Opposition leader. Hello, im wolf blitzer in washington and youre in the cnn newsroom right now, donald trump is inside a florida courtroom for a crucial hearing. It could decide when the criminal case over his handling of classified documents goes to trial. The judge is set to determine whether it will move forward as planned. In may or be delayed. Trumps lawyers now say they would accept the trial in august. Thats three months before election day here in the united states. Cnns chief Legal Affairs correspondent, paula reid is outside the courthouse in fort pierce, florida for us. Paula, have you heard anything yet from inside the court . Yes. Well, if we just got our first update, a handwritten note from inside the courthouse, were learning from our colleagues who are inside watching these proceedings. Its so far the Special Counsel and trumps lawyers, they have been discussing this larger question of timing such a consequential issue in this case, because we know the Special Counsel
Saying its just a number. Right first of all, john pat is an amazing shapes. Shes looked some great for 94. Wow. So who has the upper hand among these older voters, even the democrats there we met who support biden think trump does at the moment, and trump has historically anderson let me just pull up these numbers and look, forgive me for turning my back just so i can stretch them out. In 2016, donald trump beat Hillary Clinton among voters over 65. You see it there by seven points, right . It was smaller in 2020 and thats the difference. Joe biden, five points and keep it within the margins in pennsylvania, trump b. Clinton by ten, Trump Beat Biden by seven. So you dont necessarily have to win this constituency but if you keep the margins tighter, joe biden has to at least keep the margins tight. And the voters we talked to said, its a bit of a challenge right now. What about older voters and other Battleground State thats why this is so interesting. Let me get this one off the scree
Documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial tosk start just three mons before the president ial election. Except that request may not exactly by what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. But, yeah, doesnt sound like something donald trump plays all that often. But bear with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be ahi way to block that other federal criminal case, the specialra counsels much more serious federal Election Interference case before going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case could should be thrown out because of president ialse immunity. The court didnt schedule to hear that case until the week of april nt22nd. Because of that delay even if the Supreme Court decides that case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case could not start until late july. We know from f
Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin Burnett Outfront starts right now ill go next. The breaking news, the Special Counsel, jack smith, demanding a new trial date for trump in the classified documents case, trying to make sure the case goes to trial before the election. Could trump be convicted before November Plus A Texas Dual Biden and trump both on the border speaking minutes apart from stoking fears, biden saying, lets Work Together who is a winning message . A new pictures tonight of the thirtythreeyearold american ballerina being held in russia on Treason Charges. Court today, rejecting her appeal, ill speak to her boyfriend who has just received a letter from lets go outfront and good evening. Im erin burnett, Outfront Tonight. The breaking news, the justice departments new push to try trump before the election just moments ago, the Special Counsel, jack smith, filing a motion to start his classified documents case against trump on july 8th.
Sweden has made the same decision and will join the bloc later this month. In the very center of lopland, exercises unfolded, in which 20,000 soldiers from a dozen countries participate. This is the alliances largest exercise since the end of the cold war. The main goal is to strengthen the response capabilities of the entire bloc against the backdrop of tense relations with moscow. Moreover, the exercise zone exceeded 500 km. Finnmark is the area where we most expect potential aggression from russia, so it is important for us to conduct the exercise precisely in the area that worries us. Well , finally a little holiday has come on a street called dead ends hayley, who won her first prime ministeries against donald trump. Washington state, haley received 63 of the vote while donald received 33 and received all 19 mandates for the preelection convention. It is necessary to understand that this is a very, very specific electoral territory, in which support for the Democratic Party is mor