For more information how you can help victims of Hawaii Wildfires go to cnn. Com impact or text hawaii to 707070 to donate. The lead with jake tapper starts right now. A brand new Special Counsel now focused on hunter biden. The lead starts right now. The Attorney Generals surprise announcement. The prosecutor who was overseeing The Hunter Case is now being elevated to a Special Counsel. What will this mean for the president s son . What will this mean for the president . And donald trump might be told to zip it. The judge in the 2020 Election Fraud case signaling that she is going to be willing to restrict sensitive evidence as she tells trumps attorneys the former president s right to free speech is not absolute. And hawaiis catastrophe sadly getting worse. Historic towns gone, homes burned to the ground, 55 lives confir confirmed lost, and that number is sadly expected to climb. Welcome to the lead im jake tapper. And we start with our Law And Justice lead with a new Special Counsel
Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January
North carolina. Here tonight headlines. Track and the urgent situation of dangerous storms, strong winds and excessive heat as thousands of flights are delayed or canceled. You details after helicopters collide with firefighters responding to a brush fire. Although this was a tragic death, we are also thankful today that it was not worse. Terms lawyers push back against prosecutors and their request to limit what the former president can say, arguing it is in effect asking the court to cr his political speech. Reporter Ukrainian Authority is her saying they have thwarted an Assassination Plot against president volodymyr zelenskyy. One woman has been detained, saying she was planning a russian air strike to hit a Southern Region of the country where the preident was said to be visiting. A new study found black men are more likely than white men to die of melanoma despite making up fewer cases. Its time we are aware that this is a Silent Killer and our community is. This is something you
Event. Rob marciano and zohreen shah standing by. Next, the Clock Ticking for the trump legal team. The Special Counsel requesting a protective order in the january 6th case. The judge wants a response within hours. It comes after the former president s threatening post, if you go after me, im coming after you. And what hes now saying about the judge in the case. Maryalice parks reports from the justice department. The horrific scene off italys amalfi coast. An american executive killed when the boat she was on with her husband and children collided with a sailboat where passengers were celebrating a wedding. What we learned about the investigation. Also tonight, u. S. Navy destroyers dispatched off the coast of alaska after tracking russian and chinese war ships on patrol. The joint Exercise Raising alarm bells at the pentagon at a time of heightened tension with the two countries. New details in that alleged Murder For Hire scheme in the bahamas. An American Mother of three accused o
Significant case in the United States history. 9 11, 2001. Usama bin laden and other terrorists hated our democracy tried to destroy it. Donald trump, just like those other threats to american democracy, tried to destroy our system. This is the greatest political crime since succession. This has a chance of going to trial before the election and thats exactly what jack smith did. He knows what hes doing and he did it here. This case can be tried before the election. I dont see any reason why it shouldnt. The election will be simply about where will trump serve his next term . In the white house or in The Big House . Greg they want to send trump to The Big House before you voters even get the chance to send him back to the white house. Legal experts and republicans argue this indictment is an attack on the First Amendment. Political speech now has been criminalized. The First Amendment is under assault. Its under attack by the biden administration. You see a lot of deceitful conduct but