A russian woman is in custody in ukraine accused of plotting to assassinate the ukrainian president. We have the latest. Former President Trump says he cannot get a fair trial and files for an extension and the important deadline they are facing today. A dramatic rescue at sea after a 25yearold went missing for days. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan and omar jimenez, and this is cnn news this morning we are learning of an alleged plot to assassinate president zelenskyy, and it was thwarted. They have her in custody now. They were gathering intelligence around a visit that president zelenskyy was making to greece. What are you hearing, Nic Robertson . Reporter it was surrounding an air strike around president zelenskyy, and this unnamed woman was working on the Southern Coast of ukraine and working in a small store, and she had been tasked with trying to get information about the timing and presence of president zelenskyy during the visit to mykolaiv. And since then,
Event. Rob marciano and zohreen shah standing by. Next, the Clock Ticking for the trump legal team. The Special Counsel requesting a protective order in the january 6th case. The judge wants a response within hours. It comes after the former president s threatening post, if you go after me, im coming after you. And what hes now saying about the judge in the case. Maryalice parks reports from the justice department. The horrific scene off italys amalfi coast. An american executive killed when the boat she was on with her husband and children collided with a sailboat where passengers were celebrating a wedding. What we learned about the investigation. Also tonight, u. S. Navy destroyers dispatched off the coast of alaska after tracking russian and chinese war ships on patrol. The joint Exercise Raising alarm bells at the pentagon at a time of heightened tension with the two countries. New details in that alleged Murder For Hire scheme in the bahamas. An American Mother of three accused o
Charges. Lucas tomlinson kicks it off for us. Reporter devon archer, Hunter Bidens former Business Partner, friend and fellow board member on burisma, testified to congress that that company would have gone out of business if it was not for the help of thenVice President joe biden. Now, in the last hour you had congressmen from both sides of the aisle who see this matter very differently. Theres no question that that joe biden is helping his sons business, including getting a prosecutor fired to help his sons business. Theres been no evidence whatsoever that joe biden is in any way implicated in the mistakes that hinter biden had made. Hunter biden had made griff wait a minute, hold on one second. Reporter now, one of the revelations to come out of this devon Archer Testimony is that he met with the head of Burisma In Moscow on the same day putin invaded crimea in 2014, a month later president obama made joe biden in the west wing and the year after that allegedly dined at a popular re
Off the post. Sweden can win on this kick. Plus, oneonone with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue and youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. Former president Donald Trumps lawyer speaking out this morning doubling down on his argument that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he asked former Vice President mike pence to overturn the election results. And that it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision, which is right on point, that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. And thats what unfortunately, most people dont understand in this context. Thats just one example of the actions. Thats just one e