Good evening, im laura coates. Thank you for joining me this friday evening. Tonight, donald trump is on some thin ice. In the first hearing with the judge in his third indictment, the one over Election Interference, she warned the former president about his rhetoric and his agreement, by the way, not to intimidate witnesses in order to stay a free man. But she also favored some of the arguments by his attorneys, for example, on whether evidence can be discussed publicly. More on that whole dramatic Courtroom Scene in just a moment. First, hunter biden. Hes likely going to trial. Attorney general Merrick Garland effectively appointed a Special Counsel in the guns and taxes investigation of the president s son. Youll recall there was a plea deal, and it also recently broke down. And weve talked about the questions surrounding how that could have happened. Even a judge that questioned the terms of the agreement with the doj. Before we get to all of that analysis, youre probably thinking,
Prime time with laura coats joins now. Happy monday to you im actually perhaps as stand as the judges there was not more advisement by council at the very least for that sentencing. If youre calling me a cynic that might be true. Nice to see you caitlin him also jealous that you guys are not best friends. Im so happy for you its wonderful. Dont worry when i hang with katie will obviously invite you to come with us. Can you invite simone biles with the same height. Thank you so much and good evening im laura code thank you for joining me and tonight despite a judge warning they will be slapped in handcuffs if he violates the police his rhetoric is even growing more and more by the day. In fact his railing against the judge and the prosecutors and his successor. Even some key witnesses even someone he knows quite well. Im talking about Vice President mike pence. Hes also telling some critics to go to just days after a certain night meant. This one over efforts to overturn the election so
Heart of gratitude and amidst what in haiti, tonight. Thats what they are saying about the release of the woman who was held hostage for nearly two weeks in portauprince. Unclear who was responsible and no comment from the authorities. The organization the woman and her husband worked with says there is still much to promise and much to heal. According to the u. N. , there are more than 1000 kidnappings in haiti in the first half of the year. The news continues. The source with Kaitlan Collins starts now. Tonight, straight from the source the fbi shoots and kills a man in the Early Morning raid after he allegedly made online threats to kill President Biden. His disturbing social media post on and more on how and why this happened. Plus New York City mayor eric adams pleading for help from President Biden as the migrant crisis in its New York City gets worse. Federal officials are in the city tonight, mayor adams is here live. Paradises burning. Hawaii is in flames. Deadly wildfires are
Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one 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. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says 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 that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
Short time ago. Every one of these many fake charges filed against me, by the Corrupt Biden Doj could have been filed two and half years ago they didnt want to do a two and half years ago. They wanted to wait, and they did wait, they waited until the middle of an election, and they waited until i became the dominant force in the pole. They wanted to interfere in my campaign. They wanted to interfere in the elections, a commonly used tactic in third world countries. This all comes as his lawyers and his allies continue to float with some possible defenses in the Election Interference case. He is now asking the Supreme Court to intervene. I want to get right to the news tonight with cnn and crunchy domestic correspondent, jim acosta, who by the way will be here at 11 00. Excited to see this evening as well. Jim, we look to you. You have so much experience, having followed this banana trail. I dont know if you like being anonymous too much. But not for the same reasons. He is floating thi