United states and around the world. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from new york. We start with two of the worlds critical hot spots. First ukraine. Where president zelenskyy admitted that the counteroffensive is difficult as wes western Officials Say that kyiv is highly unlikely so where does the war go from here . And then to niger, where a Military Coup was launched, that makes for a six county belt of cues spanning 3,500 miles across the african continent. Well tell you what you need to know about this startling trend. Also, are you amazed by the power of Artificial Intelligence . Well wait until you hear about Quantum Computing. It will make todays a. I. Look like childs play. I talked to mitchia kaku about what he sees as the real gamechanger. But first, here is my take. In early may, 2023, it seems obvious that the United States was going to face an unmanageable border crisis. In the Previous Fiscal Year there were about 2. 4 million of apprehensions trying to enter the u. S. A
Development linking trumps legal team to a Voting System breach in a rural georgia county. Zach, what can you tell us . Reporter fred, coffee county, georgia is heavily republican where trump won over 70 of the vote there. But after the 2020 election, allies of donald trump and his attorneys tried to get access to a Voting System there and ultimately were successful in that. And these new Text Messages are in the possession of prosecutors now lay out that plan and connect trumps attorneys like sydney powell, Rudy Giuliani to this Planning Process and effort to get access to Voting Systems. It lays out how in the days before the breach, even before 2021, the attorneys were trying to get written information from a local official there. Connecting some of the dots showing this was more of a topdown effort to get access from machines rather than just a sporadic random oneoff. Trumps attorneys now more connected to this breach than we knew previously. So how are spinks expected to play out
Of haitis powerful gangs who took over the capital, Port Au Prince, while he was on a trip to kenya pushing for a un backed police force. The Transitional Council, announced by the Caribbean Community bloc, will be in charge of nominating a new Prime Minister but haitis gangs are demanding a seat at the table. 0ur Central America correspondent will grant is just outside of haiti and sent us this report. This is the dajabon Border Crossing between the Dominican Republic and haiti, and we have already seen dominican authorities Deporting Haitians back in to the poorest country in the americas at a time that it is facing its most acute humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. It is also that they are being deported into a political vacuum. Prime minister ariel henry stood down, citing the fact that his situation was untenable given to the violence on the street of the capital, Port Au Prince. His decision came after the Caricom Group of caribbean nations and the us Secretary Of Stat
Donald trumps legal team responds, accusing the Special Counsel of going after trumps First Amendment rights. And now both sides are facing a new deadline. Brand new exclusive reporting. U. S. Officials just briefed on the ukrainian counteroffensive are now calling the progress being made against russia, sobering. Not in a good way. The challenges that ukraine is facing. And a violent brawl in alabama goes viral. A group of white boaters accused of jumping a black Security Guard and then a fullblown fight escalated on the river front. Warrants are now filed as demands for justice grow. Im omar jimenez with kate bolduan and john berman. Cnn news central starts right now. Special counsel jack smith and Donald Trumps legal team now face a 3 00 p. M. Deadline today to respond to the judge over seeing the 2020 election case. At issue now is how much and under what conditions evidence can be publicly disclosed ahead of this historic trial. Trumps legal team not surprisingly is fighting for l
Ahead on cnn newsroom. It looks like a war zone out there, really looks like somebody came along and bombed the town. Billions of dollars and losses, dozens dead, the scope of the fires in hawaii is becoming clear. Gop president ial hopeful campaign at the Iowa State Fair ahead of their first debate, front runner donald trump refuses to comply with one requirement to qualify for the event. And Five Americans have been released from irans most notorious prison, what it will take to bring them the rest of the way home. Live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. The catastrophic wildfires scorching the Hawaiian Island of maui have killed at least 53 people, it is feared the death toll will keep rising as emergency crews reach more areas turn to ash. Power and cell service are still out in western maui, and the main Tourist District of lahaina which is making it difficult to determine how many people are still missing. The white government up 1700 buildings there were de