we will uphold our oath, as public servants, it is my belief that our state be met or off for it. also this, week a judge ruling trump s georgia trial can be televised. so if willis gets the start date she wants, trump s georgia legal fight will be coming to a screen near you on october 23rd. the former president already has a trial date in washington d. c.. he will face off with federal prosecutors just one day before super tuesday, in the january 6th case, more than three years after the capitol riot. this comes as the doj secures some of the longest january 6th sentences yet, including ten years for a member of the proud boys, who smashed a window at the capitol. far-right extremist, dominic pezzola, cried in front of the judge, then pumped his fist and yelled, trump won, as he left court. that moment of defiance, sounding a lot like trump himself. the former president s social media rants still showing no remorse, even when a frenzy of 3am posts suggest he might be awak
good morning, everyone, welcome to cnn this morning. it is the top of the hour, 8:00, i m sure you re all already awake. and i mara walker, and i m omar jimenez in for victor blakwell. you do have coffee. yeah. somewhere. i just happened to get a good night s sleep last night which is rare. you re glowing. i do my best. we have a lot to talk about. we start with lawmakers, getting ready to return to capitol hill. they re facing a critical deadline crunch. we ll break down everything on their plate. and a death at the burning m manfestival. and blistering heat is impacting millions. who will see the worst of it and whether relief is an owe the way. and covid cases are back an owe the rise. experts warn the number of cases could be higher than what the data shows. so, this week congress is heading back to d.c. with a lot on their plate. senators return from their august break on tuesday followed by the house next week and with the fiscal year ending on september
2020 election, were just part of his white house job. fani willis flatly rejects that arguing that one official action be enough to move meadows case and helping overturn the 2020 election actually wasn t part of his official job. also today, another key codefendant, ken chesebro, pleaded not guilty also waving his arraignment. and we have just learned that rudy giuliani plans to do the same. so, far several defendants have opted not to have a formal arraignment. donald trump is among them. trump and chesebro were also trying to sever their cases from the larger indictment, along with sydney powell, and ray smith. they all want separate cases. also today, two members of the far-right group the proud boys sentenced to prison for their actions during the january 6th insurrection. dominic pezzola, who led the charges on the capitol received ten years in prison. he was convicted on multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer. ethan nordean, who was convicted of sediti
to florida to survey damage from hurricane ida leah. the president will meet with survivors and officials on the ground. one person the president does not have plans to meet with is florida governor, ron desantis. the governor s office says in these rural communities, and so soon after impact, the security preparations alone, going to set up such a meeting with shut down ongoing recovery efforts. earlier on nbc, fema administrator, deanna criswell, responding. when i was on the ground and traveling with the governor on thursday, we went to some of the very remote and coastal communities that were impacted. access is very limited. that s why the governor s team, and my team, we mutually agreed upon live oak as an area that is already starting the recovery. the majority of the power is back online. there are no roads that are closed. but there are people that are hurting there too. brand-new national wall street journal polls shows donald trump, despite four indictments and
first person to breach the capitol building, smashing open a window with a riot shield stolen from an officer. [crowd chanting] go, go, go! inside the building, pezzola and a group of rioters came within sight of senator joe grassley, then third in line to the presidency, as he was evacuated from the senate. pezzola also found himself in the capital, smoking what he called a victory cigar, though that did not turn out. pezzola was actually the third proud boys to be sentenced. yesterday, judge timothy kelly and it down a 15 year sentence to zachary who led 200 people to the capitol on january six, 17 years for joseph biggs, who is a prosecutor described as the tip of the spear throughout the attack. this afternoon, he also sentenced ethan already, the former president of the seattle probably chapter 2:18 years. they received longer sentences because they were convicted of the rare and serious charge of seditious conspiracy. dominic pezzola was the only one to be acquitt