good evening, once again, we will have the very latest on the devastation and efforts to recover after hurricane ian, but, first, we are going to break into the new developments of the january 6th committee and the next possible final hearing. today, the committee chairman revealed it will happen before the midterms took place. well, the next hearing will be, the november 8th election, it will be next week but you can, for all intents and purposes expect it. we are not really looking at bringing witnesses before the committee and the next hearing, we still have significant information that we have not shown to the public. i wonder what that information will be. meanwhile donald trump himself still battling the doj over those documents seized from his mar-a-lago club in florida. washington post post reporting tonight, his lawyers are at odds with one another over legal strategy. his newest lawyer, chris guys, want them to turn down the temperature or the department of just
rhetoric is escalating ahead of the midterms. we ll tell you about an alarming spike in talk of civil war online. and by some republican lawmakers. and later? our reveal of the day s biggest mystery. why conservatives are suddenly freaking out over scooby-doo. and frankly? why i m not surprised. all of that in more is coming up. and, a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. breaking overnight! vladimir putin s military facing yet another critical setback on the battlefield. a massive explosion causing major damage to a bridge connecting crimea to russia. part of the bridge collapsed into the sea, compromising the main supply route for the russian military. and it happened one day after putin s 70th birthday. we ve got kyle perry, he is live now in kyiv. cal, good morning. what can you tell us? he catie good morning. it s hard to understate what a moment this is and how important this bridges to russia s military effort. we ve been talking so much about the ukrainian
coming up on cnn, the four-time indicted twice impeached one term president donald trump takes the stand as a defendant in the new york civil trial accusing him, his son s, and other trump organization executives of business fraud. and it s now been one month since the horrific hospitality on israel as war rages on. even official says the death toll in gaza from israeli airstrikes defies humanity. live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with john vause. wherever you are around the world, thank you for joining us this hour. we begin with a historic day in a new york courtroom. for the first time in more than a century, a former u.s. president has taken the stand as a defendant and donald trump stayed true to form. during four hours of testimony insulting the court, insulting the judge, and insulting the prosecution. while repeating his favorite and in collect claim from the campaign trail calling is criminal charges part of a criminal witch hunt and election interferen
critical. under the classified information procedures act, section three, the motion for protective order where we have seen a lot of news reporting, trump saying he wants to make mar-a-lago a skiff to be able to review the discovery in that case, that hear, will take place about the terms of that protective order on august 25th. and so in order to keep with the existing trial deadlines that have been established by judge cannon, everything needs to be done, everybody has to have counsel, it was fascinating though, quickly, when you looked at the courtroom and the seating, you saw walt nauta with his counsel, de oliveira with his current counsel and you did not see donald trump but his counsel was present in the form of todd blanche and chris guys. nbc news learned that extra security precautions have been put in place around the judge in the election interference case in washington? we started judge chutkan being escorted by three u.s. marshals around the courtroom.
not really. anything excitinexcitingg, to be honest. it s very procedural. his attorney put in his plea for hi him. m. , as he stood there, you know, as they said, and did what heas was supposed to doal. as he always says, no one is above the law, but he abidesths by the law when it s applied correctly, when it s not y, not whenectivel it s not applied politically motivated and we ll fight this head on. so tell me about the legal team. i know he s stils yol interviewingu lo and they re looking you guys are looking to bulk up. whatg at? u lookin what are you looking to add? well, i think that we have an incredible team already. todd blanche is obviously anat s attorney that s been with us. chris guys has been with us on other cases. and now we re just looking for that local strength, i think,itd and we ll make that determination soon. but it sefy no definitely not something that he should rush. it has to be the right