Neville. Next i am r rich edson in for ec shawn. Los Angeles Police say between 20 and 30 people were about this with the scenic getaway cars before officers arrived. Still on the loose but Senior Correspondent alicia acuna with more. That Chemical Spray police say was used on two Security Guards was reportedly bare sprite which can inflame the eyes and respiratory system. Lets get back to the video here. You can see the chaos at the scene at the nordstrom at the westfield mall. The mob included dozens of suspects targeting luxury brand accessories and handbags one dragging the display Shelf Withinwithinput Investigators Se group got away with up to 100,000 with the product not to mention the damage to the store. In a statement Los Angeles Mayor karen bass saying what happened today at the nordstrom in the mall is absently unacceptable for those who committed these acts and acts like a neighboring areas, it must be held accountable. Los Angeles Police department will continue to work t
That you might have missed. The hthousep of representatives passed a set of Funding Bills needed to avoid a partial government shut down. House speaker johnson said he is pleased with the legislation because it allowed him to make spending cuts. We also advanced as you seen the surgery cuts to some of the agencies that we believe are really overreaching. And have been turned in some ways against the American People. We are going soto cut 3 from doj, 7 from the atf, 6 from the fbi, and 10 from the epa. And thats a start. We have a lot more priorities and things we need to advance but the reality is we have to grow the house majority, take back the senate and win the white house and i am hear to tell you the reason we are optimistic is because we believe the things will happen in november. What happened to my former party. You got a speaker who bragging about defunding the police. He is bragging about defunding the top Law Enforcement agencies in america. He is bragging about defunding t
Likely. Were following the legal and political implications. Plus a warning to Donald Trumps legal team from the judge overseeing the election interference case, saying more inflammatory statements will require a quicker start to the trial. We are live outside the court. And the death toll as they have yet to even start searching the hundred of burned out buildings. Well take you live to maui. Were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. Another controversial investigation that could have some pretty big repercussions for 2024 is escalating. Today a Special Counsel was designated in the federal probe of hunter biden. Attorney general Merrick Garland named david weiss to the role. Weiss has been leading this investigation. Yes, he has. Hes been leading the investigation into hunter biden for the past five years, in fact. This week he asked himself to be elevated to that role of Special Counsel. Were following that in realtime.
Criminal charges involving classified documents found at his home. But it is his latest indictment on the Capitol Attack that may lead to new Court Restrictions on the former president. In a court filing last night, Special Counsel jack smith seeks to stop Defense Lawyers from Sharing Copies of evidence with trump that is deemed sensitive. Smith said he feared what the er psident would make public. Writing, if trump, quoting now, were to begin suing public posting details or for example grand jury transcripts ined in discovery here, it could have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses, or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice in this case. End quote. And smith flagged trumps online post from yesterday, as an example, it says, if you go after me, im coming after you. A trump spokesperson said the comment was the definition of political speech. And it had nothing to do with the case. Trump in alabama yesterday, kept up his condemnation of the prosecutions against him and m
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