what caused the sonic boom that rattled residents across two states and the nation s capital. the grand jury investigating the trump classified documents case is starting today. new video this morning as a chinese warship comes close to a u.s. destroyer in the taiwan strait over the weekend. the new warnings from both sides. and back at home, it s a big week for the republican race for the white house with at least three new candidates expected to make announcements. we begin this hour with federal investigators now on the site of a small plane crash, a private plane crash, that went off course and flew near the nation s capital on sunday. the plane took off from tennessee heading to long island, new york, but did an unexpected 180 heading south toward washington and crashed. four people were on board. no survivors have been found. fighter jets from d.c., the national guard there were scrambled to intercept the plane traveling at supersonic seems which caused the s
begin with this story because that could put her in the spotlight next year. now to our special report, for all the prosecutions that have come out of the january 6th insurrection from trespassers to those who blatantly attacked police, no trump aide has been put on trial for actions to steal the election either that day or in the weeks leading up to that day. d.a. fani willis has brought to rico case against trump and 18 others, people just starting to learn about this prosecutor. i think it s a choice between integrity and corruption, good and bad. that was willis but not talking about this case. there she was discussing what she called the choice during her campaign for this post and we will get to that in a few moments. it s pretty interesting. on this case she previewed upcoming arguments by outlining the legal theory that trump and the co-defendants formed a legal gang or racketeering enterprise, which existed to overthrow biden s lawful win in georgia. rather tha
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i
actually put a former president on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task even as donald trump s civil fud trial stretched through december of 2023. and in 2024 as you ve probably heard because you re watching the news former president trump faces different criminal trials while running again. special counsel jack smith, for the coup in washington, and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. the head of d.a. pushing on those rico trials after winning conviction of trump aides through this 2023, and then the smaller criminal case in new york. take it together you ve got over 90 felonies charged. that is not normal even if it has been normalized. the first coup trial initially slated for march, while those schedules can of course change, america is facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, from actual legal experts discussing a major possibility that one of the political parties of america, will ultimately rally around
is the crowded gop field playing right into the former president s hands? welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get straight to the scramble to avoid a historic default on the u.s. debt. president biden and speaker mccarthy are both working the phones tonight as they try to rally support from skeptical lawmakers. cnn is covering the race to pass the agreement from every angle. the stakes right now for the american people and, indeed, the world economic situation are enormous. our correspondents are over at the white house and up on capitol hill. we re getting new details right now and a key democratic leader, congressman james clyburn, is standing by live. we ll get to him in a few moments. first to cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond. what is the latest where you are over at the white house. reporter: this entire negotiation process was driven by the understanding this was