Students and two teachers who were killed less than 48 hours ago, they were sitting in the Front Row of that courtroom lets get right to cnns Rafael Romo outside the court were kind of inbetween moments right now rafael in court yeah. Thats right. Waiting for the parent who is going to show up here at the courthouse. Any moment now about probably in about 30 minutes, it was heartbreaking. John and let me tell you to see those families sitting quietly, respectfully in the Front Row in the proceeding started at exactly a 30, 3 00 a. M. In front of Judge Curry mingle dorf here at the Barrow County courthouse. Defendant was brought in two minutes later. His arms were shackled and he was wearing a green Top And Tan pants. He replied to questions by the judge, by seeing a yes, sir. In a respectful manner as he was informed of his rights under the law and the charges, and that he faces. Lets remember that he has been charged, says adult with four counts of Felony Murder Scene with the victims
Newsroom up next good morning you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington. We begin the hour with Donald Trump returning in front of a judge this morning as lawyers for the former President And E Jean Carroll are set to square off in manhattans federal Appeals Court Trump is seeking an appeal after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed the former columnist, awarding her 5 following a trial last year, the case is separate from the related Defamation Trial that was held earlier this year when a jury awarded carroll 83 Million in damages, Youll Recall that cnns Kristen Holmes is with me now. Kristen what do we know about this pill and why is trump expected in court . Hes not expected in court. He has chosen to go to court and just a reminder, after he was awarded a 5 Million that was a twoweek trial. A jury determined that he never once was in the courtroom and he never once called a single witness. So clearly, he is putting on a bit of a show here something that h