Today hey, im zachary cohn and washington and this is cnn hello, and welcome to have you as joining us here in the United States and all around the world. Im taking k, this is seen and users coming up Opening Statements will begin this morning in the historic criminal trial of donald trump. What to expect is the case against the former us president is put before a new york jury usaid package for ukraine is expected to get final passage in the senate. This weight. And ukraines president says there is no time to spam plus concerns for the safety of jewish students at new yorks Columbia University. Y rabbis calling for them to return home. As passive, it draws me up live from atlanta this is cnn news room with linda kinky we adjust hours away from Opening Statements in the first ever criminal trial of a former us president , donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 Felony Counts because alleged role in a Hush Money Scheme to conceal an affair with Adult Film Star Stormy Daniels each coun
Presents blue carbon natures, hidden power premiers tomorrow night at nine eastern end pacific, only on cnn good morning and welcome to the best de of the week. It is saturday, april 20. Good to have you with us proceed in this morning. Im victor black wash. Just pictures opinion. I love it. Im amara walker. I love my sundays. Heres what were working on for you this morning. Were just hours away from a rare saturday session in congress to pass a critical 95,000,000,000. 04 aid package package backed by Speaker Johnson, but it could cost the republican his speakers gavel for sliding or depending on the democrats for their votes inside the deep divide in house and with The Middle East already on edge after strikes in israel and iran, what were learning about a series of deadly explosions at an iranbacked militia based in iraq. Thats ahead in life report happening today, former President Trump is set to make his First Campaign appearances since a jury was selected in his historic Hush Mon
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Spoke, please keep yourself and your team as safe as you can. Thanks, jim im jim sciutto. The news continues the source with kaitlan collins, starts now these, cnn Breaking News ive got some Breaking News for you tonight. Ive been speaking with sources and can now report a key attorney has left Donald Trumps legal team that lawyer happens to be a major witness in the classified documents case against him. Tonight, ive learned that Evan Corcoran, his quietly departed trumps legal team. This matters because corcoran is potentially going to be a critical a witness against trump if that case ever goes to trial he was the one who went through the storage room at maralago about two summers ago, looking for classified documents after they received a subpoena from the Justice Department. Trump allegedly misled him about the whereabouts of those documents, and also encouraged him, his attorney to lie to the Justice Department remember, corporate actually had to go and testify before a grand jur
Good morning. You were alive in the cnn newsroom for President Donald Trump, who says his people for quote, get extremely angry with whats happening thats ahead of fun day. When for the first time in history of former american president will stand Criminal Trials. Trump is accused of trying to buy the silence of a porn star, stormy daniels. He allegedly had an affair with trump denies the claims and has tried to delay the proceedings time and again just days left. That tried and true or somewhat true strategy is running out of runway earlier this week, his lastditch effort to delay failed for the third time in three days this morning, we should note the Us Secret Service says it is ready to go to provide protection for the former president , adding that it will quote, not seek any special accommodation outside of what would be required to ensure the continued safety of the former president. Meantime, trump is on a Truth Social Tirade Railing against the case. The judge and the entire s