hour of chris jansing reports. i m alex witt. ahead for us, kevin spacey on trial. the oscar award winning actor appears in court on multiple count of sexual assault. we re live in london. plus, a scathing report in the wake of jeffrey epstein s death. the d.a. blasts prisoner workers for multiple failures. a russian missile strike targets a crowded ukrainian restaurant right at dinner time. also, trump s growing legal woes, word that his former lawyer, rudy giuliani, met with the special counsel s office. our nbc news reporters are following all the latest developments. we will begin with nbc s vaughn hillyard who s following the latest trump legal troubles. what can you tell us about rudy giuliani and the legal team. rudy giuliani is a lynch pin in so many of what is a large web around january 6th and the special counsel s investigation. at this point in time, we know that in fulton county in the district attorney s investigation there, he has already been togethe
reportedly planned to capture top russian military leaders. back at home, developments in the special counsel probe into former president trump s effort to overturn his 2020 loss. a star witness in georgia s investigation is due to meet with federal prosecutors today. in new york city, the former marine accused in the chokehold death of a homeless subway rider faces a judge today. and are president biden s economic policies working? he s set to deliver what is being called a major speech to try to convince voters of just that. this morning, potentially deadly, catastrophic heat across the country, threatening some 69 million people who are having to deal with those conditions. they re under heat alerts. the national weather service says temperatures today are expected to reach up to 110 degrees in texas. over 112 in louisiana. and a reminder about how dangerous heat like this is. and a medical examiner in webb county, texas, reported nine heat-related deaths in just e
obstruction, conspiracy, lying and espionage. what happens now? when it comes to republicans in congress, this time it is not so certain. a lot of them are split. some are willing to stick by donald trump, like senator eric schmidt of missouri who said that the charges are, quote, unequal application of the law. nor senator john barrasso of wyoming who said, quote, it feels political, it s rotten. others are being a little more cautious. after all, these are espionage charges. there s, quote, no way to defend the allegations said rep don bacon of nebraska. i would not feel comfortable with a convicted felon in the white house, said a rep from colorado. there isn t a clear ideological common denominator within this split. we re going to explore why that is. what is clear, and maybe this is part of the reasoning for some is that this indictment might not be the only criminal trouble that former president trump could be in. there are two more investigations related to overturnin
good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
good morning to you. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, may 13th, i m victor blackwell. and i m amara walker. how could you not prefer pasta? you re still on the pasta. that is my comfort food. do you like pasta? i mean, i could eat it. not like i m going to i m not going to kick it out of bed. but i wouldn t invite it in. let s just say that. but bread. but they go hand in hand. here is what we re watching. city leaders along the u.s./mexico border say they are bracing for an influx of migrants after title 42 expired this week. cnn is with migrants on the mexican side of the border as they attempt to make it into the u.s. we re closer now to justice than a week ago. because daniel penny has been arrested. the ex-marine accused of holding jordan neely in a fatal chokehold surrendered and the charges he is now facing and while lawyers for neely s family say they are not enough. negotiations continue this weekend as lawmakers work to hammer out a