A russian woman is in custody in ukraine accused of plotting to assassinate the ukrainian president. We have the latest. Former President Trump says he cannot get a fair trial and files for an extension and the important deadline they are facing today. A dramatic rescue at sea after a 25yearold went missing for days. Sara is off today. Im john berman with kate bolduan and omar jimenez, and this is cnn news this morning we are learning of an alleged plot to assassinate president zelenskyy, and it was thwarted. They have her in custody now. They were gathering intelligence around a visit that president zelenskyy was making to greece. What are you hearing, Nic Robertson . Reporter it was surrounding an air strike around president zelenskyy, and this unnamed woman was working on the Southern Coast of ukraine and working in a small store, and she had been tasked with trying to get information about the timing and presence of president zelenskyy during the visit to mykolaiv. And since then, they have found others around the russian handlers to find information about the whereabouts and the locations of ukraines Electronic Warfare installations, and of course, these are vital to defeating the Cruise Missiles and Drone Attacks to ukraine, and she was tasked to finding out those locations, and the scores of the weapons and supplies feeding into the ukrainian front line, and this is the information to gather and share with the handlers, and now she is in ukrainian custody. We dont know the name, and getting the details from the ukrainians, and the services. Thank you, Nic Robertson. John . Yes, and in the past few days, you can see the damage that the ukrainians have done to the bridges to russianheld territories, and you see the much better picture, and you see a hole in the bridge right here, and there are other angles that are showing the destruction to the bridges. And where they are, they are crucial. And where these bridges are, they are directly into russianheld crimea, and the crimeans regularly target this bridge here into crimea as well. So talking about the significance of all of this is retired colonel cedric leighton, and looking at the pathways here they are targeting into crimea, and why . Well, the main thing, john, these are the main supply routes, and looking at the bridges here, which is the bridge there on the left that you have xd out there, and that is the route between mariupol and sariupol and that would limit the supplies getting in there to the Combat Troops of russia stationed there. And how effective have the ukrainians been, and how are they doing it . They have been using storm shadow missiles, and they are airbased, correct . You have the fire them from the planes . Right. They are using su24 russianmade plane that the ukrainians inherited, and they are not young, but they are usable. It can be mounted on top of the ship and then the targets are used to target things like command and control posts and targets like that. It is highly effective. In terms of limiting supply lines into crimea, how much do to ukrainians want to put crimea in play as part of the counter offensive . It is the primary objective that they have, because crimea was take russians in ukraine, and there is a lot of historical disputes surrounding the crimean peninsula, but ukraine considers it an integral part of the their country, and they want to take crimea because of the strategic significance, and the fact that the russians will face attacks from the land and air as well. And now, we are Hearing Othis plot to kill the ukrainian president. Now, we are 18 months into the war now. What would the impact be, first ft. Of all, and any realistic chance that the russians could get to zelenskyy if they did or even try . It would be significant, and they have been trying to get at him since the beginning. And there have been some active attempts foiled. And also in using intelligence capabilities to thwart plots like this, and so it is not a surprise, but it is something that they have to be on their toes to method to go after the military would be to go after zelenskyy himself, and it would be very bad for the ukrainian war itself if they did. Thank you very much, colonel leighton. And now to the waters near alaska. Four naval destroyers were sent there to patrol some vessels that were in the pacific for those joint maritime patrols. So that is being monitored there by our natasha bertrand. What are you learning . We are learning that off of the coast of alaska, there were command and control, and we were told that these ships were not posing a trip to the u. S. Or canada, and they could stay in International Deep waters, and they did not get more details statement from the senators from alaska Lisa Murkowski and they said that this was a fleet of 11 ships operating off of the aleutian islands. They said in the statement that they were concerned about the transits and they had received classified briefings about them. But senator dan sullivan said that the incursions of the 11 warships operating together off of the coast of alaska is a reminder that we have entered a new authoritarian aggression of bay beijing and russia. It happened last year, but it was met by a Coast Guard Ship that was by routine patrol, and something that dan sullivan said that he is not happy about thmt and there is a more approach. They did encounter a reconnaissance airplane, and did note that they were in international waters. Thank you, natasha bertrand. 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So, the defense attorney john lauro for donald trump was on cnn yesterday talking about how he wants public to see the evidence in this case, and he wants to get to trial quick,n he has it to the magistrate last week, when donald trump treed tried last week, but nothing can be happening here until they get to a nondisclosure plan here. That is something that is typical that is going to be done erl think, and to the sikh secretary cannot held for saying that he would come after you. But they want to have something in place to govern all of the preparations for trial, and sure that the evidence in the case can be locked down. So the judge has set a 5 00 p. M. Deadline today to get back with prosecutors about the plan, and how evidence is going to be protected. We will have to see what they say in court, and if it is going to match what the Defense Lawyer is saying is about public evidence, but right now, it is a crucial thing as we look forward to, jumgs everybody is in that phase for getting ready for that phase of trial, but you cant stop it until there is a provision in place to governing things going forward. The trial timing, and of coursek looking at this dispute, and the Trump Defense team as we are finding out they say they are going to ask for the federal judge in the case the recuse herself. What more are you learning about that process, and where we stand on reporter well, they have not actually asked for this, but they are going to ask r the federal judge to withdraw from this case. Federal prosecutor a deranged popular, but what we know so far in this case, dr. Judge tony a has not had any issues with this case before, and we will see what happens in court today. Thank you. And now, the strategy appears to be discredit, delay, dish out the details while muddying the waters around the crime that he is accused of. Cue former Vice President mike pence, and he said he will testify if compelled to testify. And now, the defense is saying that mike pences testimony is going to play a major role in their case saying that he is defense. He is going to have a proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt that he had corruptible intent. That is what they have to prove. They are saying that he knew that he was wrong, and pressing him to do something that was wrong and that he said it was wrong and never said it was criminal. He is going to be a central witness in the case, but i have to make it defense witness, and i cant say that if we dont call him, you will call him then . Absolutely. What is clear is that the issue of immunity may soon come into play for donald trump. There is one other issue for President Trump is that everything that he did was while he was in office that he takes with those policies. Policy decisions. Trumps attorney There John Lauro was a technical violation of the constitution is not criminal law. And it will be zuting if it goes back to the trial. I want to go back to the truth social post that donald trump put up, and this is inhe moment that the judge is literally considering that he is posting this stuff. He put up deranged jack smith is going before his number 1 draft pick, and the judge of his dreams that must be rekus and he put this up at the very moment when the judge is now, i want to talk about the fact that he is writing at the second of this first, and the fact that he is writing this stuff at all, and how important is that . Well, the prosecutors have to do something about this at a certain point, and what they are going to ask the judge to do at some point is that he needs to put a lid on the evidence that he is going to escalate. Some at some point, the prosecutors may say, we need to regulate the judge, jury pool or witnesses, and how willing is jack smith willing to take. And he wrote before, if you come after me, i am coming after you, and we all know what it me means and so i would consider that, because of the facts, but he has spoken about the judge that he wants removed from the case. Elie, what is the significance of this happening . Very unlikely, and zero percent that the judge is going to be removed. First thing to clarify. Donald trump is suggesting in the post that she was selected by doj and that is not true. There is a literal spin that you pull a note card out of, and she was ramped. He had the case in florida randomly iked. There is no basic to recuse this judge. Because she was a obama nominee, it does not mean that she is going to be recused. I am sure he is going to make the motion, but he is doomed to fail. And then his lawyer john lauro was out all Weekend Calling for a change of language, and using all kind of coded language there. I see why he wanted that, and that is because he got 5 of 5 there that he would like to get a change of motion there. Here is a reason, think back to Oklahoma City and the bombing of the oklahoma building. You think of the street across the street people were damaged and injured, and in that case it was so extreme that it had to be moved to colorado. So now, down from the federal courthouse, that is the fire, but you know that this trial was not about january 6th. Right. This is a misnomer to call it january 6th, but it is really about the Preconstitution Spujt and there are people in here who were injured, but you have to watch for that when you were picking a jury in d. C. And were you directly impacted by january 6th. But the Ind Kigs Of Lauro is affiliation, and can you ask someone who they voted for in voir dire . Well, it is an interesting question that the judge will have to decide for herself, and i have to wonder, and i have never one. And you to understand that people will say, do you have strong feelings about january 6th . Dow yo can you think of any trial that has been moved because of the electoral politics of the city . That is where the line is difficult, and it is hard to believe that the Supreme Court would play with it. It is fair to say that is unprecedented. Thank you, elie honig. And now, it is official, barbie is an absolute fin pish at the 1 billion in sales. A Mae Jor Milestone for the director. And we will have a wild look at the rescue that you can see there, and the coast guard commander who helped to coordinate the Rescue Mission is right there. 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In that process, we are told that gregory lost his cell phone, he lost his life vest, and barely was to on and at one point, gregory decides to keep the or the and he then decides that he is go to hope that is sferpp and we ar the search took place, and he could not see anything around him, and cold and wet, and apparently very windy out there. He was not quite sure if and when someone would come out to rescue him, and in an effort to flag down and now, gregorys father talked to. He then said that he struggled for 35 hours to stay alive and he lost his seat cushion and everything that he needed to protect him, but he said that at the end of the day, the whole moral of the story is dont ever give up. We are told that the coast guard eventually spotted him by airplane, and brought him back to the shore, and he is being treated for severe sun burns and dehydration, but john, he has quite a story to tell about spending 35 off of the coast of st. Augustine. I get the whole sea in stuck for that you are going to be in. Kate . More about how the man survived. We go to nick barro who is a coast guard inspector. And we want to play the video that you put out from the coast guard and the rescue, and what your crew saw when they were able to locate mr. Gregory. Can you walk us through what happened and how you were able to go through and walk us through what you went through to have this great outcome. Yes, and pointing to the great intraagency partnership, and the Search Planning and search execution and to res tu and recovery. Definitely a dire situation for charlie, and super happy to find him when we did. How did he survive in those waters for so long . Well, we know that he was out there for quite some time, and as mentioned before, this is definitely a very small vessel to be that far off shore. That is not where he intended to b but that is where he ended upb, unfortunately, the search areas do not and an Off Shore Case not locating Charlie Inside of the boat or inland where he is known to operate. I am sure that just a lot of hoping and staying confident on scene for him to push through the night. I am sure it was a scary situation for i him. Happy again that we were able to see the outcome that we were. A testament to the team wok and hard work that went into the teamwork of this case. Absolutely. You have been able to speak to some of the crew members there. And what have they said . I have. I was at the boat ramp in st. Augustine when they pulled him in, and i was able to check in with the crews, and you know, again, he got into a bad situation. He did not intend to be at sea, but that is where he intended up. Fortunately enough as mentioned before, he cap tized and sglrmgt and he made the decision to stay with the boat and right the boat and that made a factor to find him with c130 who found him with radar and vectored in to closely acquire him with the camera and a visual contact. We had boats operating in the area as well on different search pattern, so we were able to diverse boats on and recover him, and get him to shore quickly. Again, the system worked very close and st. Augustine and florida fish and wildlife, and that made the difference in this case. Yes, and you can only imagine how Thankful Charlie is, and he said speaking to cnn, the moral of the story is to plan for the worst, if you plan and be in a john boat 12 miles out. So, thank you, commander, and thank you for all that your crew and the coast guard does. Omar. It is a hot Talking Point for some of the top 2024 Talking Point, u the car on war is not their concern, so we will discus. Now, to the race for 2024, president ial candidate ron desantis is going up against trumps Election Fraud claims this morning. The former governor is telling cnbc this. Yes or no, did donald trump lose the 2020 election . Whoever puts their hand on the bible on january 20th, every four years is the winner. But respectfully, you did not clearly answer that question, and if you cant give a yes or no on whether trump lost, how can you well, of course he lost. Tmp lost the 2020 election. Of course. Joe biden is the president. But, desantis might have Something Else to worry about. A New York Times republican cnn poll says that ron desantis has made a battle with his woke schools, and the campaign, sglrnlgts and now, if you are not polling well, how do you poll better or does he . Well, woke means Different Things to different people, and you giving a specific choice to people about this or law and other which is also very popular among rep, an may layer in some other messaging there, but he is a slice of the primary electorate that responds pretty robustly to those issues. A lot of the things get thrown in there as you noted, education issues, issues deal with transpeople, and equal rights, and where the right, and we are hearing a ton of candidates other than ron desantis playing in that space, immigration, crime, awe and the pain tam mta and to the campaign team. Now i want to play a little bit more of what was played in alabama this weekend. Every time they file another indictment, i go way up in the poll. We need one more indictment to close out this election. One more indictment, and this election is closed out, and nobody has even a chance. Obviously, it is a campaign rally, but is he right . How do other candidates outraise him if he is making money off of being indicted . Well, yeah. He is also using a lot of the money that he is raising to pay for the legal fees to, i dont think it is advancing right thing here. But he is doing a classic Donald Trump Movement here as a klee vance, and doing his best thing is to take this and use it as a rallying cry and sort of taken heat of that and answered the call for that, and they do see it in the polling, but you note that donald trump often on the campaign trail, omar, they are not just coming for me, and they are coming for me standing in the way for you, and he is trying to connect it to voters that are heeded for himself. So he has brand himself as the electorate for his voters, and if it could happen to him, it could happen to you. We will see how this Campaign Works out moving forward. Back to you, kate. Two helicopters collide in midair as they are trying to O Fight Wildfires and are engaged in a deadly crash. 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Camilla is joining us with more on this. Tell us what happened, as clearly, they are investigating cause. Hey, kate, yes, it is two helicopters. One is an observer helicopter, and another is the one that does the water run, and retardant drops, and they were makieieing progress when there was a Structure Fire but then spread out to vegetation and became a wild land fire. Officials saying that, yes, they were working on the threeacre fire when the two helicopter crashed. Thankfully the helicopter was able to land safely, but the other one did not, and this is the first three deaths in the fire season here in california. It was the firefighter, a chief and assistant chief. This is what the regional chief had to say. We have lost three great individuals, three fathers, friends and we want to tell everyone while the sacrifice should not be in vain. And the chief is saying that everyone should be thinking about the families, because of course they are grieving the loss of their own. The people that put their lives on the line, and as you mentioned, ntsb is investigate, and they will say what is the exact cause of the crash. Thank you, camila, for that update. John . Several people are injured after a passenger bus collided with a car and flipped over about 100 miles southwest of philadelphia. The bus was carrying about 50 people at the time of the crash. In texas, a Factory Worker was injured after a fire broke out at a Sherwin Williams paint factory and led to a series of explosions. The fire has been put out, and work at the plant has been suspended as they investigate the cause. Barbie is Making History Raking in 1 billion at the box office three weeks after premiering which makes the director greta gerwig one of the most successful directors. No film has sold so many tickets so fast. Barbie and cnn are the new tent poles of the corporation. I was part of the tickets selling fast and i have no regrets. Now, we have a lot to cover over the course of the show. 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