Youre watching cnn newsroom, im rosemary church. Former u. S. President donald trump staring down a deadline related to charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election. Well hear from one of his lawyers. President joe biden is set to hit the road to tout his economic achievements to voters. An amazing rescue at sea. The trials this man endured during the trip out, before the coast guard found him alive. Special counsel jack smith has requested limitations on evidence provided to trumps team, specifically, theyre asking the former president not to receive his own copies of sensitive material fearing he could use it to threaten witnesses. The deadline to respond is just hours away. Smith responded to trumps post on social media. Including this one, if you go after me, im coming after you. One of trumps attorneys says he will fight the protective order, clai claiming prosecutors want to hide information from the american people. The point is that we will not agree to keeping information th
Their case for them. New tension in Fulton County as Da Fani Willis Weighings the timing of a possible fourth donald trump against donald trump. Take a look at this House Collapsing into a river in alaska. Its just one result of recordbreaking b glacial flooding in juneau. The floodwaters forcing residents to flee and officials to declare a state of emergency. Thats one example of the Severe Weather hammering the country today. Well start with Donald Trumps legal team on the clock. They have just a few more hours to respond to the dojs request to restrict what the former president can publicly disclose about evidence. Special counsel jack smith made the request after trump wrote on social media, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Here is what trump attorney alina habba had to say about the request for the protective order. This is jack smith coming out as the victim here, saying its more him being afraid. The protective order in terms of witness testimony, exhibits, those
Im max foster. Bianca is off today. But just ahead someone who engaged in that kind of bullying, a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self government, shouldnt be anywhere near the oval office. Sadly the president was surrounded by a group of crack pot lawyers that kept telling him what his itching ears wanted to hear. I strongly disagree with fitchs decision and i believe that it is entirely unwarranted. Hate has no place in our community. Even though nothing will bring my dad back, i feel like a weight has been lifted and i can breathe a sigh of relief. Live from london, this is cnn newsroom with maxes s fos and bianca nobilo. It is 4 00 a. M. In washington where later today donald trump is set to appear in a federal courthouse not far from the u. S. Skap where capitol where he will be arraigned on criminal charges in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. His appearance is scheduled for 4 00 p. M. After a four count indictment. Security has been ramped up in th
Youre in the Situation Room. We begin this hour with the intense scrutiny of the federal grand jury investigating donald trump and 2020 election interference. Anticipation about the panels next move running high right now as trump has acknowledged he may be indicted again, and he may be indicted soon. Cnns Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez is working the story for us. The federal grand jury was expected to meet today. Where do things stand tonight . We did not see them. Our casey gannon, who spends a lot of time in the court and that courthouse, was there today. And they typically show up on tuesdays and thursdays. And today, we did not see them. So the question remains, when is this going to happen . The former president was notified, as you pointed out, just over a week ago that an indictment could be coming. And so everything indicates that is still the case. That the former president is likely to be indicted by the Special Counsel. Its just a matter of when. Now, weve been it
Youre in the Situation Room. We begin this hour with the intense scrutiny of the federal grand jury investigating donald trump and 2020 election interference. Anticipation about the panels next move running high right now as trump has acknowledged he may be indicted again, and he may be indicted soon. Cnns Senior Justice Correspondent Evan Perez is working the story for us. The federal grand jury was expected to meet today. Where do things stand tonight . We did not see them. Our casey gannon, who spends a lot of time in the court and that courthouse, was there today. And they typically show up on tuesdays and thursdays. And today, we did not see them. So the question remains, when is this going to happen . The former president was notified, as you pointed out, just over a week ago that an indictment could be coming. And so everything indicates that is still the case. That the former president is likely to be indicted by the Special Counsel. Its just a matter of when. Now, weve been it