Donald trumps legal team responds, accusing the Special Counsel of going after trumps First Amendment rights. And now both sides are facing a new deadline. Brand new exclusive reporting. U. S. Officials just briefed on the ukrainian counteroffensive are now calling the progress being made against russia, sobering. Not in a good way. The challenges that ukraine is facing. And a violent brawl in alabama goes viral. A group of white boaters accused of jumping a black Security Guard and then a fullblown fight escalated on the river front. Warrants are now filed as demands for justice grow. Im omar jimenez with kate bolduan and john berman. Cnn news central starts right now. Special counsel jack smith and Donald Trumps legal team now face a 3 00 p. M. Deadline today to respond to the judge over seeing the 2020 election case. At issue now is how much and under what conditions evidence can be publicly disclosed ahead of this historic trial. Trumps legal team not surprisingly is fighting for l
Another defendant. Also a Special Counsel named in the hunter biden case with orders to investigate the president s son and others. The question now, who are the others . We are live in maui, where the death toll just rose sharply. Some especially powerful new video is coming in, which we will bring to you, along with exclusive reporting on how hawaiian officials may have missed Key Opportunities to prevent a tragedy like this. Good evening, everyone. John berman here in for anderson. We begin with what we learned today about how judge Tanya Chutkan intends to handle what could be the most important trial this country has ever seen. Someone who is held and right now running to reclaim the highest office in the land. And on top of that, hes donald trump. The venue, as you know, was a hearing on how he and his legal teammate handled evidence, some of it sensitive, that prosecutors will be turning over to them, specifically what they are allowed to make public. And on that, judge chutkan
Other. Major a utah man is killed during an fbi raid after allegedly threatening President Biden. A tornado touched down in northeast colorado. It was 1 of 2 tornadoes that hit the area. Major new details on a Search Warrant into former President Trumps twitter account. As a key memo reveals new information about a plot to overturn the 2020 election. We did it supporters of Abortion Rights in ohio are claiming a huge victory after voters rejected a measure that would have made it harder to amend the State Constitution. Yeah a group of lgbtq veterans were kicked out of the military because of their sexuality are now suing the department of defense, hoping to change what are currently discriminatory discharges to honorable p had my country is telling me i am not good enough to serve just because of who i love. Someone at the supermarket won the 1. 58 billion Mega Millions jackpot. Went to change the whole town. I think it is going to turn upside down from this. We have no idea. We honor
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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