties. and also for trump to be permanently banned from doing business in the state. >> yeah, it is a big day legally for the former president, especially on a criminal side, because donald trump's georgia election subversion case is under a microscope right now, defense lawyers are trying to get distracted attorney fani willis kicked off that case over

allegations that she was self with her top prosecutor. sources tell cnn that willis team thinks she did enough to quash that disqualification bid during this combative testimony, we witnessed live yesterday cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coates is live for us outside the courthouse in atlanta. laura, we were watching those fireworks alongside you, clearly, the prosecution felt that fani willis did enough in that testimony to not ask her back on the stand today for cross-examination? >> i mean, fireworks, indeed, boris, do you think i would happen yesterday explosive testimony by someone who did not expect to hear from that's the da fani willis who as you know, is being asked to be qualified and she's disqualified. it's not just her it's her entire team. it would have to be a new prosecutorial team that'd be appointed or assigned, which would kick this can weigh down the road if it ever even reaches there and remember, it's so important is

that actually prove she, she has the burden of proof in the criminal trial, but she's not a criminal defendant here. she does not have the burden of proof of showing that she had a conflict of interests that rose is such a level as to undermine the chances of every defendant having a fair trial. the burden is on those who brought the motion to disqualify and they have to show some tara financial benefit was gained by her relationship with nathan wade and what they've been trying to do is show a through line that somehow the money that was received by fulton county or theta georgia is a through line. all the way to the vacations they took the nature of their dating and romantic relationship if they failed to prove that connection, it's a problem, but lingering here in the ether is whether they have lied about the start date of their romantic affair. did they say at a date that was before or after the hiring and which is to be believed so far, only one witness has ever testified and that witness has some credibility issues as potentially centrally a disgruntled employee, there was no follow-up to figure out what

she was saying. it was a little bit vague. do what would happen there. they've got approve those two things and she's not on the stand to talk about it. >> yeah and laura, today, we also learned that willis is advisers had previously urged her to have weighed step aside yeah. >> you know, there's a lot of concerns with all of this came to light and before they filed their responsive motions about whether he should in fact step down. but it also goes back to whether you ought has been hired erin, today, you had on the stand the former governor of georgia, roy barnes his job isn't a trial attorney. he obviously was a former democratic governor of georgia many years ago, the last democrats at a governor to sit in georgia, he was called to the stand today because he had previously been asked by fani willis, presumably before she had nathan wade sign on to action should we be the lead prosecutor? he's got extensive experience. this has been made an issue prior to today. he testified, look, i didn't want the job. i had mouths to feed at my law firm firm. this

essentially was not going to be worth the price, the juice, not worth the squeeze. and he didn't want security. he said for the rest of his life, he did talk about nathan wade as great organizer and was not surprised that he was a part of the team is a big big issue. and finally, they had fani willis's father on the stand today his role really was to talk about whether a he knew about nathan wade as their romantic interests. he did not. and b, whether she actually did have valid safety concerns to leave her home in georgia to then go to the condo that was much an issue yesterday. now, those bringing the motion or trying to suggest that that was a kind of a love shack away for her to have a more covert space for her in nathan wade to entertain their relationship. she says she moved out of her home because she was unsafe. the father supported that today. talking even about graffiti of the n word and the b word and bomb sweeps and crazy people outside of her

home. so he really tried to corroborate that, but i'll finally say this. there was a moment when he admitted to watching the news yesterday, reading newspapers and beyond which made some of the defense counsel say that his testimony ought to be stricken. but the judge said that will go only to his credibility, not striking his testimony. >> yeah, he certainly did speak to those threats very convincingly laura coates. thank you for that. let's bring in cnn legal analyst elliot williams and tia mitchell of the atlantic in a journal constitution. elliot, what has stood out so far on the stand to you today. and do you see overall the defense meeting its burden or not? >> i will start with that second part. i don't see the defense meeting its burden pertinent for a big reason. it's important to get out of the drama and the nonsense about did she like wine or grey goose or anything else in focus on the central legal question, which is number one, did somebody make a false statement in an affidavit to the court and number two, was there a manner in which the prosecutor was in rich off of state funds?

and when you strip it all away, there actually isn't a ton of evidence that they provided that actually directly links the two. now was it improper or nikki or yucky or just something that reflects poorly on either ms willis, mr. wade, are the office will certainly and that's for people and voters and the public to decide. but in terms of a disqualifiable conduct that the defense is established. i don't think it's totally clear yet to that question of public perception, tia, i'm wondering what you're hearing from folks in fulton county about what they saw unfold yesterday because ultimately a jury of your peers decides whether you're guilty or not. a jury is going to have to be drawn to make decisions in this case. and many of them potentially that are going to be involved could have witnessed what we saw yesterday as well. >> yeah. so i think the court of public opinion is very mixed depending on again, perhaps where you are ready. we're leading on the case. so people who were inclined to support

fani willis to support this investigation in the charges that resulted against former president trump there were a lot of people saying her testimony was yes, blunt, straightforward, maybe a little combative, but they felt that she did well yesterday, defending herself, defending her actions, and redirecting focus back on the people who are actually, as you point out, boris going to face trial potentially some then you did see some reaction that was more mixed. people who felt that she didn't do herself favors by coming in so hot, coming in, so adversarial you know, you saw some posts, perhaps like on social media saying she's seen combative in professional. so again, i think it was mixed, but i think one of the big takeaways from a lot of people was that willis was right. she is not the one on trial yeah.

>> some people aren't going to like that. she was combative and some people, elliot are going to love that she was combative. i think she probably had a sense of that and she she chose i wonder because she was saying yesterday when you meet him talking about her dad, well, we met him today how do you think that he did as a witness is certainly compelling, affable. there are witnesses that you like putting on the stand. now, the question is how does this affect the underlying case? and again, getting back to the defense, not meeting their burden. there's conflicting evidence all around. again, remember, you have the two people who were allegedly part are not allegedly who have admitted being part of this relationship. they're saying it didn't start after a certain point. you had one witness saying something different. that's a conflict in evidence. and no matter what we might think it's sort of a muddy mess now, the her dad was long-winded, but i don't think really cleared up or create a slam dunk one way or the other

so when it's all such a big mess, it's sort of i think counts against the defense. >> his testimony about his use of cash and his advice to his daughter about using cash seemed to weigh in on what you were talking about that question of whether she reimbursed nathan wade for some of those trips that they took on the question of nathan wade, there are sources that indicate that people close to fani willis have told her that he has to go is the lead prosecutor how does that potentially complicate this case moving forward >> there's a legal questions and then practical or prudential questions. it seems a sling obvious to everybody at this point that yes, he probably needs to go just for the public perception, there's at least the appearance of impropriety and that alone, you're gonna have to put this in front of a jury and the jury in fulton county, georgia has been watching this play out every day, even accepting that people have different views about extra marital relationships are paying in cash. it's simply doesn't matter we are in the real-world, not fantasy lawyer

land and at a certain point, you gotta be willing to put this in front of the public and tia, there's two things going on here. there's a legal path and as you were talking about, there's public pinion she had opened herself up to criticism. a. she and nathan wade had with their relationship here does this testimony in a significant way effect do you think the perceived legitimacy of the case in georgia and beyond? >> so i don't know. again, i think that depends on where you are ready. we're approaching the case. of course, there were people already who felt that the case was partisan. it was politically motivated for example, when fani willis wanted to charge one of an elected official as an electric coconspirator, he got his charges kind of put on hold because fani willis had raised funds for his political opponent ahead of the 2022 elections. so there are people

who already had felt that there were missteps from the district attorney and they said that's the cation that that perhaps she didn't have the peers motivations. this feeds into that. this has been very high-profile. it has been damaging, not only to public perception of the case, but to public perception of the district attorney as an elected official who i should note is up for reelection that being said? i don't think it's disqualifying. i don't think in and of itself without more evidence to elliot's point, that it would doom her politically or doom the case. but again, it hasn't been helpful. i think even people who want to support her and who think the case is solid, they want the case as to move forward even they are saying the revelation of this relationship was not great, it was not a good thing, was not a good decision. >> and elliot, please standby. we do want let our viewers know we're still monitoring what's

happening in the courtroom there. those were live pictures we were watching. we want to pivot now to new york, read any moment the judge will deliver the final ruling and donald trump's civil fraud trial. kara scannell joins us now and qarrah, you've been tracking this. there's no proceeding in court that we're anticipating today. no public announcement. this is going to get posted online. so i imagined that you've been refund brushing the website nonstop the whole day. >> i mean, literally boris refreshing it right now. nothing has hit the docket just yet but we are looking for this ruling. it is a significant moment in this case, this investigation that has been going on for five years that was started by trump's former attorney, michael cohen's testimony on the capitol hill where he made this allegation that trump had inflated the value of his assets. so we have gone from there in 2019 through a three-month trial and now waiting for the job such as decision in this case, the judge has already found that trump is liable. the question here is how much money will he have to pay as a result of that? and whether he and his

sons are banned from doing business in new york the new york attorney general, seeking more than $370 million and a lifetime ban against the former president and a five-year ban against the suns. now, donald trump and his two sons both testified during this trial. trump acknowledged some role in the preparation of his financial statements. part of this alleged fraudulent scheme, but it will be looking at see what the judge says about his intent in this. there are six other civil claims that apply to some of the defendants in this case, looking to see what the judge says there. i mean, the judge has already signaled that he does not by a lot of the defenses that donald trump had put up during the trial in a opinion he issued in december denying trump's motion to call the case in his favor. he rejected some of the arguments that he made. he rejected the testimony of some of the witnesses saying that you can make arguments about how to value properties, but quote, a lie is still alive. so true trump's team is anticipating a loss here. they've already

indicated that they're going to appeal and they're going to appeal that earlier, finding. but we're really looking to see now just what is going to be the impact on the trump org the properties that it controls and runs in new york and elsewhere. and just how big of an impact this will be on donald trump's wallet. he had just a jury just awarded e jean carroll at 3.3 $3 million. donald trump is on the hook for that. and now looking to see how big this, what it's called discord, ms returning of the gains he got as a result of the fraud, just how big that will be. so just continuing our refreshing. i don't see it anything yet, but we'll keep you posted. >> a hotly anticipated decision coming from judge arthur engoron at any moment, kara scannell, we appreciate you staying on top of that for us. it is, a busy news day here at news central still to come vladimir putin, critic alexey navalny reported dead in a russian prison. president biden, just address this and says he is looking into different potential responses by the united states. plus, we just got a major update and

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juveniles. we don't know their names we don't know their ages was enforcement is saying though, that the expectation here is that more charges are eventually going to be filed right now, those two juveniles are in a juvenile detention center. the question which would elicit a much more information as well whether or not these juveniles will eventually be charged as adults if that were the case, this would work its way through the court system and a completely different way where we would have much more access to the details of this investigation. we'd have much more access to information about these two juveniles who've been detained but right now, again, as i said, we don't know their names we don't know their ages. the jackson county prosecutor has released a statement saying that his office works very closely with juvenile officers, but doesn't technically oversee them. but again, they do expect to be in these hearings with the juvenile officers. they work with them very closely. so there are many more questions to answer here, brianna. but again, what we know now is that they are apparently getting

closer to justice. these two juveniles charged with gun-related and resisting arrest charges, brianna all right. >> whitney. thank you. and shimon, this is interesting. >> no murder charges. what does this tell you? what questions does this raise for you? >> well it's really means there's a lot more investigation for law enforcement to conduct that, you know, you have to think of this situation. this is something that came to mind to me yesterday when i was asking the police chief if there was issues with charging these individuals, it was a very crowded area that even though there are a lot of people, but panic ensued you'd almost immediately understandably so the question becomes like, are they, are they waiting for more forensic evidence to tie these two individuals to the shots that were fired to the gunshots that were fired, because right now, all we know is that they are charged with resisting arrest and gun offense offense as a violation of gun offenses

because there are juveniles and they possess these weapons. so they're not charged as of right now with any of the assault charges, attempted murder or murder of the dj that was killed, the woman that was killed so obviously it just appears that there needs to conduct a lot more of the investigation to try and link these two juveniles to the attempted murder, to the shootings now obviously the murder. the other thing is that is a big question here. will they be charged as adults? there's a whole complicated process that needs to go on here. for that to happen. i was actually over at the juvenile justice the detention center where these two individuals are being held this morning, trying to understand the process but there's all kinds of things that need to take place here. judges need to get involved. >> and >> we it could be it could be some time that we ever that we will learn the names of these individuals. the proceedings

are closed so we can't go inside. certainly their families are aware, their lawyers are aware, but there's not a lot of information that the police are going to release publicly. the fact that they were charged, they were actually charged yesterday, but we're only learning of the charges today raises a lot of questions also, i just think for police right now, they need to do a lot more investigation to try and link them it's probably much more complicated than we think. given everything that happened there in the number of people that were involved. so there's probably a lot more work every honor that investigators need to do and the sort of opaqueness because of their ages, as you mentioned, shimon prokupecz in whitney wild. thank you to you both live for us from kansas city, missouri, still to come a former fbi informant now charged with lying about president biden and his son, hunter biden's business dealings, how this could impact report publicans efforts to impeach the president >> we're here to get your side

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yesterday. he was at a court appearance and he was laughing. he was joking with the judge. he appeared in good spirits as he often does. biden praised navalny sacrifice vice after years of calling out putin's corruption >> even in prison. >> he was a powerful voice for the truth, which >> is kind of amazing when you think about it. and he could live safely in exile after the assassination attempt on him in 2020, which nearly killed him. i might add and but he was traveling outside the country at the time instead, he returned to russia russian authorities are going to tell their own story. but make no mistake. make no mistake putin is responsible for navalny's debt putin is responsible what has happened in evolving is yet more proof. of prudence. pretalks it >> let's turn now to cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez, white house correspondent priscilla alvarez

for silva, the president, also using this time to demand the $60 billion in foreign aid for ukraine against russia's invasion >> that's all right. briana and using it to underscore the stakes of this moment, this 60 billion, of course, has been stalled since october when the white house made that national security supplemental request and the president saying quite forcefully that congress or the house at least is going on a two-week recess as this remains before them. take a listen. >> but it's about time they step up, don't you think so to go on a two-week vacation two weeks? >> you're walking away. >> two weeks >> what are they thinking >> i got this is bizarre. and it just reinforced it all the concerning. and almost i won't say panic, but real concern but

the united states being a reliable ally >> now, there was sounding message for president biden from the outset. is that not providing these funds could seed grounds to russia. and that is what the administration is trying to avoid the message they're republicans as this remains stalled. now, as you heard earlier, president pine and putting direct blame on russian president vladimir putin for the death of alexey navalny that has been also the message from his top biden officials who are at a security conference in munich, germany now in 2021, president biden did say in ward putin that if navalny died in prison, that there would be consequences. the president was asked about that today, he said his administration is looking at options, so he wouldn't say what that consequence is going to be. but the two big questions going into the next few hours is what is that consequence if the administration decides to take that route? and also what additional pressure can they put on congress and will it

renewed urgency among republicans who again, have not moved forward on this stalled package. >> all right, priscilla, thank you for that. we're going to turn now to cnn, chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh. he's there in munich, germany we're that global security conference is underway and nick nic navalny's wife just spoke. can you tell us what she said >> yeah in the last hours, an emotional statement. let's let's hear in her own words what she said >> don you suit. >> i want them to know that they will be punished for what they have done with our country, with my family and with my husband there'll be brought to justice. and this day will come soon >> now announced as a surprise, guests, not somebody originally on the agenda here, and not a story not a events on the agenda here either but now, a

conference that had been expected to predominantly, i think be full of reassurances from the united states too. nato allies that the comments of former president donald trump about goading russia are on to attack nato allies if they didn't pay their dues towards their own defense spending, transfer formed frankly into the more acute, real, and serious threats of vladimir putin himself. essentially now, the discussions about what putin is willing to do to his own dissidents, even a man and like, let's say navalny caught up in the arctic circle diminished, frankly muted in his capacity to reach so many in russia still managing to get message it out through court appearances, through parts of his loyal coterie around him, but not the threat he hasn't been yet still many believe allowed to die so even killed by a russian administration that's still at this stage, considered him to be a threat. i think there were some interpretations as to what that shows you of the mindset in the kremlin. now paranoid or unwilling to tolerate even the

smallest notion of dissent at this point. but to some degree, it forcing a remarkable change in the tone here much plus the debate about nato, about whether ukraine could potentially be resolved through diplomacy ukraine seizing on this saying that shows putin simply cannot be trusted, that diplomacy would be pointless and now i think a very real sense of nations need to respond to the death of navalny in 2021, president joe biden clear he would potentially bring in serious consequences. they've had to wheel out so much from their armory because of russia's invasion of ukraine. but real, i think pressure now for some sort of cohesive response certainly for that assistance to ukraine to get pushed through. remember, $60 billion still caught by dysfunctionality frankly, in the republican congress held congress back to you that's right. >> a lot of dysfunction in that. nick paton walsh. thank you for that report. >> boris >> we're going to discuss this further now with leon panetta. he's a former secretary of defense and cia director. sir, thanks so much for sharing your

afternoon with us. president biden was asked by a reporter whether he believed that alexey know of one was assassinated. biden said that he didn't know exactly what happened, but that he holds vladimir putin responsible. the us now working to confirm the reports >> but regardless here of whether or not putin pulled the trigger that killed on navalny we all know that putin is responsible for his death. he tried to poison navalny. he's tortured him. he's threatened him, he's put them in prison there's no question that navalny paid a price for trying to be a

patriot in russia on that note, we're seeing footage of his appearance yesterday. he was in a video laughing with a judge, joking about how much money he'd lost through all his legal or deals asking the judge to pitch in to his bank account do you have any suspicions about his death whether this was something that was done nefarious l0 by the kremlin. what questions do you have about the nature of his death? >> look, i have nothing but suspicions when it comes to putin dealing with his opponents. i mean, he has a history of killing those that opposed him you know, we we we just saw that recently with precaution somebody who tried to challenge potent and wound up dying in a plane crash boot.

and it's going to do that and there's no question that i think there are suspicions as to what took place here when he was in good shape the day before, was laughing and joking at the hearing. and then the next day winds up being dead. so yeah, i think there are a lot of suspicions here about whether or not putin was involved in his death >> the timing of his death is also interesting, given that it comes just weeks before russia's presidential election, also at a time we're vladimir putin may feel emboldened given you a support for ukraine appearing to wayne, i'm wondering what you think this does. not only to the power struggle within russia, but vladimir putin's efforts to expand his influence even beyond russia's borders. >> well, you know that's,

that's the one thing that i that indicates that putin may not particularly have wanted navalny did die at this point because there's an election coming up and it's pretty clear that there's growing criticism in russia with regards to putin and how he's handled this war. i think the most important thing united states can do at this point, most important thing we can do is to provide that $60 billion in military aid to ukraine to show putin that the united states is still there, that we are credible, and that we're going to do everything we can to make sure that he does not succeed in ukraine. that's the best way. >> to >> respond to what happened to navalny >> former defense secretary leon panetta. we have to leave the conversation there. appreciate your time, sir >> thank you. >> of course. >> so republican lawmakers are facing growing pressure to drop

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company, those discredited claims by alexander smirnov have been touted by republicans for nearly a year now in their impeachment inquiry, just moments ago, president biden commented on the former informant from the white house he is line and it should be dropped. and it's just been has been outrageous separate from the beginning i'd like to bring in cnn's marshall cohen, marshall house oversight chair james comer said in a statement to >> cnn that his investigation into the president does not revolve around smirnoff or his claims. so what happens to their investigation considering they have so often touted these claims? >> well, brianna, factually speaking, this destroys a big chunk of their impeachment case. look, special, counsel, david weiss says that this longtime fbi informant alexander smirnov, lied to investigators when he accused

joe biden and hunter biden of corruption. he made up a story about the bidens taking millions of dollars of bribes from the ukrainian energy company burisma, where hunter biden was on the board, including when his dad was vp. so this informant past that tip along to the fbi in the summer of 2020 seemingly corroborating the republicans claimed that the biden's were peddling their influence in ukraine to get rich. there was only one problem though, brianna, it wasn't true according to this indictment, according to special counsel, david weiss. and remember, weiss not a biden crony. he he's a trump appointee. he has literally currently prosecuting hunter biden during an election year, but he said that these were fabricated allegations. >> republicans have tried to nonetheless discredit weiss, as i mentioned, these allegations, he's discredited allegations. marshall have really been the linchpin no matter what james

comer says of so much of what republicans have alleged, how are lawmakers reacting to this? >> look there's no way around it. it's a huge blow to the gop impeachment case democrats have taken a victory lap on this because republicans have championed this guy, this informant they threatened to hold the fbi director in contempt if he didn't turn out mm. turn over memos about these allegations, then the republicans publicly released those memos over the objections of the fbi they have been peddling this garbage for nearly a year and no surprise, brianna, it found a home in right-wing media dozens of segments on fox news last year alone. here are just a few examples. listen to this how real of a bribery scant joe biden bribery scandal allegation is this >> well, every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible, we already know the president took bribes from burisma, even

a trusted fbi informant has alleged a bribe to the biden family >> so you heard at the top from the president himself, he and the house democrats think that this is enough to drop the whole impeachment saga. but frankly i'm not holding my breath. brianna. >> yeah, that might be smart. marshall cohen. thank you so much. coming up. she needed just eight points to break the nc doublet women scoring record and she did it in the verse 30 minutes of the game. we'll have more on basketball superstar caitlin clark's doric night >> backroom deals, cia secrets, affairs, bribery, corruption, prostitution can there's so much more to the store. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper, back-to-back premieres sunday at nine on see. >> some people go to the ends of the earth to find adventure you just have to travel to the end of the road because here in

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her best performance of the season. she scored five points in the first minute of the game. then with the entire crowd on their feet, she came down and hit a three from way downtown to break the record, she even joked after the game. of course, she hit a three from the logo to set the record and clark ended up with a career best 49 points in this game is iowa ended up beating michigan. >> and afterwards >> clark reflected on now being number one on that all-time scoring list. >> i don't know if you can really script it any better. i'm very grateful. i'm very thankful to be surrounded by so many people that have kind of been my foundation and everything that i've done since i was young little girl and i started crying watching that video just because like i'm just filled so much gratitude and love and the way these fans support women's basketball. so much special so special and i'm here to indianapolis where our friends over at tnt are gearing up for this weekend's all-star festivities. i got a

chance to talk to the guys from inside the nba last night, and i asked her just how impressed have they been with what they've seen from clark? >> doesn't look bound by. but andy scholes live from a snowy indianapolis looking forward to the all-star game, andy >> oh, yeah. yeah. it should be fine. they're going back to east west this year, boars and tomorrow night's even going to be more fun because steph curry is going to face sabrina ionescu in an extra competition. it's the battle this sex is in a three point competition really looking forward to that, it is going to get heated. andy scholes again from snowy, andy, thank you so much, andy still plenty more news to come on. news central president biden headed to east palestine, ohio more than a year after a nasty train derailment disaster, how that community is still trying to get back on its feet

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