Viewers joining us in the United States and all around the world. Im lynda kinkade. Welcome to cnn newsroom. Coming up we call it a sham indictment. The man whos doing it, we really believe hes mentally ill. Donald trump continuing his pattern of stunning public statements on his indictment a day after running into legal trouble for comments he posted online. Coup leaders in niger face an ultimatum. Reinstate the president today or face potential Military Intervention. Well have a live report from the region. And were an hour away from the u. S. Facing off against sweden in the womens world cup and the excitement is building. Well take you live to a World Cup Watch Party in New York City. A new deadline and a new legal ruling in the latest indictment of donald trump. The federal judge overseeing trumps Election Fraud case has responded to a court filing from Special Counsel jack smith last night. Smith wants the protective order after trump posted this. Quote, if you go after me, im co
that s an empty threat, and that s something that tells future coups that you can carry out a coup d etat and nothing happen. on the other hand, president bazoum expects to be rescued from this situation. i want to read a section where he says, i m not out of ne. i call on the u.s. governmt community to help us restore our constitutional order. fighting for our sred values, including democratic polarism and respect for the rule of law is the only wato make sure sustainable progress against poverty and terrorism. and president bazoum said the nigerian people will never forget your support at this pivotal moment in our history. so we re waiting to hear from today if the economic community of west african states will go ahead and militarily convene, or find some other way to extend the deadline here, linda. and of course, larry, niger is a former french colony. the coup leaders have suspended french-funded international news outlets. they ve also evacuated several military agreements.