as trump s lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith s investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that then-vice president mike pence had to be ush rushed to a secure location, trump responded so what. luna saw an unexpected willingness by trump to let potential harm come to a long time loyalist. and
Oh, my gosh. All right. With that, thanks to our panel. Thanks to you for joining us. Im casey. Dont go anywhere. Cnn news central starts right now her falling Breaking News overnight, a devastating earthquake hits taiwan. Dozens of people now, just rescued after being trapped in collapsed tunnels, at least nine people are dead, hundreds more injured. And we have new video of how it all played out breaking overnight signs of special counsel jack smith has had enough of the judge overseeing the maralago documents case, a scathing filing. It could be seen as a first step to try to get her removed from the case. Chaos swirling around donald trump social Media Company, a new lawsuit against two former apprentice contestants connected the truth social. Zara is out today. Im john berman im going with kate baldwin, Cnn News Central starts right now lets get straight to the Breaking News overnight, 75 people trapped inside the tunnels. They have now just been rescued after earthquake hits taiw
Space shuttle columbia, the final flight premieres sunday at nine on cnn good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta In Washington. Are right now, we are waiting remarks from Secretary Of State tony blinken there he is in paris with french officials is about to speak on the situation in the middle east. We will bring us some of that to you live as it happens. But first, former President Donald Trump is once again going after the judge overseeing the former president s upcoming Hush Money Trial in new york, that judge has been moving in to rein in trumps rhetoric, expanding a gag order less than two weeks ahead of that hush money criminal trial. Trump is now prohibited did from attacking court officials, families, including judge merchans daughter who he described as quote, a Rabid Trump Hater to his millions of followers so far trump has abided by the new terms, refraining from additional over attacks on the judges family, but the judge himself, we should note, is n
Fees, no contracts and Hello Barbara sorry, i was muted thats amazing. I know rights barbara not Manu Raju On Capitol Hill and this is cnn back on the trail. Donald trump is taking his Campaign Talents to, to swing states. As President Biden says, his sights on a state of democrats havent one in years it was gazas largest and most advanced hospital with emergency Intensive Care, pediatric, and other departments. And now it has been reduced to rubble. The World Health Organization is hoping to send a team to the alshifa hospital to see if anything can be done to help and this is the last two survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Say they have one chance to get back the opportunities that were stolen from them. Today, the women both 109 years old, go before the oklahoma Supreme Court. Any final fight for reparations . Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in, right here to Cnn News Central fresh off some appearances in court. Donald trump is back on the C
Addition of my show. Up next, the beat weekend. Welcome to our special. The new york versus donald trump. We are bringing you this brand new breakdown of the third week of the historic and first ever criminal trial of the former president and current candidate as well. This was a tough week for the defendant. There was gripping, dramatic testimony from the woman at the center of the hush money plot, and of all the witnesses we have seen, she is the most famous through her encounter with trump, and there were testimony and key days of testimony from witnesses who were in trumps orbit, who could speak about what she said and cooperate corroborate it. We are looking at this game and how they try to influence the 2016 election. We can tell you as we recount why it was such a tough week for trump, we also know, according to the public remarks, working off the public evidence, we nowhere near the end of the thing. Two witnesses left according to the das team. We have the star witness, Michae