donald trump. he didn t sound like someone ready to take any legal risks for donald trump. not anymore. not now that he has been formally declared a target of the grand jury s criminal investigation of exactly what rudy giuliani did for donald trump in georgia. the rudy giuliani you are about to see is truly shocking now. but it is the way rudy giuliani often handled press questions when he was a federal prosecutor in manhattan in the 1980s. today, with rudy giuliani clinging to the wreckage of his legal career with his law license suspended, pending possible permanent disbarment, rudy giuliani found his lawyerly voice once again. [inaudible] we ll not talk about this, until the grand jury, and the grand jury s [inaudible] secret. do you believe president trump is the ultimate target of this investigation? i m not going to comment on the grand jury investigation. [inaudible] no more about it. they asked the questions [inaudible] will you be cooperative? you ar
expected to plead guilty to tax evasion. as we wait for a judge to determine whether to unseal the raid on mar-a-lago. lawmakers are calling on the white house to appoint a special envoy to haiti as the humanitarian crisis grows. out west, the urgent actions being taken to prevent what officials warn could be a catastrophic collapse of the colorado river system. we begin with the latest on the legal troubles for former president donald trump and his close associates. any minute now, former trump organization chief financial officer allen weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to charges of not paying taxes on more than $1.7 million in perks, such as rent, car payments and school tuition. the plea deal calls for him to testify against the trump organization at trial. this comes just hours before a federal judge in west palm beach, florida, will be hearing arguments on whether to unseal the affidavit used to justify the fbi s search of the former president s mar-a-lago r
mcconnell. why his prediction for the midterms now catching some attention with our new reporting on where republicans are and are not spending campaign cash. plus, the new strategy from the white house on the monkeypox emergency, planning to roll out more vaccines asap, but is it too little too late? and the man accused of attacking rushdie in court. we ve got a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. with us now is cal perry outside that courthouse in west palm beach. our justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian is joining us. danny, and former federal prosecutor and former judge, carol lam. if you ve been watching our coverage, you know there have been a lot of development. there s a lot going on. right? so here s where things stand as of 3:01 eastern time. the judge in charge of this case is ordering a redacted version of the affidavit to be released, but he s asking for input from the government on what those redactions should entail no later than a week
we are standing by to review that affidavit as soon as it comes out, which could be this hour. let s begin this hour with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. jess, this affidavit could be released any moment, sometime between now and noon. walk us through this whole process, what we will see, what we probably won t see. yeah, in i minute now, guys. what s interesting about this is it s all been a relatively rapid process. you know, it was less than four hours after the doj submitted their proposed redactions that the judge ruled, yes, in fact, he would accept that proposal and it would be released to the public. like you said, in just two hours here. and what s notable is that the judge seems to be agreeing with what the doj has proposed, despite the fact that what we saw in court just about a week ago was doj pushing back substantially against the judge, saying even if they issued a redacted version of this affidavit, they said that there would be so many redactio
republican congresswoman liz cheney lost her house seat in a huge defeat. the three-term congresswoman and the gop s most forceful critic down more than 37% this morning to trump endorsed candidate herriot hagueman. cheney had been sidelined by her party is hinting at a presidential run. are you thinking about running for president? that s a decision that i m going to make in the coming months, savannah, i m not going to make any announcements here this morning but it s something i m thinking about and will make a decision in the coming months. cnn chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is in jackson, wyoming. a large margin, wider than some expected losing to harriet hagueman, what are voters telling you there this morning? it s one more data point former president donald trump is in control of this republican party and republican voters respond to his endorsements. in a state like this, there is no doubt that liz cheney trying to turn the page, she has fou