the former presidents immunity claims in the 2020 election case . what does this mean for the trial s start date? plus israel says it is expanding its offensive in gaza tonight, as a new cnn investigation uncovers where israel has been dropping massive 2000 pound bombs. new concerns about american paul wheeling as he reveals a prison official that is targeting him inside that dangerous russian labor camp. how worried is his family about his safety? his sister is my guest. let s go out front. you do good evening, i am internet for erin burnett. out front tonight, for now the when you donald trump, the supreme court fusing to decide right now if trump is immune from the alleged crimes he committed as president, including his efforts to overturn the election. the decision from this court came in the one page, one sentence order, rejecting the request by special counsel jack smith for expedited review. this means the issue, which is at the core of the election interference case
Good morning. Everyone welcome to cnn this morning it is saturday blackwell. It is good to be with you. Thank you for joining us. Heres what were watching for you this morning. Commencement ceremonies. They are now the latest targets of protesters that have gripped the College Campuses across this country. How schools, planet deal with those, and the agreements theyre making to put a stop to the demonstrations Longtime Donald Trump aid hope hicks took the stand friday and trumps hush money criminal trial, what she told the court about what was happening inside the campaign after the release of the access Hollywood Tape after nine consecutive days of tornadoes, were Tracking Threat for more Severe Weather today, the biggest threats today, and the city is at risk through early next week, plus the faa is expanding the list of acceptable antidepressants for pilots and air Traffic Controllers. While many in the industry say it is a major step in the right direction universities across the u
for details cnn s sarah murray live in washington. what do we know about who s going to get the big job to fix the health care system? reporter: good morning, chris. you have a couple of announcements today. congressman tom price is going to get the job to be head of health and human services. another health care related announcement. sema verma is the head of medicare and medicaid services. trump is moving forward as there are still big looming questions about who he s going to go with for secretary of state. donald trump is barrelling ahead with another round of cabinet picks today naming georgia congressman tom price a fierce critic of obamacare to lead the department of health and human services. the most important thing that the american people understand and appreciate is that it s destructive to their health care. reporter: after this teaser from mike pence more announcements tomorrow.
let s get the bottom line with cnn politics executive editor mark preston. mark, this follows on the footsteps of at least half a dozen tweets that mr. trump sent out last evening about cnn and how frustrated he is with cnn, that we are not believing his false claims that there was vast illegality of voting during the election. so what s going on? reporter: well, you know, i wish that we had enough time in this segment to get to the bottom line of what donald trump is doing, what he s thinking about. i don t think we ever will. he has really been a conundrum to everyone, not only us in the media as you know, but to fellow republicans, democrats, just about everybody. they don t know why he keeps on trying to side track himself. you know, alisyn, in many ways he s playing from a position of weakness right now. he won the election. he s going to be the leader of the free world. the prime minister of japan altered his schedule to go to new york last week to meet with him. he has world l
tweeting about an election that he actually won. congressman shawn duffy, we appreciate it. we look forward to talking about all of those things as well. thanks so much for being here. thanks, alisyn. chris. more breaking news that we are following. there are raging wildfires that are forcing thousands to evacuate from resort towns all through tennessee. there are a number of homes, several hotels already destroyed. we have someone on scene. cnn meteorologist jennifer gray, she has the situation right now. what is the current status? reporter: well, chris, we still have the raging wildfires. a break from the rain now. should get more this afternoon which is helping firefighters, but it s a little too late. we already have at least 30 structures burned. we have 16 story hotel that we hear is damaged and possibly many, many others. we have hundreds of first responders here, firefighters here from all the surrounding areas as well as the national