All he wanted to do was impede a process thats, well, its stated there in the constitution. Thats all he wanted. Like a bank robber, all i wanted to do was rob a bank. Take all the money. This is exactly what he is charged for, and he admitted it. Yeah. You know, watching mr. Lauro and political defenders like Lindsey Graham, well talk about him in a minute, attempt to defend donald trump over the last couple days, its clear they dont have a lot to work with. Mr. Lauro is a real attorney, unlike some of the other attorneys trump had around him. He was a prosecutor. If he cant seem to come up with a cogent theory of the case of why donald trump was acting legally around the 2020 election in the days leading up to january 6th, because the evidence in the indictment, the allegations in that indictment are so overwhelming, theyre Hopscotching Around, hoping to find something. Nothing is hitting yet. Well, of course, theyre not going to find anything legally because theyre boxed in legal le
United states is on to the Knockout Round. The game ended a few minutes ago. Man, by the skin of their teeth. They were inches away from their tournament being over in a flash. We knew, the u. S. Is twotime defending champions, and this is a historic run by this squad. Going into the tournament, we knew this was a bit of a transition year. Its sort of the last gasp, if you will, from some of the stalwarts weve gotten to know from the last couple runs. Theyre older now, and there is a young and Impressive Group of players coming through. At times, its been an uneasy mix. They, frankly, havent looked very good so far. They beat vietnam 30 when expectations were seven, eight, nine or more, then a pair of draws. It cant be said enough, if this is a couple inches to the left, they go home. Theyre fortunate to advance here. They have a couple days off. Hopefully they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. Twotime defending champions, the womens team are on to the
Trumps allies. What we are hearing from the Trump Campaign in the midst of cash flow problems. Were watching the d. C. Federal courthouse for any news in jackson smiths election interference probe. How close we could be to indictment there. And there was movement in georgia. And was hinted at over the weekend. Were on the ground at the courthouse. The security there ramps up. Lets begin in florida. Joining me now, katie, also, nbc news justice correspondent. Start us off, if you will. Take us inside that courtroom. What happened today . Reporter so good morning. This morning, Carlos De Oliveira arrived with his counsel john irving at the federal courthouse behind me. It is the same courthouse that walt nauta was arraigned a few weeks ago. It is not the courthouse that donald trump was arraigned at. However, there was no arraignment today because Carlos De Oliveira didnt have an attorney of law qualified. So it has been rescheduled. The biggest takeaways are the following. One, there ar
Youve been waiting all week to get to the weekend, and now we have arrived. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, july 15th. Im Victor Blackwell. And im rahel solomon in for amara walker. Victor, good to be with you, my friend, even if remotely. Even if theres distance between us, its good to have you on the show. Coming up, scorching hot temperatures and dangerous conditions, now 45 Million People are under heat alerts this weekend. Well tell you whos going to see the worst of it. A pizza box and Burner Phones. A cold case gets cracked over after decades. How authorities track down a string of killings in new york that went unsolved for years. I worry that its going to go on for a long time. I hope that its not. Right now we cannot make a liveable wave on what were living. And hollywood grinds to a halt as actors join writers on the picket line. How long it could go on and what it could mean for your favorite shows. And the Mega Millions jackpot soars again. We tell
Youve been waiting all week to get to the weekend, and now we have arrived. Good morning. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, july 15th. Im Victor Blackwell. And im rahel solomon in for amara walker. Victor, good to be with you, my friend, even if remotely. Even if theres distance between us, its good to have you on the show. Coming up, scorching hot temperatures and dangerous conditions, now 45 Million People are under heat alerts this weekend. Well tell you whos going to see the worst of it. A pizza box and Burner Phones. A cold case gets cracked over after decades. How authorities track down a string of killings in new york that went unsolved for years. I worry that its going to go on for a long time. I hope that its not. Right now we cannot make a liveable wave on what were living. And hollywood grinds to a halt as actors join writers on the picket line. How long it could go on and what it could mean for your favorite shows. And the Mega Millions jackpot soars again. We tell