A russian woman is in custody in ukraine accused of plotting to assassinate the ukrainian president. We have the latest. Former President Trump says he cannot get a fair trial and files for an extension and the important deadline they are facing today. A dramatic rescue at sea after a 25yearold went missing for days. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan and omar jimenez, and this is cnn news this morning we are learning of an alleged plot to assassinate president zelenskyy, and it was thwarted. They have her in custody now. They were gathering intelligence around a visit that president zelenskyy was making to greece. What are you hearing, Nic Robertson . Reporter it was surrounding an air strike around president zelenskyy, and this unnamed woman was working on the Southern Coast of ukraine and working in a small store, and she had been tasked with trying to get information about the timing and presence of president zelenskyy during the visit to mykolaiv. And since then,
Alleged assassination plot against president zelenskyy. We begin this hour with a looming deadline for former president donald trump. His legal team has six hours to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths request to limit what trump can say about the ongoing 2020 election interference case. The request for a special order came after the doj said trumps social media posts could, quote, have a harmful, Chilling Effect on witnesses or adversely affect the Fair Administration of justice. The doj cited a post in which the former president wrote, quote, if you go after me, im coming after you. Campaign called the postpolitical speech and said it was meant for the former president s political adversaries, but just this morning, trump put out another set of posts attacking the Special Counsel calling on the judge presiding over the case to recuse yourself and accusing mike pence, former vp of disloyalty. Joining us now nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian and tali farh
And i dont have any cookies either. Thanks, dana. Bret good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. A rematch of the 2020 election between President Biden and former President Donald Trump, seems inevitable on this wednesday after the Super Tuesday primaries. The current president was essentially unopposed and the former president has vanquished his lone remaining serious challenger. Former South Carolina governor, former Ambassador Nikki Haley suspended her Campaign Today after winning just one of the 15 State Primaries on the republican side last night. She is not, however, throwing her support behind the presumptive nominee at least not yet. Well have the first fox news Power Rankings for the president ial election shortly. First up though, correspondent bill melugin starts us off tonight live from charleston, South Carolina. Good evening, bill. Bill bret, good evening to you. Nikki haley had been facing mounting questions about the viability of her Campaign Heading into Supe
mass shooter. heart pounding footage is now taking us inside that louisville bank body cams rolling as officers rushed towards the gunfire, one official saying. there s only a few people in this country that can do what they did this morning. the killer s family is giving insight into his mental health challenges. will donald trump s sexual assault trial be delayed? the former president s attorneys are now using his historic hush money indictment. as a reason to postpone the assault and defamation case that trial now just 13 days away. this smoke is definitely toxic and alarming warning from officials after this huge fire break saturday recycling plant in indiana, thousands of people ordered to leave their homes. they say this could burn for days. these stories and more here on cnn news, central. alright let s get right to richmond, indiana, and the eastern part of that state. there was a press conference moments ago about this huge fire toxic fire at a recycling plant there.
now is those that are in the hospital, those families that have lost loved ones and support our brave men and women of law enforcement community that ran towards the danger and ran towards the fire. dana: kentucky s attorney general talking to us a short time ago about yesterday s deadly bank shooter in louisville. five people killed by an employee who entered the bank with a rifle. eight others injured including three police officers who ran into the bank to confront the gunman. one of those officers is still in critical condition after getting shot in the head. we pray for his well-being. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. good morning. bill: i m bill hemmer. louisville police rushing into the bank three minutes after the shooting began swiftly ending the carnage inside old national bank in downtown louisville. officials say 25-year-old connor sturgeon opened fire off his co-workers. he live streamed the attack on social media until officers