Investigation of hunter biden, a special counsel has been announced, signaling that a trial is now likely to fall into legal and political implications. Plus blunt words from a judge to Donald Trumps legal team, reminding the former president he cant intimidate witnesses and warning more inflammatory statements lieutenants require a quicker start to a trial. In hawaii, at least 55 killed, thousands displaced, as fires devastate maui. One official says the Historic Town of lahaina is all gone. This hour, a look at what some has lost to the hawaiians, and what they need most. All of this is coming in right to cnn news central. It is happening again. Another highprofile special counsel has now been appointed, this time its in the Hunter Biden Investigation. Today Attorney Garland announced he elevated david weiss to special counsel status. Hes been leading the yearslong investigation, and he recently requested he be given special counsel designation. The reaction in washington is pouring
Hostage negotiations. There has been a great deal in the press over the weekend. He asks whether i am optimistic. The answer is that i am neither optimistic nor pessimistic but i can tell them that the British Government is doing everything it can to ensure that those negotiations are successful. I am sure the Minister Negotiations are successful. I am sure the minister agrees negotiations are successful. I n sure the minister agrees that it is profoundly in the british interest that there should be a properly functioning system of International Rules and laws and that the International Court ofjustice is central to that system. So what concrete steps as the government taking to enforce its ruling with regard to this can affect conflict, enforcing the ruling and in relation to the assault on rafah, is at the ministers view that the assault and the impact it will have on the civilians, and as he points out, 600,000 children, that that would be in role with the lining in line with the ro
and the presidency. joining us now, just outside the courthouse here in manhattan, msnbc national correspondent yasmin vossoughian. what is the reaction from the courtroom? what are we expecting for the remainder of the day? a lot for the remainder of the day. we re expecting a decision here from the jury. i ll start with that. timing-wise, it looks like the judge wants a jury to go into deliberations during lunch, which will likely happen after alina habba delivers her closing remarks. e. jean carroll s attorneys have rested, completed their closing remarks. let me paint a picture, as we await this ten-minute break before alina habba starts her closing remarks and the expectations there. so, at one point e. jean carroll paints a picture for the jury. imagine yourself opening up your computer, she says, and seeing tweets from the president of the united states, then president donald trump, imagine him saying these things about you, and imagine him saying, you re unattractiv
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succession wins big at this year s emmy awards along with beef and the bear. all of those stories coming up in a moment. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. roma have named club legend daniele de rossi as their head coach until the end of the season following the sacking ofjose mourinho. de rossi s only previous managerial post came with italian club spal where he oversawjust three wins in 17 games before being sacked. mourinho leaves roma languishing in ninth place in serie a, five points off the league s final champions league qualifying spot and last week they were knocked out of the coppa italia by city rivals lazio. england women s manager sarina wiegman has signed a new contract until 2027. wiegman guided the lionesses to a first major trophy at euro 2022. england also won the first women s finalissima against brazil last year before reaching the world cup final, which they lost to spain. wiegman has won 3a o