lot going on. we re glad you re with us. let s get started with the five things to know for this wednesday, april 5th 2023 donald trump defiant after pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records during a speech last night, he vowed to fight the charges and railed against the prosecutors and the judge. i ll let that sink in. what you just said is a lot and look at that. so their celebration, at least in chicago , there s a new mayor in the windy city senior projects that progressive brandon johnson has won the runoff in chicago. he s going to join us live right here on cnn this morning, eight o clock hour 88 a. m eastern time a seat change for wisconsin cnn projects, liberals will now hold the majority on the state supreme court. that is a significant flip that could have major implications for abortion rights and future elections. also house speaker kevin mccarthy is set to meet with the president of taiwan in california. today it s a rare meeting on
revealed by local officials just a little while ago. that s going to see it as diane gallagher. she s watching all of this unfold for us. diane police say this was a targeted attack by the shooter, and they shared some of the clues she left behind. that s right, wolf. they say this was a targeted attack by 28 year old audrey elizabeth hale, who is a resident of the national area and a former student of the covenant school there at covenant presbyterian church. now i want to immediately talk about those six victims because police say that audrey hale shot and killed six people in that church this morning. they got the call around 10 13 am about the shooting. this is a very small school around 200 students that serves preschool. through sixth grade. the three of the victims are children were told to nine year olds and an eight year old who was about to turn nine. evelyn decals halle scruggs, william kenny and then three staff members. cynthia peak age 61, a substitute teacher,
starship inaugural test flight indigenous 2.5 minutes after takeoff. the rocket had no crew members onboard tumbled out of control what spacex called a rapid, unplanned disassembly. spacex also said it learned a tremendous amount from the test and called it quite a show. the effort comes after years of explosive tests regulatory hurdles in public hyping from musk. news continues. let s hand it over to pamela brown and cnn prime time. pamela anderson. thank you so much tonight the race for the white house getting clear on one end and more dramatic on the other sources say president biden is ready to formally announced his reelection bid as soon as next week for the latest details, we turn to cnn s phil mattingly, who joins us now from the white house. so what s the latest phil? you know, pamela four months the president s top advisers have been very clear behind the scenes that the president was going to launch a reelection campaign. what they weren t clear on was when that wo
huddling with advisors in new york as he is about to make history as the first president to formally charged with a crime. and just hours, trump will head downtown and he will turn himself in. and at this late hour this monday evening, we re still waiting for the judge in the case to rule on two important motions, and this could come at any time. the first of these is whether to allow cameras in the courtroom. trump s legal team opposes that move. they say it would create a circus like atmosphere. that s the first motion and then the second one that we re awaiting a ruling from the judge on is the motion to unseal the indictment before tomorrow s arraignment. again we are told that these rulings could be issued tonight and if they are, it would be an incredible cap off to what has been pretty unbelievable day. the former president, leaving his home in mar-a-lago this afternoon followed there in his convoy. supporters lining the roads flying to new york, where he made his way
hello and welcome, i m marion mcsherry. the results of an investigation into allegations of bullying by the uk s deputy prime minister, dominic raab, have been delivered to rishi sunak. the prime minister is said to be carefully considering the findings before deciding whether mr raab broke ministerial rules. mr raab, who is also justice secretary, denies bullying staff and says he always behaved professionally . nancy kacungira is at college green for us, following all the latest developments. so after all the waiting today, we are hearing no decision is set for today, at least? are hearing no decision is set for today, at least? that s right, when we first started today, at least? that s right, when we first started broadcasting - today, at least? that s right, when we first started broadcasting from | we first started broadcasting from here five hours ago, we thought there would be a matter of an hour or two before we heard about rishi sunak s decision, after him recei