documents, a federal judge set the date for the start of his trial. judge aileen cannon s order sets august 14th since day one for the trial. that is just eight weeks away. it is likely to be pushed back, because of pretrial motions. and complicated rules about using classified documents at a trial. kenyan also ruled the trial and all hearings will take place at her home courthouse in fort pierce, florida. that is north of trump s palm beach home. meanwhile, there is a major development in the federal investigation involving the current president s son. prosecutors have reached a plea agreement with hunter biden, who is expected to plead guilty to two federal misdemeanor counts of failing to pay his taxes. he also faces a separate firearms charge, that would probably be dismissed if certain conditions are met. two sources tell nbc news, u. s. attorney, david weiss, who was nominated by former president donald trump, is likely to recommend probation for the tax violations. the
experience. are you really trying to diminish the significance of what happened here and the secret meeting that the president said son set up in trump tower to receive that incriminating information trying to diminish the significance of that? i m not trying to diminish it at all. the more complete story is they met, it was a ruse and they didn t talk about mrs. clinton. you think it was insignificant that he met for the purpose of getting dirt on hillary clinton and the only disappointment expressed in the meeting was the dirt they got wasn t better. you don t think that s significant? i don t think this was a well-advised thing to do. john durham hogs four year investigation of maga fever dreams is grilled on capitol hill. his failure a bump in the road for republicans bent on weaponizing and politicizing the doj. the confessions of donald trump. now a federal as well as a state criminal defendant, he continues to openly incriminate himself. seemingly obliv
so good. yikes. good morning to furman fans and princeton fans in a good mood today. not so much arizona and virginia there. good morning, everyone. poppy is off. don and i are here. we are tracking major announcement from china confirming xi jinping will visit russia as the war is raging in ukraine. the pentagon s press conference is going to join news moments on that. and here at home an investigation underway into the death of a female soldier at fort hood. her family says she complained about sexual harassment but the army says no foul play is expected. exclusive reporting. dozens of mar-a-lago staffers have been subpoenaed in the special counsel s investigation of trump s handling of classified documents. we will tell you why they could be key witnesses. we begin this morning with the high-stakes meeting that could have major implications for the war in ukraine. this morning china has confirmed president xi jinping will go to russia on monday to meet face to
-led congress, and why it really matters for everything from health care to global and national security, to the balance in your 401k. plus, i will talk to yuri salk, the adviser to ukraine defense minister about a very important week for ukraine, and a new evidence that ending roe was not enough for the anti abortion lobby in this country. the war against reproductive rights rages on, and it s worse than you would think. i will call this week s meeting of the velshi banned book club comes together. it is a celebration of mother daughter love and it has been banned. i will talk to the author, graceland, about why the story is so important. ahead. velshi starts now. . good morning, i m ali velshi, it is saturday january 21st. it is two years of the day since president biden s presidential moderation. we begin with a dire warning to the present day, but to do so, let s go back in history to this famous exchange. little did i dream you could be so reckless and so cruel ask
heartbreakingly real. cnn seven morrison has that. and the flash flood came to this part of kentucky, locals watched houses, cars, their lives get submerged by water. wonder what kind of damage would be done. now that those waters have receded, they are getting a chance to see it. a huge swath of destruction across many counties in this area. crews are still going out to find people who may be trapped. those who may have perished when the waters came through. one local, here, described the impact on this area, of these floods. thinking about all the devastation i ve seen all over the county, there are some things that can be revealed. water had gotten into homes that had never been concerned with water issues. now, their homes are gone. where are all these people going to go? were they going to live? if they don t have a family member that they can go to? here, in jackson, crews are staging from this shopping center parking lot. going out and trying to find people among