Agreed on a frame work, and were going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. The white house confirmed tomorrows meeting taking place just before senators leave town for their twoweek recess. Theres more on this glimmer of partisan process just ahead. Biden also putting his weight behind fighting a surge in violent crimes. Homicides up 24 . Gun assaults, 22 . Over the same period last year. Late today the president and Attorney General outline a new anticrime strategy focused on getting more money to Police Departments and violence intervention programs while cracking down on socalled rogue gun dealers. Zero tolerance for gun dealers who willfully violate existing laws. If you willfully fail to run a background check, if you willfully falsify a record, if you willfully fail to cooperate with the request or inspections, well find you, and we will seek your license to sell guns. Well make sure you cant sell death and mayhem on our streets. Biden also noted crime traditionally rises
Increases sanctions pressure on bill rusin warns russia against intervening in support of president bush. And the u. S also threatening sanctions on turkey if no progress is made in the Eastern Mediterranean dispute with greets flash flooding triggered landslides in afghanistan killing at least 150. 00 people its also a swamp parts of karate in neighboring pakistan. And in school the n. B. A. Playoffs will resume on saturday the players have agreed to end a boycott that was aimed at highlighting social injustice. In the afternoon in washington where tens of thousands of people have gathered to a renewed drive for criminal Justice Reform and racial equality theyre calling it another march on washington because it falls on the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr i have a dream speech which happened in the same place the u. S. Has been gripped by racial protests and breasts since george floyd was killed in Police Custody in may strong comparisons to the anger in the violence that fl
More than 1,000 people are still missing in hawaii from the wildfires. The death toll is climbing to 111, and crews havent searched more than half of the burn zone. Officials are standing by their decision to not sound the alarm, as they now try to figure out how this tragedy was first ignited. The fallout from former president trumps legal troubles, jurors and a judge are now facing serious threat. This as we learn more about details about how donald trump plans to surrender, go to jail in georgia. New video just in, ukrainian troops training on crucial tanks, as ukraine retakes some key strategic territory. Im john berman with sara sidner and kate bolduan. This is cnn news central. The scope of pain, loss and tragedy in maui is becoming more clear today, as families face an agonizing wait to find out what has come of their loved ones still missing. And the death toll is climbing, right now 111 sets of remains have been found among the ashes. Hawaiis governor confirms to cnn more than
A Special Election that could also signal which way the swing state might go next year. Also the brutal fight for ukraine and a tough Reality Check on the losses ukraine has suffered in their counteroffensive. And later tonight, how the u. S. Coast guard hid a damning investigation on Sexual Assault from public view. The Newest Development in a story cnn was first to bring you. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. Late today, judge Tanya Chutkan rejected the former president s attorneys attempts to delay a hearing about evidence should be handled in the january 6th case. She set 10 00 friday morning for both sides to make their arguments. A short time earlier, the former president was in New Hampshire, cursing in front of a crowd, continuing to lie about the 2020 election, and seemingly suggested hell likely do it again in 2024. They rigged the president ial election in 2020, and were not going to allow them to rig the president ial election in 2024. Were not going to allow it
With a big focus on the Southern Border and the broken Immigration System i want to get straight to cnns priscilla alvarez, whos been traveling today with the president priscilla. The georgia audience heard a lot of overlap at the rally tonight between the State Of The Union and his message there in atlanta. But the president also apologized for something that he said to the country on thursday night. What did he say . Thats right, alex. And it was a bit of a pivot. He was referred he was asked, i should say, about his comments during the State Of The Union when referencing the alleged suspect in the Laken Riley Killing here in georgia in the moment he called that person, any legal thats a term that has long been decried right. Immigrant advocates. But when interviewed on msnbc today, the president said that he should have said the word on documented documented version. I shouldnt have usually gone as undocumented and look, when i spoke about the different future in trump on me, one of