tomorrow. so anything much going on in the news? enjoying these sleepy summer days with not much happening? agh. all right, we ve got a bunch of stuff to cover tonight. first, the former president of the united states is going to be sentenced for 34 felony convictions next week on thursday. the prosecutors who brought that case and who prosecuted in court that case against donald trump, they were due today to make their sentencing recommendation to the judge. in a new york state case like this, it s not the jury that convicted trump that will decide what his sentence is, it s the judge who oversaw the case. it s judge juan merchan who will sentence trump. the maximum sentence trump could face is four years in prison. it s very possible, however, that he might not get any prison time at all, or if he does get a sentence of confinement, it s possible it could be home confinement, we just don t know. on the one hand, what he s been convicted of, while it is 34 felonies, it s a
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with addiction, telling our diane sawyer about going to open houses to steal prescription drugs from strangers medicine cabinets, and matthew perry in his own words. how he wanted to be remembered. kayna whitworth in los angeles with late reporting. the other major headline overseas. protesters in russia surround a flight from tel aviv, shouting anti-semitic slogans. it ams as israel is expanding ground images in gaza. gaza now on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe. hundreds storming u.n. warehouses in desperate need of basic supplies. matt rivers standing by in israel. here at home, new reporting on the suspected gunman who went on that massacre in maine. were there missed warning signs? abc news is now learning he tried to buy a gun silencer months prior. the horror on the ice. what a hockey team is calling a freak accident that claimed the life of a normer nhl player. snowing in denver, and plummeting temperatures for the northeast. 60 million under freeze al
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and what was she thinking? attacking a judge, security officers to the rescue. all caught on camera. we talk to the guy who took her down. it s all right now on cnn. and good evening, everyone. i m don lemon. we begin tonight with a story that begs a question, what was she thinking? a kentucky woman is in big trouble with the law after she attacks a judge in court. here s her violent outburst. miss hardwick, you will be held in contempt of of this court if you become disruptive. i don t care. i haven t done anything to this court. she ll it be arrested for contempt of court. go now. oh, my. court security officer, adam dotson, the man on the left of your screen was the first to reach the woman. her name is melissa hardwick and then he took her down. i talked with him a short while ago and asked what the judge said to make her go ballistic. the judge was basically just telling her to stop using foul language and if she will kept using foul language in her court,