podcast and the news continues on cnn happening now, the judge in the georgia election subversion case is weighing donald trump s newest attempt to try to avoid criminal prosecution. we re breaking down the first hearing since district attorney fani willis was allowed to stay on the case and why she was a no show today? also tonight federal investigators are back on board. the cargo ship that slammed into a baltimore bridge seeking answers as we re seeing the ship heading toward the deadly collision from a new angle. and the biden campaign is touting a historic $25 hall from a fundraiser tonight featuring former president s obama and clinton. president biden getting ready to attend the event as donald trump is also in new york trying to grab some of the spotlight and send a get tough message on crime. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, a urine the situation room we begin this hour with the criminal prosecution of donald
how 8 billion turns into 25 years in prison. the lead starts right now. sentencing de for sam bankman-fried, the 32 once known as a crypto king now we ll spend decades behind bars for one of the biggest financial fraud cases ever. his plea for mercy, the scolding he heard from the judge, and the customers, he swindled. can they ever get their money back? plus heavy lift cranes will soon be on the seam of the deadly bridge collapse in baltimore ready to move metal off the cargo ship that hit the bridge? just how many other us bridges are at risk of falling if they two, or hit with the same force. and universities now charging students a whopping $90,000 a year here, where exactly all that money goes and just how far off pace it is with inflation welcome, to the lead on jim sciutto in for jake tapper and we begin with our tech lead. sam bankman-fried is now doing time for cryptocurrency crimes a judge is centered. the former ceo of the collapsed crypto exchange, ftx today
people still being held hostage by hamas. regular viewers of the lead know we ve spoken to e ties parents on a number of occasions. he was the second of three sons he was a former boy scout. he was a fierce basketball player or especially computer basketball. here s how his father, rubi described itay to me back in november a very talented kid. he is saying he dances, so he s typically the life of the party. he has been in the boy scouts until the age of 18. so you meant to see young kids and maybe the most important part, his he and all the border play nba 2k. so i get my whooped by my eldest son, so we needs his youngest younger while that the come back. so he could go back and play with them nba 2k it was just last thursday when ruby and his wife, maggie were right here sitting next to me on set, and ruby shared a dream i actually haven t liam two days ago, two nights ago where i saw the vision of husband and biden let s lying to us and saying, well, you kinda tie, he s
is making another move to try to get the judge on the case thrown off. let s get straight to cnn s paula. paula with the breaking news. what exactly are trump s lawyers attempting? here? which i were less than two weeks out from the beginning of this trial and hear trump s lawyers are asking the judge to allow them to file a motion for the judge, juan to recuse himself. they are arguing that he is conflicted by his daughter s work as a democratic political consultant. now, last year they made a similar similar request which was rejected by the judge. i m saying that it would not be in the pu inrest for him to recu hielf.ut nowrump s lawyers are arguing sce this should be reconsidere because the judge s dahter they argue is in a position to potentially financially benetf unclear if this will succeed, jake, but again, this is just another effort by the trump team. it appears to if nothing else delay this trial further. all right. paula reid, thanks so much from trump, the de
like magic and bird shades of that. the lead with jake tapper starts right now it s not just donald trump upset with the judge these days, the special counsel now has a bone to pick with a different judge the lead starts right now andy, strongest rebuke, yet special counsel jack smith goes in blasting how judge aileen cannon is conducting that classified documents case against now prompt down in florida, he says her latest action has quote, no basis in law or fact we re going to lay out what she did that has prosecutors so upset plus celebrity chef jose andres speak picking out, accusing the israeli government of systematically targeting his aid workers killing them in gaza. here his comments ahead. and cnn investigates whether another major us bridge is just as vulnerable as the one that collapsed near baltimore. this one is longer and busier than the one that i just went down welcome to the lead on jake tapper, we start today with our law injustice lead aid and special co