Politics the former president s pardon play. Donald trumps lawyers make a hail mary request for an april 2026 start to the 2020 Election Trial and try to make sure the case never sees the inside of a courtroom. Plus a game of risk. New reporting outlines how republicans plan to conquer a trumpless debate. How another republican warns his party appears poised to fulfill the textbook definition of insanity. President biden invokes the whole enemy of my enemy is a Friend Theory of Foreign Policy today pushing two neighbors to put aside a generation of bad blood and send a message to the country a couple blocks away, china. Im Phil Mattingly in for dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and inside politics. Were going to start with this up first. Two questions. Do you know what youre doing on monday . Do you know what youre doing in april, 2026 . The answer is no for me on both of them. Donald trump, though, has plans for both. More specifically mr. Trump knows where he wont be on monday
Were breaking down the historic summit that just wrapped up at camp david a short time ago. Also tonight, were learning more about Donald Trumps plans to skip next weeks republican president ial debate. Sources saying an interview with former fox news host Tucker Carlson is now in the works as trump aims to steal the spotlight from his rivals. And a categoryfour Hurricane Lashing Mexico and is posing an unprecedented threat now to Southern California. The region is under its first Tropical Storm watch ever, and potentially facing a years worth of rain in a matter of hours. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Wolf blitzers off today. Im alex marquardt, and youre in the situation room. The Camp David Summit is our top story this hour. President joe biden working to strengthen ties with japan and south korea as the three countries face urgent threats from china and north korea. Cnns Arlette Saenz is at camp da david. And will ripley is standing by. H
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Any minute now, joe biden is set to speak alongside the leaders of japan and south korea. The president using camp david to help deepen ties between these two key allies, especially amid increasing provocative actions by china and north korea. Well bring you his remarks live. Plus, the atf now on the ground, joining the investigation in hawaii into what caused the fires on maui. More than 1,000 people are still missing. Crews have not even searched half of the burn zone. Lawyers for donald trump are pushing to delay his federal trial for more than two years. Well show you their legal arguments, why they are arguing to push it back, and whether the judge in the case will buy their reasoning. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. At any moment, were expecting to hear from joe biden and the leaders of japan and south korea. Youre looking at a live picture right now of camp david. Today, they are making history, the firste
their defense cooperation. things like having annual military exercises, as well as regular ballistic missile drills together. they re also going to talk about intelligence sharing agreements that they are coming to, and they are taking steps to set up a three-way hotline for the leaders to consult during times of crisis. they are also going to say that they are make thing summit an annual event, hoping that it will last into future administrations. one thing that is key here is that the announcements coming today are not exactly akin to that nato article v, which is an assurance that says an attack on one is an attack on all. you heard china criticize this alliance between the u.s., south korea and japan. officials announced that they are wanting to talk together when a country is facing a national security threat.