This breaking overnight, at least three people are dead after two helicopters collided mid air while fighting a fire in california. Details still coming in at this hour. Breaking overnight, ukraine has arrested a woman in connection with a plot to assassinate president zelenskyy. She was allegedly preparing an air strike on the Southern Port Region of mykolaiv while zelenskyy visited. 11 hours and counting. Thats how much time donald trump has left to respond to the Special Counsels legal filing. Mat the heart of it, what trumps legal team can and cannot do with the evidence shared with the January 6th Case. Today is one of the most significant changes in blood banking history. The red cross now dropping those Blanket Restrictions based on sexual orientation, clearing the way for more gay men to donate blood. And barbie the billionaire. Just crossed the 1 million threshold, historic feat for a solo female director. Cnn this morning starts right now. Were going to get to all of that shortly, but this first, breaking overnight, at least three people have died after two helicopters collided. This happened in southern california. Cal fire Officials Say the two aircraft were responding to a wild fire in riverside county, just east of los angeles. One of the choppers landed safely, the other did not. Unfortunately the second helicopter crashed and tragically all three members perished, which included one Cal Fire Division chief, one cal fire fire captain and one contract pilot. Reminder of just how dangerous that job sand what heroes they are. The crash marks the first deaths of this years Fire Fighting season. We are expecting an update later this morning with more details. This morning, donald trump is just hours away from a critical legal deadline in the 2020 Election Interference Case. A federal judge ordered him to respond to Special Counsel jack smiths case for protective order by 5 00 p. M. Smith is trying to block trump from disclosing evidence and making Public Comments that could intimidate witnesses. Also keeping a close eye on fulton county, georgia. Take a look there. That is where trump is facing another potential indictment for trying to overturn the election. Streets around the courthouse being shut down this morning as the grand jury considers charges. Lets bring in cnn justice correspondent Jessica Schneider with more. Good morning. Lets start with what victor is talking about the trump teams legal maneuvers here trying to oppose a protective order. What happens . Reporter poppy and victor, every step of this case is shaping up to be a fight. Trumps attorneys flooded the air waves vowing to fight that protective order proposed by the Special Counsel. Trumps team, as you said, must officially file its opposition later today and also previewed their coming claims they want this case moved out of washington, d. C. Former President Donald Trump and his legal team going on offense this weekend. After trump pleaded not guilty to four charges alleging that he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. The point is that we will not agree to keeping information thats not sensitive from the press. Reporter trumps lawyers says his legal team plans to oppose a protective order requested by prosecutors put some restrictions on what trump and his team can do with evidence shared with them. Federal prosecutors citing his previous public statements about witnesses, judges and lawyers in the case. And in the filing, attached a truth social post of trumps where he warns, if yo go after me, im coming after you. Trump rebuking the concerns of federal prosecutors, continuing to lash out at social media at the case and the judge over the weekend. Claiming he cannot get a fair trial in washington, d. C. Trump writes that he plans to ask judge Tanya Chutkan who is presiding over the case to recuse herself and further claiming he will also request a Change Of Venue in the trial. One of trumps rivals disagrees. I believe jurors can be fair. I believe in the american people. And i believe in the fact that jurors will listen Physical Therapy fairly and impartially. Reporter he criticized his latest indictment and jack smith on the campaign trail. Hes a deranged human being. That guy is a sick man. Reporter Trump Campaign adviser tells cnn trump has no plans to change his rhetoric. The former president also took aim at his former Vice President mike pence, disputing the claims in the indictment that he pressured him to reject the election results. Trumps attorney john lauro says that trump was merely asking the Vice President to act. What President Trump did not do is direct Vice President pence to do anything. He asked him. In an aspirational way. Asking is covered by the first amendment. Reporter pence confirming the claims in the indictment and says he has no plans to testify but will, quote, comply with the law. Frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, said we want you to reject votes outright. They were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. I know we did our duty that day. Reporter so were expecting a flurry of court fights, Court Filings before the next court date in this 2020 election case. That next court date is august 28th. Now, as for trumps claims that hell try to get this case moved out of d. C. , poppy and victor, about three dozen january 6th defendants have already tried to move venue and no judge, even those appointed by donald trump, have ever agreed. It will be a steep legal fight for the former president if he does try to get the judge recused or venue moved. Guys . Interesting one of his lawyers said last week West Virginia as a suggestion. I wonder why . Lets bring in now c i know senior legal analyst elie honig and anchor, john avlon. Welcome to the table. Lets start with elie with the deadline straight ahead. The decision or the response requested from the trump attorneys on this request from the Special Counsel to not allow trump to keep copies of it. Would it be rare, this is his case to keep him from holding any of the evidence thats handed over to attorneys. It is fairly rare to have what we call a protective order put into any case. To be clear, protective order governs what donald trump can do and say publicly about the evidence he sefs. It does not limit in any way his ability to use evidence in his own defense at trial. But here whats happened the Special Counsel said in light of things donald trump has said and the social media posts jessica just talked about, there need to be restrictions on what he can do and say publicly about this evidence. Ordinarily, if you have a situation like this, which is fairly rare, you get together, defense and prosecution, you work it out. The judge has urged them to do that. Theyre not going to do that, ill predict. So Donald Trumps trump will put in a brief today by 5 00 p. M. Saying we should not be restricted in any way. We have free speech rights. You have a right to criticize the prosecutor and judge but theres a line that can be crossed when you get into tampering. I predict, i believe donald trump will say there should be no restrictions. And then the judge will have to decide how much restriction do i put on this. Its really interesting what bill barr has been saying in the last few weeks. His fascinating interview with kaitlan and over the weekend him saying he thinks this is legitimate case and he, of course, would be willing to testify. Both notable things. John avlon, you make the point that more republican president ial candidates are speaking out in a more candid way. Although, maybe its just a little word choice change for desantis. But that it shows more courage, you believe, to say whats true. I think youre starting to see the Aperture Open for republican candidates to feel free to speak frankly about donald trump. And his attempts to overturn the election. Mike pence had been muted previously. He is not anymore. He understands his best chance of getting a nomination on the debate stage is speaking candidly and forcefully about trumps request for him to overturn the election. Ron desantis, theres Donor Pressure for him to moderate. Look, the election wasnt stolen. He tiptoed around that. The republican field he said unsustainable what trump is doing is unsustainable. Which has the added advantage of being true. But youre finally starting to see people have the courage of their convictions a little bit on the margins. He has been successful at intimidating people into not calling out what is frankly something if youre a constitutional conservative this should be easy to call out. Not a tough call. So, we saw on social media donald trump says that hes going to call for Change Of Venue. You mentioned that already. D. C. To West Virginia potentially. Yeah. But also for the judge, chutkan, to recuse herself here. What do you think about that . I mean, bombast aside f you look at the convictions, the sentencing of the january 6th defendants, an attorney for the president would say, we would like a different judge, but is there any case for it . Both of these motions are doa. No chance of succeeding. Hell of course try to get out of d. C. Victor, i wonder why . Donald trump got 5. 4 of the vote in d. C. 68 of the vote in West Virginia. It is very difficult to get a case moved venue wise. Doj can agree. Theyre not going to agree otherwise you have to show a judge you cannot get a fair trial in the venue youve been charged. We have procedures for that, jury selection procedures. Judges will instruct jurors to put aside your political beliefs, decide on the facts. Set the record straight here. To shes an obama nominee that does not make her inherently biased against donald trump. Anymore than judge cannon is biased in his favor because she was atrump nominee. Shes a former public defender, she understands the rights of a criminal defendant in federal court. Yes, victor, youre right, she has handed out sentences tough on january 6th offenders. That does not mean shes incapable of handling this case. In my view, both of these judges i think are deserving of respect and not conflicted out. Im super interested by what john l aauro, trumps lawyer, sd about mike pence. Critical to their case, not against their case to their case. Here it is. Mike pence will be one of our best witnesses at trial. Based on what Vice President pence will say, the government will never be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump had corrupt or criminal intent. Thats what this case is about. Mike pence said all this week is that what President Trump did was wrong and he knew it was wrong and he was pressing him to do something that was wrong. Also pretty clear he never said it was criminal. He said it was wrong. Never said it was criminal. That was on abc. He also said on cbs that mike pence will be, quote, the best witness for them. How do you see that . Do you see that . Im having a hard time seeing that. Get ready for this. This is what will happen in the runup to trial and at trial. Youll hear one witness and one side will say, look how great this is for us. The other side will look how great this is for us. Mike pence strikes me as a very powerful prosecution witness. We know from the indictment and refer in the indictment to certain things that mike pence told them about his conversations with trump, including the famous or infamous quote, youre too honest is what trump said to him when he resisted. I like mike pence if im a prosecutor. They may have some idea how theyre going to crossexamine as a defendant, but he didnt explain in that clip and i dont see it. What world is mike pence a good defense witness . This is bluster. This is bluster. Mike pence made it very clear, this was we know this was a Full Court Press by donald trump. This wasnt polite asking, would you mind overturning the election for me . This was really you have to do this. And clear pattern of it. So, look, i think we have seen from trump and his lawyers for often a pattern of bluster trying to replicate the candidates attitudes. I think this falls under this category. Thank you. 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Cnns Nick Paton Walsh is live in southern ukraine. Nick, what are you learning about this plot and the tension . Reporter yeah, look, little is known particularly how far in advance this was. But what Ukrainian Service is saying they detained a russian informant who appears to be trying to collect information about the visit of volodymyr zelenskyy, ukraines president , to mykolaiv, that key port city in the south in recent weeks. Now, some of the messages that theyve released, that they say are between her and the people she was corresponding with suggest perhaps she could take pictures, provide a bit more information about the time and place of this visit. She has said, shes not named and not clear if shes russian or just a russian informant, said to be a military worker, someone who worked in an outdoor shops in char kooef, a peninsula towards crimea on the southern coast. A key reminder that there is constantly a threat against Volodymyr Zelenskyys life. We know he takes inordinate precautions. But still does go to a lot of Front Line Destinations over past months to corral troops in those places. And the ukrainian Security Services two very active in the media over the past week or so claiming responsibility for the attacks on the cargo ship carrying oil, the assault amphibious ship, the bridge to crimea as well. Overnight, though, victor, we have been hearing of more strikes inside of ukraine. One dead in kherson from shelling. But also too, suggestions from ukrainian officials drones tried to get towards moscow. This nightly exchange between both sides persisting and a sign of the growing tension and impact on civilian life here in ukraine as the southern counteroffensive picks up pace. Victor . Nick paton walsh in southern ukraine, thank you. The u. S. Military is deploying four naval destroyers to monitor 11 russian and chinese Ship Patrolling in alaska waters. They were operating last week but chinese official says they were conducting joint maritime patrols. Natasha bertrand is tracking it live from washington, live from the nations capitol. How significant is this . Is this a threat or is this normal . Reporter well, u. S. Northern command, they are kind of down playing this. They are saying that they monitored the situation. They sent planes and ships t