american history, literally. today was the very first televised hearing in that georgia case against donald trump and 18 of his allies. district attorney fani willis and her team revealed three big things about the election interference charges. first, they want to charge and try all 19 codefendants together. secondly, this trial could last for months. and thirdly, they will call more than 150 different witnesses. that means that the former president of the united states could spend a third of the next year sitting in a courtroom. in just one of his cases, while running for a second term. it is just extraordinary. and we are getting a preview of the tensions to come. two of those codefendants, trump s legal advisor sydney powell, and the so-called architect of the coup plot, kenneth chesebro, they want their trials to be separated, even though, through their lawyers, they, today, started pointing the finger at each other, essentially over who is less crazy. she was fired be
thank you so much for joining us. cnn prime time starts right now. hi, abby! hey, thank you so much. have a good night. good evening, everyone. it is shaping up to be one of the biggest criminal trials in american history. literally. today was the very first televised hearing in that georgia case against donald trump and 18 of his allies. district foreigner fani willis and her team revealed three big things. first, they want to charge and try all 19 co-defendants together. second, this trial could last four months. and third, they ll call more than 150 different witnesses. that means that the former president of the united states could spend a third of the next year sitting in a courtroom. in just one of his cases, while running for a second term. it is just extraordinary. and we are getting a preview of the tensions to come. two of those co-defendants, trump s legal adviser, sidney powell, and the so called architect, they want their cases to be separated. today they sta
democracy are they themselves enemies of the state. all part of the same plotting. now, trump saidn this kind of odd exchange with fox s sean hannity, who seemed to be push against the idea he would be a dictator, trump said, well, he d be a dictator only on day one, which breaks his promises and vows to have retribution. liz cheney has been on msnbc and other channels and right here on the beat. she brings a very important perspective to this, because as many people remember, she was in leadership. she had a front-row seat to them she also took a stand pushing for donald trump s impeachment over the insurrection and chairing the jan 6th committee. here s what she told us. donald trump won t deny that he has plans like the one we have been discussing. what donald trump over the last several years has taught us is we have to take him seriously and we have the take him literally. he has shown us what he s willing to do. he has shown us, take him literally, and be ready to
hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world and streaming us on cnn max. i m rosemary church. just ahead, israel warns more gazans to evacuate as the idf expands its ground operations to all of gaza. finding refuge in gaza is getting harder by the day. we will hear from a woman whose sister is being held hostage by hamas, as efforts to free her and others hit an impasse. doing dangerous work in a dangerous city. we ll show you how south africa s urban surfers are making a difference for the environment. thanks for joining us. the war between israel and hamas is expanding in gaza and leaving devastation inside the enclave, as israel pursues those that carried out the attacks on october 7th. israel defense forces now say that ground operations are expanding to include all of gaza, including southern areas, where many have taken shelter. the idf is warning civilians to evacuate large areas within the enc enclave. but it s unclear h
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