Laura coates. Thank you all for joining me. Weve got a big show for you tonight with a notable lineup among those joining me, Chris Wallace, rod begovich, the governor who was freed by donald trump in a sentence, a d. C. Democrat that will be important to us calling on the National Guard to bring order to the city. We will have a talk on the sexism and racism surrounding a wrappers sentencing. Jillian michaels from The Biggest Loser will weigh in on all of these Weight Loss Drugs. First, everyone, there is Breaking News out of ohio tonight. A special election turned into a litmus test on Abortion Rights, in a postroe v. Wade america. The votes are being counted, and cnns jeff zeleny is following it all for us right now. Jeff, it is a win, it looks like, and a big one, for Abortion Rights advocates. Laura, this was a fascinating summertime election that Republican Leaders who scheduled it had hoped it went under the radar. It did not do that. This became a fullon campaign, a fullon figh
Happening now in the newsroom, a heartbreaking loss for u. S. Womens soccer. Off the post sweden can win on this kick. Plus one on one with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. Donald trumps lawyer doubling down that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he told former Vice President mike pence not to certify the election results. The Attorney Says it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. Unfortunately most people dont understand thats just one example of the actions. Its very political. Thats just one
Giving you the information you need to know. What we know at this hour is at least 36 people are confirmed dead. More than 270 homes and businesses have been destroyed. The flames scorching more than 1800 acres there. Bill staggering. The fires were moving so fast forcing some to flee into the ocean. Coast guard rescued dozens from the water. Thousands will be without a home. The former hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard. Bill when you look at the sidebyside comparisons of what was to what people are waking up today, it is kind of difficult to conceive of what they have been through over the last 24 to 36 hours and how to move forward from here. Dana a look at where the fire is burning right now. Fox weathers max gordon is live in maui. Max, this is an incredibly fastmoving story. What do you know this morning . Flying into maui earlier in the evening we saw the flames from our airplane window. A harrowing sight. You are supposed to drop into paradise. Unfortunately This Is Hell On Ear
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,
Atlanta with the new indictment against donald trump possibly coming out of georgia at any minute. Is a the deadline approaches in the January 6th Federal Case against the former president. It could give us a signal of where exactly that case is headed. The foiled Assassination Attempt on ukraines president. Had, but we learned about the plot and the russian woman allegedly at the center of it all. The ntsb investigating after two Firefighting Helicopters collided in california, killing three people. What went wrong here . Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Its legal deadline day here in d. C. Former president trumps Defense Lawyers have a few more hours to respond to a Special Counsel filing. Prosecutors asked the court to place restrictions on what trump can do with aunt say about certain evidence in the election interference case. Trumps lawyer suppose it could have until 5 00 p. M. Eastern time to respond, but