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said that israel will make its own decisions when responding to iran s unprecedented weekend airstrikes bikes most of which were intercepted. iran launched that attack and retaliation for a suspected israeli strike on its embassy compound in syria earlier this month. i want to bring in sienna and chief national security correspondent alex marquardt. alex, there is so much to be learned here. you have some brand new reporting what can you tell us well laura, i ve heard just moments ago from us vishal confirming that what we have been seeing these videos, these glows in the sky, that this is indeed a an israeli strike against iran, that this is the retaliation by israel that we have frankly been expecting over the course of the past few days in response to that iranian attack last weekend which targeted some 300 drones ballistic and cruise missiles at israel. an unprecedented historic attack by iran against israel.
and all the legal developments with former federal prosecutor, jean rossi, in just a moment. but everyone, first, i want to go to cnn correspondent jessica schneider with the news. jessica, he had a georgia judge rejecting trump s efforts right now to disqualify fani willis. she is the dea down in fulton county. so what do we know now tonight, about where that case stands? well laura, so that ruling by that superior court judge, it was definitely a win for the district attorney moving forward here. the judge they disregarded these claims that the district attorney should be disqualified, the judge really applauded the dea for staying nonpartisan, non political throughout this two and a half year investigation. and fani willis does plan to announce whether there will be any indictment against the former president before september 1st. so right now, in georgia, there are currently two criminal grand juries convened in fulton county. they are meeting several days this week, and the dist
information. she did not seem interested in litigating anything about how trump s candidacy for the white house would impact timing here. instead, she is focused on getting answers from defense attorneys about how long it will take them to get through discovery, and at least get to the point where they might be able to discuss a possible trial date, either next year or even later. laura? we will have to see it. paula, thank you so much. i want to break down with this target letter is all about, and the window he has to respond. joining me now is brandon van grack, a national security lawyer. first of all, we have not seen the actual target later. he has alluded to it, he has referenced to it as well. this is a sample target letter of the kind you would receive if you were to be a defendant or punitive defendant in an action. let s take an invite size pieces, though, because first, not everyone gets them. but if they have, it might look like. this walk us through, kind of the first pa
of. it would you don t have a right to, although we know the right to counsel, that attorney can t be in the room with, you in the grand jury. that s correct. and the grand jurors can ask you questions. but you can go, out and step outside the grand jury room, and confer. why is that significant? well, i think, it s the reason why most individuals who receive a target letter do not in fact testify before the grand jury. it s more than a safety and security blanket, it might have implications. standby please brandon, because there s also another huge development today. 16 people were across michigan have now been charged, and now face multiple felony counts, in the 2020 fake electors scheme. we ve got cnn s jessica schneider in the city of lansing, with much more on this. jessica, what can you tell us? laura, these are 16 republicans, who allegedly tried to storm in the state capital behind me on december 14th, 2020, armed with fake certificates, falsely proclaiming that donal