country s rejection of donald trump in the 2020 election and became a critical battleground in the campaign by trump and his allies to overturn his defeat. a letter today from fulton county d.a. connie willis to judges and her fellow county officials saying in essence, clear your calendars. the new york times reports this, the georgia prosecutor leading an investigation into the former president and his allies has taken the unusual step of announcing remote workdays for most of her staff during the first three weeks of august. asking judges in the downtown atlanta courthouse not to schedule trials for part of that time, as she prepares to bring charges in the inquiry. the move suggests that the fulton county d.a. is expecting a grand jury to unseal indictments during that time period. thanks to court filings and reporting, we know that willis has cast a very wide net, with everyone from state gop officials to the ex-president himself, under scrutiny right now. the new york
desantis upcoming announcement. what are we expecting from this audio event on twitter with elon musk? reporter: well, jake, ron desantis has already filed the paperwork to run for president this afternoon. so all that s left for him to do is to say the words i m running for president and we expect him to do that tonight at this virtual town hall with elon musk. it will start in about an hour. during that time, he ll take questions and give a statement, and he will finally enter this race. he s spent months and months in this slow rollout. he s been on the road, a book tour, he s done international travel. now it becomes official. his campaign has been hype thing moment for the last couple of days, including posting this video to twitter on his wife s account. do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it, every single time. reporter: now, he also took care of a bit of housekeeping today. he officially signed a bill that makes clear he d
e. jean carroll takes the stand in her sexual battery case against the former president. the new warning that the judge issued just moments ago. and a race to get four mississippi jail escapees back in custody. one of the men is now accused of killing someone after he broke out of jail. we are following these major developing stories and all coming in to cnn news let s begin on capitol hill where there has been a shift this morning, it seems. house republican leaders are now confident that they have the votes to pass speaker mccarthy s $1.5 trillion debt ceiling bill and while there were big questions and probably still are, they could still vote today. do you hear all of the caveats i m throwing into this? what did kevin mccarthy have to throw in on to get all of this? manu what is the very latest you re hearing about this? there have been months after negotiations will pass the house as soon as today. it will require 218 votes in the republican-controlled votes
and some republican senators are calling out tucker carlson, calling his new attempt to down play the january 6th riot bs. we re following the heated reaction to carlson s airing of insurrection video he was given by house speaker kevin mccarthy. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is on assignment. i m brianna keilar. and you re in the situation room. tonight, mexican officials say one person has been detained in connection with the deaths of two of four kidnapped americans. the investigation intensifying as they are back this the u.s., trying to recover from their harrowing ordeal. rosa flores is near the border and following all of the new details. reporter: two of four missing americans are back in the united states and receiving medical treatment in texas after being kidnapped in mexico, after what a u.s. official tells cnn was a case of mistaken identity. two members of the party were found dead and one of the survivors i
hello. i m victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. any moment now, president biden is expected to update americans on the recent and unprecedented shootdowns of objects over north america. the president has been facing growing pressure to bring more transparency to the issue that has gripped the nation for the last month. let s get straight to jeremy diamond in washington. what are we expecting to hear from the president? this is the first time we hear directly from president biden in a formal setting on the downing not only of that chinese spy balloon but the three objects brought down between friday and sunday. to get to this point, a couple of things had to happen because the white house has really been in discussions over the last several days about the wisdom, the merits of the president potentially addressing this issue. they were wary at first of making this a bigger issue than it actually is. and they were also wanting to make sure the president waited until