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
Laura liberal new york is finally feeling the brunt of the policy that they have always supported, an open border. And i say its about time. This irresponsibility of the white house for not addressing this problem. From anywhere on the globe, we are supposed to feed, clothe, house you, as long as you want. That is just not sustainable. Its not realistic. We are also asking the federal government to declare a State Of Emergency. Laura a State Of Emergency. Well, Migrant Shelters are overwhelmed. Illegal aliens are spilling out into the streets. And now Soccer Fields are being taken over to house temporary shelters for Tens Of Thousands showing up in the big apple. But, illegal immigration has been a huge problem for most of the past 15 years in the United States. Yet, only now, thanks to the ingenious moves by governors ron desantis and greg abbott have they started to wake up on the subject, meaning the liberals. Now, the Acronym Nimby came to mind today it stands for, of course, not i
Out front next, trumps legal team just hours away from facing the judge in the January 6th Case in court for the first time. This is the special counsel jack smith wants to start trumps trial january 2nd. And the death toll rising in maui as Search And Rescue operations are frantically underway. Im going to speak to a woman who narrowly escaped a wall of flames. Her incredible story. Plus, all the republican president ial candidates heading to iowa, our john king just returned from there. Were talking to voters, and he will be at the magic wall tonight. For us, lets go out front. And good evening, im erin burnett. Outfacetoface, trumps team set to meet judge Tanya Chutkan. Chutkan is the judge overseeing the January 6th Case, and their meeting comes as the clock is ticking. Trump now on notice to reply to jack smiths formal request for the trial January 6th Case to begin,anuary 2nd, 2024. That would put the doj case to hold trump to account for trying to overturn the elec ahead of all
Here sleeping in their cars, waiting for a curfew to lift at 6 a. M. A lot of folks anxious to see whats left of their homes, and for those who have already made it into lahaina, a lot of heartbreak and shock at what theyve seen. Heres some folks we talked to yesterday. Somewhere that i once knew is completely gone, its unrecognizable. Its devastating. I mean, we lost our houses, our jobs. Some of us grew up here. We dont even know whether half our friends are alive or gone. Reporter home after home in lahaina, gone. One estimate from the Property Data aggregator core logic puts the estimate of destroyed homes at more than 3,000. The rising death toll, now at 800 people, as Rescue Crews Search for more victims. Thousands of people have left the island, around 1400 staying in Emergency Shelters here. Its unclear how these fires started, but when they did ignite, the island was ripe for an inferno. 80 mileperhour winds caused in part by Passing Hush Dora fueled the flames hurricane dora.
Americans were moved from tehrans Notorious Eivin Prison to a hotel guarded by iranian officials earlier today. Cnns Christiane Amanpour was first to break the story. She also spoke with one of the Iranian American detainees in an unprecedented interview from the prison back in march. She joins us now. Christiane, Siamak Namazi took a huge risk talking to you, but it does seem his message has been heard. Reporter well, lets hope so because he was desperate. And youre absolutely right. He told me desperate times, you know, mean you have to take desperate measures. And it was an extraordinary thing for somebody to be able to take a phone call out of eivin. He had been in nearly eight years, so he had some privileges like the ability to use a phone. But never had this been allowed to the press, and he didnt get permission. He just did it. But it just goes to show how desperate they were and how they absolutely wanted to get their message in front and center of the Biden Administration to