Im Arlette Saenz at the white house. And this is cnn cnns, Breaking News i knew are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington. This morning. Were following all the reparations from the monumental ruling in the criminal case against donald trump In Georgia The Judge has just ruled Fulton County District Attorney, fani willis, can continue Prosecuting Trump and his allies in the Georgia Election subversion case. But she may only stay only state if the special prosecutor, nathan wade, who had a relationship with willis is removed, if willis and her team had been disclosed hello, fight, it would almost certainly have delayed a trial until after the president ial election in november. That is something trump desperately wanted in all of this. And as other legal cases as well, cnns Nick Valencia is just outside the Fulton County courthouse for acidic. Can you walk us through this mornings historic ruling . Wolf . It was historic, Monumental Decision Fani Willis getting a technical w
Process in the peach state after charges were posted online while the grand jury was still meeting yesterday afternoon. We will have the very latest all morning long. Secondquarter retailer needs are out, home depot is hitting the tape, the stock is moving fractionally higher, were you to get july retail sales, that comes out at 8 30 a. M. Eastern time. Everything that you need to know with the focus on the consumer and of course inflation and the pressures. Take a look at futures, it is read across the board will see if home depot can change the story since they are at dow component. The dow 148, nasdaq 58 change in nasdaq down by 18. Lets look at european markets, read across the board, the cac 40 and the dacs all squarely in the red. Into asia overnight, markets mostly that were there. The hang seng down better down 1 . President biden slammed for largely ignoring the devastation in maui after wildfires ravaged the island. Meanwhile he is planning another vacation next week. We are
Isaac kramer, executive director of Charleston County, South Carolina board of registration and elections. Janay nelson, president and director of the naacp Legal Defense fund. Were also goingâ– to hear from our other witnesses. Not for any omission, but because senator fisher will be introducing them. That includes alabama, secretary of state wes allen and brian cruz, election commissioner for the Douglas County, nebraska election commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in cent elections, and it is in large part because of the work of state and local officials. And these elections he run smoothly and topped Security Officials in both republican and democratic administrations to the likes have confirmed the security o elections including last weeks primary elections. 18 states have already held primaries this year. In fact our witnesses, secretary benson, secretary allen, and mr. Kramer have overseen primary elections this year already. Are many more to go before the g
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaud Center Fisher i are dealing with votes going on but i called the hearing to order and good afternoon. I would like to thank Ranking Member fisher and her colleagues for joining us. Our witnesses who i will introduce shortly for secr of state issac cramer executive carolina support of Voter Registrations and elections Jimmy Nilsson present director of the Naacp Legal Defense Fund and well hear from her other witnesses because senator fisher will be introducing them including alabama secretary of state wes allen and brian kruse commissioner for the depth county election commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in recent elections in large part because of the work of state and local officials in these elections have run smoothly and top Security Officials in both republican and democratic administrations alike have elections including last weeks primaryec elections. 18 states have a ready h
Warrant for donald trump. An Appeals Court opinion states, quote, the District Court found probable cause to search the twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses. Turns out that twitter and jack smith Squared Off On Whether Trump should be told about the Search Warrant, with the Federal Court ultimately ruling to keep the warrant a secret from trump. It says that, quote, the District Court found there was reasonable grounds to believe that disclosing the warrant to former President Trump would seriously jeopardize the Ongoing Investigation by giving him an opportunity to destroy evidence, change patterns of behavior or notify confederates. Its hard to remember now given that the expresident was banned for twitter for years and has not posted since his return, but his twitter account was one of the most powerful weapons in the aftermath of the 2020 election. He used it to spread baseless Conspiracy Theories to his millions of followers and urged his supporters to go to washingto