strengthen their argument that the president s son got a sweetheart deal from the justice department. also this hour, a very close call in the sky, passengers and crew on an allegiant air flight narrowly missing a private plane at 23,000 feet. one passenger calling it terrifying. but we begin in d.c. where former president trump s already unprecedented legal challenges look likely to escalate with the decision of the federal grand jury. we now know that trump s legal team met with the special counsel s office today. if an indictment happens, it could mean the collision course between trump s hectic legal and political calendar for 2024 is about to get even more complicated. trump himself says it will be, quote, the trial of the century, even predicting he ll have fun on the stand. and once again today, he s fund-raising off the potential third indictment writing in a new email, in just a few days time, we have the opportunity to cement this moment in the history books as t
deputy assistant attorney general john ewe on how this could be john yu and how this shakes out at the ballot box. his numbers are picking up. all of that and new revelations in the gilgo beach probe that could lead investigators to more killing in more states. what suffolk county, new york, sheriff is doing now to make sure his suspect stays, as he says, intact and is brought to justice. welcome, everybody, i m neil cavuto. the candidates on all this legal pressure back ask and forth, we go to lucas tomlinson who has more in washington. reporter: good morning, neil. many are wondering how the former president can get to all his rallies and court dates. some say it was president biden on trial this week, neil, when two irs whistleblowers testified that both joe biden and his son hunter each received $5 million in order to get ukraine s top prosecutor fired when biden was vice president. of course, the president s son was on the board of that energy company that the prosec
also tonight, the devastated ukrainian city of odesa on alert for a potential fifth straight night of russian missile strikes as they re issuing ominous new warnings about who vladimir putin might attack next. and tributes are pouring in for the legendary singer tony bennett after his death at the age of 96. we ll talk to two carrying on his legacy. michael bule and harry harry jr. is joining us live. i m jim acosta, and you re in the situation room. our top story this hour, the new trial date on the calender for donald trump. the former president turned criminal defendant heading into an election year packed with legal proceedings as a third indictment may be around the corner. cnn s senior legal analyst paula reid is joining us now with all these developments. paula, now the judge in the classified documents case has this trial date set for next may, how do we expect things to unfold? so as part of this order the judge included a list of 30 deadlines and dates, all th
of international law. british scientists arrive in antarctica to test a new drone that will help forecast the impact of climate change. hello and welcome to sportsday i m hugh feris. here are this evening s top stories. it s no roman holiday for england. but they hold off italy to start their six nations with a win. blown away by bumrah. england have another pickle to get out of in india. everton rescue a dramatic draw in the premier league. and they re not the only ones. also coming up on sportsday. speeding her way to history. celina liebmann is the first to ride for one of the sport s british teams. hello, again. with the opening six nations weekend about to conclude. bills or scotland attempt to add their name to ireland and england winners. scotland led to 27 zero, they are still winning but onlyjust by a point. 27 26. something of a wales fight back. scotland raced to that lead from two tries. from duhan van der merve both set up by fly half finn russell as scotlan
right now. good saturday morning and welcome to cnn this morning. it s saturday, july 8th. i m erica hill in for amara walker. nd i m victor black well. good to be with you. thanks for spending part of your morning with us. here s a look at what we re watching. sorry. this is a problem when we re in two different cities and there s a delay. it ain t easy. it ain t easy. we re working it out. we re working it out. it was a very difficult decision on my part. and by the way, i discussed this with our allies. in an exclusive interview with cnn, president biden defends his position to send controversial weapons to ukraine as part of a new aid package. what these cluster bombs do and why some senators and congress folks are calling this a terrible mistake. the job market is seeing a cooldown as job numbers come in below expectations. how that s actually a good thing for the economy and encouraging news for women in the work force. federal regulators stepping i