Prodemocracy groups can do is to show 1 the opposition through protests ethiopian mediators say sudans military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the transition to civilian rule protest leaders have suspended Civil Disobedience Campaign and general strike meanwhile the u. N. Security council has strongly condemned the violence and going to aim has. This fire in darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the Sudanese Professional Association the group says on monday about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer a military group called the Rapid Support forces or r s f Amnesty International says it has evidence proving the r. S. S. Is committing war crimes in the region and internet blackout and reports of electricity outages in the capital mean information is slowly trickling out tuesday it was the 3rd day of a nationwide strike intended to show the Transitional Military Council that protesters may
Votes, it seems to me that this is something incredible, in second place is the candidate from the communist party of the Russian Federation nikolai kharitonov, he has 4. 3 of the votes, in third place is the candidate from the new people party vladislav davankov, he scored 3. 84 of the votes, in fourth place ldpr candidate, leonid slutsky, has 3. 21. They have all already announced that they recognize the unconditional victory of our president Vladimir Putin, the president ial elections in russia coincided with another significant date, the one we already talked about today, and we will talk about it, because today is an amazing and incredible day, and today, of course, we will discuss all this, well, the crimean spring in general, through the eyes of its participants, through the eyes of those people who freely made their choice, who returned to their native harbor, about how our elections went, why is this so . They scared the west, well talk right after a short advertisement, the g
Thets big barr laying out a flaw in the main defense that Donald Trumps lawyers using in the federal election case. Well have much more from the former Attorney General on trumps many, many legal issues in just a moment. Meanwhile a key conspirator in the riot at the capitol could receive the longest sentence yet for the january 6th attack. And a very significant summit at camp david for President Biden. Well explain the stakes at todays meeting. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this friday, august 18th. We made it to friday, folks. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And well begin this morning with the trial date proposed by Donald Trumps legal team that is way, way, way in the future. In a court filing late yesterday the attorneys representing the former president in the federal election interference case against him thats the one out of washington requested that that trial begin in april of 2026. That is 2 1 2 years later than the january 2024 star
Americans were moved from tehrans Notorious Eivin Prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. Cnns Christiane Amanpour was first to break the story. She also spoke with one of the Iranian American detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. She joins us now. Christiane, Siamak Namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. Reporter well, lets hope so because he was desperate. And youre absolutely right. He told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. And it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. He had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. But never had this been allowed to the press, and he didnt get permission. He just did it. But it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the Biden Administration to
Alleged coconspirators be in the works . Also tonight, were learning that western hopes for ukraines counteroffensive are fading right now as officials receive very sobering updates on the fight to retake territory from russia. Ill get reaction from key white house official john kirby. And in the president ial race, Florida Governor ron desantis boots his Campaign Manager in an ongoing shakeup, replacing her with a trusted adviser as his bid for the gop nomination keeps on struggling. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get right to the Breaking News on a key hearing in the January 6th Criminal Prosecution of donald trump. Were joined by our Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reid. So what are we hearing tonight from the judge whos overseeing this critically important case . Wolf, the Rocket Docket continues here in d. C. The judge who will oversee the January