Good evening once again, im stephanie ruhle. Donald trump is now seeking to delay his federal election interference trial until april of 2026. No, not next april 26, april 2026. That is almost three years from now. 17 months after the 2024 election. It is when his legal Team Proposed this evening in a court filing to the judge handling the case. They say, quote, must have adequate time to defend himself, citing the governments 11 and a half million pages of evidence, they said if the pages were stacked on top of one another, the result would be a tower taller than the Statue Of Liberty and the washington monument. Remember, jack smith has asked for Jury Selection to start in december, with a trial beginning on january 2nd of 2024. Meanwhile the former president has been speaking out against his four separate indictments. Today he told fox business, he wants his party to do a better job of defending him. It is just a continuation of silencing, they want to silence. You if you look, this
We are back live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We are tracking hurricane hilary. The system just weakened to a category 2 storm with winds of 110 miles per hour. The historic and potentially catastrophic storm is barrelling toward the southwestern United States, triggering the first ever Tropical Storm warning for millions of people in Southern California. The San Bernardino county Sheriffs Department just issued an Evacuation Warning for some areas in that part of Southern California. Thats just east of los angeles in the mountain and foothill areas. Hilary could bring a years worth of rain in a single day to parts of california, arizona, and nevada. Lets go straight to the cnn weather center, Meteorologist Derek Van Dam has been following the hurricanes path. I suppose its good news that the hurricane is weakening at some point, but that doesnt necessarily mean that people in that part of the country can let down their guards or folks in mexico as well. We should
Lets bring in our North America correspondent anthony zurcher. It has been a very long day, the grand jury proceeding going on for hours and things are not over yet at the courthouse. Flat over yet at the courthouse. Not over yet at the courthouse. Not over et over yet at the courthouse. Iirrt over yet although we are getting indication that we could have those indictments that you mentioned, ten indictments, we dont know who they are what they cover but they are what they cover but they will be unsealed, publicly released sometime in the next two hours and at that point, the mystery will be over, we will look into it and steve donald trump is invited, or any associates of him, like rudy giuliani, if they are included and what kind of crimes they are charged with. Obviously in the investigation was on attempts to influence or overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia but did they use a Racketeering Law which has a 20 Year Prison Sentence as part of a criminal enterprise that
We have chilling new details this morning about threats being made against the grand jurors who just issued an indictment against donald trump in georgia, and the woman arrested after police say she threatened to kill the judge in the d. C. Case. New scrutiny on the hours before the deadly maui wildfires. Why didnt the sirens sound in time . Questions about the state and federal response, and were going to speak with the White House Press secretary shortly. Abortion rights are one step closer to being in front of the Supreme Court again. An Appeals Court ruling clearing the way for a popular Abortion Drug to remain available for now, but very Big Questions about how long it will remain that way. Im kate bolduan with john berman and sara sidner. This is cnn news central. This morning, there is growing concern for the safety of several jurors in georgia and a judge in washington, d. C. , who are assigned to the criminal cases against donald trump. There are new chilling details about the
Trump indictment. Also this hour, the urgent search for the missing in the charred ruins of mauis wildfire catastrophe. The Hawaii Governor will join us live with an update on the Disaster Response as the death toll could surpass 100 at any moment. Cnn has Exclusive New Reporting on former republican legal officials siding with the Special Counsel Prosecuting Trump in the january 6th case. Ill ask a retired judge turned trump critic why he and others believe its critical for the former president to get a speedy trial. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and the United States and around the world. Im woman bliwolf blitzer, you in the situation room. Lets go right to georgia to the grand jury who may be poised to indictment donald trump. Sarah murray is just outside the courthouse where grand jurors have been hearing new testimony today. What do we know about the proceedings this hour . Reporter well, wolf, it has been a very busy day here at the Fulton County courthouse. We