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Viewers joining us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. Im Rosemary Church just ahead the u. S. Department of justice charges six Hamas Leaders over the October 7 attack on israel. The first attempt by the u. S. To hold the terror group accountable. Allows Donald Trump pleads not guilty to charges of election interference. And these special counsels revised indictment and a shakeup in ukraines cabinet, foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, hands in his resignation as the country suffers a deadly wave of attacks cnn newsroom with Rosemarie Church thanks for being with us. Our top story this hour, the u. S. Justice department announces Terrorism Charges against half a dozen top hamas officials over the October 7 attack the Charges Target Hamas Leader yahya sinwar, seen in the middle, as well as his late predecessor is male the nea. And another Hamas Leader, Khaled Meshaal us prosecutors filed the charges in february, but kept them under wraps in hopes of making arrests but after haniyehs assassination, the Justice Department chose to go public. The complaint also follows the Money Trail and points to those finance and saying, hamas, cnns Paula Hancocks is following this live from Abu Dhabi. She joins us now. Good to see you, paula. So what more are you learning about these u. S. Justice department charges against Hamas Leaders . Well, rosemary, this is really the first criminal step that the Justice Department has taken in trying to hold Hamas Leaders and senior officials to account after the October 7 attacks. Now we understand that there were, as you say, six senior leaders that have been named, three of them are already deceased at this 0. 1 of them, yahya sinwar, who is the head of hamas is believed to be holed up in an underground tunnels somewhere in gaza at this point there are seven charges that have been named in this complaint. They include Terrorism Charges. They also include conspiracy to murder us nationals, and conspiracy to use Weapons Of Mass Destruction in order to kill. Now as you mentioned, they were filed back in february, but they have been unsealed now, as after the assassination of one of the leaders, Ismail Haniyeh they decided to make it public before that, they had been hoping that some of them could be arrested, so they could take them to trial. But we have heard more from the attorney general. Lets listen to Merrick Garland as outlined in our complaint. Those defendants and with weapons, political support, and funding from the government of iran, and support from his biller have led hamass efforts to destroy the state of Israel And Murder civilians in support of that aim. So they are looking into the financial aspect of this. You heard him there mention the fact that they are hamas is funded by iran looking at those links, also, looking at the links to cryptocurrency and how hamas is benefiting and being financed in that regard. So a fairly wide ranging efforts at this point, and it comes just a few days or at least the unsealing of this complaint comes just a few days after an american citizen, israeli american Hersh Goldbergpolin was killed in gaza. He was one of the six israeli hostages whose bodies were found over the weekend, whereas me, alright, our thanks to Paula Hancocks joining us live from Abu Dhabi attorney and legal affairs commentator, Areva Martin joins me now from los angeles. Appreciate you being with us thank you, rosemary. So what is your reaction to the u. S. Justice Department Filing these criminal charges against 16 High Level hamas officials, three of whom are now dead the complaints spanning several decades of alleged hamas terrorists x, but focusing on the October 7 attack and is wow well, rosemary, this is an extraordinary occasion a filing by the u. S. Department of justice, and its important to note that the department of justice says this is just the beginning of their actions to hold accountable those individuals, those Hamas Leaders responsible not only for the actors but were seventh attack on israel, but for the Reign Of Terror that these individuals have been engaged in over several decades. As you indicated the complaint describes in really great detail the kinds of terrorist attacks that hamas and its the six independent individuals charged in the complaint has been engaged in. But it focuses on October 7 on that attack by hamas on israel talks extensively about some of the violence that was used against israelis on October 7 including the sexual Violence Weve heard a lot about women being raped and sexually assaulted on that day in this complaint goes into pretty great details about the violence of that day. And those charged include Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in tehran recently, and the man who replaced him, yayah sinwar, as well as another Hamas Leader Colored Michelle but while this is an effort by president Joe Biden to hold him hamas accountable, what can really achieve legally with three of the six dead and the others in hiding . Well, thats a good point. Rosemary, as you stated, three of the individuals that have been charged in this indictment are already did and one of the main leaders has been in hiding. Now for years. Not clear that there will ever be any sighting of this individual of many of these leaders, they said are hiding in the elaborate Tunnel System that has been erected in gaza, but still this indictment i think has significance a, some may say a symbolic in terms of what it might actually achieve. But i think its important to note that Merrick Garland said the department of justice has a long memory, and this is just one step. In a, what they call whole of Government Approach to hold these individuals accountable we know that this indictment was actually filed on February 1 and was kept under seal. There was some thoughts perhaps that they would be able to capture some of these individuals before they were actually assassinated. And then we saw or heard at least this weekend of the death of the 23yearold israeli, his Family Members who spoke his Mom And Dad spoke at the democratic national convention. So we know that in some ways the unveiling of this indictment has filed that the notification that six hostages founded, including this 23yearold young man whose family has been so outspoken about his return and as you point out the Justice Department says, this is just the beginning. So what is the next stage of this legal process . What happens next . Well, not clear. Theres went to be any attempt to execute any kind of Search Warrants or any kind of Arrest Warrants for these individuals, given what we know about them and unlikely nature of them being captured. But we know that the u. S. With regards to other terrorists rosemary, have used military very forced to seek and to find and to stamp out those terrorists that have enacted or rain of terrorism on u. S on the u. S. And there were 43 american citizens among those murdered and ten american citizens that were taken hostage on that day in October 7 so its not like i think that the u. S. Government will rest simply with the filing of this indictment. Of course, there could be military actions being planned, even as we speak that are not being revealed to the public. But the statements from the department of justice, as they talked about this indictment, as they unsealed this environment, made it very clear that accountability its something that the u. S. Is seeking and plans to hold these individuals accountable arriva martin, we appreciate your legal analysis. Many thanks for joining us. Thank you its only been about a week since special counsel, Jack Smith filed an updated indictment against Donald Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election. But the former president s legal team is already responding Cnns Kaitlin Polantz has details Donald Trump is pleading not guilty to that new set of charges in Federal Court in washington, that the Justice Department, the special counsels office, led by Jack Smith, filed against him last week. Now, those charges went through a grand jury, but theyre the same charges that trump has faced for more than a year now related to the 2020 election what he was doing leading up to an on January 6 to inspire violence among his supporters, the Justice Department has rewritten the allegations though, and because they filed the new indictment, he has to have a new plea entered. The Way Trump is doing this, though, is different than the last time before he appeared in person and in court to tell the court he was pleading not guilty, but now hes doing it on paper. He doesnt want to have to appear in court there is a hearing where his attorneys are going to be going before Judge Tanya Chutkan in the District Court in dc on thursday of this week. And so theyre hoping that this piece of Paper Paper where Donald Trump has signed with his name in Big Black bold letters saying hes pleading not guilty. That that would be sufficient, that it means that he doesnt have to show up, but its still is quite notable for the former president s still facing these charges and in this situation, this type of filing kicks off the trial proceedings. Again, all of the things that will be leading up in the Trial Court to Donald Trump potentially going to trial before a jury of his peers katelyn polantz, cnn, washington meantime a. Judge has rejected trumps request to have his hush Money Trial Move to Federal Court. A jury found trump guilty on 34 Felony Counts back in may a federal judge says Theres Nothing in the supreme courts Immunity Ruling that would change his view of the fact that payments to adult Film Star stormy daniels were private, unofficial acts. Trumps attorneys have also asked to postpone here September 18 sentencing well the fight for the Battleground States is heating up in the u. S president ial election. Donald trump will take part in a Fox News Town Hall Tonight in harrisburg, pennsylvania. Kamala harris will also travel to the Keystone State ahead of the first and possibly only president ial debate cnns Eva Mckend has more Vice President harris returning to pittsburgh for the second time this week, thursday, shell spend the weekend. They are preparing leading up to next Weeks Debate in philadelphia. She wont be holding any rallies during this time, but we could see a Pop Up at a restaurant or two because she does plan to be out in the community campaign, clearly trying to make the most out of the time that they have left. She has historically been a studied person and No Doubt shes going to spend a lot of time trying to be ready for possible debate scenarios. But the campaign has gamed out. It makes more sense to do that in a Battleground State rather than here in washington. Core to her election its an argument framing herself as a champion for the middle class. She speaks to this in a new ad. Lets listen we all Know Costs are too high, but while corporations are gouging families, trump is focused on giving them tax cuts, but Kamala Harris is focused on, you building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency. She will make groceries more affordable by cracking down on Price Gouging. And Shell Cut Housing costs by taking on corporate speculators. The first phase of her economic rollout attacked Price Gouging proposed 25,000 for firsttime homebuyers. The next iteration of that plan slated to roll out wednesday in new hampshire. Its going to focus on expanding a Tax Deduction for costs associated with starting a Business Business and removing regulatory hurdles like filing requirements and operational licenses for businesses of a certain size. Eva mckend, cnn, washington coming up, russia is launching more Air Attacks on ukraine, killing children and wounding dozens of people. That is next. 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One of the victims is a 14yearold girl. Dozens of people have been injured including a number of children and five people were wounded in the central city of kryvyi. Rare when a Hotel Building was destroyed, these latest strikes follow. One of russias single deadliest attacks and the duration of the war, more than 50 people were killed and hundreds wounded overnight, tuesday, when russia it shouldnt missiles struck a military Education Facility and cnns Salma Abdelaziz joins me now, live from london. Good morning to you, salma, so another deadly night of russian attacks in ukraine and this coming as the countrys Foreign Minister tendered his resignation along with a broader shakeup in ukraines cabinet. What more are you learning . About all of this . And the location of todays attacks is extremely significant. Rosemary, the city of lviv, a city thats been considered largely safe throughout the course of this conflict because it is so close to the Polish Border only about 50 miles away from nato territory. Thats 70 kilometers. So for russia to strike a city like this thats considered a safe haven, a place for people who are displaced, that its so far from the battlefield. It is a very bitter reminder to those families that their ease no place that is safe in ukraine from what seems like daily bombardment, a daily barrage of dozens of missiles and drones fired at civilian infrastructure, fired at homes and residential areas. And of course, theres comes just a day after one of the single deadliest incidences since the beginning of the Conflict Strike on a Military Educational Facility in poltava, ukraine still reeling from that in amid all this behind the scenes, President Zelenskyy has promised to reshuffle his government to restructure his government, take a listen to how he explained this Move Bottom will