good morning, everyone. so glad you're with us on this monday. hope you had a nice weekend. we have a lot to get to this hour. let's start with five things to know for this monday, october 2nd. at any moment, donald trump will leave trump tower and head to court in new york city for the start of his high-stakes civil fraud trial. >> and allies of kevin mccarthy are scrambling to stop a right-wing revolt led by matt gaetz. he's said he'll file a motion to remove mccarthy this week. mccarthy's response, bring it on. gavin newsom picking a historic replacement to fill dianne feinstein's senate seat. naming the head of emily's list.

>> and bob menendez is due back if court today as calls for his resignation grow louder. we'll speak to a congressman who was jumped into the race in the senate town seat him. we have no winner, yet, in the powerball jackpot. it is north of $1 billion. phil informs me if he wins, he will always continue to come to work. no ticket matched all six numbers in the drawing this weekend. it is the second largest jackpot this year. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. b everything i touch turned to gold. well, new york is doing great. i will tell you, whether it's 40 wall street or whether it's trump tower or any of the other things that we own, it's doing great. i'm really rich. i'm very rich. i built an unbelievable company. the money you're talking about is a lot. >> for decades, donald trump has been telling us all how rich he

is from his real estate business. well, just two hours from now, he will be in court fighting for his reputation and real estate empire, as he stands accused of inflating his wealth by billions of dollars and overvaluing his buildings to deceive banks, insurance companies, and the public. >> trump's civil fraud trial is set to begin in manhattan at 10:00 a.m. eastern. and the former president says he'll be there in person. we have live team coverage this morning. kristen holmes is outside trump tower where he's preparing to leave. but let's start with cara scannel who is at the courthouse. this is a civil case, not a criminal case, but it could have serious implications for trump's business empire. >> that's right, phil. it already is having implications for trump's business empire. but when court gets underway today about 10:00 a.m., trump will be squaring off across from the judge who is overseeing this case. and will ultimately decide the verdict in this case. it's not a jury trial. this judge has already dealt trump and his business a blow

saying trump did engage in fraud for ten years, persistent fraud, by inflating the value of some of his properties, mar-a-lago, his apartment at trump tower, and in this case what the attorney general's office ames to prove at this trial, they inflated the rates to get better rates on insurance and interest rates on loans. the attorney general's office is seeking to get damages if this case. that's really a big part of what is at stake here, as well as individual accountability. they're alleging that the trumps -- that donald trump and his two eldest sons engaged in fraud by inflating the value of these assets, by falsifying business records, and by committing insurance fraud, by giving these faulty statements to insurers and banks. so trump is on the witness list, he won't be testifying today. that will be later on in the trial. but he is showing up today to show his face to this judge, this judge that will ultimately make the decision. it's a change, when donald trump was accused by e. jean carroll, he did not attend that trial.

the jury awarded her $5 million. he is shoewing. today on opening day. and his lawyers and the attorneys will get opening statements and then it will move to witnesses. the judge has set aside three months for this trial. it may not take that long, but certainly a change of face here for trump. he is showing up, he's going to show up to the judge and show why this matters. the judge has already said he will cancel some business certificates. it's not yet clear exactly what that means, but a lot is at stake for donald trump at the trial. phil, poppy. >> kristen, he moved, rescheduled a deposition in a different case just so he could be in court today. it's really interesting. do we know why he wants to be there? >> reporter: yeah, poppy, look, i've talked to a number of his advisers and allies who say these been increasingly agitated about this trial in particular. and he wanted to show up as a show of force. really sit there in the audience, looking at the judge

as these opening remarks were made. kara noted, he's not going to testify or be called as a witness today, but he does want to be in the courtroom, and he did post this on truth social last night, saying, i'm going to court tomorrow to fight for my name and reputation. then he goes on to slam the attorney general. then i want to read you the part afterwards, this is what trump has been really fixated on. he values talking about the judge, mar-a-lago and palm beach at $18 million. mar-a-lago being his home in florida. trump has been fixated on this particular part of the judge's ruling. he said it's outrageous. he has called allies over it, saying it should be worth more money. and we talk about trump as a whole, it's not just his business. it is his brand. he played that clip at the beginning, talking about how trump has sold himself as a rich businessman for decades. he also sold himself like that in 2016. that's part of his entire s schick, really, on becoming the president. i'm a businessman.

look how rich i am, i can make you rich as well. and it's not lost he's still running for president again. he just scheduled another deposition. but he's also coming from iowa where he had a campaign event yesterday, and just starting to show you how the legal side of this and the campaign are going to be so intertwined as we move forward, closer and closer to the election or those primaries. >> kristen, thank you. i know you're watching closely, kara down at the courthouse, appreciate it very much. phil? from new york to washington, where it is a crucial week for house speaker kevin mccarthy as he battles to keep his job, it comes after he struck a last-minute deal with democrats to avert a government shutdown. but congressman matt gaetz, he's leading a right-wing, hardliner revolt to oust the speaker. >> i do intend to file a motion to vacate against mccarthy this week. i need to rip off the band-aid, move on with new leadership to be trustworthy. >> it's worth noting, some

republicans not buying what gaetz is selling. >> they are the reason that we had to work together yesterday with house democrats to pass a cr. that is not the fault of kevin mccarthy. that's the fault of matt gaetz. >> and in quite a twist, it's democratic allies that could save mccarthy from gaetz if he pushes forward on that vote. there's no consensus to where the minority party stands. lauren fox joins us live on capitol hill. that's the big question right now, they're holding their fire, but what role do we think democrats will actually have here? >> yeah, i mean, democrats could be the deciding factor, phil. there's no way around that reality for kevin mccarthy. but the democratic leadership, they're warning their members not to cut side deals, not to try to figure this out on their own, but instead, wait for leadership to make a decision. and wait until they have a family conversation about the path ahead. you saw that last night in a notice that went out from katherine clark, the democratic

whip, who said if this is brought forward from matt gaetz, that this is going to be a caucus meeting to discuss it. and right now, democrats are not united on several factors. "a," what they would do if this came to the floor, if they would save kevin mccarthy. and "b," if they did try to help mccarthy, either by voting present or voting with republicans on a procedural step to table this resolution, one of the key questions is what extractions would they be trying to get? you hear some democrats and republicans talking potentially about a rules change, some kind of power-sharing agreement, but i talked to one democratic member who said he's been warning colleagues that particularly, when it comes to that question, do you really want to buy into a government that you don't have full control over. so there are al of moving parts, a lot of varying opinions, and that's why leadership has been very clear with their caucus. keep your powder dry. for his part, house speaker mccarthy is defiant, saying if gaetz wants to do this, go

ahead. >> he's coming for you. can you survive? >> yes, i'll survive. this is personal with matt. he's more interested in securing tv interviews than doing something. he wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district with all the military people there who would not be paid, only because he wants to take this motion. so bit, bring it on, let's get over with it and start governing. >> reporter: there's a trust deficit, though, between republicans and democrats. and that was on full display on saturday, when mccarthy made that last-minute decision to bring a short-term spending bill to the floor of the house. and then didn't give democrats really much time to read it. democrats had to use delay tactic tries to give themselves a little more time to scrub the text, make sure there weren't any poison pill amendments. that's just the latest episode that democrats say make them very weary about entering into any kind of agreement to save kevin mccarthy. phil? >> lauren fox, thank. appreciate it.

poppy? >> we just heard last hour from one republican lawmaker who says she does not support an effort to oust mccarthy and raise ascii question for those looking to remove him. listen. >> kevin mccarthy is the man for the job, and he has an overwhelming majority of members within the gop conference. we're with him. you know why? because he's done a good job. and it's not him, who. >> joining us now, republican congressman warren davidson of ohio. he's a member of the freedom caucus, also serves on the foreign affairs committee. he voted against the 45-day continuing resolution on friday, but voted for speaker mccarthy on all 15 ballots back in january. good morning, congressman, it's nice to have you. >> good morning, poppy. thanks for allowing me to join you. >> why did you vote "no" on this resolution? >> look, it sustains the status quo. republicans didn't campaign on the status quo. this is nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, joe biden's spending bill with their policies. so i have to have a change.

we have to have either policy or spending cuts. we proposed that and unfortunately all democrats proposed it. 21 republicans proposed it. we didn't send over what i thought we should send to the senate. and to me, a pause is better that night status quo. >> do you think you're going to get there? what took nine months to get to this point, it took 45 to 46 days to get this done. you think you get there? >> i think we have to. one of the plays was that night called here, there's a lot of military all over the united states, and frankly the world. the house passed a spending bill. if we want to fund the troops, we could have simply sent over our defense bill. at the end of the 45 days, we have to be responsible to fight for what we passed in the house of representatives and hopefully we get some that are bipartisan where democrats join us and say we want to focus on military, not one that's distracted by all of these policy, you know,

diversions that the biden administration has dumped on our department of defense. >> congressman, i wonder if you agree with what house minority leader hakeem jeffries said over the weekend. here he was. >> the american people have won, the extreme maga republicans have lost. it was a victory for the american people and a complete and total surrender by right-wing extremists who throughout the year have tried to hijack the congress. >> your fellow republican, fellow member of the freedom caucus said yesterday that you didn't get anything out of this continuing resolution. he pointed to the border, et cetera. >> yeah, that's what i mean. that's why 90 of us voted "no." there's nothing in it to like for people who funded the status quo. you keep funding his weaponized

military and department of justice, it is a total sustainment of the status quo. i think the only victory that people can point to is it was a bit of a setback for the globalist that want regime change wars all over the world, so there was no funding for ukraine in it. but there was apparently a side deal to have that in a separate vote. so what i've dope is i've reached out to matt gaetz and speaker mccarthy to say, can we have a negotiated agreement so we can stay focused on our appropriations so at the end of 45 days, we send over everything that we've passed to the senate in only a cr on the things that haven't yet passed. >> just a couple of days ago, you have put forward legislation called the define the mission act. basically, you want the president to have to inform congress within 30 days of a specific, just looking at the words here, the specific comprehensive strategy, if you're going to back more funding for ukraine. the president, the white house has been warning that they are very close to being out. maybe in less than 45 days of increased funding for ukraine.

president zelenskyy told senators when he visited with them in september, quote, if we don't get the aid, we lose the war. congressman, is that an outcome you're willing to accept and that you think that the american people should accept? >> i hope it's not an outcome that the biden administration wants to accept. let's go back to where he started. the first thing joe biden's mi administration did was offer president zelenskyy a ride out of ukraine. >> but i'm asking about now. congre congressman, where we are now, hearing what president zelenskyy said and the reality of where we are on the funding, is that an outcome that you think is acceptable? >> do you think the biden administration doesn't have a mission? they won't share one because day don't want to be held accountable. but if you take the undersecretary for state's words, she says we're pursuing a regime change in russia, including war crimes tribunal for vladimir putin.

i'm not saying that's unjust, but that's not a mission that the american people support and not one that the people of ukraine accomplish. if that's the mission, yeah, you mind grind the russian army down, but you're grinding the ukrainian army down even worse and you're grinding the country down. so why wouldn't you be working on a negotiated agreement in ukraine. and the biden administration has worked to prevent that. >> i do want to get your take on mccarthy. because again, we said at the outset, you've been a big supporter of his. but 90 republicans, including yourself, voted against this bill. and we just heard him say, i will survive. do you think speaker mccarthy can survive this with the gavel in hand, just looking at the votes? >> matt gaetz and speaker mccarthy, both talented guys. i would say matt kind of reminds me have of dennis rodman. he's a guy that finds a way to win often. he was touch to coach, but at least he listened to jordan. and in the house right now, if you listen to jim jordan, we're

better off keeping speaker mccarthy and setting to accomplish what we said we had done. and i know matt plobelieves tha kevin didn't keep his word, and so did democrats, but we have to work together. we should have never sent over a status quo appropriations package when we've passed 90% of the funding. we should have sent that with the continuing resolution. >> so is that a "yes," you think mccarthy survives this with the gavel in happened? >> i don't know. it is going to be an interesting week. because he can't do it without democrat votes. and if he gets democrat votes, he's going to lose al of republicans. >> well, it is going to be an interesting week, that's for sure. you guys have your work cut out for you. appreciate you joining us this morning. congressman warren davidson. >> thank you. >> thank you. phil? >> interesting week, indeed. also this morning, there are new developments in the georgia election subversion case. bernie kerik has been subpoenaed to testified. the first on cnn reporting,

that's next. and in spain, the deadliest nightclub fire in decades. at least 13 people are dead. the nightclub was ordered to close in 2022, because it lacked a proper license. firefighters have questioned if the club had an emergency exit. the mayor says three of the victim have been identified through fingerprints. the rest will go through dna testing and it's unlikely anymore bodies will be found.

new developments in the georgia election subversion indication this morning. former new york city cpolice commissioner bernie kerik has been subpoenaed to testify. he's been identified as one of the unindicted co-conspirators. i want to get straight to cnn's

paula reid live in washington with this first on cnn reporting. paula, what are you learning here? >> phil, we've tlaernd from kerik's attorney that his client has been subpoenaed, ostensibly to testify for a trial that is expected to begin at the end of the month. but he is demanding that the district attorney's office grant his client immunity before he would let him testify. now, as you just noted, kerik is one of the unindicted co-conspirators in this case. he is not named in the indictment, but cnn through our reporting, we have identified him as co-conspirator number 5. and this shows, this subpoena shows that prosecutors are clearly trying to secure the cooperation, the testimony of someone that could help reveal some important details about exactly what trump allies, like rudy giuliani, were up to in and around the election, but this also shows the challenges that they were going to face, if someone is an unindicted

co-conspirator, very few defense attorneys will let their clients take the stand and do anything other than plead the fifth, invoke their fifth amendment right, unless they have some type of assurances that they were not be charged. now, in a letter this morning to the district attorney's office, tim parlatori says, if we want to indict mr. kerik, we would have already done so, but they have refused to put anything into writing. we reached out to the fulton district attorney's office this morning. they have not responded. >> so bernie kerik, paula -- and thank you for this reporting, it's really interesting -- already cooperated with the special counsel's investigation. so i'm just wondering, how is this time different? >> there's a little bit of overlap, but these are two really different cases when it comes to mr. kerik. with the special counsel's investigation, he and his attorney sat down for an interview with investigators working for jack smith in their investigation into january 6th, and efforts to subvert the election. but he is not an unindicted

co-conspirator in this case. that appears to be a much more narrow case. of course, former president trump, the only one to be charged as of now. his lawyer says ahead of that interview, he received a standard proffer letter, got the regular assurances, but it's quite a different situation down in fulton county, where they have listed him in that broad indictment. so i think any good defense attorney is going to ask for some sort of assurances before letting their client take the stand. right now parle tori says, if you don't give us these assurances, he'll take the fifth to every single question you ask him. >> paula reid, thank you for the reporting. california governor gavin newsom moved quickly to replace the late senator dianne feinstein. we'll break down an historic appointment, next. also, a pro-russian politician has secured enough votes to become the next prime minister of slovakia, poesing a challenge to nato and european union unity.

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california. kyung lah joins us from california. what has the reaction been? this happened very quickly. i think it surprised some people. >> reporter: certainly. some democrats here in california, it took them really aback. but when you think about it, when you take a beat and think about this choice, it does make sense politically, but butler is not currently holding an elected position. she is somebody who is a formidable political figure, especially in the state of california. nationally, she's known for leading emily's list, but here in california, she is known as a very strong operative. she did lead as a senior adviser of kamala harris' presidential run in 2020. and she also led a labor union, the most powerful labor union in the state of california. she is deeply regarded. she's also an ally of governor gac gavin newsom. now, her selection is fulfilling a promise that governor newsom made that when kamala harris vacated her senate seat to become joe biden's vice

president, that he would appoint a black woman. and she will be the only black woman serving in the u.s. senate. she also does certainly embark on that historical journey, being the first open lesbian to serve in the senate. but all of this, fill, does scramble this election. the senate seat is up for grabs next year. there are already three powerful california democrats running. adam schiff, katie porter, as well as barbara lee. so whether or not laphonza butler decide to jump in and maintain and run as a candidate after holding this seat for a year, that is going to be the open question. i am told that there were no preconditions in her taking this polyp. so, it's going to get very crowded and very interesting, phil. >> yeah. not a caretaker. it's going to be fascinating. this is already a very intense race. kyung lah, thank you. >> you bet. >> joining us now, former democratic congresswoman from california, longtime friend of the late senator dianne

feinstein, jane harman. she was with senator feinstein the day before she passed away. this is a picture of the two of them. congresswoman, it's nice to have you. of course, we heard from you and your rereflections, you know, wn we lost her on friday and we appreciate you being with us here this morning. i'm interested in what you think she would have made of this appointment to her seat for now. >> well, i would never dare to speak for dianne -- >> fair enough. >> -- who spoke for herself until the very end. i was with her just a few hours before she died. she looked so healthy and vibrant. it's such a huge loss. this is not kind of appointment she would have expected, but i don't know if she knows this woman or not, i don't, but she certainly knew of and i'm assuming was supported by emily's list over the years, as i was. it's a formidable group supporting women for congress

and getting their endorsement was a huge deal. she probably knew this woman. the new news for me is no preconditions. i had thought he was planning to nominate a caretaker, but this does mix up the race and there already is an african-american woman in the race, barbara lee, who i served with and adored. and the other candidates, katie porter and adam schiff, i think are formidable, too. but my point is that this could mix up the race if she decides to stay in it. it also will give her more clout in the senate if she is not a caretaker, i suppose. the crucial thing is for alex padilla to help her learn the ropes quickly and be a senator, not just a campaign person. and i assume he wants to do that. i've read some very positive comments by him about her. >> i want to move on to ukraine

and foreign policy in a minute. but you said something interesting, that you don't think this is the selection that senator feinstein would have expected. what do you mean by that? >> well, i -- i mean, the woman is not exactly like dianne feinstein. i don't know that dianne would expected -- who is like dianne? nobody. nobody has the clout that she does. but i think there were other names floating around. i don't want speculate. i want this woman to succeed. i don't know her, but she seems absolutely formidable. >> yeah, laphonza butler not only served running emily's list, but also was a union president in california, she work with now vice president kamala harris' 2020 presidential campaign, she ran public policy at airbnb. so she's got a lot of unique a lot private sector experience, which i think is going to be interesting in the senate. >> that's a good point, yeah. i mean, i'm just learning about her. so she does have private sector

experience. good thing also. >> can we move on to what we saw happen in slovakia and the robert fico has gotten enough votes to be the prime minister there. he'll need a coalition around him, but he is being called by many as pro-russian. the russians just out with a statement taking issue with that. but it's just interesting and i wonder what you think it does to the sort of cohesiveness of nato and the eu writ large as it comes to backing ukraine. >> well, i think nato is strongly for ukraine. i just interviewed jens stoltenberg the other day and there's just no ounce of daylight between his position, whatever it takes, and not. nato has stresses and extraneous already. hungary is a member of nato. turkey is a member of nato. they're not exactly all in all the time. and in fact, they're so far not blessing yet the admission of

sweden to nato, which has been approved by the other states. i think the nato alliance strong, durable, and the -- this new leadership will perhaps make a few things difficult, but i'm still bullish on nato support for ukraine. what i want is u.s. support for ukraine. it was sad to leave the funding out of the cr on late saturday night, but i was enormously pleased to see a bipartisan letter -- let me state that again, bipartisan letter from chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, patty murray, susan collins, chris coons, and lindsey graham in support of funding for ukraine. and i hope they will find a way to get that done in the next six-week period. >> congresswoman jane harman, thank you very much. we're sorry for your loss. i'm glad you got to spend some of those final hours with senator feinstein. >> sorry for california's loss and all of our losses. she was a great woman. great person. >> appreciate you being here

this morning. well, taylor swift is firmly in her football era, at least two weeks of it, and the nfl is embracing the attention. also someone who likes to embrace attention, our own harry enten. he'll break down the numbers on just how big the impact has been. here's a live look also this morning at trump tower. the former president will leave any minute. he's expected to appear in person at the beginning of his civil fraud trial right here in new york city.

17 times. that is how many times the cameras cut to a shot of taylor swift as she cheered on her rumored boyfriend, kansas city

chiefs tight end, travis kelcee during sunday night's game against the jets. that count provided by the athletic and phil mattingly, just one indication of the taylormania that has swept the nfl since swift t the chief's game last week. joining us now is chief data reporter, harry enten. between you and mattingly, i'm trying to get onboard here with this being the biggest story in the country. >> come on! >> we're going to get you there. by week 19, in the first week of the playoffs, we're going to get you. go ahead, do your thing. i already gave you the data. >> why don't you just come up here next time and you can do it yourself. >> let's take a look here. i want to give you an idea of just this taylor swift effect. so the google search for the kansas city chiefs are up 114% this week, compared to before swift started appearing at these ball games. so you know, taylor swift is really jumping in there and making the chiefs more popular. but it's not just that. take a look here at travis kelce's metrics post-swift at

the games. his pocahdcast with his brother now number one on apple. how about his instagram followers, up 900,000. how about his jersey sales? some moola going in here? up 400%. so the fact is, taylor swift coming to these games has upped the metrics for the kansas city chiefs and it's upped it for her beau, mr. kelce, as well. >> first up, the podcast was already very successful. second off y, you seem to be implicitly going down the role of, this is making travis kelce, and i'm deeply offended by that, but i want to know, who do you think has more power, taylor swift or the nfl? it's like godzilla versus -- >> king kong? >> yes, exactly. >> i know my old monster films. the nfl versus taylor swift on revenue. the average nfl team last year made $581 million. swift's era tour in ticket sales alone in north america, in ticket sales alone, estimated at $2.2 billion. we're talking about three, four times as much here.

so the fact is, in my opinion, it's taylor swift who is dominating the average nfl team. now, let me take you a little nugget further and give you an understanding of why perhaps taylor swift is so big and is propelling the interest in the nfl and of course her beau. statistically similar great performances. so my buddy over at the messenger basically put taylor swift on the same page sort of statistically, how good she is compared to the average. how good is taylor swift? if she was an nfl player, she would be on the same page as tom brady and barry sanders, who could run with the ball like nobody's business. i'm a big fan of taylor swift, despite phil and i's bad blood this morning. >> ha-ha. >> i did it! >> you have to do that. >> we shouldn't let him in here. >> thank you. that was great. >> joining us now to discuss all of this, maybe even a little bit of harry, as well, host of "boston globe" today. i've got to be honest with you. i needed to know what you

thought about this, just period. and i've been thinking about this for two weeks. give it to me now. like, i'm fascinated by it. >> oh, well first, those earlier comments, i'm just going to shake that off, right? we'll shake it off, because there are over 30 nfl teams, so half a billion times 30 is more than what taylor makes. >> thank you. >> the question was the nfl versus taylor swift, yes, the nfl is huge. but we love this story, because first of all, how many tight ends do we know by name besides travis kelce? we know gronk, because obviously he's gronk and here in boston, he's a god amongst men. you maybe know shannon sharp, who is arguably one of the best sportscasters, but he's in media. tony gonzalez, he's in media. you don't really get a lot of football players that are non-quarterbacks that have this type of stardom. so travis kelce, who covets the limelight, let's not forget his

dating show, travis and his brother, they're fantastic football players, but they do like being if front of the spotlight. and them you get a pop princess. this is our sports version of megan and harry, right? like, you get a bona fide pop princess in taylor swift, our royalty in america, a sports athlete. this is a match made in media heaven. look, i saw more travis kelce commercials than i've ever seen in last night's game. mike tirico, one of the best sportscasters in the business in his own right, in the third quarter, is talking about, hey, taylor is still here at the game. so it's a big story. we love it. america loves it, and come on, let's let these two crazy kids just be in love. >> ahh. >> come on, poppy. >> i'm onboard. you know who else i think will be onboard -- >> until they break up -- wait, until they break up -- >> do not say that! >> until they break up and she'll right songs about

travis -- >> and they'll be amazing. >> i believe in this love. i believe in this love. enough! phil mattingly. >> you know who's going to have fun? late-night and late-night is back and you know this will be all over late-night, right? >> it is going to be all over late-night. it's great to have late-night tv back. that writer's strike, for many people who don't know, day don't realize the ecosystem that is a late-night show or a show like yours or a see like mine that has producers and writers and cameramen and all the way down to the cleaning crew. and so when those shows go off the air, it hurts not just the pocket of steve colbert or jimmy fallon, there's a whole large group of people that depend on those shows airing. having late-night back i hope will give leverage to some of these other striking entities, right? john oliver touched on it on "last week tonight" that, you know, this strike didn't have to happen, right? the producers, they could have come to the table and offered

this deal from day one. and writers are the backbone of any television show, of any film, of the industry, at large. you can't show pictures and have a story without the story writers. it's great to have late-night shows back, it's great to have these writers back at work. hopefully it will bolster the sag-aftra strike, because late-night shows will be kind of boring if they don't have actors and actresses to interview. >> i second that, by the way. i don't think you would want to see what happened to this show if we didn't have any of our grate writers. no, you can't write the whole show, phil. >> i'm very aware of that fact. >> segun, thank you! >> appreciate it. you're looking live now at trump tower and the courthouse donald trump will head to in just a short time as his new york civil fraud trial begins. and new jersey senator bob menendez will be back in court today, as calls for his resignation from democrats grow louder. we'll speak to a congressman who's jumped in the race to unseat him.

all right. this reporting just into cnn, top republicans are expected to try to table the matt gaetz resolution to oust speaker mccarthy from his job according to a source familiar with the matter, it's unclear when that vote may happen, it could be as soon as today. hours from now new jersey senator bob menendez is due back in court. he has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. he is accused of accepting bribes to benefit egypt in exchange for cash, gold bars, home mortgage payments and other compensation. menendez has denied any wrongdoing and is dismissing calls from 30 senate democrats urging him to resign. new jersey congressman andy kim was one of the first lawmakers to call on menendez to step down has not jumped into the 2024 race for the senate seat menendez has held since 2006. congressman kim joins us now. i want to get to the house dynamics of your day job in a minute but to start with your decision to jump in. i think in talking to democrats, most of whom speak highly of

you, they were still surprised by how quickly you made that decision. did you have an infrastructure kind of in wait or did you decide to go without a campaign apparatus set up? >> yeah, no, no infrastructure. it was not something i was planning on doing, in fact, saturday when i announced my run to challenge menendez it was my kid's eighth birthday, i had to ask him permission to step out from our family celebration to be able to send that tweet out. i felt compelled to do so. i felt compelled in part because of my family, the fact that he is my senator, he is my kids' senator and i want them to be able to look to a leader with integrity and i believe that new jersey deserves better so that's why i jumped in. >> there's often an assumption in democratic politics in the state that you have to come up a specific way, you have to be from a certain region or of a certain place none of which i think would be boxes that you would check and yet i think that's why you've raised as much money as you've raised coming out of the gate.

do you have a sense of what your chances are at this point given that you've taken a different route? >> yeah, look, my philosophy is always about making sure that the people have a choice and, you're right, when i jumped into in to run for congress six years ago no one in the political establishment knew my name at the time but it was my home, i was running in my home community, people here knew me. that's what we're up against right now. we just want to make sure that we're all trying to have the accountability that we need. we were able to raise about a million dollars in this first week, i mean, it's been incredible seeing the outpouring of folks all over the country. i'm excited about the energy and i hope that the people have a choice in this and that they see this as a choice for integrity. >> it will be fascinating to watch going forward. some of your new jersey colleagues may hop in the race as well. i want to ask you about the house, the reporting from our colleague manu raju i'm sure chases after you on a regular basis on capitol hill about republican leaders moving to table or try to kill any motion to vacate. they would need democratic help. what's your sense right now,

you're not considered a far left progressive who doesn't come across the aisle. is that something you would be amenable to? >> i mean, look, i'll take it as it comes when we get down to the capitol later today, but i will be honest with you, kevin mccarthy's job security is not at the top of the list of my priorities, especially right now when we are still working through trying to figure out how to avert a shutdown a couple weeks down the road. we had millions of federal employees unsure what's happening, a lot of people concerned about what -- a lot of seniors concerned about social security and other issues. i really think that we need to make sure we're focused on the american people. if it looks like we're just trying to figure out our own internal musical chairs, you know, people are not going to stand for that. i will deal with it as it comes, but right now it's not something that's taking up any of my bandwidth. >> you have been a key voice on national security issues inside the caucus, particularly as your class came in. on ukraine, if the emergency

funding was left out of the continuing resolution, do you see a pathway for ukraine funding at the end of this 46-day period? >> i do. i mean, that's certainly something that we want to focus in on. what we heard from our military leaders, at least in terms of our conversations, is that they do still have enough runway to be able to continue the support. a lot of the concern actually is about not being able to have some of this funding go forward is about the united states being able to resupply our own stock. that's something that i'm concerned about. we want to make sure our readiness is as strong as possible. look, we have strong bipartisan support. i think we have over 300 members of the house of representatives, huge bipartisan support in the senate. this is something that i think people recognize. we need to be standing up for democracy here at home and abroad. >> do you think that democratic leadership could strike a deal related to the speakership related to ukraine funding? is that a pathway that you could

see? >> look, i mean, i certainly think that there's conversations that are happening, thinking through these priorities, i mean, certainly if that were to actually come to be it would need to be something where we see what are we getting out of it because i will be honest with you, kevin mccarthy is someone who has been on the wrong side of almost every issue that i've been trying to push forward, whether it's health care or climate change or the concerns about a nationwide abortion ban. these are things we cannot see come to fruition so we need to see something significant, but like i said, right now the main thing is we need to focus on delivering for the american people, making sure we don't have a shutdown, making sure that we can show that we can govern and we have adults in the room. >> congressman andy kim of new jersey, i appreciate the patience much your 8-year-old on his birthday hopping into the senate race. thanks for your time, sir. >> thank you. all right. before we let you go, take a look at this, we've got pictures of the courthouse in lower manhattan, that is where the former president donald trump

will arrive today where he has chosen, phil, to go be in the courtroom for this civil trial. >> which he didn't have to. >> right. >> it is clearly driven by more than just his view on the legal proceedings here, i think there's no question about that. >> the future of his business is hanging in the balance. much more ahead on "cnn news central." we will see you back here tomorrow. have a great day.

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