Tab thank you all so much for joining us this night and every night this week, Cnn News Night with abby phillip starts now proof that Donald Trumps legal strategy is working. Thats tonight on this side good evening im abby philip in new york and go all the way back to Donald Trumps very first legal filings and you can spot his legal strategy in plain view. One, make villains out of the people who are bringing you the cases against him. And to delay any and all Legal Proceedings until the latest possible day a day that he hopes comes after the 2024 election. Now, tonight, the former president appears to be winning his two front war on the calendar and on the prosecutors seeking to try him, take georgia, for example, Fani Willis Sat there and listen to trumps attorneys accused her of systemic misconduct prosecutors dont act like this. They said they dont hide affairs with coworkers. They said because she did, according to trumps lawyers, at least, they demand that she be cast out of that
Two months later, the babys body found just a few miles from the home, a germanborn carpenter was ultimately found guilty and was executed the crime led congress to pass a law that made kidnapping a federal offense. And thank you for watching newsnight. Laura coates live starts right now. What a week and its only the first day of march tonight. And Laura Coates Live thanks. Really could not be any higher Donald Trumps preferred legal strategy, it comes down to a single world. Well, actually three words, say with me delay, delay delay. You know, what it looks to be working. The maralago classified documents case could get pushed back until now, maybe even after the election in november. And there has been no decision today from a judge in that makeorbreak hearing of Whether Da Fani Willis and Fulton County should be removed and disqualified, frankly, from georgias Election Subversion Case. The judge says, he will rule within two weeks, but the clock is ticking. So now theyre adding anot
vladimir putin in a surprisingly quick advance on moscow. the wagner group claimed to seize control of an important russian military facility in the city of rostov-on-don. [ applause ] the leader of the wagner group says they captured the facility, a key operations base, for the war on ukraine without firing a single shot. the cheers you just heard are locals showing their support ahead of wagner. yevgeny prigozhin also claimed to seize a military facility in another city about halfway to moscow. that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to suddenly turn around. this is video of them pulling out of one town. and here s prigozhin receiving a hero s farewell as he leaves. he said he did it to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. we re following all
thank you very much. we start with the shipping crisis in the red sea. yemen s houthi militant group has claimed responsibility for yet another attack on a container vessel, this one belonging to the french shipping line cma cgm. it happened late on tuesday despite the presence of the us navy in the area and it s the latest in a series of attacks which are prompting major shipping lines to take alternative, longer routes. the international chamber of shipping says that one in five commercial vessels are now ships are now avoiding the red sea, which accounts for 12% of global trade. it s led to a near doubling in the cost of container shipping. the attackers say they ll continue to target vessels until palestinians in gaza are allowed sufficient food and medicine. ami daniel is the chief executive of the martime intelligence and analytics firm windward, among other things, they help companies reduce risks at sea. thank you for being with us today. one in five ships choosing
sheriff s homicide. rachel: the shooting reported to authorities just before 10:30 p.m. local time. those were injured are in conditions ranging from stable all the way to critical. pete: police say they re search fog are a male suspect. a motive for the shooting isn t clear at this time. local officials are working with federal authorities as an investigation into the case remains underway. as we get more information we will bring it to you. they don t know what kind of firearm was used at this point. motive, relationship to victims, we don t know. will: in that press briefing there were questions for local law enforcement apparently a separate incident in los angeles. questions whether or not they are connected. there was a question about civilians possibly apprehending or taking down an individual. was that connected? law enforcement gave a very, very brief press briefing a moment ago with not a lot of new details but said, in coming hours they will tell us more. hopefu