eye i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. just ahead -- >> the superior court judge giving a first glimpse in who how he plans to handle the sweeping election subversion case. >> seems unrealistic that we can handle all 19 in 40 something days. >> this is the moment danelo cavalcante escaped from chester county prison. >> he escapes from the prison having climbed up a wall. >> the moment a powerful missile hit a market in eastern ukraine. c chaos and carnage in the immediate aftermath. live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is thursday, september 7, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in atlanta where the judge presiding over the election subversion case has ruled against two of donald trump's 18 co-defendants in their attempts to get solo trials. >> that coming during the first televised hearing in the case as the indictment was filed last month. fulton county judge also expressing skepticism that skroinjoint trial for all 19 could be held in october. and that is a sentiment shared by others. >> they are not going to try everybody together. nobody has asked to be tried together. the state seems to think that they can make that happen. i think that there are different groups in you read the indictment and see what the allegations are against the different people, but, no, i don't see 17 trials, 19 trials. i think that three or four trials could happen and streamline it. >> paula reid has more from washington. >> based on what has been presented today, i'm not finding the severance from mr. chesebro or powell is necessary to receive a fair determination of the guilt or innocence for either different in this case. >> reporter: judge scott mcafee in court wednesday giving the first glimpse into how he plans to handle the sweeping election subversion case in georgia. all in front of cameras allowed in the courtroom. mcafee ruling wednesday that defendants kenneth chesebro and sydney powell, who both filed for a speedy trial, cannot be separated and will stand trial together in a matter of weeks. >> obviously we're a little disappointed. we filed a motion and it was denied. however, we respect the court's ruling. >> reporter: now the issue before the court will be whether it is realistic that all 19 defendants including former president trump be tried together. >> to say that all 19 defendants should be tried together including ones that don't want to avail themselves of the speedy trial demand is really just nonsensical. >> reporter: fulton county district attorney fani willis has said from the beginning that she wants to do just that. >> do i intend to try the 19 defendants in this indictment together? yes. >> reporter: but the judge expressing skepticism about that plan and whether they can put on a massive trial for all the defendants as soon as october 23rd, the date now on the calendar for chesebro and powell. >> just seems a bit unrealistic to think that we could handle all 19 in 40 something severan we going to have 17 motions saying they aren't ready. >> reporter: and some defendants like mark meadows are trying to get their cases moved to federal court. >> i think we've already had some counsel indicating that they are on trial in other cases in federal court. >> reporter: late wednesday the district attorney fani willis asked the court to issue protections for any potential jurors who work on this case. this request comes after members of the grand jury, their identities were published in that indictment that went out to the entire world, many of them were identified online and then faced threats. so the fact that the district attorney is taking this step ahead of a potential trial, incredibly significant. paula reid, cnn, washington. >> cnn spoke with a former georgia prosecutor about the case and what he thinks the judge may ultimately want to see happen. >> i think first and foremost, he'd love to see the two speedy trial demands withdrawn, but i don't think that that is going to happen. alternatively, i think he wants a little bit of understanding of what is going to happen with regard to the removal up in federal court. i think that was probably his biggest concern, that they might start a trial for everyone including the potential defendants that might have their case removed and then end up having to remove the case to federal court. if that would happen at that point, it causes double jeopardy concerns. so i think that is his biggest issue. the other issue is logistically when you are dealing with 19 people, even trying to find a courtroom big enough to hold a trial like that will be tricky. but the other side of that is how then would you like to do this trial twice, each time probably going anywhere from 9 months to a year. and yet another legal blow for donald trump. a federal judge ruled that he is liable in the second defamation case brought by e. jean carroll. >> in may a jury in the first trial found that he sexually abused her and defamed her. on wednesday, the judge said that the jury's finding in that case is binding in the second case. so the trial set for january will now be limited to determining damages. carroll is seeking more than $10 million. watchdog group filed a lawsuit wednesday to block donald trump from the republican primary ballot in the state of colorado citing the 14th amendment's ban on insurrectionists holding public office. >> the lawsuit says that it should apply to trump because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a growing number of legal scholars have supported the legal strategy in the wake of trump's indictments in fulton county, georgia and the january 6 case. >> the constitution says very clearly that anyone who takes an oath to the constitution and holds an office and then tries to overturn the constitution by for example preventing the peaceful transfer of power can never again hold office. that is clear, it is part of the constitution, it has never been removed. in the way that trump era has been tuition-free education in contusion at law because there are so many things that have never happened before and we have to done front them. we've never before had a president who took an oath to uphold the constitution and then when he lost the election schemed and plotted to hold on to power. that is the very definition of an insurrection. >> what is not clear, the constitution does not spell out how to enforce the ban. trump's campaign spokesperson says the 14th amendment claims are stretching the law beyond recognition, many expect the supreme court will ultimately decide on that one. and police are still searching for a convicted murderer who escaped from a prison in pennsylvania last week. >> new surveillance video shows danelo cavalcante walking up two walls of the prison. he was spotted tuesday moving into the woods in the search zone and they found footprints as well. brian todd has more. >> reporter: this is the moment convicted murderer danelo cavalcante escaped from chester county prison in pennsylvania prompting an intense manhunt that is now in its seventh day. from the exercise area he crab walked up the wall and apparently dropped down the other side. >> he escapes having crab walked up a wall, pushes his way through a razor while, across a roof, scale another fence and push his way through more wire. >> reporter: a tower guard did not see the escape and has been out on administrative leave. it took an hour before the prison was locked down. and in may, another inmate briefly escaped in the same route. since then the only steps taken was additional razor wire were installed. >> and what we thought was sufficient, they have proven otherwise. >> reporter: and another sighting reported tuesday night. unlike monday's sighting, this one in a creek bed by a resident was not caught on camera. any traces of him left anywhere? >> yes, there have been footprints and there have been other indicators to us that he has passed through a certain area. we've had a number of dog scent trails that we have followed for quite some time. >> reporter: hundreds of officers plus dogs and drones and helicopters continue to search. at road blocks and checkpoints, cnn observed police searching vehicles, opening trunks and checking back seats. >> he will make that mistake that we're pushing him hard so that he makes where there will be some piece of other type of evidence that points us to him. >> reporter: two school districts again closed on wednesday. reverse 911 calls warning residents in the area. >> if you see this individual, do not approach him. >> locking everything, locking the cars at night. i've been checking out all the woods. >> reporter: the risk? >> he is a violent individual. if given the opportunity, i believe that he would use as much violence as he needed to or could to avoid capture. >> reporter: cavalcante escaped prison last thursday just over a week after he was sentenced to life without parole for the 2021 murder of his former girlfriend. authorities say she discovered that he was wanted on murder charges in brazil. her sister tells cnn he had become suspicious and jealous. >> translator: there were threats like if you ever cheat on me, i'll cdo the worst to yo, these types of things. >> reporter: now that he escaped, she is scared. >> translator: i haven't slept for many days since then. i nap and i wake up afraid. >> reporter: while law enforcement says they are concerned that this manhunt could come to a violent end given cavalcante's violent history, the lieutenant colonel told me right now they don't have any indication that he has a weapon on him. brian todd, cnn, westchester, pennsylvania. in washington, d.c. classes and events will resume today at george washington university, they were shut down wednesday as police searched for a homicide suspect who escaped from custody at the university hospital. the school and hospital have now been cleared. >> but some roads around the white house are still closed as police continue to search for christopher haines. they believe he is no longer in the area. the fbi is offering a $10,000 award for information leading to his arrest. u.s. secretary of state is in ukraine on the second day of his trip putting on a show of u.s. support for ukraine's sake and help convince congress back home to approve more aid. >> on wednesday antony blinken met with volodymyr zelenskyy and announced a new $1 billion military and humidanitarian aid package. he says the u.s. is pleased with the efforts so far. >> since i was last here, ukrainian forces have taken back more than 50% of the territory seized by russian forces since february of 2022. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. >> his visit came as a missile ripped through a market killing at least 17 people. this was the moment of the explosion on wednesday in the region of donetsk. dozens of shoppers and workers were amongst the casualty, just people try goeg about their day. >> u.n. human thumanitarian acc nar coordinator called it unacceptable. >> katie is here with more on that. there is that sort of pattern developing. >> absolutely. and this is another devastating attack on ukrainian civilians and it has happened throughout this war. and let's not forget these are apparent war crimes targeting civilians, targeting civilian infrastructure something we've investigated here at cnn throughout since the beginning of this conflict and it is continuing despite ukraine's gains, despite the positive news that the county offensive is gaining progress. perhaps this is russia's retaliation, that is what ukraine's president zelenskyy is claiming. but it is also worth noting that ukraine's progress is not just on this frontline, there were reports this morning again of drone attacks this time one very near to a military base in that area. this is a sense of unease it is creating in the russian population. there were over 100 people temporarily evacuated from this area. that creates a lots of disruption, a lot of unrest as well for the civilian population in russia. of course this is nowhere near the kind of toll that it is having on the ukrainian population, but it may be part of the motivation from russia, they feel they are on the back foot, this is a way of reminding the ukrainian population of really what this war feels like and how terrible it can be. but clearly and absolutely an awful and devastating attack for many, many families in this region. and unfortunately something that they are very accustomed to. >> katie, thank you so much. still to come, hurricane surging through the atlantic set to grow to a category 5 this weekend. we'll show you the storm's path and who will be at risk. also ahead, the time line to return to the tennis court and the big lessons that she has learned about herself during her time away. has no idea she's sitting on 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more now from kara scannell. >> reporter: we learned in a court filing this afternoon that special counsel david weiss said that they will seek an indictment related to the gun case this month saying that because of the speedy trial act, that they would need to make a decision on this case by september 29. they are saying that they are going to do so before that date. remember this is part of this pretrial diversion deal that he had reached back in july. under that deal, he would have avoided prosecution on a gun possession charge, possessing a gun while he was under the influence of a controlled substance. he has been very public about his cocaine addiction. that is a felony that faces a maximum of ten years in prison. so that was going to be diverted if he met certain conditions including not using drugs and not possessing a gun for 24 months. that deal fell apart. what we don't know from this filing is exactly what they will try to seek an in