bianca nobilo live from london. max foster has the day off today, but he ll be back tomorrow just ahead on cnn newsroom. this is the worst i ve ever seen. this is an unbelievable amount of rain pull on the side. streets were flooded everywhere. we have the threat for flooding, as well as the threat for severe weather and record warmth on top of it all. this person murdered my friend. but still i can t imagine how his parents must be feeling amazing grace. how sweet the sound we will get through this together. if you can see the smoke, you re in the smoke. get out of the smoke. this person has been negligent and irresponsible and it s led to putting a lot of people in danger. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, april 13th nine am here in london at four am in south florida, where historic amounts of rainfall have caused what one city has made describes as the most severe flooding he s ever seen. up to 20 inches of rain have
delay the start of a sexual assault and defamation trial following trump s historic indictment earlier. this month is legal team is seeking to push back the trial by one month that would be too late may they claim potential jurors will have the criminal charges top of mind and that could taint the jury pool. former magazine columnist e. jean carroll opposes the delay request with her lawyer, calling it meritless. carol alleges that trump raped her in the mid 19 nineties and defamed her while he was president when he said that she made up the claim to boost sales of her book. trump denies the accusations. meanwhile michael cohen s attorney says his client will not be deterred or intimidated by a new lawsuit brought by former president trump trump is seeking $5500 million in federal court, accusing his former attorney and fixer of breaching his contract. cnn s katelyn polantz has the details from washington. donald trump is suing his former attorney, michael cohen, related to