registration properly. nicholas sarkozy has been convicted of bribing a judge after leaving office. and prince phillip has been transferred to a second hospital in london for tests for a heart condition. the 99 year old duke has been in hospital for 13 days. let s begin with the latest on kovac smack. covax is a global scheme to get coronavirus vaccines to poorer countries and it s underway. this is the president of ghana, who s become the world s first recipient of a jab delivered via covax. he received the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. and the ambition of the world health organization is that covax will deliver more than two billion doses by the end of this year, and that 92 lower income countries will receive vaccines, as well as 98 wealthier countries. covax vaccinations are also under way in neighbouring ivory coast. the bbc s lalla see is in abidjan. today, ivorians are among the first africans to get vaccinated against covid 19. so the government has made it a big, big
trump has been organizing in all of the criminal indictments that he faces. here, though, in this situation this is going to be quite a question for the judge handling this case going forward, how does this case go to trial be, does it get split up, do defendants go to federal court, do some stay in state court. all of those questions are going to be a real driving force of what s happening in the coming days and weeks here because there are defendants like lawyer ken cheseboro, also another lawyer, sidney powell, that have quite vocally said yeah, we want to go to trial very fast, not like donald trump. and trump is wanting to distance himself from them and potentially others in this group of 19 total defendants. the d.a. s office from fulton county, they are already getting a trial date set on that calendar for october for cheseboro at least and want to keep all of the defendants together. but watching how this goes forward is going to be really crucial in that trump will k
cnn is on the scene of cleanup and recovery efforts as president joe biden is now set to visit the disaster zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. we begin with new legal maneuvers by donald trump s defense as his criminal prosecution in georgia is now moving forward. let s get straight to cnn s sarah murry. so sarah, walk us through what happened today including trump s request to separate his case. let s start with donald trump entering his not guilty plea officially, saying he is going to waive his arraignment. he now joins about a handful of folks in this sprawling 19 defendant case who have entered their pleas on paper, not guilty pleas those include sidney powell, attorney ray smith and attorney el. he s not going to have to show up in this courtroom i will february 6th. attorneys say they want a speedy trial. donald trump s team is making clear
plus, a federal hate crime investigation just opened into the white gunman who killed three black people at a dollar general in jacksonville. and florida braces for tropical storm idalia predicted to be a dangerous hurricane by the time it hits the coast. what s going on, everyone, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m omar jimenez, a lot to get to. today, donald trump s legal case is entering a new phase with two major court hearings. in washington judge will consider dueling arguments between special counsel jack smith and in atlanta, a hearing on ex-white house chief of staff and codefendant mark meadows bid to his case moved to federal court. cnn explains. two court hearings happening simultaneously monday morning and each could have significant implications for former president trump s legal strategy next year. first in washington, d.c., a federal judge is holding a hearing on when former president trump s trial will take place on