0ur North America correspondent peter bowes sent this update. This means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. Donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. He says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had president ial immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. We have since heard from him again, after hearing about the Supreme Court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that president ial immunity applies. In fact, he says it is in the best interest of the United States, Notjust Talking about himself but referring
new day starts right now. four ukrainian regions illegally annexed by russia under martial law this morning. the russian military does not even have complete control of the areas, in kherson, the russians are trying to accelerate the relocation or evacuation of some 60,000 residents in the face of ukrainian advances. vladimir putin perhaps struggling to maintain his grip even inside russia. introducing several levels of increased security measures. overnight a russian rocket struck a children s school in a village in zaporizhzhia. and destruction towards the south after another night of strikes targeted the energy infrastructure. here in the u.s. president biden weighing in on the declaration of martial law saying it reveals putin s dwindling options in the war. i think that vladimir putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position. and what it reflects to me is, it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in ukraine. the state
this is still an emergency situation. we are in search and rescue mode. again, that count is going to continue to go up and we don t lose this many people in flooding. it is a real tough one. rescuers are working around the clock. the national guard from kentucky, tennessee, and west virginia are lifting hundreds from the floodwaters. more than 600 already. washed away roads and bridges adding to the already very complicated recovery efforts. cnn s evan is at a command center for the research and rescue efforts. how are they coordinating what, is going on? reporter: well, hi, fred, when they say command center, they mean a place people gather. this is a parking lot of a shopping center here in jackson, kentucky, that is in the middle of where the floodwaters happened and behind me agencies are coming from all over the country, all over the state to work to try to help find people who might be trapped or still need help in the floodwaters and they re also working with a
Difficult mission that the president was embarking on became even more complicated just yesterday afternoon amid the blast at that hospital in gaza. The second portion of the president s trip ultimately was canceled. He was set to travel to jordan to talk about establishing humanitarian aid, establishing a corridor to get aid into gaza. But that trip was up ended in the aftermath of the blast. White house officials have down played the expectations of concrete deliverables. Of course the president is hoping to press both Benjamin Netanyahu as well as others on trying to alleviate some of the humanitarian concerns. But it is unclear what specific announcements the president might leave israel with. But part of his agenda while he is on the ground there today is to try to ascertain what exactly the israelis need as they continue to try to root out hamas. The u. S. Of course has said israel has the right to defend itself, but we have also seen the white house in recent days really trying
That is coming up on november 17th. I will tell you multiple members coming out of a private meeting last night on capitol hill were extremely clear. They are not confident that today ends with a new speaker of the house. Poppy, phil . Lauren fox, thank you for the reporting. And cnn this morning continues right now. Israel right now preparing for a Ground Invasion of gaza that appears to be imminent. These iron dome interceptions, active rockets coming in from gaza. In a minute, it can be all the war everywhere. I just cover myself with dead people. Just waiting to die. They dont have mercy on no one. Better to be dead. The condition of my friends, my family who survive is unspeakable at this point. Whole families were executed. Parents, children, people even beheaded. Must be crystal clear, we stand with israel. Theres no justification for terrorism. He has deployed hostage recovery experts. He has offered to share intelligence. There are the sirens going off again. There will be ret