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Injuring dozens of others. Cnn in ukraine with the latest. In full conn town ti, fani willis is wrapping up the investigation to overturn President Trumps investigation into jordan . What twill that reveal. This is cnn news central. Just moments ago, Trump Employee Carlos De Oliveira walked out of the Federal Court and arraigned in a number of charges in theum we are getting a look at him leaving. This is what happened at maralago a year ago when the Justice Department wanted the service and trump wanted it deleted. This is what happened in november. Hey, yeah, john. We got a first look tand his first appearance. He arrived in a Navy Blue Suit and tie, and when he got inside, he huddled with the washingtonbased attorney john irving and surrounded by a handful of u. S. Marshals who hovered over him in the court appearance. The judge asked him to stand at the lek turn, and state his name, and he said fodge he told him that he had the the right to remain silent, and that he had a right to as he was held in the courtroom, and he was released on a 100,000 bond, and he certainly didnt have the money to put it up, but the judge said that he does not have to pay that right now. We also learned from him that he has a passport which is expired and the judge gave him 48 hours to turn it over, and the travel is restricted to south tlrd. And he also any communication witnessed by the government. He gave the he will appear in fort pierce, and he needed a floridabased attorney who barred in this case in order to enter a plea on that sfroorm and that could mean that case against donald trump in this same maralago case could be delayed, and of course, a lot of trial of how we got here. There is now a fourth employee that cnn has identified as yuscil taveras, and a lot of the allegations came about because he is an i. T. Worker at maralago, and this is the man apparently allegedly according to the indictment. And sources tell cnn, it is his statements that led to the indictments of donald trump, walt nauta and Carlos De Oliveira. I said that it led to the indictment, but it is the allegation that trump said that the server should be deleted. It is interesting that he is given a list of the witnesses that he cannot talk to. And interesting that he is going back to wosrk that is an interesting point that you made and glad you thought but one note that i pebd of those they ke and he said that the former president and walt nauta were not on that list. So walt nauta and President Trump are on the list of people that he cannot talk to. They were not on the list of what the government gave that he could not speak to. Whether or not there is an add there. Sara . And now, there is an effort to overturn the 2020 election in georgia, and the judge looked at a request to throw out that request, and the d. A. Is saying that local representatives to bitass that has given the indication that she is as she put it reporter and we are on to precipice of whether or not fani willis is going to have charges, and this is for fani willis who with the grand jury had more than 375 which if they decide to charge, they will have a special way to gather grandchildren. And they are to weigh in on this issue until august 15th, because a judge did not want to hear the full here around courthouse going after, staurnld and she said that basically her investigations in georgia are wrapped up, and take a listen to her allegations. Some people may not be happy with the decisions they were making, and sometype when people are unhappy, they could cause mem, and the womb sgl and the counts. Reporter and she is giving the other county officials of the kind of harassment that her office has received ahead of any potential announcement of indictments. You have done such reporting on this case, and thank you for the latest. For more of the legal implications of all of the development, lets bring in david weinstein, and thank you so much for being here. Back to the cases where Carlos Sglooj and at this point it does not include donald trump or walt nauta who are both defendants. Does that seem odd to you . Not at all, sara. In many of the cases the government will prevent you from speaking to the joint defendants, and so it is because the series of charges of the codefendants, and not unusual for the other and this that trump is paying for desole var ra and walt nauta, and is there a concern that they wont get fair representation . I know that there was an inquiry of denauta, and once Carlos De Oliveira that once he gets counsel, the laers loyalty is to him, and not to the people vo viding the lawyer to him. I understood and i would be foe surprised if they did not press it more with mr. Taveras. Do you believe this is going to believe since he was not charged with anything that he is making a deal . Well, because he was not charged, he has been granted immunity or some point down the road, he will be asked to plead guilty to charges, but based on the indictment, it appears that he is listed by them initially as a target, and perhaps moving his way towards a witness for them in this matter. So conversely, could it mean that Carlos De Oliveira was contacted, but he did not cooperate, and now he is facing numerous charges. That seems as well, because if they gave a Target Letter to one witness, it would be to de oliveira. So you get the letter and engage with the counsel or not, and then you engage, and there are statements that he made they believe and so you come along and accept the letter or you dont. At some point they say they will indict you, and then you reach a point where no offer is accepted, and then he got indicted. I have a question as a former prosecutor, and we see donald trump defending himself on to social media account. Do you think it is a good idea some of the things that you have seen him put out there, and angry tweets about, or the truth socials about all sorts of things including those who are trying the case . Not at all. That is he is his own worst enemy. Quite frankly, the best thing that any client of mine should do is to be quiet. Not make any public statements, and if they want to say something, say it to me, and i will talk to you about it. He has shot himself in the foot, and you can see it with the documents from bedminster, and he says no documents or papers and he is attacking his own defense and prosecution and a surprise that at some point the judge does not issue a gag order to keep him quiet, and we have seen it in other cases, and if you are not quiet, you stand the real possibility of being held in contempt. But what work for him in politically of what the polling is showing does not work so well legally. Thank you, david weinstein. John . All right. Happening now, a huge Rescue Operation is under way after a Russian Missile strike hit an apartment and university in the ukrainian city of the hometown of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. One woman watched the attack unfold from her woman. The death toll has risen over the last few minutes to six. President zelenskyy says it is the work of two Ballistic Missiles from russia. Nick paton walsh is in zaporizhzhia, and the fear is that there is a lot more injured or kill in this attack. Yes, it is a possibility certainly. And within the rubble, the rescue teams are working as fast as they can, and we are now at a more advanced stage of the day, and the death toll is rising to six, and the more startling element is 75 injured which is a staggering number, and reflection of the Apartment Block where one of the missile attacks targets. At one of the neighboring Apartment Block, natalia says that her husband was knocked off of his feet by the shock wave, and the daughter was in the apartment when it struck. And then there was a laboratory empty, and again, that brings to mind what was the intended target . Did russia intend to hit precisely these places or other places. Rescue teams are desperately going through the area, and it is the hometown of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and comparative further from the front lines, and russia having been pushed back, but you have to wonder fitt is the barbaric response of the symbolic embarrassment of where the city area and the upscale part of the capital was hit by what were ukrainian drones, and even though they have not claimed responsibility, and nobody injured there, and the damage to the glass and buildings, and russia had hoped that it is fought far away is finding them hitting the kremlin recently, and you remember that area, and suburban areas, and the city now in ukraine and the injuries inflicted daily, and we have been talking about the dozens of barrages daily, and no exception today, but particularly stark numbers today, john. Nick paton walsh in zaporizhzhia. Sara, thank you. And now, there is a message for aging politicians like Mitch Mcconnell and Dianne Feinstein, know when to walk away. And will those Word Dos Well W words do well with the electorate. And an american nurse and her child kidnapped in haiti. What is being done. And now, Tens Othousands of people are forced to flee their homes in china because of flooding. We will look at this Natural Disaster ahead and what the government is doing about it there. A take a big bite day. A perfectly delicious day. Mm. [ chuckles ]. A love my new teeth day. Because your clearchoicece day is the day everything is back on the menu. A clearchoice day changes every day. Schedule a free consultation. Your Shipping Manager left to find themself. leaving you lost. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candates matching your job description. You tried. Limiting when it was okay. No tech behind closed doors. But social medias algorithms of addiction always won out. Its not your fault. Alone you cant stop it. Together, we will. We have a plan. Join us. you ever try cashbacking . Its earning 3 at drugstores with Chase Freedom Unlimited. So i can save on Something Special for a first date . Wait thats all for a first date . Whoa. Alright, cmon. Earn big with Chase Freedom Unlimited with no annual fee. How do you cashback . The republican president ial candidate nikki haley is taking aim at some of the most powerful lawmakers in the country. On friday, it was hinted that Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell should step down during a Press Briefing and now she is double down saying that leaders like Dianne Feinstein and other need to know when to step aside. What i saming about Mitch Mcconnell, Dianne Feinstein and joe biden and nancy pelosi and other need to know when to walk away and we need new generational leaders and we appreciate your service and what you have done, but this is why we will fight for term limits. Joining us is political analyst jackie kucinich, and so, ageism is a concern in the workplace, and what do you think about the comments, and then she ended by talking about the term limits, and is the electorate in line with what she is saying . Well, i mean, this is also a matter of consistency about nikki haley. Think about how she launched campaign of talking about Competency Tests over age 75, and there is a number of constitutional issues, and this is something that she has been saying over and over, and leaning into Mitch Mcconnell, but she is not talking about the former president who is in the late 70s, and the voters are mixed on this, and there is some of them that is a lot of weight to incumbency, and this is why they are casting thefon others who nikki haley is trying to tap into when it is coming to President Biden when the democrats are trying to make up that he is older, and it is something that democratic voters are concerned about. Well, a difference of how old you are, and your ability to do the job. And it seems like she might be making that distinction. I do want to talk about the latest polling when it is coming to her political rival, president donald trump. Lets look at this poll. He is by far out ahead of the pack. Desantis was doing much better when this all started, and now you can see the numbers, and it just appears that he is going to be the republican nominee at least where we are now, and we have some time. What do you think about this . What happened here . Desantis used to be thought of as a real challenger to former President Trump. I think that desantis happened to desantis. There was a lot of questions when he went out into the world and when he started to have to do the retail politics that we all know and see throughout the president ial cycles, and it has not turned out well for him, because of what the walls that he put up when he was Florida Governor do not exist outside of florida and outside of that office. So the fact that he has had so many missteps, and you are seeing it in the poll, and the inability to come at former President Trump. We have been seeing it a little bit, and he did come at trump with the pac paying legal bills, and we will see if it is continues, but he has been hesitant to attack former President Trump, because he is still trying to cultivate his voters. Yes, he is seeming to outtrump trump, but it is not working for him on the campaign trail. I do want to talk to you about the numbers again, and 54 of the republicans saying that donald trump needs to be their nominee, and considering all of the legal battles that he has been facing, does it surprise you, or is this a sign that his voter, and those who are very strongly for him see all of this as just the piling on from the democrats . I think that is exactly right, sara. What you have seen throughout the two indictments in, and the third and the fourth on deck, and we will see how the juries are ruling in those, and however, every time one of these have come down, and the fundraising is coming up, and the people are clinging close to them, and because of the loyalty, and they feel because he is being attacked in the Justice Department, and it has served to solidify his support and instead of disburse it because of the rivals have hoped, and because he is going to drop out in court, and it does not matter how many times he has indicted and what he has said in this, and trump is not the one to pay the legal bills, and to the tune of 40 million and now he is talking about launching or is going to be launching a legal fund, and how is that is going to work. That is a really good question, and remember, he got some scrutiny for saying that he was going to raise his money for the legal funds, and not a lot of money went to the legal bills, and the rnc was paying legal bills when he was president , and this is a pattern, and it does not notably crack his support, and the question is how many of these rare candidates are going to go after him on the debate stage, and whether or not he decides to show up is the open question. Thank you, jackie kucinich, for that analysis. John . An american nurse and her child was kidnapped in haiti, anwe dramatic video out of china this morning as the First Responders are rescued from the First Responders that are chesthigh in some places. And typhoon is expected to drop as much as 40 inches of rain. It has killed as many as 40 people already, and half a million have been evacuated from beijing and as many as 1 million w where it reached landfall. And now, half a million came out in niger waving russian flags in support of putin, and in recent years, russia has been working on capitalizing the African Continent influence. And now at least a dozen People Killed and 120 injured when a Fireworks Warehouse exploded in thailand. The police are planning to charge the owner of the warehouse more than 100 homes were damaged and the cause is under investigation, and the initial report suggests there was a welding error. John . There is growing concern this morning for an american nurse and her child in haiti. Alix dorsainvil and her child were kidnapped near the capital of haiti. What is the latest . The American Embassy is working with the haitian locals to try to negotiate a release of Alix Dorsainvil and her child, and the hardest thing is who kidnapped her and her child or not. And a number of the kidnappings have to do with ransom demands. And so the State Department is asking people not to speculate in terms of the negotiations, and they are closely connected to the case and doing all they can, and what is interested here, john is that they were taken from the ministry themselves here, and it is a security from the charity and it was taken from the ministry that would have had a church and the school and somehow the health facilities, and with want you to listen to Alix Dorsainvil in her own words what she is doing in haiti. Sandro invited me to come to the school to do some nursing, because he said it was a big need. At first, i did not think that there would be a big need, but when i got there, there were so many cases. Haitian people are full of joy and life and love and im so blessed to know so many amazing haitians. Reporter right now, both the charity itself el roi and the family and so many people who know this young woman from New Hampshire and her local town in New Hampshire are asking for prayers, and she is going to need them given the fact that it is so difficult to ascertain exactly who took her and why. And again, we are not talking sometimes about an organized gang. Sometimes it can be a group of a few individuals which can be menacing as you can imagine, and terrifying especially when there are no high level negotiation, and the u. S. Officials say they are aware and doing the best they can to work with the local authorities on the ground. And paula, especially in portauprince, where they hold enormous authority out on the streets, and what is the u. S. Doing about that . Well, the u. S. Has heard calls from the u. N. To have a Multinational Force there on the ground, and it has not come together despite the months of trying. They wanted canada to lead, and they have had declines leading for the haitianled solution. So kenya said over the weekend they would be willing to send in 1,000 troops to train the police there, but it is not going to help the solution in the median term. They have had clashes with the troops, and there is a vigilante violence that has been uprising, and remember the United States on thursday, the same day that the nurse and the child were abducted asked for all americans to leave haiti and also evacuated the nonessential personnel, and this is going to be worse before it is better. And for people who have suffered so much already. Paula, thank you. And now, inside of the kremlin, the senior officials are suggesting that russia could be forced to use a Nuclear Weapon if a ukrainian weapon is going to be successful. And the latest from madonna about a recent health care. Stay off the freeways only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. With 30 grams of protein. 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John . A senior official is going to be used by a Nuclear Weapon if the counter offensive is successful. And the comments are coming after a drone hit a Russian Shopping Center in moscow overnight. We have video of that attack. You can see the explosion, really on the streets of moscow. There are no word if anyone was injured in that attack. Just yesterday, the ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the war is gradually returning to russias territory, although we should say that they did not claim direct responsible for the drone attack. I am joined by former fivestar general and cencom director general david petraeus, and so what is the gain that the ukrainians will get from this . John, i think that the objective here is to bring the war to the russian people, and particularly those in moscow, and these are presumably ukrainianproduced drones. They are targeting according to individuals with whom i have spoken in fact seven weeks ago in kyiv legitimate military targets, and they dont always end up hitting those, and the air defense can end up hitting those, and the russian ethnic forces that are operating from ukraine into russia, and the legion and so forth, be ut what they are trying to do with the war going on is that it can have an impact on them, and ideally it is going well for the russians on the battlefield, and distracting them to the degree to impact the assets on their own soil, and ministries of defense and so forth that cannot be used therefore on the battlefield of ukraine. General, what is your assessment of how the counter assessment is going in general. Last weekb, the ukrainians were claiming success on a small town that they retook which is in russian custody, Russian Hands for year, and what more could the ukrainians be doing along this front . I think they need to be doing what they are actually now doing, having adapted the plan, and of course, no plan is going survive battles with the dragons teeth full of russian soldiers on watch through the observers of the drones, and there is going to be very difficult watch through the assets that we would have deployed in this type of assets that we would have dep deployed. We would have carpet bombed entire area, and then g9 bulldozers and just plowed through this and supported with close air support, and close helicopter attackers. Now, they dont have these, and they have cleared more than 700 miles, which is far more than the russians have achieved in the first few months of the fall winter offensive, but what they are doing now is described well of the chief of defense in the u. K. Describes it as a star, serve and strife. So it is to starve from the front lines of ukraine, and you do it across the front of across a 600mile front, which is more than the distance of kuwait to baghdad, and you stretch and engineers and so forth and you have opportunity, you press forward the tanks and the other fighting vehicles provided by the west. But again, they wont bring to bear the combined arms operations capabilities that they now do have until they can get a breakthrough and force the russians to move when they can break out and indeed one of the critical elements of this fall offensive by ukraine is that they have to achieve significant progress, and they know it, is the key of whether the Russian Forces can hold up. They have been on the line for over a yearsh and they are not rotating the forces the way that the ukrainian or might it be more than just local is going to be a very important factor if the achieves the success that we are all watching closely. General david petraeus, always great to have you on and lend your expertise. Thank you. Sara . Another step on the remarkable comeback. Damar hamlin is donning pads with his remarkable comeback on the football field. That stunning comeback is next. E it outta sight it takes two to make a thing go right it takes two to make it outta sight one, two, get loose now it takes two to make a. It t takes two to make a. It takes two to make a. It takes two to make a. It takes two to make a. It takes two to make a. Stay two nights and get a 50 best western gift card. Book now at bestwestern. Com. Your record label is taking off. But so is your sound engineer. You need to hire. I need indeed. Indeed you do. Indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. Visit indeed. 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She took to instagram, sara, with this really emotional tribute to her family and saying that if it wasnt for them, that she wouldnt be alive and that she has this new perspective on what it means to really live. I want to read you about what she said. She said love from family and friends is the best medicine. One month out of the hospital and i can reflect. As a mother you can really get caught up in the needs of your children and the seemingly endless giving, but when the chips were down, my children really showed up for me and i saw a side to them i had never seen before, and it made all of the difference. She has rescheduled her North American tour. She is going to be Going International for that leg of the tour in october, but all of her fans are just so happy to know shes alive, shes recovering. She was spotted on the Upper East Side of manhattan the other day walking around. People are getting glimpses of her, too. Maybe youll go to lunch later and tell me about it. I want to turn to this next disturbing trend that is taking place at concerts. We saw another star getting hit by something from a fan. This time it looked like it was water or some sort of liquid. Cardi b, though, wasnt having it. What happened in. Cardi b performing in las vegas over the weekend and it was caught on video where somebody standing right there in the front they threw what looks like a drink at her and this liquid went up on the stage, splashed on her and she fought back essentially. She threw her microphone down at the fan. And so a lot of people are saying, okay, she has every right to respond, but that that was a bit aggressive. Other people saying hey, she was good to throw the microphone. She should have done that. This is coming amid a growing concern and trend that might have started on tiktok of concertgoers throwing things. Harry styles get hit in the face recently, bebe rex ya had to go to the hospital. She had to get stitches. It could change the way that we see live music if this trend does not stop. You might have your cell phone confiscated before you enter a venue going forward. The lesson here, dont mess with the bronx. Shes from the bronx and doesnt play. Thank you. Damar hamlin practice in full pads today for the First Time Since he collapsed during a monday night Football Game in january. Remember hamlin went into Cardiac Arrest after making a tackle and had to be revived. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition. The bills set to kick off their season on September 11th in a matchup against the New York Jets which means they have a really good chance of winning. Maybe even by a lot. Sara . Really . I mean just the news. Its just the news. A prediction, educated guess, to be fair. Yeah. Thank you so much for joining us. Happy to see damar hamlin on the field. Inside politics is up next. You ever try cashbacking . Its earning 3 at drugstores with Chase Freedom Unlimited. 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